Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:^ Dang. :drooling:

Time for lunch. :bonk:

I know I have gone there in a long time...need to pay a visit soon. :)

Tu_triky wrote:I know I have gone there in a long time...need to pay a visit soon. :)

You're most likely closer than I am... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
You're most likely closer than I am... :sweat:

Yeah for sure...but you have your own little spot which you've mentioned here before numerous times...sounds like a fine place. Hakone Sushi is it? I guess as long as you have a go-to spot that's what's important ^_^

Tu_triky wrote:Yeah for sure...but you have your own little spot which you've mentioned here before numerous times...sounds like a fine place. Hakone Sushi is it? I guess as long as you have a go-to spot that's what's important ^_^

Yup.

Just talking about the place makes me think I should drop by this weekend. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

Just talking about the place makes me think I should drop by this weekend. :victory:

There ya go...:)

Last meal anyone?

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That would probably do it to me. :doh:

Itazura ichiban wrote:That would probably do it to me. :doh:

Anybody, not just you. :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:Last meal anyone?

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Preview of next week's Dotch show? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Preview of next week's Dotch show? :beaten:

:hehe:

With that many eggs I'd have to guess it'd be a preview of the next 12 shows.

Tu_triky wrote:With that many eggs I'd have to guess it'd be a preview of the next 12 shows.

Truth to tell, the yolks aren't close to being that deep orange color that's prized by the Dotch epicures... :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Truth to tell, the yolks aren't close to being that deep orange color that's prized by the Dotch epicures... :mrgreen:

All the eggs I had in Japan were like that. :)

There is one egg producer I discovered here that has free range eggs with such deep colored orange yolks. I occasionally buy a half-dozen at Whole Foods. Expensive though...about 6 bucks for 6 eggs. Eggs come from New Zealand producer Frenz.

http://www.frenzs.co.nz/

Best tasting eggs I've ever had in the States. Period.

Check out the difference in appearance between a Frenz Egg and a Costco Organic Egg. I daresay it's pretty obvious.

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Tuna Nicoise Salad that I had at one of my favorite restaurants in L.A., Tender Greens. Their food is sublime - really healthy and really good! Locations in Culver City and West Hollywood.

Seared Ahi Tuna rocks!

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^ What makes the orange-yolked eggs so much better taste-wise? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:^ What makes the orange-yolked eggs so much better taste-wise? :headscratch:

Honestly I think it's the type of feed they use...it's a higher quality feed that makes the yolk more nutritious and consequently deeper in color. I think a lot of organic eggs that purport to be free-range too come from producers that don't actually use a high quality feed...they might use fillers like soy, for example, and stuff cuz it's cheaper.

I guess it's kind of like when you eat a piece of grass fed beef raised from cattle that don't get shot up with hormones or antibiotics vs. a piece of grain fed beef which is cheaper because grain is cheaper to raise cattle than having them graze on grasses.

^ I guess we're so used to the yellow yolked-eggs, the orange ones seem odd/abnormal. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:^ I guess we're so used to the yellow yolked-eggs, the orange ones seem odd/abnormal. :sweat:

I see your point.

Yellow yolked ones are from battery raised chickens that eat low quality feed and get no exercise. Trust me the taste is quite inferior.

Even when I went to London last November to visit a friend...I had a traditional "Full English Breakfast" -- the eggs were from organically fed, free range chickens...take a look at the color and size of the yolk (at least of the egg on the right!)

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Quite noticeable.

As is the burnt bagel. :beaten:

And ooooh, bacon... And a banger(?).

bmwracer wrote:Quite noticeable.

As is the burnt bagel. :beaten:

HAHA...I think that's actually the underside of a cooked mushroom if I recall. :beaten:

And ooooh, bacon... And a banger(?).

Yeah bacon and I think it was a cumberland sausage...

...it was tasty but heavy...that'll keep the tourist in you walking for miles, because it sustains you and you need to walk it off. :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:HAHA...I think that's actually the underside of a cooked mushroom if I recall.

LOL, you coulda fooled me. :rofl: