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japanese restaurants/sushi bars with great green tea
thanks guys! your help was much appreciated. I've been meaning to check out the tea service at takshimaya. i'm digging this genmai cha right now that is made with puffed brown rice. You'[re supposed to strain the tea but I like to eat the puffed rice...
Great Japanese food AND green tea in Philly?
Can you hounds think of really good Japanese restaurants or sushi bars that serve really good green tea? I feel like it's hard to get both unless you're somewhere super high end. Thanks for the help, you guys always know everything! -cp
japanese restaurants/sushi bars with great green tea
Can you hounds think of really good Japanese restaurants or sushi bars that serve really good green tea? I feel like it's hard to get both unless you're somewhere super high end. Thanks for the help, you guys always know everything! -cp
Online Sources for Japanese Tea [Split from Manhattan board]
you can get ocean brine-y japanese green tea from www.ultimatemunch.com
Sugar cookies for matcha tea
someone mentioned the ocean-brine-y green tea. i hadn't had it before until recently someone in the office brought it in. it's pretty rich and savory. definitely not for everyone. i was grossed out by the description but i loved it and my brother and his wife HATED it. i think they were weirded out that it was almost salty. if you're still interested you can get it at www.ultimatemunch.com
Do you eat goat?
Spicy goat stew with perilla leaves is a killer korean meal that I last had in Berkeley. They also have a great goat dish at suenos nyc. I haven't been there in a while but I think it was goat steamed in banana leaves. vetri in philly also does a great goat dish with polenta. the only time i have had goat and not liked it was when i went to a pakistani restaurant with a pakistani guy and he ordered the goat brain masala. obviously had to try it but the texture was like soft squishy plastic. i couldn't even get it down. the point is, they have goat dishes everywhere and they are all delicious (for the most part) in their own way. I would suggest going to a restaurant first and having some goat and then if you like it, you can try buying some of your own and cooking it.
salty green tea?
thanks for the info. yeah, they were saying it was probably the best quality green tea out there so it's on par with what you two are saying. thanks again! much appreciated! -cp
salty green tea?
Has anyone heard about this? Green tea with umami flavor? some of my co-workers were talking about it and it sounds pretty gross.
best books for an aspiring food journalist/restaurant critic
i think you are accurate in your critiques of the aforementioned writers, but i think the truth of the matter is that their style of narcissistic writing is the direction that food writing is going right now. and ultimately, those books are the type of writing that the thread starter is most likely interested in, right? i have brillat-savarin, mfk fisher, etc on my shelves but i feel like you don't really see sutff like that anymore. too bad.
knife sharpening lessons?
korin has a great DVD on how to sharpen your knife. otherwise, i don't know of any place that does private lessons. although if you befriend a chef, he/she should be able to give you a lesson.
'Real Housewives' at Etoile in Napa
coordinating a tasting menu with so many courses is tricky for the kitchen so it's pretty standard to insist that the whole table do the tasting courses or order a la carte. it's not dictatorial, it's logical. try to imagine two people at the table ordering an entree and sharing a dessert and the remainder of the table ordering a 5 course tasting menu. when would the a la carters get their food? would you wait until the tasters were on their entree and the a la carters had sat through three courses of food without eating to bring out their entrees? or would you bring it out when the first course came out for the tasters so that they had to watch their companions eat after they finished their entree. it's a mess.
Colicchio Restaurant Group Sued for Tips
the sad thing is that most line cooks have been denied wages or overtime. it's pretty standard in every city i have ever worked in...
best books for an aspiring food journalist/restaurant critic
anything by ruth reichl, anthony bourdain, ruhlman, buford... there's also a collection of the best food writing published each year by holly something or other. i think that will give you a good cross section of various kinds of food writing.
