tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26225334341719701322024-03-05T04:38:54.562-08:00Tubby Jubby's Food BlogA food blog about restaurants I have tried, food I like and food I like to cook.TubbyJubbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483543013577825170noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622533434171970132.post-52502465600705505862014-01-09T22:19:00.000-08:002014-01-09T22:25:39.129-08:00Christmas food?Hey! I know it's been a while since I've last posted on this and prior to this post it wasn't even about food. WTF was that about? But if you are interested in non-food related blog posts I've started up another blog for that. It's at <a href="http://jubbyopionions.blogspot.com/">http://jubbyopionions.blogspot.com/</a>. Anyways, look what happened for Christmas?!<br />
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I made hot pot! Of course I was sharing with friends and my Dutch "family". For those of you who don't know, hot pot is a popular dish all around Asia and some of you might know it as shabu-shabu or Chinese fondue. What it is, is super tasty. It's basically a bubbling broth or soup that you cook your food in. Often times for hot pot you have thinly sliced meats, vegetables, tofu products and noodles which you cook, almost instantly in the hot broth. So for my Christmas hot pot we had a spicy Szechuan broth that we bought at an Asian market and added Szechuan peppers, scallion and ginger to and a mushroom broth for those who didn't like spicy. You can buy these pre-made stocks in Asian markets or make your own pretty easily. Or do what I did and vamp up a pre-made stock. And if you're afraid that your broth doesn't taste too great don't worry, by the time you swish all your sides into the broth to cook, it'll taste amazing. Also there's a load of dipping sauces that you can make to dip the assortment of meats, dumplings and veg in once they're cooked. For this dinner I made 4 dipping sauces which I made by taste. Mainly consisting of soy sauce, chili oil, balsamic vinegar and some sugar. If you really want recipes for them I'll devote some time to it later. </div>
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For the sides, which are treated much like fondue sides, we used thinly sliced ribeye beef, pork wontons, button, Chinese and shiitake mushrooms, rice noodles, bean thread noodles, bok choy, thinly sliced chicken, whole shrimp, fried tofu, regular tofu, and bean curd.<br />
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The bulk of the time preparing for hot pot is actually preparing the side dishes. Otherwise the cooking time is a snap because you cook every piece individually like a fondue. This is a great party dinner. It's fun and messy and there's always a ton of food!<br />
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Anyways, after dinner we had a stunning panda cake which was a complete surprise to me, was made for me as a belated birthday present.<br />
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Bit wonky in some places but it is probably the best birthday present I've ever received. So much sweat, blood and panda tears went into this cake. Was very tasty too. Almond cake with marzipan. I have no idea how it was made but it made me happy. </div>
TubbyJubbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483543013577825170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622533434171970132.post-43830753874698693082013-10-13T12:18:00.000-07:002013-10-13T12:19:07.783-07:00My feminist opinion post<br />
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This is a
reactionary piece which relates to feminism and the rhetoric of
feminists. This is not meant to be offensive or mean. This is just my
reaction to things I read and how I feel about it. This topic primarily came up after reading my good friend's blog. But it really pertains to all feminist opinion based articles. </div>
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I believe in fairness and equity and I am for the most part a
strong feminist. I would say with my introduction into queer
theory that I'm a bit queerer than some and less queer than others
but that's hardly the point. I want to discuss the state of feminism
and the way that people frame their life stories to become an issue
of feminism. Many of my friends would label themselves as feminists,
and with so many branches of feminism it's a fair label and it's a
noble cause. They believe in equal treatment of women and they oppose
patriarchy which has throughout history dismissed women as either
being fully human or being treated fairly based off of their own
merits.
