Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote:[image]

Damn. :drooling: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

bmwracer wrote:
Damn. :drooling: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

The food in that picture glistens too much so as to be torture for the viewer :)

Every Friday lunch the cooking class makes a menu for staff. Each Friday is a different theme, and today's was Japanese. The sushi was good, but everything else?... well, at least they tried. :rofl: They had yakitori (chicken and salmon) along with Miso soup, and eggplant dish, and lots of other stuff.

Wynter wrote:Every Friday lunch the cooking class makes a menu for staff. Each Friday is a different theme, and today's was Japanese. The sushi was good, but everything else?... well, at least they tried. :rofl: They had yakitori (chicken and salmon) along with Miso soup, and eggplant dish, and lots of other stuff.

Has anyone ever gotten sick from those meals? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Has anyone ever gotten sick from those meals? :sweat:

Not this year. They've been really good so far tho (except today's). They had Spanish (Mexican) last week and it was AMAZING. Their Greek was really good as well. I never went to them last year, but I am now since a few of my kids are in that cooking class.

Wynter wrote: They had Spanish (Mexican) last week and it was AMAZING.

Food from Spain and Mexico are quite different actually...

... and real Mexican quite different than TexMex.

bmwracer wrote:
Food from Spain and Mexico are quite different actually...

In that case, it was definitely Spanish.

Wynter wrote:Every Friday lunch the cooking class makes a menu for staff. Each Friday is a different theme, and today's was Japanese. The sushi was good, but everything else?... well, at least they tried. :rofl: They had yakitori (chicken and salmon) along with Miso soup, and eggplant dish, and lots of other stuff.

There is a vocational training school in Hong Kong that has a similar 'service'. Their 'restaurant' is open to booking from staff 3 times a week in the evening. Usually you get to choose from 2~3 dishes for the entree, main course, and dessert. They also has a small selection of wine. I found the food quite palatable - the cooking was done by students under the supervision of the teachers.

thtl wrote:

There is a vocational training school in Hong Kong that has a similar 'service'. Their 'restaurant' is open to booking from staff 3 times a week in the evening. Usually you get to choose from 2~3 dishes for the entree, main course, and dessert. They also has a small selection of wine. I found the food quite palatable - the cooking was done by students under the supervision of the teachers.

That's sort of what we have here, tho the students aren't vocational (tho we do have an excellent vocational program in cooking). We have a chef training program at our school and it's usually those kids who prep/cook the food.

Another plateful of gyoza consumed.... :victory:

If there isn't a Nobel Prize for food, there should be one, and it should go to the inventor of gyoza.... :mrgreen:

:hehe:
Ever thought about entering a gyoza eating contest?

tabana wrote::hehe:
Ever thought about entering a gyoza eating contest?

Nah.

Those kinda contests are about quantity not quality.

Gyoza are to be enjoyed and savored, not gulped down like water. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Nah.

Those kinda contests are about quantity not quality.

Gyoza are to be enjoyed and savored, not gulped down like water. :beaten:

If you ever get to Japan, and I'm sure you wil, try to visit the city of Utsunomiya....this is like the gyoza mecca of Japan, and it's really cheap there

a lil' blurb about the city:

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30 specialty stores! So many! You can say Utsunomiya is a city of gyoza, as there are as many as 30 specialty gyoza Stores! There are many ways of cooking,and you can enjoyboiled or fried gyoza. There are a wide variety of ingredients, too. There is even a full course dinner of gyoza. As it is Iow in price as well as delicious, it is popular among the young andold alike. people quite often enjoy gyoza in Utsunomiya.You can reasonably say that gyoza is the fast food of Utsunomiya. It is only natural that you will find a statue of gyoza just outside of the eastern entrance of JR Utsunomiya Station.It is a Statue of Venus wrapped in Gyoza,which may give you a mysterious feeling. As the statue is carved out of Oya stone, it is sure that you are looking at a very unique statue

Tu_triky wrote:If you ever get to Japan, and I'm sure you wil, try to visit the city of Utsunomiya....this is like the gyoza mecca of Japan, and it's really cheap there

a lil' blurb about the city:

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30 specialty stores! So many! You can say Utsunomiya is a city of gyoza, as there are as many as 30 specialty gyoza Stores! There are many ways of cooking,and you can enjoyboiled or fried gyoza. There are a wide variety of ingredients, too. There is even a full course dinner of gyoza. As it is Iow in price as well as delicious, it is popular among the young andold alike. people quite often enjoy gyoza in Utsunomiya.You can reasonably say that gyoza is the fast food of Utsunomiya. It is only natural that you will find a statue of gyoza just outside of the eastern entrance of JR Utsunomiya Station.It is a Statue of Venus wrapped in Gyoza,which may give you a mysterious feeling. As the statue is carved out of Oya stone, it is sure that you are looking at a very unique statue

Now, there's a reason to make a pilgrimage to Japan, not for... Oh, never mind. :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
Now, there's a reason to make a pilgrimage to Japan, not for... Oh, never mind. :thumbsup:

you can do your own investigative work...but the gyoza there are supposed to be really inexpensive to boot...as cheap as 100 Yen per order (don't know how many in an order, perhaps 3)....that's pretty darn cheap.

Tu_triky wrote:you can do your own investigative work...but the gyoza there are supposed to be really inexpensive to boot...as cheap as 100 Yen per order (don't know how many in an order, perhaps 3)....that's pretty darn cheap.

Yup, compared to the $3.50-$4.00 for six here. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup, compared to the $3.50-$4.00 for six here. :sweat:

Dood, did you see that menu of the Japanese restaurant in the UK I posted yesterday...an order of gyoza there is 4.5 pounds...that's 9 bucks!

Tu_triky wrote:Dood, did you see that menu of the Japanese restaurant in the UK I posted yesterday...an order of gyoza there is 4.5 pounds...that's 9 bucks!

That's nuts... How can a place like that stay open with those kinda prices?

bmwracer wrote:
That's nuts... How can a place like that stay open with those kinda prices?

I know the cost of living there is much higher than here...but honestly I think that's par for the course there, man...ppl are used to it, I guess.