Food, Food, and More Food Thread

krim wrote:hey Beem, can you PM info on your usual sushi place, or post it here...

thanks.

Here ya go: http://www.lunchspark.com/hakone-sushi,torrance,ca#comment

Thanks, ill pass it on.

one fine bowl of ramen...i think i want to marry it.


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Tu_triky wrote:one fine bowl of ramen...i think i want to marry it.


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Momofuku, NY


This is Japanese ramen by way of a Carolina whole-hog barbecue, with more than a soupçon of French technique, deriving its super-porky flavor as much from hot, fatty slabs of succulent Berkshire pork belly and deep-pink shredded shoulder as from the long-simmered stock (made from 70 pounds of chicken legs, roasted pork bones, ham hocks, and bacon). Almost in atonement, the toppings are conspicuously fresh and nourishing—the chopped scallions and slivered snow peas, the chewy preserved bamboo shoots, the optional (but highly recommended) Greenmarket corn, briefly sautéed and still crunchy, the delicate sheet of nori propped on the rim. Sure, the noodles could be a little firmer. But therefs even a bit of performance art, as a cook gingerly cracks a slow-poached egg and its golden yolk oozes at the prod of a chopstick over the the whole glorious affair. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

minca ramen, NY


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Kakiage

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Kakiage dipped in soba tsuyu.....mmmmmmmmmmm

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bleh, gonna make some ramen for dinner. :beaten:

krim wrote:bleh, gonna make some ramen for dinner. :beaten:

:victory: :applaud: :victory:

I think I'll have some homemade chicken enchiladas for dinner. :victory:

belongs in the drink thread, but i've had something similar using dry sake and a umeboshi.

Thanks...I finally found the thread on Page 4. :victory:

Anyway, I think it must have been umeboshi wine they were drinking. I searched Google Images for pictures and found a few that looked similar. Thanks everyone!

To stay on topic - some traditional scottish food - breakfast (2 variations). Not as mouth-watering as triky's pics, however.

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Black pudding, square sausage, beans, mushrooms and fried bread (which I love).


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Probably what you would get in a B&B or hotel. Scrambled eggs, tomato, black pudding, sausage (I think that's what it's supposed to be but it's not traditionally square-shaped), link sausage, bacon rashers and mushrooms.

More:

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Haggis, turnips (neeps) and potatoes (tatties). This is traditionally eaten during Burn's Night celebrations. The neeps and tatties are common side dishes everywhere else. Most Scots I know, including my husband, really can't stand neeps...I guess because they were forced to eat it as children. I love it...even better when my husband makes this face :bleh: while I'm eating it.

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Scottish fish and chips with side mushy peas and a can of Irn Bru, which is the National drink of Scotland.

I can't forget this...porridge. What rice is to the Japanese, porridge is to the Scots.

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A bit of info I found interesting:

The backbone of the Scottish diet over the centuries has been oatmeal, eaten in its many variations - gruel, brose, crowdie, porridge, oatcakes and a variety of scones and puddings.

The sound advice from Dr Winifred M Ewing MSP to her younger colleague Andrew Wilson MSP that "You've got to get a breakfast, eat well in the morning and get excercise. Swim - that's what I do" was a timely reminder that this column , to date, hasn't featured the finest Scottish breakfast feast - porridge ( parritch ). Porridge, referred to by our National Bard, Robert Burns, as 'chief o Scotia's food' is still a national breakfast dish, undoubtedly enjoyed by Winnie Ewing. The auld Scots saying 'A staunan poke fills the fu'est' is a reminder that in the good old days, porridge was eaten standing up! Milk to accompany porridge was always served in a separate bowl and each spoonful of porridge was dunked in the milk bowl. The traditional porridge stick is called a spurtle or sometimes a theevil - every Scottish home should have one.

There was traditionally in days gone by a 'porridge drawer' which was filled with porridge, which, of course, grew cold and solid and was subsequently cut into squares and could be taken as a travelling 'piece' and eaten out of doors.

I SO overate this weekend that Toshi-kun's pics don't even phase me.

Lets see, yesterday I had:

Breakfast: Egg McMuffin with Sausage, hashbrown, juice
Lunch: Spicy Chicken Crunch Wrap Supreme, fries, pepsi
Snack: Cheese
Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwich with bacon in melted cheese, onion rings, juice

Today I had:
Breakfast: Danish, muffin, various treats, cheese, juice
Lunch: Eggplant and zuccini sandwich, apple, pasta salad, cookie, juice
Snack: Sha'hi tokorai
Dinner: Pad Thai with chicken, beef salad, 2 spring rolls, green tea, water

FAR from healthy. I can feel the pounds layering on!

ganmo wrote:

belongs in the drink thread, but i've had something similar using dry sake and a umeboshi.

Thanks...I finally found the thread on Page 4. :victory:

Anyway, I think it must have been umeboshi wine they were drinking. I searched Google Images for pictures and found a few that looked similar. Thanks everyone!

To stay on topic - some traditional scottish food - breakfast (2 variations). Not as mouth-watering as triky's pics, however.

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Black pudding, square sausage, beans, mushrooms and fried bread (which I love).


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Probably what you would get in a B&B or hotel. Scrambled eggs, tomato, black pudding, sausage (I think that's what it's supposed to be but it's not traditionally square-shaped), link sausage, bacon rashers and mushrooms.

wow, those look like metabolic time bombs......i noticed that the fork looks fried as well. :beaten:


reminds me of kaiseki ryori...honto ni...

I said I was going to try some sushi but never got to it. our club was selling sushi and I didn't even take the chance to buy one and try it. :shakehead:

Sooji wrote:I said I was going to try some sushi but never got to it. our club was selling sushi and I didn't even take the chance to buy one and try it. :shakehead:

one day you could always try albacore tuna which is seared...it's often referred to as albacore tataki.......it's not compeltely raw......then you can work your way up to the other stuff :P

wow, those look like metabolic time bombs......i noticed that the fork looks fried as well.

@triky...fried fork?? :rofl: :rofl:

On my first visit to Scotland, I had the second version of the Scottish breakfast. Filled me up so much, I didn't eat anything until the next morning. Haggis is good, if you don't think about what you're eating. But it's really rich so you can't eat too much of it. I tried black pudding...absolutely hated it. Will never eat another one for as long as I live. :bleh:

I said I was going to try some sushi but never got to it. our club was selling sushi and I didn't even take the chance to buy one and try it.

@Sooji - My mother always told me, "try it once, if you like it, good. If not, at least you tried it."

You never know...you might actually enjoy it. :victory:

ganmo...... I could feel my arteries hardening just looking at those photos.

My parents eat black pudding every now and again....... it's disgusting..... it's like made from pigs blood or something. ugh. :bleh:

ganmo wrote:@triky...fried fork?? :rofl: :rofl:

:lol:

I'll pass on that... I'm full from eating burnt DVDs. :beaten:

ganmo wrote:

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Probably what you would get in a B&B or hotel. Scrambled eggs, tomato, black pudding, sausage (I think that's what it's supposed to be but it's not traditionally square-shaped), link sausage, bacon rashers and mushrooms.

Looks like the full english breakfast I once overate.