Posts Tagged ‘food’
Sandwich Centre
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010food, food and more food
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010El Mundo enticed us in for dinner again. Oriental kofta and fata beef. With complimentary bread and dips, Bedouin tea and dessert. All for the very doable price of 120 LE!
Up early tomorrow for snorkeling the Blue Hole.
a river in our room
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010We woke up yesterday to a nice river in our room. Good thing we had the sense to put everything off the floor. Still no power after it switched off the night before though. And no hot water.
We made our way to Yalla Bar for a Continental and American breakfast. Nom nom nom. After paying we went in search of a cash machine that worked. We couldn’t find one along the whole strip! Or even further down out of town. Thankfully The Kitchen took card so it was off there for Tom’s birthday dinner of Thai red curry, butter makhani and gulab jamun. If only their card terminal actually worked… They were nice and let us come back once the machines were back up and running again which, thankfully, this morning they were. We never thought we’d feel skint in this country!!
After the hot water still wasn’t working this morning we had a chat to reception and now we’re in a room with a view and a balcony 
Brunch was pizzas at Jay’s and onto Yalla Bar where they have free wifi
food, stalkers and rain
Sunday, January 17th, 2010We decided to go for dinner El Mundo and it was our dumb luck that the American group were there! Are they following us? Or are we following them. I also spied annoying Big Mo from On The Go Tours at another table.
I tried the cheesy garlic bread again (just as tasty as last time) but passed on the free dips and bread for fear of food poisoning again. Bedouin lamb for me and kofta for Tom. Round it off with free donuts and Bedouin tea and it was about time for the heavens to open up and start raining. It made for some awesome light shows though. A guy rode past us on a bike and said it was the first time it had rained in four or five years. We hardly got hassled on the way back because everyone was too busy moving cushions inside and tarping up their shops. Just Tom’s luck: first warm birthday ever and it’s gonna chuck it down!
Dahab, we have arrived
Sunday, January 17th, 2010After locating our taxi driver and a one hour drive through the desert we checked into the Sphinx Hotel and went out exploring. There was one point in our one hour trip when we thought we were gonna get clipped: about five minutes out of the city we suddenly went off the road and drove through a building site. Driving driving driving until we got to the normal road again. We’ll just call it an Egyptian shortcut.
All the people out trying to get your business takes a bit of getting used to again but it helped that we already knew where the good places to eat were.
It was strangely quiet but I guess that’s the off season for you.
We ended up at Same Same But Different for their yummy thickshakes: banana for Tom and mango for me. I couldn’t resist the kofta either so ordered a dish if that with fata beef tagine for Tom. That was mistake number one. They brought out the thickshakes and garlic bread to go with it. Then after the main meal we had pancakes with ice cream. I had clearly forgotten the concept of complimentary starters and desserts!
The downer of the night was the depressing American group talking of light and airy topics such as rape and government corruption. They seemed to loosen up after the Bedouin tea though.
Like true sad sacks we went to bed just after 9 and woke up 12 hours later. A little while reading by the pool and we set off to find lunch in the form of a Yalla burger.
The rest of the afternoon was spent taking advantage if free wifi, reading, wandering through this near ghost town, then back for a nap.
I'm back!
Thursday, November 19th, 2009I know I’m back to full health when I start thinking non-stop about food. I think about what I just ate and what I’m going to make for my next meal. I plan meals out a week in advance and make lists of ingredients. It may sound a disease to some but it’s me in perfect health!
eggs
Sunday, November 15th, 2009One thing that has baffled me for years is eggs. Specifically, chicken eggs. Even more specifically, why is it that you can take an egg and cook it in so many different ways (usually without adding any extra ingredients to it) and have it taste completely different each time. Think about it… fried, poached, hard boiled, soft boiled, scrambled, omelette… they all taste completely different and yet all start out as eggs with very little added to them. Freaky über food.
coriander
Sunday, November 15th, 2009For as long as I can remember I used to be “that girl”. The Asian girl who didn’t like coriander.
I received gasps of shock when I told people that I didn’t like coriander. As if it is something that should be built into me like knowing how to use chopsticks or being good at maths.
Then this year, something changed. I suddenly liked coriander. So much so that I actually bought a living coriander plant and voluntarily put it in meals that I make. Me, the person who would near refuse to eat something if it had coriander in it. I say near refuse because it IS food after all and it IS me!
I think it’s a change for the better.
ginger crunch
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008After being back in NZ (not that I got a taste of it then) I had a hankering for some ginger crunch. So I whipped up a batch over the weekend and polished off the last piece today. Of course I at least doubled the amount of ginger in the recipe for a bit of a kick.
Ginger Crunch Recipe (thanks to Edmonds and Chelsea)
Ingredients
125g butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups standard grade flour
1 teaspoon baking power
1 teaspoon ground ginger
Ginger Icing
75g butter
1 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons golden syrup
3 teaspoons ground ginger
Method
Preheat oven to 190°C.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder and ginger together. Mix into creamed mixture. Turn dough onto a lightly floured board. Knead well. Press dough into a greased 20 x 30 cm sponge roll tin. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes or until light brown. Pour ginger icing over base while hot and cut into squares before it gets cold.
Ginger Icing
In a small saucepan combine butter, icing sugar, golden syrup and ginger. Heat until butter is melted, stirring constantly.
fusion
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008I’m not a complete purist when it comes to food but I know when to draw the line. Fusion food has never been high on my list of foods to eat/try. In some cases it works perfectly, for example, Kai in the City serves up delicious Maori fusion food. Why does it work? Because without the light touches of fresh veges and splashes of olive oil here and there it can be quite stodgy and uninviting. Bravo on fusion there.
My one horror story of fusion food was to find out that Chow do a blue cheese wonton. There are two things in this world that you just do not mess with: wontons and Chuck Norris.