Food thoughts
Tue, Apr. 20th, 2004 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterMy mouth is still recovering from the Korean food for dinner tonight. I think on the level of tolerating spiciness, I am somewhere in between -- not totally scared of it, but in no way able to eat Korean, Szechuan or Indian without having to run for bread or milk or rice or something.
I spent a great deal of time wondering why half the owners in the Korean restaurant spoke Japanese -- was it a Japanese-run place like all those Chinese-run Japanese restaurants? But then I heard someone speaking a language I didn't understand that sounded like Korean, so then I got more confused. Maybe they are Koreans from Japan.
We passed by an Afghan place but didn't end up eating there because it looked expensive. But I drooled over the menu. Maybe some other time...
Then the boy and I had a stupid argument over whether Greek food is European or not. The boy argues that it is because Greece is in Europe. I argue that it is not because from my very limited experience, it tastes more like Middle Eastern food (the lamb, the spices, the legumes). I was in full blown stupid argument mode and comparing it to language families.
I think I'll eat strawberries and Cool Whip now. Cool Whip is awesome. This is completely the boy's fault -- now that he has introduced me to Cool Whip, he has turned my healthy dessert/snack of fruit into calorie-ridden excess. But mmmmmm.
I spent a great deal of time wondering why half the owners in the Korean restaurant spoke Japanese -- was it a Japanese-run place like all those Chinese-run Japanese restaurants? But then I heard someone speaking a language I didn't understand that sounded like Korean, so then I got more confused. Maybe they are Koreans from Japan.
We passed by an Afghan place but didn't end up eating there because it looked expensive. But I drooled over the menu. Maybe some other time...
Then the boy and I had a stupid argument over whether Greek food is European or not. The boy argues that it is because Greece is in Europe. I argue that it is not because from my very limited experience, it tastes more like Middle Eastern food (the lamb, the spices, the legumes). I was in full blown stupid argument mode and comparing it to language families.
I think I'll eat strawberries and Cool Whip now. Cool Whip is awesome. This is completely the boy's fault -- now that he has introduced me to Cool Whip, he has turned my healthy dessert/snack of fruit into calorie-ridden excess. But mmmmmm.
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Wed, Apr. 21st, 2004 03:31 pm (UTC)I used to be able to eat like a Korean boy. I'm talking, kimchee dumped atop pepporoni and Italian sausage pizza. I learned to cook Korean from a girl who's mom used to work in a restaurant. For me, spicy equals much much better. I get kind of blue when my food doesn't have what I call 'heat'.
The best 'plain' food I've ever had has been in Germany. It was like what was stereotypically 'white' American, but somehow, so flavorful I couldn't imagine why anyone would deride it.
My taste from heat is partially supported by my home culture... but Korean, Thai? They're comfort food to me. And I'm talking the spicy sea-food and silken tofu hotpot stew.
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Wed, Apr. 21st, 2004 06:30 pm (UTC)I love eating spicy food, even after I'm gasping in pain after the first few bites. It's more... tze ji -- exciting, stimulating. Kind of like the extreme sport of food ;).
Silken tofu hotpot stew! I love that! My mom's a complete sucker for bibimbop (the rice in stone bowl thing), and I also really like this non-spicy soup they have with rice cakes.