foodie

I love eating. I am not foodcist. All types of cuisines are welcome in my world.

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Pho is a well known dish in Vietnam and many countries. The broth is made of beef broth and is so clear that you can see through the bottom of the bowl. There are a variety of pho. I have tried the beef and the chicken ones. Personally, i liked the beef broth better.

I love cooking and trying out new cuisine. However, this is the one dish that i dont want to try making as it is time consuming and by that i mean a really long time in order to get the beef flavor out of the bones. I would rather pay 10 dollars in a Vietnamese restaurant.

I haven’t been to Vietnam so i don’t know how pho in Vietnam taste like. It could be completely different. I found many asian food taste differently when they arrived in a foreign country. Maybe the one i thought was superb, may not be the same for Vietnamese or those who have eaten pho before in Vietnam.

Have you been to Vietnam? What is your experience with Vietnamese food?

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Drunk Jelly

O.M.G.... What the heck is Drunk Jelly. It’s a Jelly for your breads that has wine flavors but non alcoholic so suitable for kids as well. I am so keen to give it a go and see how it turns out, I am not a big fan of Jelly though. 

According to the internet, this Jelly has several flavors mainly in wine flavors. Rosé, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, moscato, pinot grigio, and chardonnay.

Unfortunately, it’s not available in Australia yet so Aussies have to wait for its arrival. However, you can now order online.  It’s now available on 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DRUNKJELLy#policies

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Master Chef or Youtubers?

I am an ex-Master Chef shows fan. I used to watch MasterChef shows from different countries, UK, USA, New Zealand as well as Australia. Different country has different vibes and dramas. Some are more emotional than the others. It’s something to enjoy when you have no ideas what to watch on the tv. However, if you are a foodie like me, who loves to eat and cook in the kitchen, you will get bored after a few seasons of these shows. You will find that they are merely for entertainment and you can hardly learn a recipe from them. Compared to those Youtubers who posted their cooking videos on Youtube, watching these people showing you how to cook and where you can find the necessary ingredients are way more informative. Personally, I have learnt how to cook many different cuisines out of the Youtube. 

For example, I recently learnt how to cook up a few Indian recipes with a simple base. I encountered this Youtuber when I was scrolling my Facebook page. Then, I clicked on it and the Indian chef just explained to me how he created a few dishes by using a simple recipe containing a few basic spices and ingredients. This is what makes me so obsessed with Youtube. You can almost find anything and everything there. For me, I love food so I’ll find different recipes from there. Anyhow, not all videos on Youtube are made good. Some are difficult to follow or there is no recipe explanation for viewers. For that reason, you really need to spend some effort finding the ones that give you a well thought out recipe and clear explanation on how to make the dish step by step. 

What is your inspiration on Youtube? What do you usually search for?

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To all the wine drinkers, this is the latest winner. It’s only 6aud or more depending on where you buy it. It has won a double gold award at Melbourne International Wine Competition in Australia. If you are happen to be here in any parts of Australia right now, you are in luck. You can now enjoy this wine which is as good as the exxy ones. Head to Coles Liquorland and get yourself a bottle of this wine and enjoy. 

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Simple bacon pasta recipe

This recipe is so simple that you only need a few ingredients to prepare this delicious pasta for your dinner.

Ingredients:

1 serving Fresh pasta or package pasta 1 slice Bacons Half a can of tomatoes chunks ½ tablespoon of Cappers 2 gloves of Garlic

Methods:

1. Boil your pasta water and season it with salt.

2. Chop up the garlics and Bacons.

3. Heat the pan with some olive oil and in goes all the bacons.

4. Once the bacons got crisp up, add the garlic and make sure you don’t burn the garlic. Let the garlic infuse in the bacons oil for 1 minute.

5. Add the tomatoes chunks and break down any big chunks of tomatoes along with the cappers and cook for a few minutes until the sauce is thicken a bit.

6. Transfer the pasta into the sauce and give it a good mix through. Then, it is time to plate up.

7. Garnish with some fresh parsley and the choice of your cheese.

There you have it, a simple yet scrumptious meal.

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Can someone from another country cook your cuisine as good as the locals?

