Category Archives: food tours

Turkey = Lamb

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And I’m back.  It’s been a long  but eventful 3 months but I’ve returned and am writing my first post as a married man.  I feel different.  Or it could be that I don’t have to suck in my gut anymore.  Now that I’m hitched I can totally let myself go! Awesome.  Something else that’s awesome: Turkey – the country.  Shef and I were fortunate enough to spend our honeymoon there and fortunately for you, I’ve decided to write about it.  So without further ado, I present to you…

Turkey, a country where Europe becomes Asia and East meets West is simply put – and I can say this having spent three whole weeks there on a honeymoon – a beautiful and captivating country, rich with culture and history… and kebabs, lots of kebabs.

Click on the roasting lamb for the full story.

Horizontally mounted roasted lamb. That is some meat!

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Hong Kong: 5 days of mouth stuffing goodness

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Once again, I must ask forgiveness for the long lag.  I am unexplectedly (over) employed so I haven’t had much time to devote to the ol’ blog.  But more on this job later when I figure out how to merge the experience of working on this medical show to food – hmm, we are what we eat?

Anyway three weeks ago, I found myself jobless and in Hong Kong.  It happened like this:  My parents and my sister and her family had long been planning on going to HK to visit my grandmother.  I’d just been back in October so I should spend the time “looking” for work.  However in a quick conversation with my mom, she told me they were planning on getting a formal family portrait while in Hong Kong and maybe I should just check for cheap tickets.  So, being the impulse buyer that I am I ended up getting a rather cheap ticket and convinced Shef to cancel her winter trip to Cali and come join the fam in HK.  So there you have it.  While it was a short trip, it was a sweet trip. In fact, it was pretty succulent and delicious.  Check out the full story/ photo essay.

Night time view of the skyline from the peak.

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Sourdough Baby!

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Alright you all.  This post is decidedly anti “zone diet“.  Don’t get me wrong, I adore protein and delicious meat, but this post and page is all about the carbs.  Last month, I went back to the Bay for the holidays and came back to NYC bearing a very special gift.  The gift of sourdough starter bequeathed to me so generously from Matt aka Dumpling King (though now I would also dub him The Earl of Sourdough).  And since then, it’s fair to say I’ve been a little bit obsessed – obsessed with maintaining and tending the starter and baking the perfect sourdough loaf.  I’m happy to say the maintenance of the starter is going pretty well, because I’m a nurturing kind of guy.  The bread?  Well I’m still working on that.  Click on the image below for the full story behind the starter and my obsession with sourdough.

this is how much Matt loves his starter

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Michelle L: Cooking like a Laotian!

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Basic lao spicesSo first there was ‘shabu shabu’ and now there is ‘tum tum cheng’. Don’t you just love onomatopoeia!! Tum Tum Cheng relates to the sound of the drums and cymbals Lao monks use during worship. It is also the name of the restaurant and cooking school in beautiful Luang Prabrang where I spent one summer day learning the art of Lao cooking!

Click on the spices for the full story!

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Simon and Jen get a serving of big Italian meat.

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Alright you all. You’re in for a treat.  My friends Simon and Jen recently went to Italy where they soaked in the old world culture and charm and basically engorged themselves with some of the most delicious food known to man and woman.  But don’t take my word for it.  Take theirs.  Follow their gastronomic chronicles on their excellent travel blog.  For a taste of what I’m talking about, click on this charming photo of Simon and Jen living la dolce vita for a riveting account of Simon’s interactions with some top grade Italian meat.

buono appetito!

-C. Ting

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