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While we're on the subject of processed food, if you ever see Yeo's beef curry in a tin, give it a whirl. Absolutely loaded with MSG and salt - you'll have a mouth like Ghandi's flip flop within an hour or two - but actually quite tasty. 2 or 3 mins in a microwave and you're good to go. You'll love it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by armstrong
Chili sauce alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll day long, surely? Not a big fan of packet noodles apart from the ones above, but I love pretty much any Thai noodle soup (pork, duck or beef being my faves) and its the broth that makes it. Plenty of chili flakes and prik nam som to give it a kick.Quote:
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Oh yeah.
those words get me all teary.Quote:
Originally Posted by hallelujah
Noodles are fantastic post lash hangover onset nosh
I'll swap you my breakfast for your lunch, wait a minute...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by hallelujah
I've already got the Tom Tits, so that ain't gonna happen! :smileylaughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe 90
Saw this in Sainsbury and thought, imagine that with meat that's not tough as old boots
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^ don't. i made the mistake with Red Curry paste and its a pale imitation. The hint is on the jar, mine said "Thai Inspired", which when i tasted it translated to we'll get some of the same ingredients and see if it tastes like something from that part of the world.
Mrs knocked me up an Aussie Angus Knuckle Steak, on a bed of Portabello mushrooms in a creamy sauce.
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Croissant tuna melt.
Some knobber had to mention tuna melts a week or so ago.
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My taste buds thank you. :)
Though there's probably enough calories in those to fuel a space mission. :)
^ you have a reason to live burning that lot off for the next few days now :)
Always a bonus.Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
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^ If it wasn't for the beer I wouldn't have known it was upside down mate. It looked like one of your usuals! :)
Still looks good though!
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Originally Posted by Joe 90
Excellent photography skils
^Quite frankly, I'm surprised Delicious magazine let him go from being their chief food photographer and sub editor.
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You need a bigger cameraQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe 90
^^ If he hadn't have given it away with the bottle of root beer, we could have played 'Guess which way up the meal should be'!
Although delicious, it does look like something cleaned up from a hospital floor. :)
That American root beer tasted like disinfectant.
Poured it down the sink.
Steak and kidney pudding was LUSH though:)
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Originally Posted by Edmond
I was wondering if he had played football with the food parcel before unwrapping it?
Seafoooooooooooooooooooooooood with a view today.
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10/10 for the view. 6.5/10 for the food.
^It's Egypt, if there's some way to fuck anything up (including cooking good ingredients) they not only know it, they probably invented it. Good God the food there is dire, had some nice seafood at Sharm though.
I enjoy the food. Not the best in the region but still enjoyable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headworx
That place in the pic was a tourist trap, so I wasn't expecting great things. It was alright though and not too expensive.
Well there's a reason Egyptian and Filipino restaurants pretty much don't exist outside their own countries. You can get decent local and imported ingredients in Egypt but simply cannot let an Egyptian cook them, food preparation is just another thing beyond their intelligence unless we're talking about a kebab stand or the totally bland shit the locals eat. There's some decent places to eat in Maadi where I spent all my time when in Cairo, but they all had Expat owners/chefs in charge of the kitchens.
Probably the most popular restaurant on soi 3 Sukhumvit used to be Egyptian (may well still be), and judging Egyptian food based on your time in Maadi is a bit like viewing Thailand having spent all your time in Pattaya eating, say, cooked English breakfasts and sausage rolls. Now who could that be? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Headworx
While it might not be as good as Lebanese (or even Syrian), I don't think I've ever eaten anything bland in Egypt. Did you even try, for example, koshary? It's anything but bland.
