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Skriven 2007-01-18 19:55:39 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: Re: CHOOK-FIL-A  70116
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*** Quoting Glen Jamieson from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> start at the south end of anyplace walking from the port and all is
 CS> directioned based on that but am aware I was actially at the 'north
 CS> end' and walking south). 

GJ> As I was born in Adelaide, with the sea to the west and hills to the
GJ> east, I find when I visit another place I tend to orient myself that
GJ> way.  It was infuriating in Nauru when the sun insisted on rising in
GJ> what my mind *knew* was the west!

I know the feeling!  To me, the sun rises 'coastwards' and settles 'west'.  I
lived for 6 years in San Diego without really getting past that feeling.  I
had the same feeling in Darwin but it was because I was sorta 'flipped upseide
down'.  Dont be suprised if looking over my older notes on Darwin I say 'north
to Kitty O'sheas' when I was walking fromthe water and it was the first bar
(grin).  To walk it you go south, seege west, then back east, then south a
bit.
(I think, didnt have a compass with me).

 GJ> Singapore or Los Angeles, except out of morbid curiosity.
 CS> Yeah, like it's either not up to snuff, or something you can get at
 CS> home so not so special.

GJ> Eggzackly!  Why waste new eating opportunities on stuff like that?

Have had the best food, whrn I just tried the local version of eurpoean though
sodont scoff to hard!  Fusion.  Shimoda Japan has this little hidden italian
place that is fusion Japanese and Italian and it's really good.  Quite
unexpected differences that work to a whole that has to be experienced. 
Spagetti cut to make it chopstick friendly.  Mashed roasted garlic on toast
with butter at the side.  Tortalinis (sp?) with no sauce but mirin and olive
oil dip and parmesan at the side for the second dip (dip in oil/mirin then the
cheese.  Chopsticks are the only way to really handle that food neatly). 
Sweet pickled watermelon rind for dessert.


 CS> Outbacks to me are decent, but I know several steak places back in my
 CS> old stomping grounds that are better or as good, and cheaper.  In
 CS> Japan, I can get plenty of the 'good stuff' we make here so avoid those
 CS> sorts of places elsewhere though once I move from here, I'll be
 CS> interested in checking them out again.

GJ> It could be confusing when you return to USA.  Will USAn food be new
GJ> and exciting to you, or disappointing?  Will you search for a good
GJ> source of Japanese food or decide to cook it all yourself?

A bit of all that i am sure.  I didnt forget my roots in American cookery, just
shifted what I make at home due to what is cheaper and more easily obtainable.
I suspect my first reall cookery, will be a slow roasted oven pork shoulder at
275 for 6-10 hours.  Idaho potatoes roasted alongside in the last 2 hours.

USAian food is a bit of a misnomer because it's a *huge* place and some of it
we all dont know at all about one another.  The average 'knowledge' in this
echos is far more than the average USA person about that they make in our own
land.

The Japanese food I know and like best, isnt often exported so I'll have tomake
it I bet.  I can get sashimi and sushi, but little else of note.  Winter Nimon
Soup for example is not known there that I have seen.  I'll have to make my
own and it's normal stuff to us now and the ingredients arent hard to get
there.


 CS> Dnt get me too wrong though, I've eaten at McDonalds out in Asia
 CS> besides my local one in the Ginza.  Sometimes, its a good spot to wait
 CS> for your friends to gather.  Shimoda Japan for example. It's right
 CS> there at the dock where they drop you off from the liberty launch
 CS> (There's a starbucks near that too if I recall right).

GJ> I was once tricked into eating a McD hamburger, in the Philippines;
GJ> it was like greasy cardboard.  Never again!

Hehe it's not fancy but it's ok at the right places.  Philippines would not be
one of those places.  Stateside isnt either unless you are really hungry.
                                       xxcarol

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