Category: food & drinks
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Vegetables in My Kitchen
I was making a southwestern style chili on a lazy weekend afternoon (in Edgewater). My kitchen faces west and catches the setting sun, I took these pictures of some of my ingredients (including four different types of chili peppers). I cannot find a picture of the result – either it did not look good or…
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La Crêperie de Grancy
On one of my house hunting weekend in Lausanne, I wandered into La Crêperie de Grancy for lunch. It is located on the second floor of a concrete building on Blvd de Grancy 4. Quite a cozy, comfortable neighborhood eatery – a bit like a diner, except that as the name indicates, they only do crepes. Creperies are quite…
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Tunisian Takeout
Everything is closed here after 6pm except restaurants. Dimly lit restaurants do not offer takeout food. They sell ambience and not convenience. Bright lights signify a takeout joint. In the US, pizza and chinese takeout are very popular. In the UK, fish’n’chips and indian curries are dominant. In Switzerland, or at least the parts that…
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Airborne Food Porn: LX23 from JFK to GVA
Continuing with the tradition of the food porn series, whenever I come across some good-looking food, I record it. This was my dinner on the night of Jan 28, 2010 at many thousands of feet above the Atlantic. Fennel-dusted sea bass, sauteed vegetables, mascapone polenta, red pepper coulis; small green salad; and vanilla panna cotta…
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Honmaguro Oh-Toro from Mitsuwa
One of my first posts on this blog is about the public demonstration of cutting up a 680-pound bluefin tuna at Mitsuwa supermarket. It was posted here two months ago. Amy, Jason, Sue and I went to Mitsuwa, and I took pictures and videos of the demonstration. According to blog statistics, there are a lot…
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Chinese Menu Translations
Shortly before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government made an attempt to improve the translation of Chinese menu by publishing guidelines and samples. I have to track that down as it would be quite a fun notice to read. Finding and deciphering these hilarious English menu is now a sport. The following is an…