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http://www.aibento.net/2009/02/15/an-onl...evolution/

From Mark Jake.

Stuff that literally looks good enough to eat.

It's been some time since I placed this up, but it was on FB:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=50...fe9480ec5f

Food photos I've taken so far in Vancouver.

(09-30-2009, 04:45 PM)NiX Wrote: [ -> ]From Mark.

I was the one that gave the link to mark, just saying

Also wanted to share a few of the food blogs I follow:

http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/ -- by a couple who travels all over Asia to eat. It's almost always a good read because even though the author is American, she seems to have extensive knowledge of Chinese and other Asian food. Great photography.

http://fresh365.blogspot.com/ -- photographer/designer and cook, from Boston. I follow this blog because of the "what's in season" list (we live along the same latitude) and of course, great pictures.

http://www.makansutra.com/ -- It's not a blog, but more of a website. "Makansutra is founded by the affable K.F Seetoh, whose mission is to celebrate the best of Asian Food Culture and Lifestyle. It is a food company that does not sell food but to promote the joy of eating."

Makansutra also opened a food court recently at manila Ocean park, though they're based in Singapore.
http://www.makansutra.com/eateries_afv.html

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Edit: If there's ever going to be another BYOB, can we please try this?
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Cook_Beer_Brats

Attack of the killer burger. Really unfortunate, but serves as a reminder to us that we're never really sure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health...wt=nytimes

(10-04-2009, 09:15 AM)Grim Wrote: [ -> ]Attack of the killer burger. Really unfortunate, but serves as a reminder to us that we're never really sure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health...wt=nytimes

Woah, that's scary. Lot's of things I didn't know about

Luckily I've always bought beef patties from Costco (the mentioned company that does tests on their beef)

I have a question:
How can I get that really strong garlic taste? I'm having having a hard time working with garlic eh.
Right now, what I know are: the more crushed, the better, don't toast the garlic like most people here usually do.

I'm asking because I'm working on a garlic-tomato spaghetti sauce.

(10-05-2009, 07:22 PM)Nerese Wrote: [ -> ]I have a question:
How can I get that really strong garlic taste? I'm having having a hard time working with garlic eh.
Right now, what I know are: the more crushed, the better, don't toast the garlic like most people here usually do.

I'm asking because I'm working on a garlic-tomato spaghetti sauce.

Use garlic powder along with the garlic?

Oh man oh man oh man.

Grams is offering an all you can eat promo for their sandwiches!

For 135 pesos, you can eat as many of the following mini sandwiches:

Tuna Melt
Roast Beef
Corned Beef
Philly Cheese Steak
Grams Burger
Cheese Burger
All-American Burger

Here's the catch: Promo period is from 2-5pm every day, and they'll only serve the sandwiches in that time frame. They'll also charge you 55 pesos for each sandwich left over.

Promo started on September 9, 2009 and is still on going.


Still, its quite a good deal. Who want's to go try it with me?

Oh shit. Will it still be ongoing on October 11 onwards?

@Nerese
There was this one time that i used fresh tomatoes tossed into a blender instead of canned tomato sauce. I then added that to around ten cloves worth of finely-chopped garlic. It helped to let the garlicky flavor blend into the sauce better, especially if you just sauteed the garlic quickly for just around ten seconds. The garlic loses some of its taste when it gets browned so try to avoid that.

The result sauce was something aswangs would do well to stay away from.

(10-05-2009, 08:47 PM)Lord_Leperman Wrote: [ -> ]Still, its quite a good deal. Who want's to go try it with me?

Holy feth, we should've tried that last Saturday! Can we do this after Kitbash 3 then?

Nix might pass by this Sunday, October 11, for the Gender Bent FT if my schedule is clear, so we can prolly do it by then. Also, I asked a staff member of Grams if this promo is gonna stop any time soon and they replied that they have no idea. As of earlier though, it's still on going.

So yeah, we can definitely do this after Kitbash 3 or October 11 and after. Set a date, like say the week after Kitbash 3?

Food porn!
http://foodgawker.com/

Just click and you will see why!

munchies....

Random food thought: The quality of everyday fresh ingredients all over the province has never ceased to amaze me. I just bought these tomatoes and apples at the supermarket:



I have a few pictures of the public market in this gallery, where the quality is even better

Those tomatoes look SO good. They look like the hot commercial model tomatoes used in tomato sauce ads. It's nothing like the puny tomatoes we have here. So sad. Looks like you're having a hell of a time there, haha.

(10-06-2009, 11:59 AM)Sforza Wrote: [ -> ]Food porn!
http://foodgawker.com/

Just click and you will see why!

My eyes! My eyes!