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However, this is
one of the issues I see feminists that I know get into. The frame of the
argument being within their merits, they often disregard
intersectionality and the affects of their own arguments in
replicating and regulating what they see as injustice. Many of my
friends are indeed white, middle class, feminists and the arguments
are often framed in a light which promotes the ideal of how women
should be treated as well as how women should act with the
perspective from that standpoint. This limitation of seeing women
from only their social space. </div>
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<i>Side note: Many feminists that I know project their expectations of how women ought to behave when they have feminist debates which reenforces a discourse of what women ought to be, which is funnily the thing we try to oppose. This often comes in the form of opinions about how women ought to act and rebuking behavior, I see this often with slut shaming. Which often happens off handedly by saying I dressed slutty and did XYZ, or that girl's slutty and has a lot of boyfriends. This regulates behavior and suggests that there is a right way of being a woman. </i></div>
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Although opinions are a fair assessment of your personal experience it does not reflect an
intersectional perspective nor does it denote that this is a limited
scope due to your own privilege or position.
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I know I'm just
poking at a pet peeve of mine but feminism must have context and
assess the privilege of the speaker. The idea that everyone in the
world who is a woman receives this reaction because they are women is
absurd. Think of women who don't have the same privileges. The women
you call sluts, the women you think have too many children, the women
you would label as unmarriable due to their social position, age, how
able their body is, their gender, their physical appearance or their
mental handicaps. Do they also fit into this limited view? Do people
also reflect onto them the same “disadvantage” or annoyance that
you deal with? Probably not. </div>
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A woman who is disabled or who is not in
a monogamous heterosexual relationship probably won't be asked the
same questions. So please, please keep your feminist perspective in
focus and within context. Please view things with your own privileges
in mind before you put out an opinion piece about how people
generally behave towards women. It is true that romantic
relationships are the focus of people's conversation, mainly that
have to do with the heterosexual matrix of it being monogamous and
heterosexual. It is true that mostly women's worth is derived from
their relationship with men, especially in third world countries
where you're worth is in relation with your family which in turn
reflects on the patriarch of the family. But can you really
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Are women really treated this way? And if they are,
deconstruct why it happens. Or who it doesn't happen to? And why you
find the exceptions ask why they are exceptional and what structures
make it so they fall beyond the norm. Why is it that you think/ or
people think that way? What norms are they
transgressing? Why is it that you are regulating their life by
suggesting or thinking of them as non-normative?</div>
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I suppose my take
away message of this is that opinions are one thing. But please do
not generalize and if you do, back it up. Feminism is not just a
reflection of your life and the disadvantages you see, although that
maybe a part of it. Rather, think of your own privileges, analyze why
things are the way they are and do not assume that because it happens
to you it must happen to everyone or that people were blind to this
injustice before you pointed it out. Often times the people who are
dismissed from the discourse entirely are the ones with the most to
say. Your rhetoric and your anger over injustices reflects how you
see the world and also exemplifies where you see people and your
expectations of behavior. </div>
TubbyJubbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483543013577825170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622533434171970132.post-83075771395160995372013-04-22T06:04:00.001-07:002013-04-22T06:11:18.036-07:00Basic Stir Fry Guide - Everyday Cooking. After a long awaited request to do a basic guide to Asian cooking I've finally found the time and the patience to give this a try. Yes, I do requests but it doesn't mean it'll happen in a timely manner.<br />
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These are quick and basic Chinese stir fry techniques that can be used with a variety of ingredients. Think of it as a template for basic stir fry. </div>
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It is best to have all the ingredients for your stir fry chopped, cut and prepped before you start a stir fry. Even though I don't always have it done...Also if you use meat for your stir fry sprinkle it with corn starch before use. This often "seals" in the juices, tenderize the meat and make it crisper when you stir fry.</div>
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<b>Garlic</b> is one of the most commonly used ingredients in a Chinese kitchen. It's often crushed with the side of the clever and just tossed into to any stir fry after adding the oil. In my family garlic was never minced for dishes. Rather, 2 cloves would be crushed until flat to release the garlic flavor and then tossed into a wok with hot oil. </div>
