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Red Corndog: January 2010
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010. So much sugar can't be good for me. Instead of getting right to the food, I might as well say a few things about the culture. Here is a cricket match in the small town of Arima. Brian Lara is a national hero (other than oil workers leader Uriah Butler who the main highway is named for, there's my red quota) and the promenade in Port of Spain is named for him. This guy liked to flip the top poori in the air to show off. This is Accra. It's like a hush puppy with a little sal...
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Red Corndog: April 2009
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Thursday, April 23, 2009. From collective farm to gastro tourism. This is a small farm on a hill in northern Istria in what was Italian until the end of World War Two and then became part of Yugoslavia. I am not able to tell if that star was there under Communism or added to attract food tourists looking for communist kitsch. And here is his kitchen. This is Tito for those of you who forgot what he looked like. This is a Nazi/Ustase (Croatians who collaborated with the Nazis) death camp near the Serbian ...
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Red Corndog: Chocolate without Cheese?
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Monday, February 22, 2010. Is like love without kisses they say in Ecuador. You dump the cheese into the hot chocolate and it melts to form a gooey mass you can eat with the spoon. You can have it with cream instead (or in addition to) if you want. But the cream has a very thick consistency. The harder drink is this vat of canalazo. Which is a cinnamon infused naranjilla (something like parsimmon) cider that they spike with aguardiente (sugar cane alcohol). Kendra is enjoying guanabana juice with it.
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Red Corndog: Did you guys do anything in Japan besides eat?
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Thursday, April 22, 2010. Did you guys do anything in Japan besides eat? Well Kendra is not into cosplay so it was hard to find things to do. Also we aren't drinking so that limits it a lot. Here is the golden gai, an area in Shinjuku full of small bars that looks a lot like the Yokahama ramen museum's recreation of the 1950s. I still think it is 1982 and am playing pengo. They had a great selection of old games put into these newer machines. Including one of my sega favorites from 1985, fantasy zone.
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Red Corndog: September 2009
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Saturday, September 5, 2009. The Lingonberries are in the forrest with the Husvagn. On my second visit to Sweden I have been instructed by a real Swede on what to look for. The key is understanding that the Swedes are basically unsophisticated hicks. Here is another redneck pastime of the swedes. And what do they really eat here? Here it is, the real national dish of Sweden. Korv. It comes complete with ketchup, mustard and dried onions. It is terrible. The swedes go crazy for it. View my complete profile.
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Red Corndog: Sushi and sashimi
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Saturday, April 17, 2010. Something we're noticing is that sushi isn't that common in Japan. Other than conveyor belt places which are pretty common, you don't have sushi places on every corner, and many that you do see are really expensive. What they do have is sashimi. We found this place after unsuccessfully looking for a sushi place in Naka-Meguru. The sashimi was great and much fresher than most sushi you will find. One could argue that I ordered more than Kendra with the tempura and all. April 19, ...
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Red Corndog: Hanami
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Thursday, April 8, 2010. Hanami is the Japanese practice of having picnics beneath cherry blossoms (or Sakura). We were in Tokyo while they were in bloom so that is my excuse for putting a lot of pretty pictures on the blog. Seeing all these picnics begs the question as to what they are eating. Here are a few things from the food stalls set up around Ueno park which is one good Hanami place. It isn't just because these fish are on sticks that I took the picture. I just thought it looked cool. That was SU...
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Red Corndog: Ramen is Japan's most popular foodstuff
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Thursday, April 8, 2010. Ramen is Japan's most popular foodstuff. So we were told, I'll get to that later. Here a sarariman enjoys his lunch. This guy was great at the slurping which I thought was to show appreciation but apparently is more about cooling off the noodles. Because the noodles cook in the broth it is important to eat them fast, it takes 3 to 5 minutes for these guys to finish a bowl. Which is good because the better places have lines outside. For the uninitiated, here is a bowl of ramen.
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Red Corndog: August 2009
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Saturday, August 29, 2009. Summer in Berlin can only mean one thing. No Get your lunar and solar calenders straight. It is pretty lonely during the day in these Turkish restaurants in Berlin though. I am keeping my position on döner no matter what kendi says. This is from a place called Imren in a Turkish part of Kruezberg, which is supposed to have the best dürüm döner. It is still just not that good. So, what does summer mean? Does it mean public nudity? Does it mean recreational boating? No again....
