Chinese New Year: Fascinating Superstitions and Traditions
China has a rich cultural heritage that spans more than 5,000 years and their New Year celebration lasts fifteen days. Like most civilizations that have a link to ancient times, their celebration involves a variety of traditions, superstitions and symbols that are meant to influence the unseen future. They use food to send a message into the cosmos so that fate can be cajoled into taking a direction that is favorable to them.
Here are some of the popular superstitions associated with Chinese New Year celebrations:
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A Peep into Popular Delicacies in Egyptian Cuisine
While Egyptian cuisine isn’t extremely popular commercially, those who’ve had the good fortune of trying it out have commented on the variety of tastes and flavors it combines. Wheat and barley happen to be staples in the Egyptian diet, most of which is grown along the banks of River Nile. The cuisine also makes use of several vegetables, such as beets, mushrooms, molokhiyya (a distant cousin to spinach), and beans. In addition, Egyptians also relish meats and seafood like squids, scallops, and shrimps. Onions and garlic enjoy a privileged position in cooking and are included in virtually all dishes in one form or another. (more…)
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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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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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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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