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<b>Ginger </b>unlike garlic is not used in every stir fry dish but it does add a deeper and slightly fresh flavor to dishes. It often goes into richer dishes such as beef stir fry or with fish. You can use it to marinade meat, especially if you're doing a BBQ dish, julinne with rounds of green onion over steamed fish with hot oil poured over and of course, you can take a small piece - smash it and toss it in with garlic for a stir fry. There are a lot of oil sauces which include ginger. Very versatile and very tasty. </div>
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<b>Soy Sauce </b>there are many varieties of soy sauce, for stir fry use light soy sauce. <b>Light soy sauce </b>has a lighter look, like the name implies is salty in flavor and light. It is used in almost all Chinese stir fry dishes. <b>Dark soy sauce</b>, is thicker and stronger than light soy sauce. It's fermented longer and has a very unique and sometimes overwhelming flavor. This is why it is only used for a handful of dishes and often as a marinade rather than a sauce. </div>
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<b>Oyster Sauce </b>is made of oyster essence or concentrate. Unlike fish sauce which smells strongly of fish, oyster sauce has a mild oyster smell and is a rich mild flavor. Although not a necessity for stir fry it gives dishes a deeper flavor, "meatier" flavor. If you are a vegetarian, it's no real loss to forgo the oyster sauce. But it's common to put oyster sauce into beef dishes as well as vegetable dishes like Chinese broccoli to give the dish a deeper flavor. The sauce itself is salty, rich and sweet. I've even been able to caramelize beef and mushrooms with just oyster sauce. Tasty, tasty oyster sauce. </div>
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<b>Black Bean Sauce </b>now this sauce is very unique. It's fermented black beans...yeah, not everyone's taste. But it is a very nice thing if you like fermented black beans. If you've never had anything with black bean sauce, I suggest you smell it first and decide if it is for you. It's a very strong flavor. I for one love black bean sauce but it an acquired taste. It's very different than mexican black beans. You can use black bean sauce for any stir fry but I think beef can stand the strong black bean flavor the most or sturdy vegetables too. Like bell peppers or green beans. </div>
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<b>Chili Oil </b>is exactly what it sounds like. It's chili infused oil. I'm a huge fan of spice, so I add chili oil to my stir fry all the time or use it as a dip. The best time to add chili oil if you want spice is right before the dish is finished. If you don't the oil may burn and smoke so it's a smart idea to wait until the dish is almost complete or just put it on top as a condiment. I also use chili oil for dips, especially for dumplings. Also, if you like spice, you can add crushed <b>dried chili peppers</b> once you heat up the oil in the wok. </div>
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<b>Sesame Oil</b> I'm not the biggest fan of sesame oil because it is such a strong flavor. But it is a nice addition to a pantry. It is used in stir fry, especially with chicken. I don't advise using it in stir fry because it's so easy for it to over power all the flavors but it's nice in dips. </div>
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<b>Rice Vinegar </b>is a great addition to the pantry. It's not often used in regular stir fry unless you like things like sweet and sour or garlic sauces. This is the ingredient that is used to make dishes have a bit of a punch. I often use rice vinegar in stir fry with a sweet sauce. But this is a great addition if you like dipping sauces. I love dim sum so I love dipping sauces. </div>
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<b>Szechuan Peppers </b>are used in Szechuan cooking mainly, which is often considered very spicy food. Unlike white pepper or black pepper it's not very spicy. Rather it has a tangy taste to it. It's great in stir fry but don't go over board. It has a strong flavor to it and the tangy taste can easily overwhelm a dish. </div>
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<b>Xiaoxing Wine </b>is a great addition. Like most wine in cooking it gives a more complex flavor. Xiaoxing wine should be cooked into a dish so that the alcohol melds into the dish. It has a nice sweet and fruity flavor that is great for dishes. It has a stronger flavor than regular rice wine. </div>
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In the summer of 2011, I did the obligatory European trip. One of my friends was studying in Regensburg, Germany. The home of the previous Pope. It was an exciting year. I made it to 5 or 6 different countries with my Eurorail pass. I was happy that I was under 25 and could still travel with a youth pass. Luckily, I had a few friends dotted all over Europe due to my experience in Japan and was able to meet with a few people in Europe even though I was traveling primarily by myself. </div>
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If I can remember correctly, my travels began in London and parts of the UK, mainly Hereford. It was fun, met some friends. Drank a lot of beer and cider. Was gleeful when I found out that there was something called half-pints and went through a maze. We had ice cream too!</div>
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This is the hedge maze. One of the great wonders of (Edit) England...It actually was very pretty and I had a great time. And there's a lovely Welsh man in the middle of the maze taking a photo. </div>
