Do a search on "nougatine" to get to my entry. For some reason, they stuck the location in China.
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Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Priceless Picks
They found food pictures I took at Nougatine on Flickr, sent me an email asking if I'd like to get paid. I said sure. They told me which pictures they wanted to use and told me to write a small blurb about the place. After they edited my copy, they gave me a bunch of release forms to sign. A month later, a check came in the mail. For my vanity's sake, I've been checking priceless.com every now and then to see if my entry has been posted. Sure enough, a few months later, here it is:
Do a search on "nougatine" to get to my entry. For some reason, they stuck the location in China.
Do a search on "nougatine" to get to my entry. For some reason, they stuck the location in China.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
China, Beijing - Day 2
Tour of Tian Tan, Food at Three Guizhou Men, Hutong Almond Tofu
We were both massively hung over from the night before. After attempting to get up several times, we finally managed to leave the hotel around 1PM. Lunch was at a restaurant we randomly picked (well, not so random, this one had the most locals eating in it) across the street from the hotel. We had bokchoy with mushrooms and a beef and tomato casserole.
The original plan was to go to the underground city that the communists built during the war but a quick call to Sindy changed that. Sindy and Dan had been at the Forbidden City for the last few hours and were heading to Tian Tan (Temple of heavenly peace) after some food. We decided to meet them at Tian Tan instead of the underground city as it was more historical (and touristy). After a 15 minute cab ride, we arrived at the Tian Tan complex south east of the city center.
Tian Tan was where emperors came to pray. It’s a large complex that stretches a couple of football fields.
The main points were the alter, the small round temple and the large round temple. There are gardens surrounding the giant path ways leading to each. It took us about 2 hours to reach the main attraction, the large round temple, from the entrance.
The sun was setting and Tian Tan was closing shortly after we reached the end. Dan and Sindy never made it as they couldn’t catch a cab by Tiananmen Square after lunch.
On our way back to the entrance, we were greeted by what seems to be tenors singing songs from the cultural revolution era. It was groups of people congregated in the park leading to the entrance.
They were just hanging out in the park on a Sunday afternoon singing songs, playing chess, kicking hacky sacks and playing badminton.
By the entrance we met a girl from California who suggested that we check out the “pearl market” across the street. The “pearl market” was more like a giant department store/flea market with different floors selling different stuff: 1st floor: electronics, 2nd floor: clothing and shoes, 3rd floor: jewelry, basement: pearl. The setup is stalls and counters after stalls and counters selling similar things. I picked up a LED flash light after some hard bargaining.
Lori made reservations for us to eat at a minority food restaurant called Three Guizhou Men. It’s a pretty classy restaurant decorated by a lot of modern Chinese art pieces (this place was opened by an artist). Sindy and Dan brought their friend Rich (who works in Beijing). The food here was amazing. The most memorable dishes was the spare ribs (spicy and falling off the bones. pictured above) and the quail soup (flavorfully clean, perfect for an unexpectly cold Beijing night).
For dessert, Lori took us to Alba Café located in an area where they converted Hutongs into boutique shops (similar to Houhai but less touristy). The café was housed in a converted Hutong. We sat at the attic area upstairs which only fits a table of about 6 (so we had the whole upstairs to ourselves).
The almond tofu here was amazing: very dense, lots of almond flavor.
We (Simon, Sindy, Dan and I) ended the night with a full body massage at DragonFly in Sanlitun.
Full set of Beijing pictures here
We were both massively hung over from the night before. After attempting to get up several times, we finally managed to leave the hotel around 1PM. Lunch was at a restaurant we randomly picked (well, not so random, this one had the most locals eating in it) across the street from the hotel. We had bokchoy with mushrooms and a beef and tomato casserole.
The original plan was to go to the underground city that the communists built during the war but a quick call to Sindy changed that. Sindy and Dan had been at the Forbidden City for the last few hours and were heading to Tian Tan (Temple of heavenly peace) after some food. We decided to meet them at Tian Tan instead of the underground city as it was more historical (and touristy). After a 15 minute cab ride, we arrived at the Tian Tan complex south east of the city center.
Tian Tan was where emperors came to pray. It’s a large complex that stretches a couple of football fields.
The main points were the alter, the small round temple and the large round temple. There are gardens surrounding the giant path ways leading to each. It took us about 2 hours to reach the main attraction, the large round temple, from the entrance.
