Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote:Definitely good sources of potassium.

Are they the best sources?

bmwracer wrote:
Are they the best sources?

Rather than try to answer that question myself I will refer you to the internet. Although there are many sites you can find good info on, I like the following page as a basic intro to high potassium foods:

http://www.krispin.com/potassm.html

^ Thanks for the link. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:^ Thanks for the link. :victory:

You're most welcome. I've had that thing bookmarked for ages...every once in a great while I'll come back to it as a reference.

Went The Veggie Grill for the second & this time I had a decidedly healthier, lower cal lunch. No sweet potato fries :P

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Thai Chickinf for $9.50. (Chillinf Chickinf, romaine, red & green cabbage, roasted corn salsa, green onion, mandarin oranges, toasted sesame seeds, cilantro, wontons with spicy Thai dressing.)

Still can't believe their vegetarian "chicken" tastes and looks so much like the real thing. Even the texture is bang on. It's freaky.

^ "Vegetarian" chicken?

bmwracer wrote:^ "Vegetarian" chicken?

Yup...the whole menu is a vegan only...

Tu_triky wrote:Yup...the whole menu is a vegan only...

Interesting....

My brother bought a Japanese ceramic hibachi and some binchotan charcoal... We're having yakitori at home. :victory:

Pictures forthcoming. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:My brother bought a Japanese ceramic hibachi and some binchotan charcoal... We're having yakitori at home. :victory:

Pictures forthcoming. :mrgreen:

I actually bought that for a friend as a gift a couple of years back :victory:

Tu_triky wrote:I actually bought that for a friend as a gift a couple of years back :victory:

That binchotan is pretty pricey: $20 for 2.2Kg (~5 lbs).

It does burn longer than standard charcoal briquets... But is rather hard to start up as well: we had to use some briquets to get the binchotan going.

bmwracer wrote:
That binchotan is pretty pricey: $20 for 2.2Kg (~5 lbs).

It does burn longer than standard charcoal briquets... But is rather hard to start up as well: we had to use some briquets to get the binchotan going.

Yup. It supposedly burns hotter, cleaner, and longer but the problem as you stated is because the charcoal wood is so dense it's hard to light.

Tu_triky wrote:Yup. It supposedly burns hotter, cleaner, and longer but the problem as you stated is because the charcoal wood is so dense it's hard to light.

It did live up to that billing.

When I got home, I reeked of charcoal... You'd think I was one of the yakitori skewers. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
It did live up to that billing.

When I got home, I reeked of charcoal... You'd think I was one of the yakitori skewers. :beaten:

Haha. It's like when you go out and eat Korean BBQ and you cook your own food.

I think at the various Gyu-kaku locations they use a type of binchotan as well in combination with some smokeless gas setup so you don't live the restaurant all stank.

Tu_triky wrote:Went The Veggie Grill for the second & this time I had a decidedly healthier, lower cal lunch. No sweet potato fries :P

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Thai Chickinf for $9.50. (Chillinf Chickinf, romaine, red & green cabbage, roasted corn salsa, green onion, mandarin oranges, toasted sesame seeds, cilantro, wontons with spicy Thai dressing.)

Still can't believe their vegetarian "chicken" tastes and looks so much like the real thing. Even the texture is bang on. It's freaky.

That dish looks amazing! The real plus is that the vegetarian chicken tastes like real chicken. Need to try that place one of these days.

bmwracer wrote:My brother bought a Japanese ceramic hibachi and some binchotan charcoal... We're having yakitori at home. :victory:

Pictures forthcoming. :mrgreen:

Where did he buy the ceramic hibachi? I've been wanting to buy one plus the binchotan charcoal. How did the chicken taste?

Sengo wrote:Where did he buy the ceramic hibachi? I've been wanting to buy one plus the binchotan charcoal. How did the chicken taste?

He bought the hibachi and charcoal at the Marukai store in Gardena... :)

Turns out that the only thing he used the hibachi for was for the kurobuta belly yakitori... The chicken and kalbi beef were cooked on his outdoor gas grill.

bmwracer wrote:
He bought the hibachi and charcoal at the Marukai store in Gardena... :)

Turns out that the only thing he used the hibachi for was for the kurobuta belly yakitori... The chicken and kalbi beef were cooked on his outdoor gas grill.

Mmmmmmmmm. Belly. :drooling:

Makes me dream of some Buta Kakuni. Or these pork belly skewers from The Lazy Ox Canteen in Little Tokyo.

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Sengo wrote:

That dish looks amazing! The real plus is that the vegetarian chicken tastes like real chicken. Need to try that place one of these days.

Yeah! I posted these pics with you in mind because I remember you said you wanted to eat at the location over in your neck of the woods. Last time I had a sandwich & sweet potato fries; obviously the salad is a bit lighter and probably healthier over all. It tasted good. I would go back again to try some of the numerous other items on their menu.

Binchotan charcoal.
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Kurobuta belly strips and mushrooms before grilling.
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