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Next I went to the Netherlands, primarily Amsterdam. It was nice. Lots of canals, a lot of coffee shops. I never knew how prolific the amount of weed in Amsterdam was until I actually went there. All in all it was neat. The beaches were lovely and I saw a lot of miniature figurines, went to probably the most awesome zoo ever called Burgers Zoo. Saw snakes in jars...Which really just reminded me of Chinese liquor. Food wasn't (isn't) great in the Netherlands. Got confirmation from a Japanese girl who lives in Amsterdam today. I'm not imagining that the food is crap. But they do have some awesome Turkish foods. </div>
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Next came Germany, Regensburg and Munich to be exact. I met up with my dear friend who I've known since I was 12 or 13 years old. We had awesome ice cream and chocolates in Germany. It was also the first time I've ever had schnitzel. Very exciting experience.</div>
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Als my first döner. Which was also tasty and nice. Not my last döner by the way. I've had a lot more since then.</div>
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Potato, meat and beer at the Hofbräuhaus in München. Was great fun. I got drunk off a stein of beer. Ate a lot while in Germany. </div>
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Had tasty dessert cakes and coffee with my lovely friend. And wonderful frolicking was done in Germany woods. </div>
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Great time hiking in Müchen.</div>
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Copenhagen was beautiful.</div>
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Next real food experience was of a Danish pastry with my favorite Dane. We had an awesome time with delicious pastries and the beauty that is Copenhagen. </div>
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Back to Hamburg, Köln, Amsterdam, Limburg to Belgium. Had delicious belgian waffles. This particular one had apples stuffed inside. Was very, very tasty. Can't get enough of them waffles. </div>
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After catching a flight from Belgium my Danish friend and I met up again in Ireland. Yes, I do end up in Ireland and London a lot. We travelled around Dublin, Killarney, Kilkenny, Limerick and Cork together. It was wonderful. We had delicious food, with delicious meaty goodness and also some rather in expensive sushi. It was nice. We also met a few characters. Notably an old gentle man that gave us a ride back to our hostel and took us to his garden. He gave us fruit there. It could've been very scary because of all my Korean horror movie watching ways. But it was nice, he had cute dogs. </div>
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The hikes in Ireland were really breath taking. Later I travelled to Belfast myself and saw Giant's Causeway and had some delicious curry while I was in Belfast. Belfast was really, really nice. I enjoyed every minute of it. Had a real nice feeling for the city and there shops, restaurants and even hostel were really welcoming. I loved it.</div>
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If you can't tell by now, I'm a real big fan of Ireland and it's nature. It's BEAUTIFUL. Too bad the food's not great. But I had a fantastic chicken Vindaloo. </div>
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Next I met up again with my old friend in London and we went to see Much Ado About Nothing with David Tennant and Catherine Tate and then to the Doctor Who Experience in London. It was a once and a life time experience...and so concludes my travel experience of 2011. </div>
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<b>Summer 2010 - Japan</b></div>
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So in 2010, I went on a cultural exchange (NPO) called World Campus International (WCI). It was a great experience. I spent 2 month traveling to various cities in Japan, living with LOVELY host families and meeting dear friends from around the world. While I was there I stayed with multiple host families who were quite frankly some of the best people I've met in my entire life. They were all willing to help and share with me. I really loved the experience of living with host families and would highly, highly recommend it. I got along great with all my host families and I love all of them dearly. Didn't hurt that they cooked for me and took me to amazing places either. :P All the food was oishii! I miss the experience so much. </div>
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It was an amazing experience to meet so many different people. This is a picture of my first host family who farmed their own land and had an organic bakery/ restaurant and taught Japanese and English classes to children in Omura, Japan. </div>
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This is in Ueda, Nagano with my host sister Raruka-chan making me pancakes. She was so sweet. Of couse I was taking advantage of child labor but she was an amazing and insistant cook.<br />
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These are my Beautiful host sister from Ueda. Let's see if I can still remember names, there was Ayana, Lilica and Raruka, and there was also Haruna that isn't pictured. They were so sweet and lived in a rural area that you could imagine Totoro living in. Lot of fun, lots of giggles, lots of plants. By the way, I used to share a twin bed with all 3 of the girls! Baby feet in the face, always fun.<br />