The sun was setting and Tian Tan was closing shortly after we reached the end. Dan and Sindy never made it as they couldn’t catch a cab by Tiananmen Square after lunch.
On our way back to the entrance, we were greeted by what seems to be tenors singing songs from the cultural revolution era. It was groups of people congregated in the park leading to the entrance.
They were just hanging out in the park on a Sunday afternoon singing songs, playing chess, kicking hacky sacks and playing badminton.
By the entrance we met a girl from California who suggested that we check out the “pearl market” across the street. The “pearl market” was more like a giant department store/flea market with different floors selling different stuff: 1st floor: electronics, 2nd floor: clothing and shoes, 3rd floor: jewelry, basement: pearl. The setup is stalls and counters after stalls and counters selling similar things. I picked up a LED flash light after some hard bargaining.
Lori made reservations for us to eat at a minority food restaurant called Three Guizhou Men. It’s a pretty classy restaurant decorated by a lot of modern Chinese art pieces (this place was opened by an artist). Sindy and Dan brought their friend Rich (who works in Beijing). The food here was amazing. The most memorable dishes was the spare ribs (spicy and falling off the bones. pictured above) and the quail soup (flavorfully clean, perfect for an unexpectly cold Beijing night).
For dessert, Lori took us to Alba Café located in an area where they converted Hutongs into boutique shops (similar to Houhai but less touristy). The café was housed in a converted Hutong. We sat at the attic area upstairs which only fits a table of about 6 (so we had the whole upstairs to ourselves).
The almond tofu here was amazing: very dense, lots of almond flavor.
We (Simon, Sindy, Dan and I) ended the night with a full body massage at DragonFly in Sanlitun.
Full set of Beijing pictures here
Friday, September 12, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
4th of July at Kenny's
Once again, Kenny managed to out do himself.
Highlights: ribs, smoked pork belly, soft shell lobsters, corn, kalbee.
I was more than happy when Kenny asked me to bring wings:
a. I can show off my skillz (it's a proven recipe: basil + garlic + dijon + olive oil)
b. I don't have to cook them (wings are a pain to grill perfectly)
Read the food blog post here.
Check out the pictures here.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Food blog update
We went to a Chinatown staple for Simon's birthday. He even made "reservations". They sat us under the giant nylon orange lobster in the back. Everything has a tint of orange, except the Sunkist - that looked less orange.
Simon's cousin Kenny, Simon and the lobster.
check it out here: http://fooddotout.blogspot.com/2008/06/tint-of-orange.html
Simon's cousin Kenny, Simon and the lobster.
check it out here: http://fooddotout.blogspot.com/2008/06/tint-of-orange.html
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Waffle Sunday
Me: Let's get waffles.
Simon: sure! King, you want to go get waffles?
Kingman: with fried chicken?
Me: No, it's a Belgian... no fried chicken
Food blog entry
Pictures
Monday, June 9, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Egypt - Food: Part 4: Street Food
Kushari
More at the food blog: Egypt - Food: Part 4: Street Food
I guess this could be called their fast food: kushari, fool, falafel and shawarma.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Egypt - Food: Part 1: Bread and Salad
I'm putting all the food posts on my food blog.
Part 1: Bread and Salad
Like a lot of cuisines, the Egyptians also bring out bread and salad before the meal.
more here...
Part 1: Bread and Salad
Like a lot of cuisines, the Egyptians also bring out bread and salad before the meal.
more here...
Friday, April 11, 2008
Food: My To Go place in Delray
Doc’s All American
10 N Swinton Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33444
It's a ritual for me to come here for a patty melt every time I'm in Delray Beach, Florida.
more:
http://www.hoodman.tv/2008/04/10/docs-all-american/
10 N Swinton Ave, Delray Beach, FL 33444
It's a ritual for me to come here for a patty melt every time I'm in Delray Beach, Florida.
more:
http://www.hoodman.tv/2008/04/10/docs-all-american/
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Food: Fresh Mozzarella Ruined!
Tramonti Italian Restaurant
Delray Beach, FL
best I've ever had, it's all down hill from here.
more: http://fooddotout.blogspot.com/2008/04/fresh-mozzarella-ruined.html
Delray Beach, FL
best I've ever had, it's all down hill from here.
more: http://fooddotout.blogspot.com/2008/04/fresh-mozzarella-ruined.html
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