Food, Food, and More Food Thread

z123_us wrote:

do u all get good french wine in US

i know u have ure own also ... said to good ones ... never tried though

Yes NYC and the tri-state area gets a good selection of wines from around the world. Yes Long Island, NY has its own vineyards also out East. When you come to visit your cousins on LI then you can compare. ;) :)

z123_us wrote:

do u all get good french wine in US

i know u have ure own also ... said to good ones ... never tried though

I dunno I never looked hard enough, maybe because I'm not old enough :hehe:

Boy they are going to have a fit when I go later this year and wanting to check my Id haha, then look up at me in disbelief.

making sauteed eggplant with shredded pork in ... hmm.. seeems we only have oyster sauce in the house. and a short rib and daikon soup as a side.
:metaldevil:

krim wrote:making sauteed eggplant with shredded pork in ... hmm.. seeems we only have oyster sauce in the house. and a short rib and daikon soup as a side.
:metaldevil:

not sure what i am going to eat for dinner....
but what you are having sounds good to eat, shredded pork, sauteed eggplant, i should learn some new dishes, don't cook all that much. :hehe:

cooking the U.F.O as I speak.

it's done!

my aunt's camera sucks

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Enna wrote:OK I'll ask. What is "spam-musabi" and "goya chanploo?" I know what Spam is and Goya is the name of a Spanish food company in my neck of the woods.

to add on to doch's fine explaination about the spam musubi: doch is right that the US military did introduced SPAM to not not just the people in HI, but also on Okinawa as well. it's rarely found in mainland, but pretty much thoughout okinawa, you can find it in any mfood market. Also add to the fact that most of the JPNese that are living in Hawaii came from Okinawa, well you put 1 and 1 together....

Now, on to Goya Champloo. Goya is essentially, chinese bitter melon. Only it's more firm in texture and a little more bitter. I love the stuff, but it's an aquired taste, because, well it IS bitter. Here is a pic:
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Goya Champloo is goya with spam, tofu and eggs, with sometimes gobo (burdock) or sliced carrots until the result is this:
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Dang, talking about this makes me want to eat it. too bad they don't have goya here, just the chinese variety.

- niko

SubaruWRX wrote:cooking the U.F.O as I speak.

it's done!

my aunt's camera sucks

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what does it stand for? UFO? :hehe:
must be some good stuff, yakisoba right? not sure i had that brand before, but better keep the water/drink nearby with all that sodium

btw: late dinner for you, 8pm?
:hehe: :thumbsup:

niko2x wrote:
Now, on to Goya Champloo. Goya is essentially, chinese bitter melon. Only it's more firm in texture and a little more bitter. I love the stuff, but it's an aquired taste, because, well it IS bitter. Here is a pic:
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Goya Champloo is goya with spam, tofu and eggs, with sometimes gobo (burdock) or sliced carrots until the result is this:
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Dang, talking about this makes me want to eat it. too bad they don't have goya here, just the chinese variety.

- niko

i recently saw the 6.27.2005 episode of SMAPxSMAP with Bistro SMAP cafe hosting guest stars Eri Fukatsu & Ryoko Hirosue and one of the dishes the guys cooked up for the women was in fact, Goya Champloo...because the requested cuisine was Okinawa ryori. Dayem the Okinawan food looked dayem good...Uma so.

whoo I almost choked on a peice of ramen.. lol the sodium is high.. eyes are tearing.

and yeah late dinner lol I stay up late anyways :P

It's it's by Nissan if I'm correct.

SubaruWRX wrote:whoo I almost choked on a peice of ramen.. lol the sodium is high.. eyes are tearing.

and yeah late dinner lol I stay up late anyways :P

It's it's by Nissan if I'm correct.

I believe that's Nissin, not Nissan.... :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:

I believe that's Nissin, not Nissan.... :sweat:

DOH!

you are 100% right... lol my mind has been gone for the last few weeks.

Tu_triky wrote:...because the requested cuisine was Okinawa ryori. Dayem the Okinawan food looked dayem good...Umai so.

yeah okinawan's food it very different from JPN cooking. as a matter of fact, it resemble chinese cooking moreso because of long historical trade with them. As y'all may have heard me say before, Okinawa was their own country before the JPNese annexed them.

SubaruWRX wrote:
DOH!

you are 100% right... lol my mind has been gone for the last few weeks.

well, you aren't knwn as the car guy for nothing. even eating nissin products, nissan just slipped. it's cool tho.

niko2x wrote:well, you aren't knwn as the car guy for nothing. even eating nissin products, nissan just slipped. it's cool tho.

heh I guess so :sweat:

I finnish the rest off with some Wine, Still trying to figure out what the hell is the Orbit-Tea wine.. It's stronger then wine i'm used to.. 12.5% ALC

SubaruWRX wrote:whoo I almost choked on a peice of ramen.. lol the sodium is high.. eyes are tearing.

and yeah late dinner lol I stay up late anyways :P

It's it's by Nissan if I'm correct.

did you put too much of the sodium packet in, :doh:

must be some good stuff, just make sure you have some water or a good japanese drink nearby. :hehe: :thumbsup:

I put the sause and the spice pack in.

what I really want now is some pocari Sweat.

SubaruWRX wrote:I put the sause and the spice pack in.

what I really want now is some pocari Sweat.

yeah, that stuff sounds good, just like lemon water or super h2O

qilver wrote:yeah, that stuff sounds good, just like lemon water or super h2O

as long as it's not cow piss. (calpis) hahahaha...
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niko2x wrote:as long as it's not cow piss. (calpis) hahahaha...

yeah, that stuff grows on ya, you get use to the pisu stuff eventually... :hehe:

the way the japanese pronounce it is, Cal-pis-u. sound it sounds a bit different. The peach flavor one is not bad either....

but still like the aquarius and lemon water better. :thumbsup:

hahah Calpis...

Me & qilver were talking one night & I just start laughing because I knew you guys talked about Calpis, but I did not see how you guys got it from, that was until I looked at the top of the bottle cap.

I've had takeda Lemon Water which was better then Suntory's

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