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Lots of beautiful wild life and vegetation there too. </div>
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I didn't always force my families to cook for me. I also cooked for them. This is my host family in Tama. Ahh, they were so sweet to me and I miss them a bunch. Tama is the city that Hello Kitty comes from. I made my host family some fried rice and Szechuan beef. It was fun. First time I watched Avatar was with my Host brother and I got to meet some interesting birds and go to Mount Fuji with these lovely people even through 4 hours of traffic! I miss them too!<br />
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We also experienced food together as an exchange group. This is our WCI meeting were me and these lovely girls made soba noodles on our own. It was fun! We also were a part of wonderful events the entire time. Including being dressed as ninjas and climbing Castle walls. </div>
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We enjoyed many outings, that included the largest, most famous fish market in the world. Tsukiji. I enjoyed the best fish here. Was so much fun, there are so many out door markets and food vendors outside and freshest fish around.</div>
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A lot of eating and drinking was done that summer.</div>
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Although I met new friends in Japan, I also met one of my oldest friends there too! We had a lot of Korean and Japanese BBQs while we were there (because my buddy is allergic to fish!). It was so tasty and loads of fun! Restaurants weren't expensive, around $10 USD at the time per meal and sometimes we even had our own personal room with a TV!!! </div>
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Although my friend wasn't impressed all the time. I think it was because the people next to us were smoking and flirting annoyingly with the waiter.<br />
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But she also took my first McD in Japan. They have shrimp burgers and stuff. However, if you're in Japan and want fast food you ought to try:</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">First Kitchen (shortened by the Japanese to Fah-King *giggle*)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">curry places (Curry House CoCo)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">beef bowl places</li>
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Desserts were also plentiful and decadent with mochi ice cream, chocolate cakes round every corner, and crepes with cheese cake, ice cream, fruit and whip cream all in one go and a chocolate sauce on top....Man I miss Japan a lot.<br />
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Ramen is exceptionally good in Japan. Try areas like Kyoto for some spectacular ramen. I also was able to meet another amazing person from Simplysyn in Japan. We had some ramen and karaoke through the night. Oooh and had dinner at Jonathan's an American style restaurant in Japan that has a bitch come button. I love those.<br />
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I also had my fair share of odd Japanese food. For instance, bread in a can. There was boobie pudding, natto (fermented slimy bean thing), raw squid...I can't seem to think of anything else but I'm sure there was!<br />
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Sashimi horse meat. My first experience with horse meat. It wasn't the best, I would've preferred tuna. It really just tasted like raw beef.<br />
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We also enjoyed some fruit. Although fruit in Japan is SUPER expensive. Super dooper expensive. Water melons can go for close to 100 bucks sometimes and it's common to see a vine of grapes for 5000 yen (50 USD) at the department store. It really is a bit insane but the fruit is quite delicious. I can still remember the peach (momo) my host family bought for me. Tasty, tasty. </div>
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Of couse I was (am) known for foraging for food and plucking fruit when I see it. Japan was not an exception. I saw persimmons growing! First time ever so I had to pluck it even if it wasn't ripe. I also got raspberries from walks, blueberries and a huge pummeloes.</div>
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There were some interesting drinks as well including loads of sake and a milky soda called calpis, a lot of sake and green tea.<br />
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I even had the luxury of learning how to make green tea thanks to my beautiful host family in Toyota city.<br />
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BTW, you ought to also go to a maid cafe, a strange and niche thing in Japan where you a served by cute girls that act as maids. They also have little sister cafes were the girls act like your little sister. It's strange and fantasy filling. <br />
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This is one in Nagoya. It was nice, they girl even decorated our drinks with cute pictures!<br />
