Recent Posts Tagged With 'cuisine'

• Record Breaking Japanese Woman Eats 399 Bowls of Noodles in 10 minutes

  Posted on Sunday December 27th, 2009 at 04:59 in japan, cuisine

  Forty five year old Hatsuyo Sugawara, also known as “the Witch”, blew away her competitors recently when she wolfed down 399 bowls of “soba” buckwheat noodles in 10 minutes! This was her third consecutive win in the annual All...

• Chinese Female Chef Twirling Knives – Don’t Mess With Her!

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 12:55 in china, cuisine

  I hope this young female chef’s cooking is as good as her knife twirling. You seriously don’t wanna mess with her down a dark alley. Watch the video below to see her quick-fingered twirling action… Via CNN Technorati Tags: China, ...

• Strange Shaped Japanese Watermelons in Hong Kong

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 12:10 in cuisine, hong kong

  The branch of Taste Supermarket in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Tong Festival Walk shopping mall has a display of these strange shaped watermelons from Japan. They’re super expensive! (Prices in Hong Kong dollars) Technorati Tags: Festival Wal...

• National Geographic Video Feature on the Durian Fruit

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 12:30 in cuisine

  Below, a National Geographic video feature on that most putrid smelling of fruits, the durian, also known as the king of fruits, common in parts of East Asia. If you come across this spiky object, you would most likely have smelt the pong first. Lik...

• Superb Watermelon Carvings

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 12:39 in cuisine, crafts

  These are the superb watermelon carvings by Hotel chef Takashi Itoh from Tokyo. He began carving melons in 2001 after being inspired while on holiday in Thailand. It usually takes him one hour to carve, though simpler designs can take only twenty min...

• Where to Eat Cheap Fabulous Food in Hong Kong

  Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 12:26 in cuisine, hong kong

  The Michelin Guide has arrived in Hong Kong but the UK’s Guardian newspaper picks up on all the cheap places to eat where the food is just as good. Click to read their top ten pick of the country’s best, cheap Chinese food Via the Britis...

• Korean Designed Combined Table Dish Cover – A Silicon Table Cloth

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 12:37 in design, cuisine, Korea

  Korean designers Maezm created the Table-Dish-Cover, a silicon table cloth with integrated dishes. Looks like the sizes are perfect for kimchi with your main meal! The flexible, injection-moulded silicon product is spread over a table at meal times ...

• Ice Cream Gyoza

  Posted on Saturday September 5th, 2009 at 12:24 in cuisine

  An Evil Mad Scientist came up with the not-so-evil creation of ice cream gyoza. The typically fried potstickers are given a new take by using ice cream filling and frozen dough. Visit the Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories to find out how to make them! ...

• Spider Pizza

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 12:17 in japan, cuisine

  Argh – there are some thing I wouldn’t even try once and this is one of them. Real spiders used as pizza toppings! Mr. Matsuba of the Insect Cuisine Eating Association, owns the pizzeria in Okinawa that sells these arachnopizzas. You ca...

• Epic Super Mario Wedding Cake

  Posted on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at 12:03 in entertainment, cuisine

  We’ve posted some pretty amazing Mario Cakes on OneInchPunch in the past, but this one has to top the lot! It’s got epic proportions and superbly-balanced design! Check out more photos of the Super Mario Wedding Cake on supersizedmeals.co...

• Ramen Cooked by Robots

  Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 in japan, cuisine

  A restaurant just outside Tokyo has managed to adopt robots (arms) to cook the perfect bowl of noodles. Using robots apparently ensures precise cooking times and ingredient measurements, though as one diner says, there’s no difference between ...

• Plastic Food in Tokyo’s Kappabashi-dori

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 in japan, cuisine

• Japanese Bouncing Noodles Animatronic

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 12:42 in japan, cuisine

  We saw this bouncing noodles animatronic outside a ramen restaurant in Ueno, Tokyo, during our trip there last month. It’s simple, but quite cool we thought… More on MangoVine.net Technorati Tags: animatronic, bouncing noodles, cuisine,...

• All About Japanese Sake

  Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 12:00 in japan, cuisine

  Steamy Kitchen has a great post all about Japanese Sake. I’ve already learnt that I’ve been downing the cheap stuff - but I still love it served hot… Read All About Japanese Sake on Steamy Kitchen Technorati Tags: alcohol, sake, J...

• California Roll in a bowl

  Posted on Wednesday May 27th, 2009 at 12:09 in japan, cuisine

  The Delicious Life blog tries out California Roll in a bowl! Check it out : Pseu-shi - Weekday California Bōll Via Tastespotting Technorati Tags: California Roll, cuisine, Japan, sushi...

• Sushi Making Roller Gadget

  Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 in japan, cuisine

  Here’s a sushi making gadget that seems to make rolling them alot easier. It’s only a concept at the moment apparently, but works like a cigarette roller with the seaweed being wrapped around the core after a few turns of the handle. Vi...

• Crunchy West Lake Shrimp Cakes

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 12:53 in cuisine, vietnam

  West Lake Shrimp Cakes are a speciality in Hanoi, north Vietnam. We try some in a lakeside restaurant and think they’re a little too greasy and crunchy - since the shrimp shells are still left on! Read more about Crunchy West Lake Shrimp Cakes ...

• BBQ Pork Char Sui Recipe

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 12:30 in cuisine

  Rasa Malaysia has an excellent recipe for making your own Chinese-style bbq pork. Since I’ve been in Hong Kong, I’ve tried slightly different versions from various shops and am really getting a taste for char sui. Even though I’ve a...

• Cha Ca - Grilled Fish Lunch in Hanoi

  Posted on Thursday May 14th, 2009 at 12:47 in cuisine, vietnam

  In Hanoi, north Vietnam, we experienced the famous cha ca / grilled fish lunch. Find out what its like on MangoVine.net. Cha Ca - Grilled Fish Lunch in Hanoi Technorati Tags: cha ca, cuisine, grilled fish, Hanoi, Vietnam...

• Macaroni Cheese Sushi

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 12:19 in cuisine

  Blog The Food in my beard, has an idea for creating sushi-style macaroni cheese! The initial thought is a little icky, but then why not? Macaroni cheese can stick like sushi rice, and beef in the middle gives it a nice filling. Find out how to make M...