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(food memo): October 2013
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Friday, October 25, 2013. Rainy season feat. gin, Pernod, triple sec and lime and Sukhumvit Bitters feat. Campari, Southern Comfort, dark rum, sweet vermouth, and tangerine juice. Yam Som-o (salad of pomelo, prawn, shallots, lime and chili) and Som Tam (green papaya salad). Chili-roasted seabass and plenty of cilantro. Isaan and Chiang Mai sausages served with vegetables, pork cracklings, peanuts, and chili dip. 56/10 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Soi Thong Lor). Thong Lor, Bangkok. Which is in fact a rum! Burmese m...
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(food memo): Sharky's
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Saturday, September 21, 2013. Charcuteri: bresaola, smoked pork tenderloin and coppa. A passable glass of chardonnay. Amazing cheese plate. Goat's cheese, camembert and a morbier with fresh black truffle. Roasted cashews and cinnamon/apple compote. The best artisanal ice cream I have had in Asia. Rum/raisin, chocolate chip and coconut. Just north of the Shwe Dagon pagoda). It all started with a Monocle. Podcast. B and I are both avid listeners of The Menu. Saturday, September 21, 2013. Burgers are great ...
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(food memo): August 2013
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Saturday, August 10, 2013. Tartare of Norwegian lobster (more like a carpaccio really) with yogurt and hibiscus. Raw salmon with pearls of soy, ginger and lime set atop. Shaved raw cauliflower with truffle foam. Raw beef, lumpfish roe and chili. Buttery potato purée with crab. Heart of lamb, shitake mushrooms, and yuzu. On a summer day where everybody our age group had seemed to disappear to some place called Roskilde. Given the simplistic dishes I think that they are very hit or miss. We had a numbe...
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(food memo): September 2013
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Saturday, September 21, 2013. Charcuteri: bresaola, smoked pork tenderloin and coppa. A passable glass of chardonnay. Amazing cheese plate. Goat's cheese, camembert and a morbier with fresh black truffle. Roasted cashews and cinnamon/apple compote. The best artisanal ice cream I have had in Asia. Rum/raisin, chocolate chip and coconut. Just north of the Shwe Dagon pagoda). It all started with a Monocle. Podcast. B and I are both avid listeners of The Menu. Saturday, September 21, 2013. Apéritifs. I h...
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(food memo): Soul Food Mahanakorn
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Friday, October 25, 2013. Rainy season feat. gin, Pernod, triple sec and lime and Sukhumvit Bitters feat. Campari, Southern Comfort, dark rum, sweet vermouth, and tangerine juice. Yam Som-o (salad of pomelo, prawn, shallots, lime and chili) and Som Tam (green papaya salad). Chili-roasted seabass and plenty of cilantro. Isaan and Chiang Mai sausages served with vegetables, pork cracklings, peanuts, and chili dip. 56/10 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Soi Thong Lor). Thong Lor, Bangkok. Which is in fact a rum! A Life Wo...
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(food memo): Amass (Table 153)
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Friday, September 20, 2013. Apéritifs. I had a glass of sparkling red, pinot noir to be exact, a Charmoire from Domaine Alice Beaufort. B had a glass of Bois san Soif by Olivier Masson, made from romorantin and menu pineau. First dish. St. John's wort with fillings of fava beans, samphire and crème fraiche. Refreshing. In our glass 2012 Amphibolit Nature from Domain Landron in Loire. Served in jeroboam (double magnum) bottles with beautiful seals of yellow lacquer. Dessert was a lovely composition of uns...
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(food memo): The Strand Hotel
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Saturday, October 05, 2013. Saturday, October 05, 2013. Location: Strand Hotel, Strand Road, Rangoon, Myanmar. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Life Worth Eating. At spise er at leve. Love - Food and other drugs. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.
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(food memo): July 2013
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Saturday, July 13, 2013. Fataar (pastry with spinach), baba ghannouj (eggplant and tahini spread) and kibbeh nayeh (tartare of lamb (? Spiced with cinnamon) on lettuce with pinenuts, zaatar (cracker with sumak, thyme and sesame). Fresh bread, Khadra (green beans and snap peas topped with with hazelnuts, chili and nigella seeds),. Labneh (yogurt dip with mint), Mouhamara (red peppers, nuts, and chili) and hummus (no introduction for this one! Falafel with yogurt dip and poussin and chickpeas. Cured salmon...
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(food memo): Misc. Myanmar Eats and Drinks
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Saturday, October 12, 2013. Misc Myanmar Eats and Drinks. Burmese meatball curry set at Too Too in Mandalay. Fried chicken thigh set at small joint, straight across from Hotel Yadanarbon in Mandalay. Quick and self-composed breakfast of local fruits and the classic 3-in-1 Nescafe. Black bean pork at Hotel Yadanarbon in Mandalay. Asian breakfast option at Amazing Bagan Resort in Nyaung-U, Bagan. Fish curry and fermented tea leaf salad at Amazing Bagan Resort in Nyaung-U, Bagan. Shan tapas at Inle ViewPoin...
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(food memo): Mikropolis
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Friday, March 14, 2014. Dog on a leash. Mikkeller and Friends is getting too crowded for you? Or maybe just too turquoise? You're in the mood for a cocktail? Something alcoholic to sip on? Head to Mikropolis, the latest Mikkeller offspring! Featuring Mikkeller's White Dog. Another sour. This one featured Del Maguey mezcal, which provided a nice backdrop for other ingredients including cinnamon and Dry Curacao. The cocktails are reasonably priced at 75-85dkk, in other words competitive prices in a...