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All in all Japan was one of the best experiences of my life. I would highly recommend going for anyone BUT especially if you love food like I do. It was great fun, it was an amazing learning experience and I still miss it. The people, the place, everything but the heat! Do try everything that occurs though, Kabuki theaters, ninja shows, and go to an Onsens, one of the most relaxing things ever even if you are naked. TubbyJubbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483543013577825170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622533434171970132.post-81658784421013240112013-03-12T16:49:00.001-07:002013-03-13T06:14:36.290-07:00Past Travel - Food I've been VERY nostalgic today. It could be that it's because I'm avoiding the trials and tribulations of my thesis or I am sick and I want to comfort myself with nicer, healthier and easier times. Or a mixture of the two. But I went looking back at old food photos I've taken over the last four or five years now. I want to share my food experiences from my travels with you. My 2 blog visitors. I hope you enjoy them as I have.<br />
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I guess I should start with the oldest first and move my way closer to the present?<br />
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<b>Spring 2009 - Ireland and UK </b></div>
In 2009, I experienced my first real trip away from home. I went to Ireland and the UK with my brother. Mainly focused in Dublin and London. We stayed in the rather ghetto part of Dublin on the cheap and then took the ferry into Liverpool and a train to London. Was a good experience and my first real taste of being abroad (China with my mom doesn't count).<br />
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Of course we tried the obligatory fish and chips. Well, I tried chicken and chips. My brother had the fish and chips. It was at the "best" fish and chips shop in Dublin...somehow I doubt it but you never know. <br />
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We had even more fried food there, a nice Uncle Ben's chicken sandwich - I mean Uncle Ben's Cabin, why not? Sadly it tasted exactly how it looked. Fried, greasy and not what I expected from Uncle Ben.<br />
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After finding out that Irish food was pretty bland and getting tired of fried foods we tried the Wagamama in Ireland, a chain Japanese restaurant. Which, was OK. We were quite honestly too poor to afford to dine out in Ireland.<br />
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But there were some saving graces about Irish food. For instance Irish stew really does rock. The Guinness made it all the better.<br />
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Once we arrived in London we knew that Chinese restaurants and Asian restaurants in general were the cheapest way to dine without dying on fastfood. So we had some awesome Ramen in Chinatown. Ramen eventually became a theme for me as I travelled.<br />
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We aslo discovered that they have BBQ cuttle fish along with Peking duck. Who knew?<br />
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For the trip in total I learned a few things. For example, Lays potato chips are called Walkers in the UK and Ireland and the Irish drink a lot more beer than I first thought.<br />
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Oh! and never order lasagna in Ireland, it's too much cheese. I never knew that was a thing, but it is. There can be too much cheese.<br />
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<b>Winter 2009 - UK and Canada</b></div>
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After my first trip to Ireland and the UK I caught the traveling bug. During the winter of that year I went back to London to see all the extra things and dragged along my beautiful friend. </div>
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We tried English Tea. It was nice, we also shared a full English breakfast, which was enormous.<br />
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We had awesome desserts. I remember a very awesome profiteroles in chocolate sauce. We even had a tiramisu made for us by an Italian man, who was living at the B&B we stayed at. Actually, I think it was already made but he served it to us. We also had lots of pub food and lots of beer too.<br />
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<b>The Dark Times 2009 - Canada</b></div>
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So on our flight home we were ment to fly home with a layover in Calgary Canada. There was a massive snow storm though. So the airline suggested we go to Regina, which landed us in Regina for roughly 4 days and up until Christmas day. It really was a Christmas miracle that we made it home, considering there was talk about flights being grounded till New Years. </div>
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During that time we ate donuts and drank coffee from Tim Hortons and became chummy with the flight staff, especially Dale. We also found out that Canadians are the nicest people on Earth, learned some Canadianisms, eh and got offered cookies from strangers, places to stay and booze. Sadly it was a very hectic time and there was a hockey championships in the city!!! And of course there was 3 plus feet of snow and -26 C degrees out which made it impossible to leave.<br />
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So we ate pizza and watched movies a lot of the time. Though I do remember a Canadian waitress who was quite nice...<br />
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Eventually we made it home! YAY! I believe it was at 7 pm and we were over joyed! It's a bit sad that we lost all our Canadianisms though.<br />
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Here's a picture of our predicament and all the boarding passes we accumulated due to the booking and rebooking process!<br />
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<b>2010 Spring - San Francisco Bay Area</b></div>
