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Post by Don Cuevas on Jan 18, 2011 13:29:06 GMT
K2; it's a tough job you have, but someone's got to do it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2011 11:35:24 GMT
When I eat at the office, I always close my door, because I don't want to provoke either curiosity or disgust among my colleagues. They tend to bring a package of turkey slices from home, or pop out to bring back a cup of vegetable soup, and they'll finish with a tangerine. It's no wonder that they will later jump on any piece of chocolate that they come across, or a big piece of cake. I ran over to the supermarket at noon the other day and brought these items back for lunch. Don't worry -- the sashimi includes some soy sauce, wasabi and some sliced ginger, as well as some mini chopsticks. I'm not a big dessert eater, but I can't resist these farm yogurts in interesting flavours -- in this case chestnut.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 22, 2011 20:02:51 GMT
Ohhh ~~ save me the darling little yoghurt jars! Ditto the infinitely cool fish-shaped soy sauce holder.
It's so beautifully packaged. Was it good?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2011 20:36:19 GMT
I've eaten this for years. Of course it is good! Tens of thousands of glass yogurt pots are thrown away every day in France. At first you want to keep them, but then you have too many of them and don't know what to do with them.
I think the little soy fish are cute, too, but I have never thought of another use for them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 22, 2011 20:42:32 GMT
They could be some kind of ornaments!
Why do the chopsticks have those little paddles on the end?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2011 20:44:33 GMT
You'd have to ask the Japanese, but it does seem to make them much easier to handle considering the small size.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 19:42:00 GMT
Luckily, when I eat at my desk, I am alone in my office behind closed doors, so I don't have to face the incomprehension of my colleagues regarding Japanese food.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 6:28:42 GMT
Yesterday I had a bo bun, which is basically a warm salad of noodles, bean sprouts and chopped egg rolls.
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 24, 2011 7:42:40 GMT
Is that enough for you? I find Japanese helpings especially rather small.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 8:26:01 GMT
That is actually quite a big bowl, as deep as a pho bowl.
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 24, 2011 9:09:50 GMT
Yes, never had complaints about Vietnamese helpings.
This one is called banh sung here. If you use smaller noodles it's banh hoi. Isn't there supposed to be a very watery sauce to go with this?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2011 9:20:30 GMT
All they give at my local work place is the little bowl of nem sauce.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 24, 2011 12:26:37 GMT
Kerouac that Bo Bun dish looks simply divine!! I notice the sprinkling of chopped peanuts on top which is in so many Thai dishes. Next to me on my computer desk is a sachet of Tom Ka paste which I intend to use for the basis of my prawn dish tonight. I need to get some coconut milk. I have just been checking recipes on the internet.
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 25, 2011 5:18:47 GMT
What milk?
;D
Tom Ka is tom yam with coconut milk added.
Most important for the flavouring would be galingale and lemon grass, if available kaffir lime leaves, shallots and chillies.
Should be good if the main 'meat' is prawns.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 25, 2011 13:37:45 GMT
Oh boy, pays to 'spell check' but obviously I didn't !! Fixed it - thanks hwinpp I had everything ready...opened the sachet of Tom Ka paste and whew! it smelled horrible I know I had it lurking in the cupboard for some years but couldn't find a Use By date so thought it must be indestructible. Looking through the plastic it had some blotchy rings where air must have been trapped. What did I do? Binned the sachet and immediately got out a newer one that was intended for Stir-Fry noodles. It worked beautifully with the king prawns, baby corn, snowpeas, spring onions, carrot, green beans, red chillies and egg noodles. I threw in a dash of sesame oil but it didn't need anything else.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2011 14:25:53 GMT
It's always the same problem with our exotic culinary treasures -- they are so special that we keep them too long and then they go bad.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 10:57:14 GMT
This was lunch on Friday at the Chinese place -- fried fish with steamed rice.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 13, 2011 17:29:18 GMT
Oh that looks so yummy! By the chinese place do you mean Chez Quan?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 18:02:44 GMT
Yes, always Chez Quan for me. Any normal dish with steamed rice is 6.60€.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 13, 2011 12:25:07 GMT
Moroccan chicken couscous salad followed by fresh mango slices.
Sounds nicer than it actually is.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 7, 2011 11:49:14 GMT
A Korean pork BBQ spread, everything could be re- ordered for free, not just the different kimchis. 7 bucks
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2011 12:11:43 GMT
The stew/soup in the black pot intrigues me.
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Post by mich64 on Jun 7, 2011 15:17:27 GMT
As it does myself Kerouac! It all looks so delicious and well presented, what a treat this would have been to share with a group of friends!
Cheers, Mich
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 7, 2011 21:47:36 GMT
Oh, HW! Is that actually in Korea, or a place near where you live? What specifically makes that spread Korean? Please don't take me there when I come to visit, as I would make a shameful pig of myself.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 8, 2011 14:32:53 GMT
LOL!
It's a Korean restaurant right next to my office! It seems to cater to Koreans living and working in Siem Reap so the atmosphere is quite familial.
That soup was very red but surprisingly mild, It contained pork, radish, green peppers and leek. The kimchees were all good but I didn't like the squid so much, too sweet and sticky (to the left of the black pot).
There were just two of us there Mitch but even if we'd been 4 it would have been more than enough.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2011 11:52:38 GMT
I had a pho for lunch, but they are so big that there was no way I could finish it. But I really hate to leave any!
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Post by tod2 on Jun 9, 2011 12:49:51 GMT
Lucky you Kerouac - I'll get there eventually (maybe this time next year) Then I can go overboard on pho!
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 18, 2011 13:53:17 GMT
Today's lunch, at a Swedish owned place. Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and some red berry jam from Sweden. Quite good.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 18, 2011 14:23:37 GMT
I don't doubt that it tasted good, but it's so un-pretty compared to the SEA foods you post.
You're not still in the jungle, are you? There are Swedes in the jungle?
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 21, 2011 9:15:31 GMT
Just got back yesterday, thank God!
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