Food porn

[VF21]

This thread is inspired by The Hammer's comment in a grades thread.

So, here's the deal. Post a picture of a meal you've had that you really enjoyed. NO stock photos. These have to be real pictures of the real meal. Include the name of the place.

This is the steak and lobster tail entree from the Chart Room Restaurant in Crescent City.

 

[Tetsujin]

Be forewarned. I can get carried away with taking food pictures. (Worked in a kitchen for three years, live in a country reknowned for its food culture, live about two hours from one of the food capitals in the world.)


This might get messy.

 

[Tetsujin]

I guess I'll start with this:



Butasoba at Furukawa Ramen in Mito, Japan. So good, I wrote a blog post about it.

http://stephentetsu.com/2014/10/24/furukawa-ふる川-mito-ibaraki-japan-茨城県　水戸市/

 

[Larry89]

Ill upload a pic of a meal shortly

 

[upinsmoke]

I want to start this post off by pointing out that I don't mean to rude or disrespectful in any manner but in my personal opinion Japanese food is so underwhelming . I have been in more Sushi/Japanese kitchens and know more Sushi chefs than i care to discuss. I dated a japanese girl who could cook up a storm but i never could really find a dish that i really liked.

 

[Spike]

My meatballs picture is apparently too high res. They were tasty.

 

[The Hammer]

Be forewarned. I can get carried away with taking food pictures. (Worked in a kitchen for three years, live in a country reknowned for its food culture, live about two hours from one of the food capitals in the world.)


This might get messy.

Go nuts!

(Food puns = extra points)

 

[VF21]

I want to start this post off by pointing out that I don't mean to rude or disrespectful in any manner but in my personal opinion Japanese food is so underwhelming . I have been in more Sushi/Japanese kitchens and know more Sushi chefs than i care to discuss. I dated a japanese girl who could cook up a storm but i never could really find a dish that i really liked.

If that's the case, my suggestion would be just to skip over the stuff that doesn't appeal to you.

 

[VF21]

My meatballs picture is apparently too high res. They were tasty.

Um, I'm sorry but you mentioned them so now you have to find a way to post the picture. That's Food Porn rules, dude.

 

[Tetsujin]

I want to start this post off by pointing out that I don't mean to rude or disrespectful in any manner but in my personal opinion Japanese food is so underwhelming . I have been in more Sushi/Japanese kitchens and know more Sushi chefs than i care to discuss. I dated a japanese girl who could cook up a storm but i never could really find a dish that i really liked.

There's much more to Japanese food than sushi ( most of which has been bastardized in America into something barely resembling sushi). If you're looking more for explosive flavors or heat, then Japanese food is probably not going to be for you as Japanese people are notoriously wimpy when it comes to heat. Japanese food is, however, largely refined and the food culture of the country has been so cultivated that Tokyo boasts the most Michelin stars in the world, Japanese dudes constantly wind up winning international food competitions (there's a pizzeria in my grandparent's neighborhood that apparently boasts the best Napoli-style pizza in the world and there's a coffee shop here in podunkville Japan that has a barista that has ranked in the top ten in the world).

But you're right, if you're looking for bold flavors, Japanese cuisine's probably not the right cuisine for you. If you're looking for subtlety and (sometimes maddening degrees of) attention to detail. then Japan may be right for you.

 

[Spike]

Um, I'm sorry but you mentioned them so now you have to find a way to post the picture. That's Food Porn rules, dude.

Behold!

 

[lawlman91]

I want to start this post off by pointing out that I don't mean to rude or disrespectful in any manner but in my personal opinion Japanese food is so underwhelming . I have been in more Sushi/Japanese kitchens and know more Sushi chefs than i care to discuss. I dated a japanese girl who could cook up a storm but i never could really find a dish that i really liked.

Try Indian food

 

[funkykingston]

Ravioli Uovo at my brother's restaurant Seven Hills in SF.



Hand made ravioli with a farm fresh egg, house made ricotta, spinach and browned butter.

 

[The Hammer]

Ravioli Uovo at my brother's restaurant Seven Hills in SF.



Hand made ravioli with a farm fresh egg, house made ricotta, spinach and browned butter.

That looks incredible.

 

[funkykingston]

That looks incredible.

I've watched my little brother become an incredible chef (Zagat named his restaurant the best Italian restaurant in SF) and I'm still amazed at some of the stuff he does. The egg is perfectly cooked and oozes out as you cut into the ravioli.

Here's a few things my wife and I have made:



Seared ahi on a bed of rice, avocado, thin sliced cucumber and purple cabbage topped with cilantro, green onions and sriracha mayo. Side of sauteed sugar snap peas.


