Thanksgiving 2017

Tuncay invited us over for Thanksgiving --- something you do not want to say no to. We had very nontraditional Thanksgiving foods: amazing foie gras, wonderful meatz and cheeses for lunch, and a full dinner with sous vide duck (pictured above).



We started with pumpkin soup which was even better than it looked.



Then we had this beautiful salad with goat cheese.



And then there was the pièce de résistance: duck that was first sous vided, and then pan fried.



Also, veggies.

We are very thankful to Tuncay!

Thanksgiving

Israeli Food in Amsterdam

In Amsterdam we tried a small Israeli restaurant, staffed by two guys only. According to the one that served us (and cooked for us), the focus was on the food and not and the service. The food was indeed extremely impressive! Pictured above is the cauliflower dish he made for us.



It was actually the second dish he served, the first being eggplant with pomegranate (no picture). The third dish was hummus with mushrooms...



... followed by a tasty Palestinian salad...



... and finally this fennel dish. We decided to stop right there and not to overeat too much, even though all the food was extremely tasty! For a fun experience and some great food, go try restaurant Mana Mana in Amsterdam. It is located at Hemonystraat 66hs.

Birthday Foodz

There is no birthday foodz like Brusselz sproutz, even when served one day too early because the wife needs to go on a junket to St. Hans.



We added a little maple syrup to the walnutz and sproutz. Yum-o!

Washington DC

On our way to the snowy mountains in West Virginia, we stopped in Washington DC and visited Tuncay and Chad. No visit to DC is complete without stopping at Zenebach Injera.

Ethiopian at Zenebech Injera

This has been a weekend of amazing foods so far. Upon arrival in DC we went back to the Ethiopian Tuncay took us to before, and it was as good as we remembered.

Great Beijing Food

Amanda then took us to her other new favorite restaurant: Meizhou Dongpo.



And, of course, this was an excellent choice.



The main attraction was the dongporou, pictured above: perfect texture, wonderful flavors, and as an added bonus, a little spiciness.



So good in fact, that it warrants two photos.

The other dishes (dongpo sausage, soup with a special vegetable, these vegetables with some tofu, and the tofu below) were excellent as well. But the dongporou was in a league of its own.



Here is were the magic happened:

Korean Food

Another thing we were looking very much forward to in Beijing: our local Korean restaurant.



It did not disappoint at all!

These are just a few of the many, many, many dishes we had for lunch.

Non Beijing Foodz

Here are some foodz we ate before taking the night train back to Beijing. First of all, this wonderful lamb. Sadly enough, we were scammed and had to pay as if this were a full portion. Any fool can see that this is only a half portion, just like we ordered.



Our lunch before taking the train consisted of this sweet (and a little sour, but mostly sweet) pork...



... some special vegetables, that A really liked (it tasted like licking the trunk of a tree to me)...

... and some sizzling tofu, that the waiters were hesitant to take the cover of.

Chengdu Food Market

First Day of Foodz

If you thought the last few posts contained too many pictures, I am afraid it may only get worse. If you did not, you are in for a treat.

Of course, our main purpose of going to China was attending Amanda and Liu Ke's wedding.

But that did not stop us from having copious amounts of wonderful Chinese food.



This is our dinner the first day.



Even the xiaolongbao were there.

And some Thai beef, that nobody except me liked.



And what is a dinner without duck?



I will just remark here that we were in China for 3 weeks.

Mango

Mmmmmm.

Home Made Chinese Foodz

The dong po rou was not quite there yet, but these green beans were awesome.