That look amazing Is it more of a breakfast food or one where you eat at dinner in your country? Or can you eat it just at about any time of day?
→ Meal for lunch or Dinner not Breakfast but u can Not like shakshouka. Shakshouka is light. Its from Middle6east for me
When you are not in Bali, or Indonesia in general, how do “cope” if you suddenly have a craving for Indonesian food? Maybe you would quickly cook a packet of Indomie instant noodle?
→ in Restaurant unfortunately or Thai Restaurant. Klapa Resort in Bali is the Best for me. Near to Uluwatu Temple, El Cabron, surf, wonderful spot !!
Do Moroccans put spices in their iced coffee like Cardamom? And also do you make your coffee in a bed of sand like Bionel had pointed out?
**–> not in Sand lool, yes, i Love Cardome but sometimes with dattes, nut and cardamome. Good tasting for me.
Yes sugar not good, prefer Honey.
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In Europe, in general, the tip is optional. An amount of 10 - 15 % is acceptable.
In some countries (first time i saw this i think was in Norway, long time ago) when you get the bill you have an additional option, either to round the billl to a certain amount or to specify the tip.
This has been even more addopted, I saw such recently being implemented even in my country by various restaurant owners, so you can tip even if you pay by card (otherwise you need to have some bills available in your wallet all the time)
I grow up with this, and I always let some tips only if I am happy with the services.
First difference I noticed from this, was during my first trip to China.
We always tried to give tips, and being constantly refused :)))
Looks like, the Asian culture is different in this regard with the bussiness model.
They try to make you happy so you come-back later and recommend the restaurant to more friends.
If you are unhappy with a certain dish or service, they will do the best to compensate, like giving something free from the house, discounts to the bill etc.
Turkey, Greece etc are folowing somehow a mixed model in between, they mostly focus to keep the customer happy but tipping is also accepted.
Never been in US or some other countries following this ‘model’ but looks like there is at the ‘opposite corner’, if you don’t tip (and you don’t give a certain minimum like 20 - 25 %) you are rude/cheap etc, no matter the service quality.
Here @Russ_Thomas may confirm … such info I have only from movies and from my wife (she visited US … California I think if my memory is intact)
So, I think, it is a cultural thing, heavily dependant on the education but also on the financial laws in place here and there.
(e.g in my country they try to addopt a law that, tipping is also subject to tax …)
a bit messy because yeah… i suck at organizing stuff, but it is good, the roast was ‘off-the-bone’ after abt 4 hours, the ribs only took two hours to be nicely done:
Sorry for the late reply. Been studying for my final A1.1 German test next week
This is quite similar to Japan where service workers would think that we are being rude by tipping them. I believe the attitude towards tipping in my country is more relaxed then both the US and other Asian countries. Like, it is not compulsory to leave a tips since a lot of mid-range to high-class restaurants here already have 10-15% service charges included in bills; but if you tip, then the waiters/waitresses will treat it as a bonus.
If I remember correctly … then the Indian restaurant where I used to work at had a policy about tipping where should anyone receive a tip, they would put it in the cash register, and then we would distribute it evenly to all staffs at the end of the day.
Oh nein! Are they trying to turn every eating-out occasion into a math test or what?
The pot is placed above hot burning coals, and there is a mini fan that we can adjust the speed to control how fast we want to cook the food. I remember there were shrimps, fish heads, squid, fish cakes, pig skins, heart, liver, mushroom, and fish balls in it.
Note that this is not a typical Vietnamese dish, but rather that of the “Hoa people” (Chinese-Vietnamese who have migrated to Southern Vietnam sometimes around the 18th century). Funny how the only major Chinatown that exists in Vietnam is in Saigon and not in Hanoi which is closer to China
The intended scope is … to extinct bribery
But they don’t realize, bribery will always exist, no matter if tipping is legal (and taxed) or not.
Tipping is a form of appreciating the service, bribery is to facilitate a service.
So, they are just stupid.
This is very similar with the setup I usually see in Korean restaurants.
Altough it is mainly used for grilling, they have also hotpot.
I suppose … this is why such restaurants are named like this
The dish looks amazing!
Don’t know why I am typing this near midnight, anddd my stomach is growling a bit from all the food pics .
Okie, last question for the day before I log off, what is your “comfort food”, or any kind of snack that you always have readily available for nights when you are staying up late, or do you turn all “masterchef-y” and make something?
What is "comfort food"?
Food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically having a high sugar or carbohydrate content and associated with childhood or home cooking
I would say my comfort food back in my UK days is probably grilled cheese/cheese on toast. There are many different recipes but mine (ripped straight off a student cookbook) consist of mixing grated Cheddar cheese (or Mozzarella if I was feeling fancy that day) with diced red onions, Worcester sauce, some salt and black pepper. And then you spread it evenly on a piece of bread and pop it in a pre-heated over for, I guess, 15 minutes? → T’was divine
Found a video with an American version of it
@Russ_Thomas I just found out that the Worcester sauce is a distant cousin to my country’s “nước mắm” (fish sauce). But then I guess all fish sauces are more or less descendants of the Roman garum.
I love good old cheese on toast. But the American version, toasted cheese is a very different thing. My wife (she’s American) now prefers cheese on toast since I introduced it to her.
Worcestershire sauce is nothing like fish sauce – I use both but don’t put either on my cheese on toast. I prefer… HP Fruity (which isn’t really fruity at all), it’s like a thick version of Worcester.
But that price is absolutely insane!
Next time you want to make a plain roast dinner gravy (from the meat juices and always in the pan you roasted the meat in ) add a liberal shake of Worcester sauce and Soy sauce and a decent sprinkle of Sriracha or Tabasco.
Brit roast dinner rules:
If it’s beef, horseradish/mustard with Yorkshire pudding
If it’s lamb/goat, mint sauce and rosemary
If it’s pork, sage and onion dressing with apple sauce
If it’s chicken, sage and onion stuffing (with added sausage meat and chestnuts if you want to impress).
If it’s horse or dog, you must be very lost. You’re not in Britain
For Fish…
Fish and chips, MALT VINEGAR - period.
Anything else, butter and lemon/capers sauce
Shellfish, Garlic lemon butter sauce.
But you know the thing about rules – the fun only happens when you break them
I always thought the Americans like to “meatify” everything haha. Even the video above showed the guy mixing the Chorizo in with the cheese.
My boarding school did not have any HP Fruity so I never got to taste it, though its color do remind me of … BBQ sauce? (please don’t bash me on my lack of knowledge regarding British sauce/scondiments)
I am guessing that it is imported? Americans are not so big on many British condiments it seems.
I will bookmark this for a future occasion when I am making a roast
I remember my boarding school in the UK use to have these 1 litre bottles of Thai sweet chili sauce and almost all the Asian kids there - including little ole me - used to have it with EVERYTHING i.e. English breakfast, Yorkshire puddings, Fish fingers, you name it =)) (It did taste good though).
They once ran out of it for about a week and it was basically a nightmare
Is it more of a breakfast food or one where you eat at dinner in your country? Or can you eat it just at about any time of day?
Are they trying to turn every eating-out occasion into a math test or what?
) add a liberal shake of Worcester sauce and Soy sauce and a decent sprinkle of Sriracha or Tabasco.
