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Tag Archives: veggies
Saturday morning breakfast @ Batignolles Organic Market
On cold blustery days (the kind we’ve had a lot recently) the tarps covering the market stalls look like they’ve been pulled extra-tight together, huddling up close in solidarity. On the nicer, sunnier days, there is a little jazz trio … Continue reading
Ibu Oka Babi Guling
Ubud. Across the street from the Royal Palace. Ibu Oka (i.e. mama oka’s place) This place is hopping. Locals and tourists rub shoulders to get a piece of this famous roast suckling pig. Open around 11AM and they close when … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD, TASTE TRAVEL
Tagged Babi Guling, Bali, beer, Bintang, blood sausage, Brussles, crispy skin, electric, exoticism, gravy, Ibu Oka, Indonesia, porc, roast suckling pig, Royal Palace, sausage, sayur, spice, Ubud, veggies
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Psychedelic risotto @ Castel de Tres Girard
It was what we call bonus sunshine. Sun when everyone said it would rain. The kind of day where you feel strange putting on a big coat. But after an hour’s tasting in a cool cellar, you’re really glad you … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, FOOD, Restaurants
Tagged aldente, balance, beetroot, beets, bitterness, Burgundy, cachew nuts, cashew, Castel de Tres Girard, harmony, Italy, mange tout pea pods, Morey St Denis, nuts, Parmesan, rice, risotto, Rome, sweetness, veggies
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Snap shot from the Loire
Last weekend, I helped throw a party for some friends in the Loire valley. We had a lot of fun loading up the old 2CV with lots of veggies and other food and getting ready for the party!
Summer Nicoise Salad (and, surprisingly, Vincent Dureuil Janthial 2006 Red Burgundy)
Nicoise is what we like to have in the evening when we are feeling veggie starved because it is light, digestible, and full of flavors. It is a dish that is built upon the marriages of different bitternesses. What … Continue reading
Posted in 2006, Burgundy, FOOD, Recipes, what am I drinking with this dish?, What is in my glass?, WINE
Tagged 2006, Baux en Provence, bitterness, Mas de Gourgonnier, Nicoise, rosé, tannin, tuna, veggies, Vincent Dureuil Janthial
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