Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff

[Tim]

Nice. Jacques Pepin's bean salad is the best though.

[Tim]

Chinese cuisine question:

I recently had dumplings filled with cowpeas (aka black-eyed peas), which I think was the shell and pod parts fresh plants, does anyone know what they might be called? They were very good.

[dogmeat]

Been in Malaysia Had the best single dish of my life in Penang from a Michelin bibbed street stall. A Laksa but with a broth of salted herring rather than coconut cream. The depth of flavour was amazing just kept on developing. The char koay teow with duck egg was damn fine too. Malays really know how to enjoy their food.

[Nepia]

@dogmeat said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

Been in Malaysia Had the best single dish of my life in Penang from a Michelin bibbed street stall. A Laksa but with a broth of salted herring rather than coconut cream. The depth of flavour was amazing just kept on developing. The char koay teow with duck egg was damn fine too. Malays really know how to enjoy their food.

What's the name? I'll definitely give it a shot next time I head over there.

[dogmeat]

@Nepia It's a very descriptive name - Penang Road Famous Laksa.

Just beware it's not actually on Penang Road! 5 Lebuh Keng Kwee

Thoroughly recommend the food tour
https://www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionProductReview-g660694-d25010834-Penang_Evening_Walking_Foods_Tour-Penang_Island_Penang.html

Best $60 you will spend. Go hungry!!!

[Nepia]

@dogmeat said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

@Nepia It's a very descriptive name - Penang Road Famous Laksa.

Just beware it's not actually on Penang Road! 5 Lebuh Keng Kwee

Thoroughly recommend the food tour
https://www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionProductReview-g660694-d25010834-Penang_Evening_Walking_Foods_Tour-Penang_Island_Penang.html

Best $60 you will spend. Go hungry!!!

$60 for food in Malaysia? Oh wait, that's the food tour. Probably the single best tourist activity I did in Vietnam was the Hanoi Walking Food Tour (was about 10 years ago so $20) so it's always good to see if other food tours can measure up.

[nzzp]

Went to the BBQ Hut in Mangawhai at the weekend. Good operation run by a decent bloke.

However, they had some home made fermented hot sauce - pineapple ghost pepper. It's rocket fuel, but has good flavour. I have a small pottle, it will last me some time. #heatlife or something

[nzzp]

Pizzaiolo for the win

[Bones]

@nzzp chru bro! On the list for the road trip to Northland now.

[Bones]

@Machpants Bad habits in Paihia has.cracking food, much appreciated.

I don't think I really get the concept of what kind of retailer they are, but hey looks like it works!

The lamb shoulder burger was fucking phenomenal, Bonesetta was stoked with her popcorn chicken tacos too.

100 odd bucks for those, two hazys and 3 wines. Absurd value.

[pakman]

Christmas at the Pakmans.

[Higgins]

@pakman You will have the health police gnashing their teeth at the lack of greens! Speaking of greens, were the Heinies and/or Steinies still in the fridge?

[MN5]

@pakman said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:

Christmas at the Pakmans.

It’s not a proper Xmas if there’s any less than three meats available. Good show old chap !

[Higgins]

@MN5 And the obligatory ham was probably still being sliced when the shot was taken.

[Bones]

Sorry being a lazy fucker. Gonna grab a tomahawk tomorrow and never cooked one. Reverse sear?

[nzzp]

@Bones yes

[Bones]

@nzzp perfect, thanks bro.

To be fair anything else was going to be ignored most likely.

[nzzp]

@Bones are you still up north?

Reverse sear for any big piece of meat is the win.

[Bones]

@nzzp nah hit Welly last Friday, in EB with an award winning butcher a 3 min walk away. Tomahawk for 30 bucks is something I wasn't going to pass up.

Edit: forgot to high note, also have my Xmas buddy Chris Martin's 4 square around the corner from that.

[Tim]