Food porn.

PARIS 2009
 
Drink porn.  Perfect pint of Guinness in Montmartre.
On our way to the catacombs...the smell of this was incroyable!  Course, I don't really like sweets, but look at the colour!
Walk 18 kilometres?  Enjoy pints in the afternoon...yes, they're bigger than our heads.
Fruiterie on the way to the Picasso museum.
Why is this so hilarious?  Have you seen FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS?  Un demi-baguette!
Et Jacques Cousteau!  Moules.
Crêpes au fromage après le musée de l'érotisme. 

JAPAN 2010
Super veggie drink?  I have no idea..the bird is a carrot.
Mmmm...paste.  Stéffi enjoyed the pizza with potatoes here at the Italian section of Tokyo Disney Seas.
Stéffi and my Croatian conscience, Danijel, enjoying some possibly non-vegetarian noodles in Yokohama.
Ramen at Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum.
このスープはおいしい。
Don't forget, if you get hungry while travelling by train...you can buy a banana in a bun covered in barf with your Suica card.
Making cookies in 浅草 Asakusa.
Kushitori...goes from meat to weird, fast.
Yes, those are baby octopi 赤ちゃんタコ.
Closer.
Giant bowl of floating noodles.
Lunch at the temple.  Beer, noodles, octopus dumplings.  One of my favourite places in Tokyo...Asakusa.
Nice expression.
In  Kyoto now...green tea cake.  Very "special interest" green.
Amazing vending machines are all over the place...Danijel and Stéphane.  And the cone above on the right is green tea ice cream.
Late night snacks gone wrong.  Stéphane wanted a baguette, instead he got a cream-filled hotdog bun.  Bahahaha...welcome to Japan.
Bamboo shoots (but only if it has a gun).
Someone tell me what this is...
My Croatian conscience eats some Japanese meat on a stick in Nara.  Mmmmm..
Stéffi buys some Shake Fries with seaweed salt.
Gorgeous okonomiyaki! 
Close-up with bonito flakes and sauce.
Roasting tea leaves.
I took the picture after I'd eaten some of the meal...bad foodie.  However, here's some beautiful broth with eel.  Tod treated us to this amazing meal in 関西地方 Kansai! XOX Thanks, Tod!
Sashimi...and a beautiful shiso leaf.

Yummy eggplant.
I couldn't bring myself to eat the head..but I did eat the rest of it.  We can't all be as brave as Tod.





Over-exposed tempura with lemon and salt.
Rice, pickles, broth, tofu?  Ack, can't remember..it was awesomepants.

Again, what the heck is this?

Plastic sushi.
Stéphane and Danijel enjoy 豚カツ tonkatsu at Kyoto station.
Before we ate..it looked like this.

Osaka ice cream.  Very Japanese, non?
Stéffi opts for the waffle stuffed with icecream.

Favourite treat in Osaka.  Takoyaki.
Adding octopus.
Batter, no tako.
Batter, now tako.
Ooooohhh....so good.
My takoyaki deflated :(
Why not have a Big Man burger?  If you have one, you may become one...a big juicy big man.  Hee hee...
I had something with shrimp.
Wholesome?  Bahahaha...
Our takoyaki family.  Stéffi, Suzie, and Danijel.

Glorious okonomiyaki.
McDonalds in Odaiba...shrimp patty with black sesame seed bun.


Washington, Oregon, California 2011
Amazing breakfast hotdog on the Coho over to Port Angeles
 I really, really like relish.  Inside joke.


Something ginger cocktail from Sauce Box in Portland...yum!
 Kaffir lime cocktail from Sauce Box
 The most amazing escargots from Press Café in San Francisco
Beer!
 Red wine?  Don't mind if I do.


 Steak 'n' frites...om nom nom.
 Blackened fish roll at Fisherman's Warf.
 Can't skip the crab sammi on sourdough.
 
