Colin Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Yes it was 1994 and I was not on the tourist route, but in the nitty gritty of mining country https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Luepa/@6.1760579,-61.4285407,4316m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x8dc74e292e071737:0x3d2f5aeb2250f729 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Sosa Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Wow, that is truly in the middle of nowhere. How long did you stay there for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Just for a month, then went to the coast at Cumana via Guyana City and wandered around,then to Merida (I liked it) Where I got caught by the national airline going bankrupt and the bus system going on strike. 12 of us hired Por Pesta's to take us to Caracas. That was quite the 24hr adventure! Spent almost no time in the Capital. The country made me sad, it has so much potential and so much going for it, it could be a real powerhouse, rather than a circus. Corruption had such a tight stranglehold on the country. When Chavez took over I thought, maybe he can do better, I was so very, very wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Sosa Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Caracas was an awesome place to visit if you had locals to take you out and guide you. Not a pretty town, but lots of stuff to do. Now it is not worth going if they paid you. Merida and the Andes in general are awesome. My favorite region by far. Great people, food and views. What you said reflects the self image of Venezuelans: if it weren't for the corruption it would be an awesome country. Sadly the reality is that Venezuelan society is rotten to the core. All institutions are broken and even if you took the chavistas away overnight, it would take a couple generations to rebuild. There is still some awesome food if you know where to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 This ones for Tomas. Hipster American douchebags try Filipino street food with the expected reactions. http://youtu.be/xIMnzCfKaFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) Recently, on mini-vacation in Montenegro, I have seen some hippy shit (UK I would say, mid-20s) scream on top of his lungs on the stuff how his vegetarian meal was prepared in same kitchen as meat products... Edited August 27, 2014 by bojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Must.Have.Indian.Food.... Ok, going back to Bombay Hall for lunch. I took the girls for lunch and supper, and the result was predictable. Victoria turned her nose up at everything except the Tandoori chicken, and the salad. Refused to eat anything else, and not much of that, ended up getting her something later so she had some food. Sarah, on the other hand, dove in, and afterwards complained that she was "soooo full". She practically wallowed in the fresh, hot Naan bread. She loved the rice, Chicken Vindaloo, meatballs, and pakoras. She keeps wanting to go back, Victoria would rather eat at Sonic or Whataburger.... She said that the chicken tastes like Lupe's Chicken guisado, and cannot eat enough of it (for Sarah). I must remember to try the mango lassi today. I was not suprised at Victoria, she is ultra-picky about food, and after the concussion has really been funny about food and tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 dosa, the other Indian food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Whoa! What is that thing? It looks like the burrito that ate Chicago! Just got back from Bombay Hall, and I am almost overwhelmed with great food. The chicken tika massala was amazing, as was everything else. I need a nap, a long one....dosa, the other Indian food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Heaven on earth it is. This is a "paper dosa" with no filling, the regular one is a tad thicker and is filled with curry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosa Edited September 5, 2014 by Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Jones Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 My favorite is a masala dosa and a generous helping of coconut chutney. If you want to try making your own dosas a lot of Indian grocery stores sell the batter already made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I have not had any Indian food since starting a diet in March. It is the only thing I truly miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Check out some recipes for some of the more common Indian style sauces - you'll be surprised how they are often made with stuff that it actually good for you and not particularly fattening. The "creaminess" comes from slow reduction of a tomato sauce (skinned, de-seeded) with cumin and coriander, which act as thickeners. Don't despair! Not everything that looks like it has a million calories does. Just control the portion sizes and don't have rice *and* naan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 We also replace coconut milk with yoghurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Found a Caribbean ethnic grocery store purely by happenstance today. I have wanted to try Caribbean, specifically Jamaican, for quite some time now. Browsed the nice ladies selection, and came home with some hot Jamaican yellow curry powder. For lunch I usually eat a bowl of homemade Cincinnati style chili, and I like to throw a spoon full of Madras yellow curry powder in it when I heat it up. The Jamaican style yellow curry made a really nice change up, and added a nice tinge of heat. Edited September 18, 2014 by Mr King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 I have made a command decision that tomorrows delectation is going to be Thai food. Or if I change my mind, back to the Indian place. Or Korean. Darn, not enough money or time for all the meals I want to eat. Saturday is going to be me, and the kids (Lupe is visiting her sister) at City Market in Luling, TX for the best BBQ in Texas. http://www.southernliving.com/travel/the-souths-best-bbq/city-market-bbq-luling-texas http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/luling-city-market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargrunt6 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 There's an Argentinian place that I've been wanting to go to here in NOLA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 There's an Argentinian place that I've been wanting to go to here in NOLA. I would love to go to try a Argentinian restaurant, and a Brazilian steak house. I have heard they can be quite good. I was thinking, maybe my calling in life is to move abroad, and bring down home American cooking to the godless heathens of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoFiveMike Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Turns out Japanese ramen places are the up and coming thing in Chicago. Two of the best in the area are literally right down the street from my house. The one I prefer is a legit Japanese franchise, their US locations are Silicon Valley, LA, NYC and now, Mt Prospect, IL(???) http://www.yelp.com/biz/ramen-misoya-mount-prospect It seems this area has the greatest concentration of Japanese east of the Mississippi or something. Which is cool, the risk of getting ginsu'd into human sushi certainly keeps the local shitheads in check. S/F.....Ken M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Have never had Hungarian cooking, may have to change that. http://youtu.be/mlaDHhpzjtk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Heavy slavic cooking is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hungarian food is superb. Both traditional and modern. Oooh....such fond memories of Budapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunt Eversmoke Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Bremen is not really blessed with lots of exotic eatin' places, but there is that small Nigerian restaurant, Christy's. Now, I am not really a conoisseur of African cuisine (or any particular cuisine, for that matter), but I have tried everything on Christy's menu by now and she simply fails to disappoint.Specialty are dishes with pounded yam (duh) such as Egusi, Oha or Ogbono, which are main dish eaten like fingerfood (you might still want to pre-cut the meat into smaller chunks, though). Chunk off some yam, knead it in your hand, dunk it into the hot sauce, then into the actual sauce that has the meat and the vegs, off into your mouth it goes. Extremely intense scent, and very spicy (mostly). Have Guinness with it. Heavenly.Heavy at first, but that "loaded" feeling in the stomach doesn't last very long.Not really expensive, either. Edited December 16, 2014 by Blunt Eversmoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunt Eversmoke Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Heavy slavic cooking is good Filled dumplings FTW! The Chinese might have invented them, but Slavs definitely have most variation here. Russian pelmeni, cooked or fried (lots of different meats and meat mixes; also, pickled cabbage & fried mushrooms), Ukrainian vareniki, cooked (cherry or plum, served with honey - THIS is paradise!; cottage cheese, served with sour cream), Polish pierogi (dunno for sure, never made any myself, but they sure tasted differently from the Russian meat dumplings or Ukrainian cottage cheese dumplings). And that's only what I ran across so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Once you try Costa Rican style chicharrones, you will always want them over regular chicharrones. http://youtu.be/RBOukYqP-lI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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