Food, Food, and More Food Thread

tabana wrote:Thanks, Looks good. :drooling:

I'll try to find some. :D

if you are not successful let me know and i'll try to hook you up with a bowl or two ^_^

bmwracer wrote:
Stay on topic, please. :grumble:

sorry.

Tu_triky wrote:

if you are not successful let me know and i'll try to hook you up with a bowl or two ^_^

Great! :woot: :thumbsup:

Tu_triky wrote:

if you are not successful let me know and i'll try to hook you up with a bowl or two ^_^

I want me some more GooTa. But where do I send the check? *Fishes for triky's home ad* I wanna try another flavor too!

tabana wrote:
Great! :woot: :thumbsup:

i'd be pleasantly surprised if you find it...it's even hard to find here in los angeles..... :sweat: our local chain of japanese markets, Mitsuwa, doesn't even carry it in all their grocery stores...i usually have to go to the one a bit further from me...in 'racer's neighborhood....it's worth it though. :)

don't eat it often but boy it's an instant treat

I see. :sweat:

tabana wrote:I see. :sweat:

you never know tho', right?

we need a ramen musuem like they have in Yokohama...the ramen musem there has several ramen restaurants that represent ramen varieties from all over the country....sorry i'm going to recycle some of mah old pics that i posted earlier :P

in the musuem is a venue with a 1950s era decor filled with famous ramen shops from all around the country...when i went with my friend...there was one ramen shop there which is a branch of a famous ramen shop from Sapporo, Japan...the line wrapped all the way around the venue...the line must have been at least 1 to 2 hours long! :sweat:

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Tu_triky wrote:
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Wow, this is such a compositionally beautiful photograph. Did you take it yourself?

I just had burnt okra with fish. I'm glad Toshi-kun posted pics here to satisfy my otherwise dissatisfied senses.

Wynter wrote:

Wow, this is such a compositionally beautiful photograph. Did you take it yourself?

please i suck at taking photographs.....i'm not saying that to feign modesty either.....i just wanted to take a picture for posterity...it's not everyday you go to the ramen museum, right :)

i'm sure you have very discriminating standards given your background and repetoire

I just had burnt okra with fish. I'm glad Toshi-kun posted pics here to satisfy my otherwise dissatisfied senses.

i usually eat okra braised in tomato sauce......next time i go to a certain japanese izakaya i wouldn't mind trying that bacon wrapped okra i posted earlier.

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Tu_triky wrote:please i suck at taking photographs.....i'm not saying that to feign modesty either.....i just wanted to take a picture for posterity...it's not everyday you go to the ramen museum, right

i'm sure you have very discriminating standards given your background and repetoire

I think the viewpoint is excellent, and even tho there isn't a point of interest, it's overall rather successful. I guess you could call this a fluke shot, since you didn't attend to capture anything more than the content. The sky is absolutely amazing, and I find that shots this grand usually are flukes. You can plan a moment, right?

i usually eat okra braised in tomato sauce......next time i go to a certain japanese izakaya i wouldn't mind trying that bacon wrapped okra i posted earlier.

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Sugoi....... :drooling: I can literally smell the bacon through my monitor...

Wynter wrote:
I think the viewpoint is excellent, and even tho there isn't a point of interest, it's overall rather successful. I guess you could call this a fluke shot, since you didn't attend to capture anything more than the content. The sky is absolutely amazing, and I find that shots this grand usually are flukes. You can plan a moment, right?

yeah the trompe l'oeil sky is pretty darn cool...thanks for the compliment...but as you say it's total fluke :P

Wynter wrote:
Sugoi....... :lol: I can literally smell the bacon through my monitor...

ingenious combo.....the savoury taste of the bacon matched with the mild taste of the okra...a great juxtaposition of ingredients.

Tu_triky wrote:yeah the trompe l'oeil sky is pretty darn cool...thanks for the compliment...but as you say it's total fluke

I usually tell my photography kids that all the good sports photographs, which can fetch up to 10K, if not more, are almost always flukes.

ingenious combo.....the savoury taste of the bacon matched with the mild taste of the okra...a great juxtaposition of ingredients.

Ya know, I think I'll experiment with this combo the next time I cook okra. Are they grilled? They look so.

Wynter wrote:

Ya know, I think I'll experiment with this combo the next time I cook okra. Are they grilled? They look so.

uh huh....most japanese foods that you see on such skewers are either grilled or sometimes fried.....the fried stuff is called "kushikatsu" or "kushiage"...the grilled stuff is called "yakimono"



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cuisine
http://japanesefood.about.com/od/pork/a/aboutkushiage.htm

Tu_triky wrote:

uh huh....most japanese foods that you see on such skewers are either grilled or sometimes fried.....the fried stuff is called "kushikatsu" or "kushiage"...the grilled stuff is called "yakimono"



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cuisine
http://japanesefood.about.com/od/pork/a/aboutkushiage.htm

OOoooooh, thanks for the links.

Wow, those fried kabobs look yummy. I'm a huge kabob fan.

Wynter wrote:

OOoooooh, thanks for the links.

Wow, those fried kabobs look yummy. I'm a huge kabob fan.

the kushikatsu...i had it when i went to japan i friekin' loved it! at this restuarant called kushinobu


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still would love to try the gyoza stuffed chicken wing :shamefulcry:

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Tu_triky wrote:

you never know tho', right?

we need a ramen musuem like they have in Yokohama...the ramen musem there has several ramen restaurants that represent ramen varieties from all over the country....sorry i'm going to recycle some of mah old pics that i posted earlier :P ...

That would be great, but it seems for most people, in this town anyway, that ramen is just cheap food like Kraft Dinner. :shamefulcry:

tabana wrote:
That would be great, but it seems for most people, in this town anyway, that ramen is just cheap food like Kraft Dinner. :shamefulcry:

Kraft Dinner...hehe..good point, man...but that's the beauty of Japan...even those "cheap" foods like ramen...which might very well be considered a snack food, for all intents and purposes, can be crafted with amazing care and quality. you can find ramen that is so delicious that it boggles the brain because it's sooo tasty YET inexpensive.

did you ever see the NEXT STOP DISCOVERY mini-documentaries posted on d-addicts....the unbelievable foods they showcase make one cry in astonishment, in that many of these restaurants serve amazing food at, most of the time, incredibly reasonable prices despite the amazing quality.

seriously...us fools in N. America eat crap compared to Japan.

I've seen a few, but not lately. Just old stuff aired on KIKU.

Most of them were quite good.

tabana wrote:I've seen a few, but not lately. Just old stuff aired on KIKU.

Most of them were quite good.

yeah those are the ones i'm speaking about...i don't think there are any recent ones.

they are an AMAZING resource.

fo' sure!