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Archive for Archive for September, 2007
Friday Food Follies, Premiere Edition
It’s Friday. Or at least it was a few hours ago. It’s actually Saturday morning here in Singapore, which means if I hurry it’ll still be Friday back home by the time I get this posted.
Several interesting news items involving food (or food equipment) have caught my eye recently, and I thought I’d [...] Read more »
“Blow Your Head Off” Potstickers
I came to Asia for hot food. I was duly rewarded. I’m not sure I brought enough Pepcid to cover.
Lunch today at the hotel in Shenzhen, China featured a noodle station, very Cantonese traditional fare. The sous chef held a molded log of dough, and while standing back from a large pot of boiling, flavored water, he used [...] Read more »
Cantonese Spicy Food?
Shenzhen’s not the most scenic of Chinese cities. It has a bit of a “Wild West” reputation, mainly because it was built so quickly. In 1979, it was a small, unknown fishing village, like many others in the Pearl River delta. Its location caught the eye of the Chinese government, however, as it would provide [...] Read more »
It’s Hard to Get Here From There
I made it to Hong Kong, but it wasn’t easy this time.
I got up early on Friday and loaded up my gear. My wife dropped me off at Austin Bergstrom airport at 0700, and the trip started out well enough. Only took 20 minutes to get through check-in and security, and the lounge was nearly [...] Read more »
A Long Day, Sweating Over a Hot Wordpress…
Last night’s late dinner included grilled chicken risotto accompanied by White Merlot. Paula wasn’t in a mood to drink, and I had already wasted, er, used 2/3 cup of the nectar in the risotto. The remainder of the chilled, 1.5 liter bottle of wine just sat there; what to do, what to do?
I drank it, [...] Read more »
Hello and Welcome!
To All Fans of Hot Foods, Greetings!
Whether you like just the tiniest bit of sizzle on your plate, or death-defying sauce straight from the bottle, we’ve got something for you here! Or we will have, as we rapidly grow. (Okay, at least that’s the plan; bear with us!)
Even better, we want you to join us [...] Read more »
