Posts Tagged as ‘eating out’

June 2, 2008

Steamboat Buffets = Comfort Food

This afternoon, I gave the oven a rest and popped down to Newcastle, England with my housemate, J. It is about 10 minutes by train from the little town where I study and in Newcastle, there is a (rather small) Chinatown. In this Chinatown, there is a buffet restaurant. Chinese buffet restaurants in England, in [...]

April 7, 2008

Sponge Pudding in all it’s glory.

Fat Buddha in D, England, has an amazing sponge pudding. Its a little square chocolate sponge cake topped with the most heavenly hot chocolate fudge and vanilla ice-cream on the side. The contrast of hot and cold is simply sensational. The whole dish is seriously chocolaty and rich.

It looks like a chocolate fountain.

April 4, 2008

Fu Zhou Cuisine a.k.a Dumpling House

Located on 118 Eldridge Street in Chinatown, NYC, is a simple restaurant that has only a couple of things on their menu which is in Mandarin hence unfortunate for those unable to understand. I was walking around Chinatown when I saw a lady coming out of the restaurant carrying a tray of steaming hot meat [...]

March 15, 2008

Zen

There are two types of restaurants here in D, where I read Economics. Extremely cheap food frequently loaded with a healthy mix of carbohydrates. These restaurants typically include Kebab Stores where unrecognisable oil soaked meat are served on a bed of chips topped with (that is what they say) garlic and chilli sauce, Italian restaurants [...]