Special travel edition
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Comin' home from Asia. My first North American meal: to be had during a lengthy layover in Chicago. I figure since I'm in the US anyway, I may as well get something really really American, and something I have't been ...
Ice cream, meet hot dog.
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in malaysia, pictures, video | 1 Comment »There is really nothing I can say that would add to this.
Lamb Satay
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in indonesia, pictures, video | 1 Comment »If there is a theme running through my life, it is that the things I put in my mouth taste better when they've been skewered. This goes double for things like meat and popsicles. Take, for example, lambs. If you take ...
Banana Leaf: because I don’t need a plate
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in malaysia, pictures, video | 1 Comment »I live in a predominantly Indian neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur. That means that yes, there are tons of restaurants around, but almost every one of them is Indian. This is completely fine with me. I loved Indian food before I ...
Soes: A triumph of Indonesian engineering
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in indonesia, video | 1 Comment »My trip to Bandung was certainly an adventurous one. Said (mis)adventures included such things as multiple flight delays caused by flooding in Jakarta, eleven deaths, and a night spent on a wooden bench. These are all stories for another ...
Kaya Balls
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in malaysia, video | No Comments »A great man once said, "Balls are delicious." And great though he may have been, he didn't know the half of how delicious balls could be, 'cause he didn't know about kaya. Kaya is this jam-ish type stuff that people ...
