Food and serious thoughts
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janestarzIf you're looking for something to do on a rainy Sunday (and can understand Dutch), I can recommend the documentary Cabaray linked to on his blog called "Vrijheid, Gelijkheid & Broederschap". It's a three-part documentary taking a closer look at the ideals from the French revolution, how they apply to our society, and what has become of them and our society as a result. I've just finished part 2, and am very much hoping that people will finally open their eyes to these things. Many thanks to the Vara and Uitzending Gemist (and Cabaray for bringing this to my attention).
On Fridaynight NoKey took me to Sushi Suki. I had mentioned I was in the mood for Asian food, and leave it to NoKey to find an all-you-can-eat restaurant. These are quite the rage, and I find myself comparing each and every one to SushiQube in Rotterdam.
Sushi Suki, Tilburg
Food: 8,5
Atmosphere: 7
Service: 6
The food was quite good, although we shall not mention the gyoza. They do not have gyoza here. What they do have is a dumpling that's deep-fried and tastes horrible. It does not deserve the name gyoza.
The sushi was very good, anything Gyu was food-gasm worthy and I was humming like a contented hobbit (although not quite with my hairy feet on the table yet) by the time the Yaki Meshi rolled around.
Whenever we go to a restaurant like this I very nearly always order the same dishes: some nigiri and makizushi, then a round with fried vegetables, beef, gyoza, spring rolls and some miso soup for NoKey, followed by a final round with perhaps one of the best dishes we had earlier and some edamame and fried rice to finish it all off. This makes it very easy to compare restaurants because you're always eating the same dishes.
The restaurant also made some concessions to being in Brabant. Their sauces are quite off: a dark syropy sauce to go with the gyoza and mustard-sauce to go with their spring rolls? They also feature french fries and frikandelletjes on their menu. *shudder*
I am convinced this was to appease people like the three women at the table next to us, who rolled their Yaki Udon onto a fork like it was spaghetti...
Yesterday evening we tried something new. The Lidl had eggplant for fifty cents, so I figured I'd try my hand at making moussaka. We've never done this at home before, but I found a recipe on Ah.nl that featured moussaka with tomato sauce and vegetarian influences. I used a Bertolli tradizionale tomatosauce, which worked really well. However, I find that I'm very much growing out of tomato sauces. I might have inherited my mother's slight tomato allergy, or I could just be growing less fond of the taste. I don't know.
In any case, the moussaka was quite lovely, and we'll certainly try it again, but I was convinced it needed more cinnamon (the recipe didn't use any, and I have a nagging thought it should have been in there. Instead, we drank cinnamon tea).
We also watched The Gremlins 1, which had us rolling over each other with laughter at those marvelous puppets. Quite genius, and I can only imagine Ragar's reaction to them. Gralnjir would be an excellent Gremlin.
On Fridaynight NoKey took me to Sushi Suki. I had mentioned I was in the mood for Asian food, and leave it to NoKey to find an all-you-can-eat restaurant. These are quite the rage, and I find myself comparing each and every one to SushiQube in Rotterdam.
Sushi Suki, Tilburg
Food: 8,5
Atmosphere: 7
Service: 6
The food was quite good, although we shall not mention the gyoza. They do not have gyoza here. What they do have is a dumpling that's deep-fried and tastes horrible. It does not deserve the name gyoza.
The sushi was very good, anything Gyu was food-gasm worthy and I was humming like a contented hobbit (although not quite with my hairy feet on the table yet) by the time the Yaki Meshi rolled around.
Whenever we go to a restaurant like this I very nearly always order the same dishes: some nigiri and makizushi, then a round with fried vegetables, beef, gyoza, spring rolls and some miso soup for NoKey, followed by a final round with perhaps one of the best dishes we had earlier and some edamame and fried rice to finish it all off. This makes it very easy to compare restaurants because you're always eating the same dishes.
The restaurant also made some concessions to being in Brabant. Their sauces are quite off: a dark syropy sauce to go with the gyoza and mustard-sauce to go with their spring rolls? They also feature french fries and frikandelletjes on their menu. *shudder*
I am convinced this was to appease people like the three women at the table next to us, who rolled their Yaki Udon onto a fork like it was spaghetti...
Yesterday evening we tried something new. The Lidl had eggplant for fifty cents, so I figured I'd try my hand at making moussaka. We've never done this at home before, but I found a recipe on Ah.nl that featured moussaka with tomato sauce and vegetarian influences. I used a Bertolli tradizionale tomatosauce, which worked really well. However, I find that I'm very much growing out of tomato sauces. I might have inherited my mother's slight tomato allergy, or I could just be growing less fond of the taste. I don't know.
In any case, the moussaka was quite lovely, and we'll certainly try it again, but I was convinced it needed more cinnamon (the recipe didn't use any, and I have a nagging thought it should have been in there. Instead, we drank cinnamon tea).
We also watched The Gremlins 1, which had us rolling over each other with laughter at those marvelous puppets. Quite genius, and I can only imagine Ragar's reaction to them. Gralnjir would be an excellent Gremlin.
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Date: 2012-04-23 06:29 am (UTC)Wat waren de cijfers die de Sushi-Qube van je had gekregen?
Dan hebben we een vergelijking. :-)
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Date: 2012-04-23 06:51 am (UTC)SushiQube - Pompenburg 646 (Hofplein), Rotterdam
Atmosphere: 8,5
Food: 9
Service: 8
SushiQube scoorde veel beter op de service (veel sneller en aandachtsvoller) en het eten was net ietsje lekkerder. Aangezien ik zelf in de bediening gewerkt heb weet ik donders goed hoe bedienen moet, en dan let je er ook meer op. En ze draaien er geen populaire muziek (alhoewel die bij Sushi Suki zo zacht stond dat we hem alleen bij binnenkomst konden horen).