What should we have to eat?
Sushi, tempura, miso, & pickles?  Okay.  Japantown, San Francisco.
 Tonga Room liquor on the tip top of Nob Hill.
 Yummy rum based cocktail at Smuggler's Cove, S.F.
 Yo ho ho and a barrel of rum.
 Mixologist!
 Crabcakes and steamer bowl @ Farm, Portland.
 Breakfast at The Doug Fir, Portland.
Appetisers for dinner at The Jupiter Hotel, Portland.

Portand, Part 2 2011


 NOBEL ROT lovelies - Stéphane and Del
 Wine flights
Three glasses of wine, all at once?  I'm in love
Gorgeous salad
 Mac n' cheese...in the dark
Why do Americans call these Rockets "Smarties"? 
 Voodoo Donuts...om nom nom...
My voodoo...
Stéffi takes a bite out of a terrified doughnut!


New Orleans 2012
 Welcome to New Orleans...have an over-sized, extremely boozy slushy Hurricane!
French Quarter Festival Parade - I won those beads fair and square!
Enjoying the patio at Jean Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
NOLA beer
Alligator po-boy on Bourbon
 Best flavours for chips EVER!  Also loved the Voodoo flavour amongst others
Famous for gumbo
Hot sauce...and Blue Plate Mayonnaise which should probably not be stored where there is no air conditioning and the outside temperature is 37 degrees with 32430673486387246% humidity
Stéffi, beer, and a Bloody Mary
Gumbo
Jambalaya, crawfish étouffé, red beans and rice
 At the French Market - pecans
Gorgeousness
Macarons
My first Sazerac @ Évangeline on Decatur
Fancy local beer
THE BEST DRINK IN THE WORLD - Bacon Bloody Mary.
 Soooooooooo good
 On the terrace out back
Gator burger and hungry monster @ Desire Oyster Bar & Restaurant on Bourbon
Peacemaker po-boy - Oysters on one side, shrimp on the other
 Gator popcorn
 Fried pickles...seriously
 Eggs, biscuit, beans, and grits
 Chicory coffee and beignets @ Café du Monde at the French Market
Sticky fingers...do not wear black to eat these
Mother's Restaurant in the CBD, NOLA
Crystal hot sauce, OHHH YEAHHH!
Grits
 Pepper Palace...do not accidentally try #10 hot sauce
Crawfish boiler
Dunk
Seafood in a window
At Armand's...our last Cajun meal before heading home


New Orleans, Part Deux 2012
 The ominous red tongue of the slushy Hurricane
 Coop's Place - can't get enough of that crawfish étouffé
 Making pralines
 Pralines

The lovely Delfine at the Camillia Grill on Carrollton Ave - note the zigzag counter
Gumbo
Gonzo!
 At the magnificent Coquette on Magazine - one of the best restaurants in NOLA
 Del and Stéphane
 Appropriate beer
 Herbsaint cocktail
 It was Halloween, I had to dress up a little
What's this?  Prosecco?  Yes, haha...
Shrimp and grits
Not sure I want to try pickled pigs feet (bone-in) or pickled pigs lips...Cajun eggs might not be bad
Stéphane found the baby Jesus in his King Cake!
 The Ginger Mint Julep at Evangeline - too much sugar!
Candied ginger, ginger liqueur, simple syrup...I just got a cavity.


BACON BLOODY MARY
Close up...


 Trio of coffees and beignets
 Cochon's offering - Crawfish mac 'n' cheese, fried alligator, charcuterie plate...yum.
Del's fabulous catfish something, jambalaya maybe?  Can't remember
Peppers!
Donald Link, you did good, boy!
Oysters
 Grocery
Muffuletta sammis
Copper Monkey Bar
 This is how big the drinks are in NOLA...huge!
 Wall of savoury deliciousness
Voodoo flavour...yum!

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/16/2013

    Mmmm! Gumbo, catfish courtbouillon and beignets!!! Oh! And giant drinks!

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    1. I know...I wonder how I'm going to deal with all of that when I go back? Haha...may I have a Crystal Light Margarita please?

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