Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote::hehe: You can call me Bootleg Bourdain...because I'll be the fake, broke version of Anthony Bourdain!

Hehe. :hehe:

Literally "No Reservations"... :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Hehe. :hehe:

Literally "No Reservations"... :mrgreen:

:rofl: Good one.

On Saturday, I went to this place called Mutekiya in Ikebukuro. I actually preferred this ramen much more than my other bowl at Ippudo in Ebisu.

Nikutama (Meat & Egg) Ramen with gyoza
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The chashu is so tender it basically falls apart when you pick it up with your chopsticks.

^ Oooh, nice... A tonkotsu or miso stock?

Looks quite hearty. :drooling:

Yellowfin Tuna Salmonella: 20-State Outbreak Causes 116 Illnesses, 12 Hospitalizations

WASHINGTON -- A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia, federal health authorities said Friday.

The Food and Drug Administration said 116 illnesses have been reported, including 12 people who have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.

Moon Marine USA Corp. of Cupertino, Calif., also known as MMI, is voluntarily recalling 58,828 pounds of frozen raw yellowfin tuna. It was labeled as Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA when it was sold to grocery stores and restaurants and is scraped off the fish bones and looks like a ground product.

The product is not available for sale to individual consumers but may have been used to make sushi, sashimi, ceviche and similar dishes available in restaurants and grocery stores. Many of the people who became ill reported eating raw tuna in sushi as "spicy tuna," the FDA said.

Reports of the foodborne illness caused by salmonella bareilly have mainly come from the Eastern Seaboard and South, though cases have been reported as far west as Missouri and Texas.

As of Friday, illness had been reported these states and the District of Columbia: Alabama (2), Arkansas (1), Connecticut (5), District of Columbia (2), Florida (1), As Georgia (5), Illinois (10), Louisiana (2), Maryland (11), Massachusetts (8), Mississippi (1), Missouri (2), New Jersey (7), New York (24), North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania (5), Rhode Island (5), South Carolina (3), Texas (3), Virginia (5), and Wisconsin (12).

The memo notes there is likely a 30-day lag time between when people become sick and when cases are reported to health officials.

The raw yellowfin tuna product may have passed through several distributors before reaching the restaurant and grocery market and may not be clearly labeled.

bmwracer wrote:^ Oooh, nice... A tonkotsu or miso stock?

Looks quite hearty. :drooling:

It was a tonkotsu broth. It was quite hearty but surprisingly it didn't tasty greasy though. despite the richness of the stock :)

Tu_triky wrote:

It was a tonkotsu broth. It was quite hearty but surprisingly it didn't tasty greasy though. despite the richness of the stock :)

All looking delicious, Tu. :mrgreen:

Feast on! :victory:

Tu_triky wrote:It was a tonkotsu broth. It was quite hearty but surprisingly it didn't tasty greasy though. despite the richness of the stock :)

Good deal. :victory:

Starting to get a hankering for ramen about now... :drooling:

bmwracer wrote:
Good deal. :victory:

Starting to get a hankering for ramen about now... :drooling:

Haha. Me too! :) And I ate it twice in the last few days. ^_^

Eve wrote:


All looking delicious, Tu. :mrgreen:

Feast on! :victory:

Thanks, Beastmaster. :) I'm actually on the Shinkansen (bullet train) heading to Osaka right now while typing this post. With a mobile hotspot, I'm able to fulfill a technogeek's wet dream of hopping on the internet with my computer at will. It's a first for me but I have to admit it's pretty dayem cool.

Here are a couple of more pics from the kaiseki dinner I had last night in Hakone. Just a taste, if you will.


3 types of sashimi with freshly grated real wasabi. Enjoy. ^_^
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^ Nice... Fabulous presentation. :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:^ Nice... Fabulous presentation. :applaud:

Yes. :) Certainly better than I deserve. :bow:

Tu_triky wrote:On Saturday, I went to this place called Mutekiya in Ikebukuro. I actually preferred this ramen much more than my other bowl at Ippudo in Ebisu.

Nikutama (Meat & Egg) Ramen with gyoza
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The chashu is so tender it basically falls apart when you pick it up with your chopsticks.

That definitely looks rich and hearty!! The gyoza looks delicious, too!!
I'm "eating" vicariously through you!! It's too bad we can't eat the same quality here. If you find a really good place, it changes owners or disappears. :(

Sengo wrote:

That definitely looks rich and hearty!! The gyoza looks delicious, too!!
I'm "eating" vicariously through you!! It's too bad we can't eat the same quality here. If you find a really good place, it changes owners or disappears. :(

It was definitely delicious. Some of the best ramen I've eaten for sure.

I guess all us food fans live vicariously thru the pics of others...so enjoy. ^_^

My first meal in Osaka this evening. Kakomiya (‚©‚±‚Ý‚â) in Honmachi. Specializes in chicken.

Inside the restaurant
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"Takenoko (’|‚ÌŽq)" -- Bamboo shoots sauteed in oil and garlic
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Chicken Carpaccio (Chicken sashimi!) -- this was flippin' amazing...sooo good...would never happen in the States due to health department regulations. This was made from chicken freshly killed today.
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Chicken Harami (belly) seasoned with togarashi spice & garlic sauteed with potatoes.
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Pomodoro Pasta with Takenoko
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^ Wowee. :drooling:

I never could've imagined chicken sashimi... :shocked:

Tu_triky wrote:

Here are a couple of more pics from the kaiseki dinner I had last night in Hakone. Just a taste, if you will.

3 types of sashimi with freshly grated real wasabi. Enjoy. ^_^
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That sashimi looks absolutely amazing!! You can see how fresh it is even in the pic!!

Did you do a lot of online research to find these amazing restaurants to go to?

Sengo wrote:Did you do a lot of online research to find these amazing restaurants to go to?

Isn't every restaurant in Japan amazing? :mrgreen:

EDIT: Every Japanese restaurant. :mrgreen: :victory:

bmwracer wrote:^ Wowee. :drooling:

I never could've imagined chicken sashimi... :shocked:

Me, too!! Looks delicious!!

bmwracer wrote:^ Wowee. :drooling:

I never could've imagined chicken sashimi... :shocked:

Me neither, man. Seriously. It was so incredibly delicious though. The pig in me was tempted to order another one!

Sengo wrote:

That sashimi looks absolutely amazing!! You can see how fresh it is even in the pic!!

You are so right about the freshness...you can tell merely by looking at the pic. This particular dish was part of a kaiseki meal given at the ryokan I stayed at in Hakone.

Did you do a lot of online research to find these amazing restaurants to go to?

The pig in me does prompt me to do some research with regard to restaurants before I leave on my trips to Japan...but I obviously don't research it down to every meal I plan to have.

The chicken place Kakomiya I just looked up an hour before I decided to go there on the this website, www.bento.com. It's all in English. It's an amazing resource for restaurants in major Japanese cities. I recommend you bookmark it for future reference.

I'm currently staying in the Honmachi area of Osaka so I just looked up restaurants in Honmachi on bento.com and Kakomiya was one of the ones listed.

Even though the Japanese address system is incredibly confusing and difficult to fathom for foreigners like myself, with technology these days, it has become fairly easy to get from place to place. I just input the address on Google Maps on my cellphone and it has two two markers...one for your current location and one for your destination....with the built in GPS antenna on the phone it tracks your current location in real time. You just follow the directions until you arrive. It's really a lifesaver. :)