The Restaurant with the “Crappy” Theme
When you go for a dining restaurant, you never think of the final resting place of all that food – in your toilet bowl and flushed down the drain! How about if you had to sit on a Western Commode, eat over tables styled like sink, and stare at a décor that reminded you of tiles in a toilet? Would that kill your appetite? You would think so, but the popularity of the Modern Toilet restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan has quite a different story to tell.
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A Guide to Buying, Storing & Serving Caviar the Right Way
Caviar is an exotic food, not to mention an expensive one. Since it is one of those occasional indulgences that you allow yourself on special occasions or festivals, you need to spare extra thought to how you buy it, store it, or serve it.
When buying caviar do not hesitate to ask questions. Like I mentioned before caviar can burn a pretty hole in your pocket and you may as well make sure that you are getting your money’s worth. Unopened caviar has a shelf life of 3-4 weeks and after it has been opened, it stays good for only about three days. For this reason, make sure you’re buying only fresh caviar. Stay away from supermarkets. It’s best to turn to high end gourmet stores for what you need. Sure, it will be expensive, but you can take comfort in the fact that you aren’t being ripped off. (more…)
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The Dans le Noir Restaurant – Offering a Sensory Experience of a Different Kind
Dining is a sensory experience at several different levels. It begins when a divine aroma comes floating from the kitchen, invades your nostrils, tickles the taste-buds in there (trust me, there are taste buds in your nostrils, no matter what scientists say!) and makes the food come to life in your mind, even before you have seen it.
Then it seduces your visual senses when a plate of appetizingly decorated food is placed in front of you. The texture of the food, the consistency of the sauces, the richness of the color, and the freshness of the ingredients send your salivary glands into overdrive and you literally drool at the prospect of tasting the first morsel of something that looks and smells so obviously great. Your palette is the last in line to actually experience the taste of the food. (more…)
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150-year Old Puerto Rican Market Sees a 21st Century Revival
If you were living a century and a half ago in Puerto Rico, your main hub for fruits, veggies, and other food stuffs would have been Old San Juan’s Plaza del Mercado. Located on Norzagaray Street, this market place was well known for its locally produced organic foods and drew people from far and wide in their search for fresh produce. (more…)
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Beginner’s Guide to Sushi
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Sushi?” You probably think of a Japanese dish made of raw fish. That is a very common mistake made by most people. Dishes that have raw fish are called “Sashimi.” In truth, Sushi is any dish made with sticky vinegar rice and it doesn’t necessarily include raw fish. Typically Sushi will have different kinds of shellfish, such as lobster and crab, with a variety of other fresh ingredients that are wrapped tightly inside vinegar rice.
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