Our take on an asian tostada with glazed beef.


Danish Christmas. This was mainly my wife and mother-in-law with me assisting. Homemade sausage, cornish game hens, pickled cabbage, potatoes & carrots, cucumber salad. And we started with rice pudding and then a butternut squash soup.

 

[The Hammer]

I've watched my little brother become an incredible chef (Zagat named his restaurant the best Italian restaurant in SF) and I'm still amazed at some of the stuff he does. The egg is perfectly cooked and oozes out as you cut into the ravioli.

Here's a few things my wife and I have made:



Seared ahi on a bed of rice, avocado, thin sliced cucumber and purple cabbage topped with cilantro, green onions and sriracha mayo. Side of sauteed sugar snap peas.


Our take on an asian tostada with glazed beef.


Danish Christmas. This was mainly my wife and mother-in-law with me assisting. Homemade sausage, cornish game hens, pickled cabbage, potatoes & carrots, cucumber salad. And we started with rice pudding and then a butternut squash soup.

This is some X rated food porn!! Homemade sausage! Pickled cabbage!!

That's awesome about your brother. If I'm in SF, I'll have to stop by his place. Name of it?

 

[Spike]

If I'm in SF, I'll have to stop by his place. Name of it?

Seven Hills, Hammer. Keep up with the conversation!

Ravioli Uovo at my brother's restaurant Seven Hills in SF.

 

[funkykingston]

This is some X rated food porn!! Homemade sausage! Pickled cabbage!!

That's awesome about your brother. If I'm in SF, I'll have to stop by his place. Name of it?

http://www.sevenhillssf.com/

 

[macadocious]

That place is reasonably priced for SF

 

[The Hammer]

Seven Hills, Hammer. Keep up with the conversation!

Oh yeah.

I got distracted by the food pics.

 

[The Hammer]

http://www.sevenhillssf.com/

Incredibly reasonably priced. And for the reviews it's getting, sounds absolutely incredible. Wow.

 

[funkykingston]

That place is reasonably priced for SF

Incredibly reasonably priced. And for the reviews it's getting, sounds absolutely incredible. Wow.

Yeah, the Zagat rating was a bit of a blessing and a curse since they were ranked in the top five of all Bay Area restaurants alongside places like French Laundry, Gary Danko and Quince (where my brother was the sous chef for a bit) and really Seven Hills is a very small, intimate and straightforward local Italian place.

Back to food pictures. Here's a pots de creme we made with an imperial porter, some chocolate shavings and fresh whipped cream.

 

[The Hammer]

Yeah, the Zagat rating was a bit of a blessing and a curse since they were ranked in the top five of all Bay Area restaurants alongside places like French Laundry, Gary Danko and Quince (where my brother was the sous chef for a bit) and really Seven Hills is a very small, intimate and straightforward local Italian place.

Back to food pictures. Here's a pots de creme we made with an imperial porter, some chocolate shavings and fresh whipped cream.

Sounds like the kind of place I'd love.

But, nothing wrong with having tons of people want to eat at your restaurant, right? Isn't that kind of the point?

How did you attach that jpeg btw?

 

[funkykingston]

Sounds like the kind of place I'd love.

But, nothing wrong with having tons of people want to eat at your restaurant, right? Isn't that kind of the point?

No, nothing wrong with good press but (1) with a small number of seats you can only do so many covers and you don't want your local base to never be able to get a table and (2) I think people started coming in thinking that it was going to be a super upscale place and that's just not what they do.

How did you attach that jpeg btw?

When you post there's an "Upload a File" button at the bottom.

 

[The Hammer]

Not a great pic...

But this is gluten free Mac n Cheese from the local co op here in Moscow, Idaho... and it is delicious.

 

[The Hammer]

Dallas game food protest post

Highlighting a delicious food from the native lands of our opponents, I bring you the classic Texas dish of fried okra. My grandfather (who we called "Popeeze") was from Texas, my grandmother from Huntington Park, CA, and she was an amazing cook. I still remember the fried okra she would cook for him and us grandkids when we came over. To round out this family favorite, buttermilk sauce. My grandfather would also often ask for a cup of buttermilk after dinner. He's the only person I ever knew who would drink that stuff straight!

So here it is, fried okra with buttermilk sauce, with your glass of buttermilk, Popeeze:

 

[The Hammer]

In Utah, enjoying the local Mormon cuisine, our players likely had plenty of... Jell-O!

 

[The Hammer]

Has anybody ever had beer cheese soup? Our players may have last night in Milwaukee, the place where the modern classic has it's roots.

By the way, it IS as good as it sounds. Here, with bacon and popcorn topping in a bread bowl. Nothing says February in Milwaukee more deliciously.