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The horrible experience of being locked down in Canada didn't scare me away from traveling though! In the spring of 2010 I went to San Francisco for 4 days before moving along south towards LA to see my sister. While I was there I was able to meet one of my favorite people in the world Carlos!<br />
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Had some Thai food, enjoyed some awesome drinks and saw the wonderful sights. </div>
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Dun...dun...duuuuun...I'm going to leave the rest of 2010 and 2011 for another post. Do let me know if this is boring or if you want to see more. Not sure why that would matter much though. I'll probably do it anyhow. </div>
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I made kimchi dumplings today with the kimchi I made earlier this month! This was concocted the way I always make things...I threw everything I had on hand and thought would be nice together. It yielded 25 dumplings.</div>
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<li>1/2 cup of kimchi (my home made kimchi was very salty so I didn't add any salt to mine.)</li>
<li>Roughly 450 grams of ground pork</li>
<li>Dumpling skins</li>
<li>1 carrot</li>
<li>3 cloves of garlic</li>
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<li>sprinkling of white pepper</li>
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Put about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture into the dumpling wrappers and used my mom's ancient Chinese crumpling technique.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> A super nifty friend helped me make a few of them, they turned out beautifully too. </span><br />
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Steamed them for 15-20 minutes, and pan fried them</div>
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This is the end result and I also made a semi-sweet dipping sauce with soy sauce, vinegar (I'm partial to using balsamic now, but at home in CO I use rice vinegar), sesame oil, garlic, ginger, chili oil and a teaspoon of sugar.<br />
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This isn't how I normally make my dumplings but this is how I made kimchi dumplings today. Normally I use a mixture of nappa cabbage and kimchi but I didn't go to the store today...But they turned out rather good. I wish there was more veg in it though. Often times I omit the onion and put in about a teaspoon of ginger and green onions.TubbyJubbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483543013577825170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622533434171970132.post-85279756238486288192013-03-10T06:45:00.001-07:002013-03-10T06:48:10.353-07:00Farmer's Markets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love farmer's markets! The Netherlands has a load of out door markets and bazaars and I absolutely love them. Being poor and a student means I don't have much time or money to put into things like food or travel...so having a farmer's market near me is probably the best thing in the world. I go every other Saturday to Noordermarkt which is a flea market near where I live now but every Saturday they sell organic produce.<br />
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I was so lucky and got all of this for 3.70 euros.<br />
5 kiwis - one of them exploded on my way home<br />
5 clementines or as they like to call it here mandrins<br />
3 Avocados<br />
Chili peppers<br />
and a Thai cooking package with lemon grass, baby corn, thai chilis, and galangal root - which I've never used before. Turns out it's bitter. Who knew?<br />
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It had one can of coconut milk, a can of bamboo shoots, a red bell pepper, 2 red chili peppers, 3 thai chili peppers, a table spoon or so of lemon juice, chicken, thai red curry paste and the Thai mix. I wish I had thai basil leaves for this though. It was good but not as good as it could've been. It also ended up being too spicy and not complex in flavor.<br />
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Of course I made some kick ass guacamole. Easy to make and delicious.<br />
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So I made Lo Bak Go with the left over daikon radish from making kimchi. Lo Bak Go for those of you who don't know is sort of savory turnip cake. It often has dried seafood and bits of Chinese sausage mixed in with shredded turnip. It's very popular dish for Dim Sum. It is often sliced into 3" x 2" rectangles, pan fried and served with hoisin sauce and sometimes sambal. I followed my recipe very closely to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9U5YgmfQQA">this</a>. The lady that demonstrates the cooking is a very serious looking Taiwanese woman. She really reminds me of one of my mother's friends. I think she would beat me if she found out that mine didn't set properly. Anyways, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip_cake">wikipedia</a> might help you more with understanding what Lo Bak Go is. </div>
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So, these are some of the main ingredients you need for Lo Bak Go. Daikon radish, and rice flour are the backbone of Lo Bak Go and a necessity; everything else is basically a filling. Most of the time Lo Bak Go filling consists of Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, dried scallops, Chinese mushrooms and green onions. I used Chinese sausage (which is a really fatty dry sausage. It has a slightly sweet and salty taste.), dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms and green onions.<br />
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For this recipe I used:<br />
