Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote:

A little hot sauce always helps.

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:dielaughing:

Your new fashion statement? :hehe:

Eve wrote:

:dielaughing:

Your new fashion statement? :hehe:

I hope I never get THAT drunk.

Tu_triky wrote:I hope I never get THAT drunk.

So do we. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
So do we. :beaten:

ROFL :rofl:

Hmm, I can think of worse actually. Then again... there's no detergent in the universe to clean my dirty mind.

bmwracer wrote:
So do we. :beaten:

:lol: Indeed!!

Edohiguma wrote:Hmm, I can think of worse actually. Then again... there's no detergent in the universe to clean my dirty mind.

Obviously you havent tried a Brain Cleaner. :mrgreen:

Eve wrote:

Obviously you havent tried a Brain Cleaner. :mrgreen:

Brain Cleaner = an absolute must for JDorama members ;)

Anime Dad wrote:

Brain Cleaner = an absolute must for JDorama members ;)

Indeed! :argh: :smack: :tolerance: :whipped:

Well, got back from my trip to Great Britain and I have to say, while the sights and people there were terrific, the food wasn't. Tried to stick to regional fare while touring England, Wales, and Scotland, but none of the meals I had were memorable, and many were, to put it kindly, mediocre at best.

Tried fish and chips on three different occasions, and the one they serve at Mimi's Cafe is much better.

British sausage is terrible.

Tried haggis--I called it haggis for beginners because it came in the form of a ring mold and most of it was mashed potato.

On one occasion I had tea and biscuit--first time I ever had milk and sugar with my tea, and the shortbread biscuit was good--but I'll stick with my Japanese green tea. Did end up buying some shortbread biscuits to bring home though.

One of the best meals I had in Great Britain was a bratwurst on a bun from a street vendor in Edinburgh. The vendor was German (I understood his English a lot better than the English spoken by some of the Scots I encountered) and so was the brat.

Had a nice bowl of homemade tomato soup in Grasmere which is in the Lakes District of England.

Visited four or five pubs--beer was good; meals when I ate there were OK, nothing special.

Didn't try any meat pies because, well, I never liked 'em.

Found out non-sparkling water is called "still water."

At the end of the tour I was talking to a rep who was in charge of making sure I caught my transfer to the airport. I mentioned to her how disappointed I was in the food; she smiled and said, "visit Italy to eat good food." Having visited Italy a couple of months earlier, I concur.

shin2 wrote:Well, got back from my trip to Great Britain and I have to say, while the sights and people there were terrific, the food wasn't. Tried to stick to regional fare while touring England, Wales, and Scotland, but none of the meals I had were memorable, and many were, to put it kindly, mediocre at best.

Tried fish and chips on three different occasions, and the one they serve at Mimi's Cafe is much better.

British sausage is terrible.

Tried haggis--I called it haggis for beginners because it came in the form of a ring mold and most of it was mashed potato.

On one occasion I had tea and biscuit--first time I ever had milk and sugar with my tea, and the shortbread biscuit was good--but I'll stick with my Japanese green tea. Did end up buying some shortbread biscuits to bring home though.

One of the best meals I had in Great Britain was a bratwurst on a bun from a street vendor in Edinburgh. The vendor was German (I understood his English a lot better than the English spoken by some of the Scots I encountered) and so was the brat.

Had a nice bowl of homemade tomato soup in Grasmere which is in the Lakes District of England.

Visited four or five pubs--beer was good; meals when I ate there were OK, nothing special.

Didn't try any meat pies because, well, I never liked 'em.

Found out non-sparkling water is called "still water."

At the end of the tour I was talking to a rep who was in charge of making sure I caught my transfer to the airport. I mentioned to her how disappointed I was in the food; she smiled and said, "visit Italy to eat good food." Having visited Italy a couple of months earlier, I concur.

Haha. Nice summary! I can definitely appreciate what you said.

@shin2-


Sounds like things haven't changed much ov the years. Living in London I remember one memorable pie place called the Upper Crust. Their savory pies were amazing.

Eve wrote:
Living in London I remember one memorable pie place called the Upper Crust.

There's a very popular pizza joint near where I used to work called Upper Crust. Good pizza, even better calzones.

shin2 wrote:

There's a very popular pizza joint near where I used to work called Upper Crust. Good pizza, even better calzones.

I remember going to the San jenaro street festival in Little Italy when I was a teen. I ate the most amazing calzone I've ever had before or since. Aftr we ate we wandered behind the booths and this incredibly hairy tattooed man was mixing the dough in a giant vat almost shoulder deep. We were all so glad that we hadn't seen that before we ate the calzone. :beaten:

Eve wrote:

I remember going to the San jenaro street festival in Little Italy when I was a teen. I ate the most amazing calzone I've ever had before or since. Aftr we ate we wandered behind the booths and this incredibly hairy tattooed man was mixing the dough in a giant vat almost shoulder deep. We were all so glad that we hadn't seen that before we ate the calzone. :beaten:

Memories...when I used to live in Greenwich Village I remember St. Gennaro's festival in Little Italy was a fabulous festival of FAT! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:


Memories...when I used to live in Greenwich Village I remember St. Gennaro's festival in Little Italy was a fabulous festival of FAT! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

You know I have never seen that spelled. Thank you. :mrgreen:

I think your description is very apt, it's the place for fat. :victory:

This guy's undertaken an interesting project. He's going to sample curry from all 47 prefectures and give a critique. Here's the first one: http://tokyotombaker.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/around-japan-in-47-curries-kanagawa-navy-curry/

Lunch with my favorite niece at Geko-Tei.

Tonkatsu.
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Uni and Ikura Don.
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bmwracer wrote:Lunch with my favorite niece at Geko-Tei.

Tonkatsu.
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Uni and Ikura Don.
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Love.

And love.

:good:

Grilled Pork Ribs
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Lamb Soup
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bmwracer wrote:

Tonkatsu.
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is the tonkatsu really that dark?