Ever since I moved to Australia, I noticed there are heaps of Asian restaurants almost in every corner. Why is that? That, I have no idea. But what I know is that some of these restaurants are authentic but some are terrible scams. Let me make this perfectly clear, I have no problems with other nationalities cooking my country’s national dishes as long they cook it in the right way. Unfortunately, there are some low class businessmen trying to fool aussies and claim that they are serving authentic asian food. That’s not all, there are also some authentic chefs creating some inauthentic dishes. For example, I once been to a Malaysian restaurant in East Melbourne. The food that they served was not at all Malaysian food. It tasted like a dish where everyone can cook up by getting some ready made sauce from coles or woolworths and boom, there you have it a so called authentic sweet and sour chicken. 

I am no expert in cooking nor i am a certified chef, however, I love cooking for myself and others. Plus, I love to eat out so I do have some ideas how a specific cuisine should taste like, to say the least. That means I can sort of recognize some cuisines by just looking at it. If the dishes don’t look authentic but somehow taste good, I would not mind finishing the whole plate. Sadly, 9 times out of 10, it’s always on the opposite side. What makes me even angrier was the moment I saw the total amount of the bill. Considering the taste and quality, I personally think they were overpriced and scamming people in Australia. 

So do you have similar experiences in your country? Will you let the restaurant know that their food is not up to standard or you will just let it go and never return to the same restaurant ever again?

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All these scrumptious Japanese food are from Okami Restaurant in Melbourne. AUSTRALIA. It's cheap and delicious. If you ever travel or happened to be living in Melbourne now, i highly recommend you not to miss out this restaurant.

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All these scrumptious Japanese food are from Okami Restaurant in Melbourne. AUSTRALIA. It's cheap and delicious. If you ever travel or happened to be living in Melbourne now, i highly recommend you not to miss out this restaurant.

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Carboni’s Pizza Kitchen (Ballarat East)

Tonight is a windy and chilly night. Me and my mates reckon this is the best time to have some pizza so I looked it up to see what Ballarat has to offer. There are quite a few pizza restaurant in town, for example, Pizza hurt, Domino, Pinky pizza and so on and so forth. It’s hard to choose which one to go when you don’t know what you’re after. One of my mates suggested we go try the Red Door Pizza restaurant in Buninyong as his colleague has just been there not long ago. We drove about 10 minutes to get to the restaurant and found a dark and mysterious parking lot to park our car and then we walked to the restaurant. 

As we arrived at the restaurant, I saw many international students were hanging out there. That was the first time I’ve seen a group of international students in Ballarat. Awesome! The restaurant looks quite spacious and cozy to me, however, there was no table available at the time so we decided to try another pizza place. Afterwards, we drove back to an Italian Pizza restaurant which is close to our house. I pass by that restaurant almost every single day but never thought about having a night out there. For me, it looks like some sort of fine dinning restaurants and maybe that’s why I never been there yet. 

After all the driving and sighing, we made it to that restaurant without much traffic problems. We were greeted by the wait staff as soon as we walked in. The first impression is very important to me for almost everything. They have done it well on that. I liked the way they treated me and i immediately had that feeling that I would be ordering too much food just because their service is good. None of us has ever been to this restaurant before so we’re all like what’s is good here and we just look at each other’s eyes and silent. 

In the end, we ended up ordering Pizza, Fettuccine with seafood, Ricotta ravioli and Salad. The food portion was just about right, definitely enough to serve 3 people unless you and your mates are professional pizza fans. In terms of the taste, overall I enjoyed every single dish that’s on the table. I was amazed by the Fettuccine which is in Black Squid Ink. It did not taste or smell fishy like it would and the seafood they use in the pasta was fresh. Unfortunately, I was too hungry that I forgot to snap a few nice shots. As for the Ricotta ravioli, I had to apologize to my belly in advance as i knew it would upset him. Having said that, it was another wonderful dish not to be missed when you visit to this restaurant. 

If you are coming with a couple of friends, it’s best to ask for a table that is away from the center of the restaurant as there might be too many people there sometimes. Ah...I almost forgot to mention the lovely staff brought us some alcohol drink at the end of the meal to end our mind blowing dinner. We were all satisfied with the food and services and if another occasion arises, I will come back to explore other food on the menu. Also, not to forget to take heaps of pictures.