Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Anime Dad wrote:Seriously? Never thought that would happen...

Never say never. :sweat:

On topic: Munching on a biscuit with my afternoon cup of tea :)

Green tea?

Nope, plain tea :)

Sushi tonight at the restaurant that my niece is currently working at... In Westwood. :sweat:

Traffic's gonna suck big time. :bleh:

ill drive if there's a forum mod discount. :mrgreen:

krim wrote:ill drive if there's a forum mod discount. :mrgreen:

She promised me a "mad discount," since we're blood. :beaten:

I'll settle with not getting food poisoning. :hehe:

Back from the Westwood sushi-fest... Not bad at all... Didn't know the owners/chefs were Korean: they did a pretty good job with the sushi... Didn't try anything on the conveyor belt for obvious reasons. :sweat:

It felt weird to be a customer there and have your niece serving you, though. :beaten:


BUT the drive out there was killer: It took over an hour to get there... I my left leg is praobably strained from constantly stepping on the clutch. :bleh:

And parking (and the drivers) suck in Westwood like you wouldn't believe... Morons. :shakehead:

gindara teriyaki. mmmm oshii desu.

Japan to certify 'real' sushi

Fri Mar 16, 10:29 AM ET

Japan on Friday approved a campaign to certify "real" Japanese food overseas, worried that a global sushi craze will bastardise its national cuisine.

The campaign comes despite international derision after a panel first made the recommendations last year, with some US restaurant owners and press reports mocking the creation of a "sushi police."

Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka gave the go-ahead Friday on the panel's recommendations, which include creating a label for "authentic" Japanese restaurants overseas, a ministry official said.

The label will show that a restaurant or product is "real," taking into consideration factors such as ingredients and atmosphere.

Japan estimates the world will have some 50,000 restaurants purporting to serve Japanese food three years from now, double the current number, amid perceptions that the cuisine is healthy.

But culinary purists -- and some government officials -- have expressed horror at what can pass for Japanese food overseas.

"Japanese restaurants are sharply increasing throughout the world despite insufficient information on Japanese food and the ingredients characteristic of Japanese cuisine," said the report approved Friday.

"As a result, there is concern that the image and brand of Japanese cuisine is being damaged," it added.

In light of last year's criticism, the government said that it will have minimal involvement in the process. It said local groups will issue the labels, the exact shape of which is yet to be decided.

"The government will help finance the launching of this project and the fundamentals of this system, but the rest will be overseen by the private sector," said the agricultural ministry official.

"The local bodies will include food professionals, companies and even individuals. We want them to be as wide open to anyone as possible," the official said.

I had the same idea once.

I was gonna go to every "pizza" joint in California that advertized itself as "New York Style" Pizza, and paint the word "LIAR!!" in big bold letters on their front windows.

Then I sobered up.

Geezer wrote:I had the same idea once.

I was gonna go to every "pizza" joint in California that advertized itself as "New York Style" Pizza, and paint the word "LIAR!!" in big bold letters on their front windows.

Then I sobered up.

Er, what constitutes "New York Style" pizza? :headscratch:

According to the pizza joints out here, (and in Chicago, and in Texas, and in Minn. and in...) a NY Style Pizza is any bit of dough, flattened out and shaped into a disc... with melted stuff on it.

I don't miss much about N.Y. But I do miss pizza.

Geezer wrote:According to the pizza joints out here, (and in Chicago, and in Texas, and in Minn. and in...) a NY Style Pizza is any bit of dough, flattened out and shaped into a disc... with melted stuff on it.

I don't miss much about N.Y. But I do miss pizza.

So what's so special about it in NY? Just because it's made there? :beaten:

Anime Dad wrote:It's my oldest daughter's 13th birthday today... she had a party on Sat. night. Mrs A.D. had a Hello Kitty cake made for her by a friend... it was absolutely fantastic :) I'll post a pic once the film is developed :)

Here's the cake:
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Anime Dad wrote:

Here's the cake:
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Wow! That is one beautifully decorated cake A.D.! :woot: Your daughter must have loved it.

bmwracer wrote:So what's so special about it in NY? Just because it's made there? :beaten:

As they said in Fried Green Tomatoes; "Secrets in the sauce." :hehe: No all kidding aside, NY pizza is better than most others around the country because the tomato sauce has the proper tomato base, seasoning and olive oil. The sauce just has more gusto! :woot: Also the crusts are better and the cheese is the right kind of mozzorella. It is like NY's bagels, they also taste better than most others in the country. They say it's the water that is used to make the bagel dough. I personally think that with both the pizza and the bagels that it is the customers who wouldn't accept anything but the best when it comes to the taste of these two culinary favorites in NY. They know what the 'real deal' is and if these foods don't taste right the customers will buy them at another restaurant, store or food stand. :thumbsup: You gotta come visit NYC to test them out for yourself. ;)

Enna wrote:As they said in Fried Green Tomatoes; "Secrets in the sauce." :hehe: No all kidding aside, NY pizza is better than most others around the country because the tomato sauce has the proper tomato base, seasoning and olive oil. The sauce just has more gusto! :woot: Also the crusts are better and the cheese is the right kind of mozzorella. It is like NY's bagels, they also taste better than most others in the country. They say it's the water that is used to make the bagel dough. I personally think that with both the pizza and the bagels that it is the customers who wouldn't accept anything but the best when it comes to the taste of these two culinary favorites in NY. They know what the 'real deal' is and if these foods don't taste right the customers will buy them at another restaurant, store or food stand. :thumbsup: You gotta come visit NYC to test them out for yourself. ;)

I hate to say it, but it sounds like regional food snobbery: My ex-office mate was from Chicago and he always claimed their ribs and pizza were "the best...."

Sounds like it's a matter of what you like and what you're used to... Which doesn't necessarily equate to being "the best..." :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I hate to say it, but it sounds like regional food snobbery: My ex-office mate was from Chicago and he always claimed their ribs and pizza were "the best...."

Sounds like it's a matter of what you like and what you're used to... Which doesn't necessarily equate to being "the best..." :sweat:

Wel it might sound like food snobbery, but having personally tasted pizza in many different cities in the USA including Chicago's famous pan pizza, I can only tell you that NY pizza does have something special about it. When you come to NYC to visit one day, you'll see what Geezer and I are talking about. :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:

Here's the cake:
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nice cake! :applaud:

Anime Dad wrote:

Here's the cake:
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SUGOI! A friend made this cake?! Is she a professional? Because that cake is mad kawaii.

Nope, not a professional. She is an artist, though. She's just started doing cakes. She actually made the Hello Kitty on top out of icing :)

She's making a guitar cake for my son's birthday next :)

Anime Dad wrote:Nope, not a professional. She is an artist, though. She's just started doing cakes. She actually made the Hello Kitty on top out of icing :)

She's making a guitar cake for my son's birthday next :)

Tell her she's AMAZING! :bow:

>>can't wait for guitar-cake pics<<