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And while you are at it, @Shelby, please have a stopover at Hong Kong and drop by 😋

Sandwich with more homemade Pastrami than my blood pressure does actually allow, with dijonnaise, pickled cucumber and onions...

Upon request by my guests (who refused German cuisine for some reason ): kind of Levantine/Mediterranean dinner party. Most recipes taken from Ottolenghi's "Jerusalem", or at least inspired by it. Grilled & marinated eggplants & courgettes Potato salad with aubergine, lemon and artichokes Roasted pumpkin with tahini & za'atar Baba Ghanoush with yoghurt Hummus Ovendried cherry tomatoes & olives Pide in all variations (lamb, egg, grilled veggies ...) Köfte Pastrami There was also grilled chicken, but I was too busy dishing out Pides before they were gone. All three batches ... Progress picture Not pictured: Copious amounts of Asahi, off-dry Riesling and Old Fashioned, followed by shots of Jägermeister (the holy trinity of Levantine booze)... A successful evening, if I might say so

Pickled cucumbers (picture taken with an antique iPad) ...

The perfect follow-up to a fun night out: "Bavarian Breakfast" - Weisswürstchen, Brezn, Weissbier ... Works pretty well

This should actually be placed in the not yet existing thread "Things I eat long after dinner and some drinks" ... "Dan Dan Bucatini" with bits of minced meat, sichuan pickles, sichuan pepper and oil. Topped with SV pork belly and my "ma la" rub comprised of more Sichuan pepper, chili and a little cumin. Some cilantro was added right after the picure. G&T to counteract the spiciness...

Cured a pork belly for the last 3 days. Turned half of it today into Kümmelbauch with a healthy dose of caraway seeds, roasted on a bed of onions. Lunch was fresh Kümmelbauchbrötchen, with onion marmalade and pickled cucumbers. And the crackling, of course ... 😀

So I have to stop swallowing my tooth paste ??

Pizza night at Casa Duvel: (Fennel) Salami & olives Anchovies, capers and olives (The last of my Sardinian) Salami & olives

Bucatini "carbonara" with candied guanciale and salmon ...

Sake night with some otsumami at a small place in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. I honestly wouldn't find that place again, in the 6th floor of a nondescript residential building. Food was good, sake was great ... Nanbanzuke, mentaiko, Saba, wakame & yuzu salad, pickled ika, grilled beef tongue, kamo soba.

Ok, if its just the solid chunk you might be better off ... I usually but freshly shaved, so I was referring to that product. Good luck

I doesn't really. But it looses its flavor significantly. I would toss it and get a fresh batch; making dashi is too much effort to start with lousy raw materials and end up with an mediocre result (IMHO) ...

Cleaning out the fridge / leftover dinner: "Vietnamese" chicken wings, Takoyaki from lunch (this time for the rest of the family) and cold rice noodle salad (which I dare not call Vietnamese) with orphanaged items from the freezer ... Everything was eaten, so could not have been that bad 😋

Lunch for one: Takoyaki (minus the octopus, which I couldn't find in the freezer, so technically Ebiyaki with shrimp), with sauce, mayo and fresh Katsuoboshi from my last Tokyo trip. I am always amazed how good that stuff is when it's fresh. Plus a beer. Or two. And possibly a nap 😉

I am ever so impressed that you dish out one Japanese inspired breakfast after the other. Truly admiring (and being a tiny bit envious on) your efforts!

Tonight party after the last Dragonboat race of the season (unthankful 4th place) ... Made rye flour-based Flammkuchen with onions and Guanciale 😊

It was nice knowing you ... I guess I will drink in you memory tonight 😉 (If - against all odds - you should make it, I shall raise my glass again to that）

Wurstsalat and chicken-baked potatoes ... very simple and yummy !

Beer tasting set at Little Creatures brewery in Kennedy Town, HK. My favorite was the IPA. I had some roasted cajun-spiced cauliflower with it as well as Uni carbonara pasta afterwards with another pint of the IPA. Yummy ...

Done Part of a seafood banquet in Japan, me and my wife shared the last piece on the plate, after none of the colleagues showed any signs of impairment after consumption (other than alcohol related). Underwhelming ...

Actually, depending on your species of fiddleheads, the toxin should be known. Most common is Ptaquiloside, which is not only shows acute toxicity but is also a strong carcinogen. During my academic years I tried to synthesize the aglycon via a new reaction sequence I was developing. Never worked out, but left me with a curiosity how great fiddleheads must actually taste so that I would overcome my prejudice to try them. Until today that curiosity remains ...

It's a common misconception that Swedish bread is meant to be eaten. In its native land it is exclusively used as bait for catching moose which - upon digesting the brick-like substance - will spend several hours in a catatonic state trying to digest the "bread", which in turn makes them easy to pick up for the traditional Swedish moose & blueberry brunch (bread-free, of course) ...

I know China is cheap but I thinK 10 RMB is more like 1.6 US$ ... (which seems ok for a burger)

Quick lunch (and last meal) before heading back to Hong Kong: mixed grilled sushi, the Hokkaidō special and a Negitoro temaki. Came with a large draft beer for some reason ... Will be a happy flight