1 daikon radish. It was probably around 5lbs<br />
4 Chinese sausage links, diced<br />
4 stalks of green onion, white and green bits<br />
8 shiitake mushrooms<br />
200 grams of rice flour<br />
50 grams of corn starch<br />
250 ml of warm water<br />
2 1/2 teaspoons of salt<br />
1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar<br />
1 cube of chicken bouillon<br />
1/2 pepper<br />
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You should soak the dried shrimp at least an hour before use so that it can soften up. You should also rehydrate the mushrooms if you use them dry. I minced them up into small bits and also shredded the daikon. I also like some big chunks of daikon too so I saved 1/5 of the daikon in rough match sticks.<br />
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Next, I stir fried all the minced ingredients. Usually you start with the meat and then add the veg. After about 3-4 minutes when things start to get a caramelized I add in the daikon. It maybe more beneficial to do the daikon separately and then add the filling back in. I don't know.<br />
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Next, I mixed the rice flour, corn starch and water together. Then I added it to the filling. It ended up looking like papier-mâché.<br />
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After it was all mixed I poured it into a cake mold and steamed it for about 2 hours. You're meant to steam it until you can poke it with a toothpick or a skew and it comes out clean. That however didn't happen for me...I think I had my mixture a bit off. I always fail with rice flour.<br />
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So after it steams, you're meant to cool it down until it becomes firm. You then cut it into 3" x 2" rectangles and then pan fry the pieces. Serve with hoisin sauce and sambal and you have Chinese turnip cakes.<br />
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-Next time I think I'll just leave it for my mom to make. It tasted really nice, but a bit too gooey. Anyways, cheers guys. You successfully coerced me into writing a second post.TubbyJubbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483543013577825170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622533434171970132.post-79514407958926608982011-12-02T07:48:00.000-08:002013-03-03T04:26:43.292-08:00First post - Kimchee<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello all!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made Kimchi today! Kimchi is a fermented vegetable dish that is a staple to Korean food. It's too expensive to buy in The Netherlands, like most foods. So, I decided to make it myself. Most kimchi is made with nappa cabbage but it can be made with a variety of vegetables. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you can see I made mine with nappa cabbage as well, I chopped it up in about 1 1/2 chunks. I also used daikon radish, carrots and green onions for pickling. The fish sauce, chili peppers, garlic and ginger were all for the pickle seasoning (pickling sauce). I also used rice flour, sugar and water to make a paste so that the seasoning would cling to the vegetables. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First, I had one head of nappa cabbage that I chopped up, washed in cold water and then drained. After draining I salted the cabbage (about 1 cup of kosher salt) and mixed it throughout nappa and let it sit for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours so the cabbage would lose its water content.</span><br />
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During that time I started to make the sauce for the seasoning. I started with 1 cup of water and 1/6 cup of rice flour, mixing it on medium - low heat for 5 minutes until the mixture got thick and sticky. This is how it looked. I also added about a 1/2 table spoon of sugar to the mixture right before I took it off the heat. It's really a runny mixture until it hits about 2 minutes and starts boiling then it gets really goopey. After it became really sticky I let it cool down completely.<br />
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I also minced about 1/2 cup of garlic (1/2 head of garlic) and 1 inch of ginger into a large container. I could only find a large pot to mix everything in.<br />
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Next I combined my ginger/garlic mixture with the rice flour mixture and added 1/3 cup of fish sauce.<br />
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Next was 1 cup of Chili flakes<br />
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Mixed those until it looked like chili vomit<br />
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I then sliced the carrot and daikon that I'd add in with the cabbage into match sticks<br />
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I got a really big daikon. I think I'll make Lo Bak Go (turnip cake) with it tomorrow...<br />
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And just sliced the green onion.<br />
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Next I rinsed the cabbage. You're supposed to do it really well. The kitchen was a bit of a mess and I fear I didn't give the cabbage the attention it needed. My kimchi was too salty. SO I suggest you don't fuck around with this step. Really rinse this cabbage!<br />
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I then put everything into the pot...<br />
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Mixed it all.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And this is what I got.
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