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What new foods have you tried recently?

killer b said:
I'm interested in how these come to you, and what there is to eat - there isn't a huge amount of meat to go at?
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I think they are cooked so much they become gelatinous. Less meat, more jelly. Not had one myself but that is the impression I have.
 
Callie said:
Have you tried anything you didn't like??
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Not really of the Malaysian food we've had. I had natto with some sushi the other day, which I thought was foul (sushi over here is excellent usually - much better range, and the fish is so fresh!). Tonight was steamed crab, which I can take or leave.

In the spirit of the thread, here's the sashimi sushi set I had for lunch today, some of which was new to me. I've not had Japanese savoury egg custard before - it was nice enough, and there were some fun goodies in the bottom, like fish cake, mushroom, a fermented soy bean, but probably wouldn't order again. It also came with scallop sashimi, which I wasn't that fussed about - again, wouldn't bother ordering again. My mother in law ordered white tuna, which I've never had in the UK, and it was great.

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killer b said:
I'm interested in how these come to you, and what there is to eat - there isn't a huge amount of meat to go at?
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This was the chicken feet we had with the dim sum:

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It was braised slowly in a spicy sauce, so when you put it in your mouth, the two main textures are soft, chewy skin that has been rendered down and falls off the bone, and the tiny pieces of hard bone and cartilage, which you spit out (or swallow, if very small). There's basically no meat, just the skin, rendered cartilage and bone.

This was the tastiest I've had, genuinely very flavoursome because of the braising sauce, and like much of Chinese food, the mouth feel of the varying textures makes the dish interesting. You get cold versions, or served in other dishes (like the lor mee I also posted about), but braised and still warm is my favourite.
 
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Elpenor said:
My brother hates people eating fruit near to him as he associates the sound of biting into an apple / orange with people eating human flesh.
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Granny delicious?

Sorry, I'll get me coat.


On the subject of yak cheese: never had any myself, but I would guess yak and buffalo milk might be something alike? so maybe there's a niche for future mozzarella that's Nepali not just Napoli.
 
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I can't stand chicken feet either. You can get them from bigger Chinese supermarkets killer b, either fresh or frozen. My stepmum gets them already cooked in a kind of grey sauce :D They are just skin and bone. I guess it's a texture thing.
 
Where did you find them I’ve not seen any for months, I just washed them and ate them skin on, wait till they’re nice and ripe
 
And by ‘ripe’ he means ‘feel as if they are rotten’

I like them as the filler in a Sharon Tunnock’s Cheesecake.
 
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