Posts Tagged ‘Delicious Food’

Singapore Culinary: Fish-head steamboat

Not far from Xin Yuan Ji, there are some Chinese restaurants that sell fish-head steamboat – Teochew food. Even along New Bridge Road up to Sultan Road, there are more restaurants that sell primarily on fish-head steamboat. At the end of Sultan Road, there are always abundant visitors, with tables and chairs arranged on the pavement.

One of the favorite places for fish-head steamboat is the G15 in a small alley near Geylang 15. In the G15, which many people particularly like is the sauce. Like eating habits in Chinese restaurants, head of the fish was not presented intact, but had been cut up so easily lifted with chopsticks. In addition to the fish pieces, there is also a piece of taro and vegetables. The portions are huge. The smallest portion with the price of Sin $ 20 alone was too much to eat together without rice. Understandably, taro is already a glut of carbohydrate sources.

Soy sauce and chopped chilies are provided only for dipping, while the sauce can be sucked out without additional condiments. Read the rest of this entry »

Vietnamese Food

Food tells a lot about people and culture that wrap it. From the food we will see the Vietnamese farming culture from the vegetables used, or the fishing and breeding culture from the fish, and how to enjoy the aroma of food through-spice seasoning.

Pho Bo

Being in Saigon, you can enjoy the Pho at the intersection of Pham Ngu Lau and Cong Quynh streets. The Pho is delicious. Pho in the Quynh Pho stall is perfect: the sauce is fragrant, tender flesh, and the slippery rice noodles are delicious. Moreover if accompanied by Vietnamese black coffee.

Bánh Mi

As a former French colony, baguette becomes very commonplace as a breakfast menu in the streets of Saigon, of course, because in Vietnam, even the baguette uses rice flour. Bánh Mi can be bought at sidewalk street Pham ngu Lau, and exactly like Vietnam in a loaf of bread because it includes all the typical things there: the Vietnam bacon, cilantro, coriander, lemongrass, fresh vegetables, and fish sauce.

Bánh Cuon

After tired of walking down the streets of Saigon, you can taste authentic Bánh Cuon at the Huang Lai restaurant. The skin is almost transparent and it is made with rice flour, and filled with vermicelli, shrimp stew, fragrant cilantro, and fresh lemongrass.

Rice seems to be an important part of the nation of Vietnam. Read the rest of this entry »

Breakfast in Japan

Buffet breakfast is very popular nowadays and is presented by the majority of hotels in Japan. If by chance you are not staying at the hotel, or if you do not provide lodging facilities that includes breakfast in the price you pay, then you should go to the coffee shop at the nearest area that provides a menu “morning service” which usually can be purchased until 10 o’clock. “Morning service” package menu usually consists of a cup of hot coffee, a small plate of salad, boiled egg and a stack of bread sandwiches. The price ranged between 650 yen – 750. Its starting price is quite cheap compared to a cup of coffee that is mentioned above.

Alternatively, you can also stop at the various international network coffee-shops that are widely available in major cities in Japan, such as Doutour, Pronto, and the most popular one, Starbucks (which now has more than 700 outlets in Japan alone!).

You can also buy some food supplies to supply breakfast for several days at the nearest supermarket. You can buy a few sachets of coffee or tea bags, a pack of bread, a jar of jam, butter, cheese slices, or even a piece of bacon. You can request or purchase the hot water to make coffee or tea in the morning from your accommodation. Read the rest of this entry »

The Delicious Korean Food

Korea is known as a country that has rich collection of delicious culinary delights. If so far you may just know about the Kim Chi and Bulgogi as a typical Korean food, you’ll be surprised when set your food in this country, there are a lot of typical Korean food with high taste that has not been exposed to the world.

Most Korean food is always ‘bold’ in taste with a mixture of dried chili powder and garlic. For those of you who do not like spicy food or garlic, do not be discouraged because there are many other types of food that is not less delicious and not using these two spices.

You can enjoy delicious Korean food from the simplest (i.e. vegetarian food served at many different temples and Buddhist monasteries) until aristocracy food of the kings in the past.

Philosophical values behind Korean food making is always trying to show a combination of harmony (balance) – hot and cold, salty and sweet, spicy and sour, yin and yang.

The main meal must be presented in each menu of Korean cuisine is a bap (rice) or jukl (porridge), which is presented in a medium sized bowl, unless the food you eat is noodles, which is considered as a substitute for rice.
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