I had tteokbokki. It was made with Italian gnocchi, not with rice cake. Sounds weird! But the taste and the texture were all right—a good substitute for tteokbokki when no way of getting rice cake.
Quality rum, Cuvée de l’Océan
I got a chance to taste a rum, Cuvée de l’Océan from Trois Rivières. The rum surprised me with its purity and frankness. It recalled me of the highest quality vodka, ultimately filtered. Very similar to vodka in many ways but its light touch and unique flavour told me that it was a rum. Albeit […]
American pie, Whoopie, a French girl baked
A French girl, Marine, baked one of her favourite cakes. It was ‘whoopie’. Although the whoopie is the US origin, she told me that she used to have baked the cake as she liked it a lot. The cake she baked today looked quite different from the images that I searched on google, but I […]
Burramine blue, Australian Redhill cheese
A friend couple brought me cheese from Australia. I’ve had no experience of Australian cheese since then. Named Burramine blue, it was quite an unusual blue cheese; French ‘Fourme d’Ambert’ or ‘Tomme’ in look, French hard goat in texture. In spite of quite a good looking as a cheese, the cheese was a bit disappointing. […]
Chocolate from Kazakhstan
I got to have a chance to try my first ever chocolate from Kazakhstan. Aru, a Kazakh girl, gave it to me. Once tried, it was so quick and easy to feel a prominent milk flavour. Boldly pronouncing but delicate. At the moment, I became curious about the source of such a pleasant and robust […]
Grilled sea bass with potato
Sea bass with potato; it sounded odd in their combination. On the table, however, it looked maga-nificent. Its size and look overwhelmed the people around the table. It was good. Very good. With a glass of white wine, It was a lot better. Sea bass was excellent. So was the potato. It was a moment […]