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Post by jenming on Oct 27, 2005 0:41:43 GMT -5
RE: ethiopian/eritrean food first of all, the bread was great. we weren't given any silverware whatsoever, and just used strips of the bread to pick up portions of food. it wasn't vinegary at all, like how yours seems to have been. it was *tart*, but i thought that had something to do with it being sort of not completely risen. (side note- i found out about the half-risen nature of the bread too late. I ate until i was completely full, and only THEN did i discover that the bread continues to rise/expand in the stomach. it was QUITE painful. but it was still delicious). I really liked the spicy meats. It did actually remind me of indian food, with chunks of meat sitting in a FLAMING hot/spicy stew. Also, i found that the lentil dishes rivalled most indian restaurants I have been to. I love lentils anyway, so that probably contributed to my enjoyment. some of the veggies were a little too butter-soaked for me. RE: british candy I know for sure that some of the brits here can do a better job of talking about candies, for example, look in the "chocolate bar" thread. but there's "maynard's wine gums", a BUTTLOAD of Cadbury's stuff, like twirly wirly's and most of their good chocolates, and Bassett's licorice.... goddamnit. i'm hungry now. Oh, and one note (back on topic) - i'd say that though british cuisine doesn't have a great reputation, aren't there a *number* of famous chefs who are british? |
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Post by lucia on Oct 27, 2005 0:48:14 GMT -5
mmm i like the naked chef jamie Oliver, bit ADD but his passion for food is contagious. And I love that he is trying to revamp the UK school lunch programs to be healthier. Oh and I like Nigella Lawson too, she's delicious gorgeous. ergh i just got flour all over the keyboard  oh and i quite like the two fat ladies, but one passed away now its just one fat lady  -I like bangers and mash with grilled onions and a bit of parmisan also. |
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Post by yongfook on Oct 27, 2005 1:15:48 GMT -5
To my understanding there is a very excellent British chef by the name of Heston Blumenthal who owns a restaurant called the The Fat Duck in Bray which has an outstanding reputation. So kudos to this British chef. 2. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire The Fat Duck won the 2005 best restaurant. Anyone been there? Apparantley one of the dishes is a bacon and egg ice cream-Yum Yum! My family lives near Berkshire and we used to own a hotel in Berkshire. It's a rather posh county (home of Windsor Castle and the Ascot races) and a lot of the restaurants there make their way into those "top" lists. I remember there was a restaurant around the corner from our hotel that was always getting royalty visiting. Prince Edward even came to our hotel once. So anyway, ME ME ME ME I'M THE BEST!!1 but no, never been to the Fat Duck (or even heard of it). |
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Post by yongfook on Oct 27, 2005 1:20:34 GMT -5
My feeling on ethiopian is that you shouldn't give up on it. Any style of food can be done poorly. I've gone to a number of ethiopian/eritrean places in the SF/Bay Area and they were all amazing. You're right. I only tried it once which is too small a sample size to make any generalized trend. Any particular dishes you know of that I should look out for? You may not remember the specific names, but a brief description would be cool if you have the time and a memory of what it was. it seems like the food that the english pay most attention to is sweets/candy/chocolates. Some amazing stuff comes out of there. Any examples? I'm in Europe for a year and will be visiting London soon, so it'd be cool to know what things to look out for. So far, it's all been French pastries (which are very good, on par with some of the Japanese pastries as well, though the recipes likely came from France/Europe.) Thanks in advance. Just a warning, if you've been gorging yourself on French pastries then British pastries / cakes are very different. Some might say "stodgy" but I say "homely". Try: Eccles cakes Soreen (or "Malt Loaf", not really a pastry but not a lot of other countries have this, and it's lush) Chorley Cakes Lardy Cake a good old English Muffin, toasted, with butter Crumpets Toasted Tea Cake Bakewell Tarts mmmmmmmmmmm all jolly good stuff. |
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Post by yongfook on Oct 27, 2005 1:27:09 GMT -5
ooh just found a mouthwatering link: ukstudentlife.com/Britain/Food/Teatime.htmIn the bottom row is another good one - "Maids Of Honour". Bloody delicious, those are. Kind of a puff pastry cup filled with a coarse egg custard. Has the consistency a bit like scrambled eggs but it's sweet and vanilla-ish, just like custard. MMM! |
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Post by helles on Oct 27, 2005 1:34:13 GMT -5
To my understanding there is a very excellent British chef by the name of Heston Blumenthal who owns a restaurant called the The Fat Duck in Bray which has an outstanding reputation. So kudos to this British chef. 2. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire The Fat Duck won the 2005 best restaurant. Anyone been there? Apparantley one of the dishes is a bacon and egg ice cream-Yum Yum! My family lives near Berkshire and we used to own a hotel in Berkshire. It's a rather posh county (home of Windsor Castle and the Ascot races) and a lot of the restaurants there make their way into those "top" lists. I remember there was a restaurant around the corner from our hotel that was always getting royalty visiting. Prince Edward even came to our hotel once. So anyway, ME ME ME ME I'M THE BEST!!1 but no, never been to the Fat Duck (or even heard of it). I actually lived in the Royal County of Berkshire (if only it really was that posh), so that must make ME the best!! More desserts/sweet things: Apple crumble, sticky toffee pudding, trifle, christmas pudding, cornish ice cream, scones, muffins.. i get foodsick (not homesick) for england! oh, and i havent heard of that restaurant. |
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Post by yongfook on Oct 27, 2005 1:43:37 GMT -5
I made a DELICIOUS, impromptu Apple Crumble last year at Christmas when me and a group of friends had a Christmas pot-luck dinner and it turns out nobody brought anything sweet.
All you need are a packet of instant Quaker porridge oats (if cinnamon flavoured even better), some butter, golden syrup, a willingness to get your hands dirty, and some chopped up apples (oh and a bucket of sugar).
That was probably one of my crowning moments of metrosexualism - yongfook saves the day with his glorious kitchen improvisation skills.
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Post by helles on Oct 27, 2005 3:02:56 GMT -5
Apple Crumble is really easy to make, but the problem with HK is that most kitchens dont come with ovens.. cant do any baking.
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Post by yongfook on Oct 27, 2005 3:16:05 GMT -5
neither do Japanese kitchens - your microwave should have an "oven" feature. It's a tiny space to work with and you need to adjust times a little, but it works.
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Post by sim on Oct 27, 2005 13:14:15 GMT -5
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat no oven?
yikes what would i do without an oven.
we eat a lot of western food at home in HK as my mum doesn't eat what my maid cooks (she is semi-anorexic) as she doesn't eat dinner half the time, what would we do without an oven!!
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Post by Micha on Oct 28, 2005 8:05:10 GMT -5
Argghhh I can't take it, I'm s-a-l-i-v-a-t-i-n-g and no, not for phallus unfortuantely. |
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Post by lucia on Oct 28, 2005 18:55:31 GMT -5
^lol I like you already.
I'm eating toasted english muffin with gorgeous homemade strawberry jam (thanks pappa) with quick churned butter mmmm and rinsing it off with a good Earl Grey...yummy should see me through the day...
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Post by helles on Oct 28, 2005 20:48:08 GMT -5
How very English!  Mm home made jam, my friend from uni's mum would make jars of it and he'd give them out to us cos he just couldnt use it all up, everytime she came to visit him, there'd be more jam! |
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Post by Evan on Nov 3, 2005 14:19:29 GMT -5
It took me 6 months to find HP Sauce here. 6 bloody months!! What kind of country would not have HP Sauce?  |
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Post by sim on Nov 10, 2005 16:31:13 GMT -5
mmmmm...HP sauce........
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