Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Anime Dad wrote:

Give me a fork!!

their duck soba looks delicious

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Makes me want to say doumo gochisousama deshita

Anime Dad wrote:Makes me want to say doumo gochisousama deshita

makes me wish i was saying "itadakimasu" (cuz the food is right in front of me)

Tu_triky wrote:


check out the other food pix...they look scrumdeliumptous

here's one of them...this Japanese tamagoyaki (Japanese style omelette)

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http://www.tastingmenu.com/archive/2004/10-october/20041011.htm

i think they serve those in some bento box meals at Mitsuwa, but a minature version, something like that.

Tu_triky wrote:


their duck soba looks delicious

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something you tried before in Japan? or around SoCal?
that looks good... :applaud:

qilver wrote:

something you tried before in Japan? or around SoCal?
that looks good... :applaud:

i've had duck and negi onions simmered in broth but not from that particular restaurant that the photo was taken..that restaurant is called Honmura An, a soba restaurant with locations in Tokyo and New York.

http://www.tastingmenu.com/archive/2004/10-october/20041011.htm

qilver wrote:

i think they serve those in some bento box meals at Mitsuwa, but a minature version, something like that.

yeah i've seen those but since those tamagoyaki are prepared for boxed lunches i don't think they're prepared with the same care and expertise.

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah i've seen those but since those tamagoyaki are prepared for boxed lunches i don't think they're prepared with the same care and expertise.

most defintely....the quality what was as shown in the pix you posted, that is taken to another level of quality.... :applaud:

Tu_triky wrote:

i've had duck and negi onions simmered in broth but not from that particular restaurant that the photo was taken..that restaurant is called Honmura An, a soba restaurant with locations in Tokyo and New York.

http://www.tastingmenu.com/archive/2004/10-october/20041011.htm

Personally, i've never been to the big city of NY...must be huge...but in comparison in some way to Hong Kong, and Tokyo..a grandiose view of citylife.

i'll be sure to take some notes of some places that i may get the opportunity to try in Japan, for my next visit, hopefully this summer... :applaud: :bonk:

qilver wrote:

most defintely....the quality what was as shown in the pix you posted, that is taken to another level of quality.... :applaud:

well i could never cook it myself cuz my cooking skills are hella weak but when cooking tamagoyaki...the japanese traditionally use a square copper pan that they put the beaten egg mixture in and then they skillfully keep folding and folding the omelette into numerous layers which give the tamagoyaki that fine, multi-layered look...this picture again illustrates the point.

Is that how they do it? Interesting.


On a different subject........ on last Saturday's Iron Chef, the ingredient was scampi. I've never seen them before, and these were huge! Some of the nicest looking dishes resulted, too. Kenichi-san's scampi tails in chilli sauce looked so yummy :)

qilver wrote:

Personally, i've never been to the big city of NY...must be huge...but in comparison in some way to Hong Kong, and Tokyo..a grandiose view of citylife.

i'll be sure to take some notes of some places that i may get the opportunity to try in Japan, for my next visit, hopefully this summer... :applaud: :bonk:

yeah sure..we can always revisit the issue before you take off for your trip.

Anime Dad wrote:Is that how they do it? Interesting.


On a different subject........ on last Saturday's Iron Chef, the ingredient was scampi. I've never seen them before, and these were huge! Some of the nicest looking dishes resulted, too. Kenichi-san's scampi tails in chilli sauce looked so yummy :)

that sounds yummy...i have a few episodes of iron chef that i downloaded....have yet to see them.

Yeah... I always thought scampi was just the italian name for prawns.... but these suckers were about 12" long, with decent claws.

Enough with the savoury foods...it's time for sugar! (j/k - I like reading about all food)

Well, as this thread is over 500 pages long, and I'm a "noob", I haven't read it all. But it seems sugary stuff hasn't been mentioned a lot?

So, here's my contribution - Kinoko No Yama

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I think this translates like "Mountain Mushrooms" or "Mushroooms Of The Mountain" (please someone correct me if I've got it wrong)

They are DELICIOUS! I love Japanese sweets (candy) - so much nicer than British ones; the attention to detail, and the packaging of Japanese sweets is far superior to British ones.

Anyway, when I opened my box of mushrooms, I squealed at the cuteness of them (that's my actual mushrooms in the picture). :mrgreen:

Has anyone else tried them?

Keps wrote:

Has anyone else tried them?

Nope....

Ones I've tried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60mphX_KF4
Toppo :mrgreen:


Also Pocky.
For CMs on Pocky, look in Aragaki Yui thread. Her Pocky CMs are quite cute and entertaining :hehe:

Keps wrote:
I think this translates like "Mountain Mushrooms" or "Mushroooms Of The Mountain" (please someone correct me if I've got it wrong)

are these mushrooms better than acid? :beaten:

K.T.Tran wrote:

Nope....

Ones I've tried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60mphX_KF4
Toppo :mrgreen:


Also Pocky.
For CMs on Pocky, look in Aragaki Yui thread. Her Pocky CMs are quite cute and entertaining :hehe:

Thanks for the link, K. T. Tran...but I'm not sure what exactly Toppo is - is it chocolate?

Oh, I'll have to check out the Pocky CMs - I've tried a couple of flavours, and YUM! Especially the (deep voice) "Men's Chocolate" - that's addictive (but why "Men's"? :mrgreen: )

Tu_triky wrote:

are these mushrooms better than acid? :beaten:

I wouldn't know...I'm too angelic to know about acid. :mrgreen:

Keps wrote:


Thanks for the link, K. T. Tran...but I'm not sure what exactly Toppo is - is it chocolate?

Some type of cracker that has some kinda chocolate flavoring inside :sweat: :sweat:

Can't be more specific then that. :beaten: