'Links' Category
Roundup: Lebanese mezze and eating East London
- Allegra McEvedy’s account of eating her way through Lebanon reminds me of why Lebanese is so high on my list of potential next meals. I thought I knew Lebanese food, but I hadn’t heard of many of the dishes she describes–like man’ousheh, muhammara and ‘boiled brains with lemon’. Here’s hoping a few of them [...]
Readings: The kimchi crisis
Oh no! One of our favourite foods has been hit by the economic downturn, according the the BBC. Despite kimchi’s status as a South Korean cuisine staple worthy of its own museum in Seoul, a kimchi trade deficit has reached $77.3 million over the last three years thanks to demand for cheaper Chinese-made product. There’s [...]
Readings: The disgustingness of Mongolian breakfasts
Wu doesn’t sound easily disgusted–he’s apparently a pro at gagging down deep fried scorpion, duck brains, snake blood and semi-live octopus tentacles. But even he had trouble with the acidic, rock-hard cheese, endless mutton and fermented horse milk of Mongolia.
Readings: UK delicacies
The Guardian has a list of 10 regional UK dishes and where to eat them, which, as a transplanted Canadian, I was very interested to see. London is nowhere on the list. Doesn’t our pie and mash count?
(For the record, I have had amazing Yorkshire puddings at The Lord Stanley and pretty good Northern Irish [...]