^I worked there off an on since the 80's till as recently as a few years ago, probably 6 to 8 years in total, so I've got a rough idea about what they eat :rolleyes:
At work we have no budget when it comes to food (within reason) and that goes for the Egyptian workforce diner as well where I've eaten countless times to try their local cuisines, just as I'd do in the locals diner in jobs anywhere else in the world and typically really enjoy it to the point of eating almost as often in their diners instead of the Western diners on site. It's shit, chicken and rice being the staple with little or no seasoning and spices to make things interesting and the uncountable thousands of local workers we've had over the years all loved it. Next thing is being taken dozens of times to the best places to eat by our Egyptian contractors and their bosses trying to impress me, been to their idea of the very best Egyptian food joints from Alex to Aswan to Hurghada to Sharm and everywhere in between and they'd always order up the highlight list of local cuisine. Still shit. Expat colleagues of the companies I worked for who were permanently based in Cairo, often for 10+ years, would take me to the best restaurants they knew and we'd always end up in a steak house or Thai or Italian sort of place in Maadi, never any Egyptian joint. I trust their judgement, they knew the best places for everything in that fucking madhouse of city regardless of cost.
To be fair the seafood is good out of the Red Sea with an incredible range of reef fish and their dates are probably the best in the MEA (including Syria where I've also worked) but if you're enjoying the local food on the whole there, that explains a lot. Nobody ever comes out of Egypt saying "I'm going to miss the food there". Nobody.
In all my time in Egypt (and it's quite some time now), I can quite honestly say I've never eaten chicken and rice without any seasoning or spices. Never been served it in people's homes or restaurants (most commonly it's half chicken done over charcoal and served with bread, tahini and salad, which is fantastic) and would never ask for it.
Maybe it's a thing for Pattaya-type foreigners though...I dunno. I'm certainly not in that bracket.
As far as seafood is concerned, I had some fresh on the Med the other week. Very good, but I can live with or without seafood when I'm getting grilled meat at a pittance whenever I want. Seafood (specifically fish) often leaves me a bit 'meh' wherever I am: Thailand, Egypt, Greece etc
And the chicken will always be dry as fuck. Chicken is one of my favourite proteins and I cook it typically twice a week at home but it's never dry and stringy the way they manage to do it. You're obviously new there on your first gig and on a budget, of course everything is new and exciting or so you've convinced yourself. Give it a few years of having eaten everything they can serve up, regardless of price, and get back to me then about how great Egyptian food is. Assuming you don't twist-off and quit before then of course for which nobody could blame you, I can't imagine the hardships of being a teacher there..
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Originally Posted by Headworx
I've lived here before and clearly have even more experience of the food here than you do of English breakfasts and fish and chips in Pattaya. :smileylaughing:
You're utterly clueless as usual.
Yeah ok, a Cairo newb teacher eating what's surely the worst food in the entire MEA region (besides Yemen possibly) has got to make the best of it I suppose. You just keep convincing yourself of that, if it helps.
I see that reading and comprehension is something else you are deficient in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headworx
I enjoyed the food in Yemen when I was there. And the Yemeni made tea and coffee was the best I have tasted anywhere in the world. Some Yemenis taught me how to make it like they do and I used to be able to make a decent version of it. I haven't made it for years, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headworx
headworx is a Pattaya expat who almost exclusively exists on English breakfasts and fish and chips in a farang ghetto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neverna
Asking him for a balanced opinion on local food is akin to asking ISIS to for a travel guide to the US. Ain't gonna happen because he has absolutely no idea at all. Excruciatingly so at times. :)
Never had it, what was it like And did you make it yourself??
Nice view Hal!
I've heard its 30oC today, jammy git.
I love rabbit, mendip! Big in Eastern Europe and equally tasty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe 90
We're having an unseasonably warm spell, chits. It was 22-26 last week during the day, which is normal for this time of year, but we're at 32 this weekend after being in the 40s until late October.
Funny old times but melike blueskies and warmth.
^^^ I love rabbit. Growing up used to eat a lot that my uncles shot, usually stewed or roasted - you'd always get the odd lead shot you'd bite into. Nowadays i cook it on a low heat with oil, onion and garlic in the oven.
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Originally Posted by Joe 90
It was 'lush' :)
My mum made it... I wish I could make pastry like hers. In Thailand I split the fat between butter and marg but that makes a very rich pastry. My mum splits the fat between a marg and something called Trex (a white fat) and her pastry is great. I just can't find stuff like that in Thailand.
He would chase them all away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
Good excuse to buy myself and air rifle for Xmas though..
You won't be coming back here this weekend then.Quote:
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This freezing storm is worst than the beast from the east a few years ago.
Guess who's working a night shift init tonight, joy.