Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:Interesting kitchen knife rack.

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Designed by the Zodac killer? :beaten:

Just back from Palm beach, ate some terrific if expensive food. Most memorable was the braised short rib and gorgonzola gnocchi. Delicious. :victory:

Eve wrote:Designed by the Zodac killer? :beaten:

Unemployed knife thrower. :beaten:

For Orange County residents, a new Mitsuwa market is opening this weekend

Irvine Store
Grand Opening!!
Finally, Mitsuwa Marketplace Irvine Store will be opened on December 17th at 9:00AM.

Closer to you, More convenient for you, and more fun with you...
Please enjoy our new Mitsuwa Marketplace.

12/17(Sat) 8:50AM Taiko performance by LA Taiko Center
12/17(Sat), 18(Sun) give away Mitsuwa Original Eco Bag for the first 500 customers.
12/17(Sat) - 25(Sun) Daily Special Sale at Irvine Store. (Only for the first 300 customers! Limit 2 per customers!

Tu_triky wrote:For Orange County residents, a new Mitsuwa market is opening this weekend

Irvine Store
Grand Opening!!
Finally, Mitsuwa Marketplace Irvine Store will be opened on December 17th at 9:00AM.

Closer to you, More convenient for you, and more fun with you...
Please enjoy our new Mitsuwa Marketplace.

12/17(Sat) 8:50AM Taiko performance by LA Taiko Center
12/17(Sat), 18(Sun) give away Mitsuwa Original Eco Bag for the first 500 customers.
12/17(Sat) - 25(Sun) Daily Special Sale at Irvine Store. (Only for the first 300 customers! Limit 2 per customers!

I suppose qilver will be checking it out. :)

bmwracer wrote:
I suppose qilver will be checking it out. :)

Yup. I think Sengo lives in Orange County too. They already got one in Costa Mesa...I'd like to check this new store out...but probably not any time soon since Irvine is so far from L.A. 35 miles or so.

Tu_triky wrote:Yup. I think Sengo lives in Orange County too. They already got one in Costa Mesa...I'd like to check this new store out...but probably not any time soon since Irvine is so far from L.A. 35 miles or so.

You can check out UCI when you're out there... The University of Chinese Immigrants. :beaten: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
You can check out UCI when you're out there... The University of Chinese Immigrants. :beaten: :hehe:

I worked in Irvine one summer. Nice. Clean. But way too boring. Didn't care for it.

bmwracer wrote:
Unemployed knife thrower. :beaten:

:rofl:

Talk about angst in your cookware. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:For Orange County residents, a new Mitsuwa market is opening this weekend

Irvine Store
Grand Opening!!
Finally, Mitsuwa Marketplace Irvine Store will be opened on December 17th at 9:00AM.

One additional semi-important detail, the address is 14230 Culver Dr., Irvine, (in Heritage Plaza Shopping Center).

gaijinmark wrote:

One additional semi-important detail, the address is 14230 Culver Dr., Irvine, (in Heritage Plaza Shopping Center).

Much obliged, sir.

McD's around the world.

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bmwracer wrote:McD's around the world.

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Funny names...McPork. That about says it all right there. Eat one and turn into a pig. Sign me up!

Tu_triky wrote:Funny names...McPork.

Better than McButa or McTonkatsu. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Better than McButa or McTonkatsu. :hehe:

Yes McDonald's don't defile the Tonkatsu sandwich...there are places in Japan that do it way better!

Like Maisen, a tonkatsu restaurant, in the Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo


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http://mai-sen.com/

^ But they cut the crust off of the bread... :(

bmwracer wrote:^ But they cut the crust off of the bread... :(

The crusty panko breading on the tonkatsu is enough for you, young man. Don't get greedy.


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Here's the Cover of Anthony Bourdain's Get Jiro!


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Friday, December 16, 2011, by Paula Forbes


Behold, the cover for Anthony Bourdain's graphic novel Get Jiro! (pre-order on Amazon), about "a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants." That is a future that shall surely come to pass. a future where people also apparently still wear cargo shorts.

It seems that title character Jiro, a "renegade and ruthless sushi chef," gets caught between "the Internationalists, who blend foods from all over the world into exotic delights" and "the 'Vertical Farm,' who prepare nothing but organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic dishes." Bourdain has previously said the book is about "ultraviolent food nerds." It comes out July 3 and will be 160 pages. Here's a longer plot summary:

In a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants, a bloody culinary war is raging.

On one side, the Internationalists, who blend foods from all over the world into exotic delights. On the other, the "Vertical Farm," who prepare nothing but organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic dishes. Into this maelstrom steps Jiro, a renegade and ruthless sushi chef, known to decapitate patrons who dare request a California Roll, or who stir wasabi into their soy sauce. Both sides want Jiro to join their factions. Jiro, however has bigger ideas, and in the end, no chef may be left alive!

Anthony Bourdain, top chef, acclaimed writer (Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw) and star of the hit travel show, No Reservations, co-writes with Joel Rose (Kill Kill Faster Faster, The Blackest Bird) this stylized send-up of food culture and society, with detailed and dynamic art by Langdon Foss.

http://www.amazon.com/Get-Jiro-Anthony-Bourdain/dp/1401228275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324073069&sr=8-1

^ Bookmarked. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:^ Bookmarked. :victory:

It's far off but it looks pretty funny.

I saw this at Whole Foods this morning...made me laugh.

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