It's been a year of travel and food...It started with my one month sojourn to Africa and out of Africa came my appreciation of "Fu Fu", "Kenke", Apapransha (though it was the holy mackarel that i remember more ) etc....
Since i moved to new business role, my suitcase has always been packed (for travel) and my stomach has been ready for adventure...Over the last 7 months, I have had the occasion to travel to Malaysia, Singapore,Vietnam,Indonesia, Thailand, China and of course India.....I have seen the sights and tasted the food....
Inspired by a friend, i thought that why not start once again on the blog but this time base it on food and travel...2 things that I seem to be enjoying a lot these days....
Let me devote some air time to the best dining experience that I had over the last 7 months and I will mention 3 of them.....
Chinese food served French Style : The Da Dong Duck restaurant is Beijing is by far the most superior Chinese restaurant that I have ever been to....Was privileged to have participated ina gastronomic delight that started with venison and ended with the ubiquitous Peking deck...However this experience also brough about some truth and busted some myths......
Myth 1: Duckmeat is suppossed to be had...Naaah...In the Da Dong restaurant they serve it like the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had it....they just slice off crispy portions of the golden skin and the meat is actually taken away.....The meat is later used as a base for soup if u choose to have it......
Myth No.2 : Chinese food is oily and typically the presentation element is missing completely...I would recommend a visit to this restaurant...The serving is done in the highest class of a French Restaurant in term of optical appeal...but the food tastes much better than standard French Food....... In fact they served a beef dish over a piece of hot stone...exotic presentation....
I give a definite thumbs up to this gastronomic experience.....
Vietnamese Food :
The Pho Ho' on Pasteur Road is a decrypt restaurant but it probably serves one of the best seasoned portions of the Vietnamese national dish Pho....A noodle broth in which you get boiled beef, pork balls, checken...it's a cook your own meal kind of thing...You put in lime, sauces, leaves, chillies and use your chopsticks to just slurp up the beauty of your own concoction.....Another special is Vietnames spring rolls which are not fried but is a exquisite presentation of different things wrapped in a rice paper....For anyone who travels to Siagon, it's a must do......
Cantonese Yee Mee ...as they make it at Fat Fat (Lorong Rahim Kajai- KL, MY)....The Cantonese Yee Mee can be described as one of my favourite foods when i am at KL....It is health (essentially soup based) and tasty...giving a blow to the philosophy that healthy food is necessarily not tasty....chuck in some chilli padi and u have heaven......
Before signing off...I must talk about my last experience in our own Delhi......Rajinder ka Dhaba somewhere close to the Hyatt in New Delhi...is God's gift to Tandoori food....Mutton Tikka, Chicken Tikka...Tandoori Chicken....Ma ki Daal, Paneer Tikka....coupled with a bottle of Teachers and wonderful company in the form of Sanjeev, Prashant, Rajeev and Goutam was the icing in my cake over the last 7 months.....
The end result ....ek khali bottle, haddiyon ki dher...aur ek behosh bengali.....
Watch out for my Korean Experiences...coming soon.....
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I have been to Rajinder the Dhaba and so agree with it being absolutely brilliant..For me the experience was sans the alcohol unlike it was for you :D
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