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Watching Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, and Hazard Pays on Discovery Channel. I like those shows!!!! I always like to see how people earn their life differently. And make me realize how good my job is. Sometimes you got to see the bad to realise how good you have.

Typing this during commercial break. Got to go. Deadliest Catch rerun is on again.

cen@jkt

I think I watched it twice already.

You ever watch the show where Andrew Zimmern eats all these unusual delicaties on his show "Bizarre Foods" on Travel channel? 

Cheers,
Anthony

 

. . . on a weekend afternoon in Alaska circa 1974 . . . the crab that we consumed that day was caught that morning, and if I could ever relive a culinary experience, this would be the one . . . cordially, Art

Alaskan King Crab doesn't hold a candle to Baltimore blue crabs IMHO.  Maybe it just has to do with what you grow up with.
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truly.

There is one which is at least equal in taste: the white snow crab of Perth/Australia.

Equally a big crab where you eat the legs only, preferably with pepper and salt, quite expensive but wonderful in taste. I was in Perth several times and each time went many evenings for this crab.

Together with an Australian Western wine (Chablis of course) is a wonderful treat.

Warm regards

Lord Arran

 

. . . which I enjoyed twice at Ciccali's in Manama. Unfortunately, being afflicted with gout has curtailed my enjoyment of shellfish . . . cordially, Art

Gulf Coast Stone Crab is as good as it gets, try the colossal in the heart of season.
BTY After 30 years in the restaurant business and trying to deal with my gout, an answer.
Seriously if you suffer from this painful monster we'll talk via PM. Best to all, Miki

I tried Japanese snow crab in Nagoya. You eat the leg raw with wasabi. Yummy. Then you boil the body (sukiyaki) mix with other vegetables. After that you use the leftover soup to boil a porridge. Now the soup is so sweet with crab & vegetables flavor, it makes the best porridge I've ever eaten. To top it off, drink cold sake I got to do this every February. Am I lucky or what?

cen@jkt

I tried: 2 weeks boiled egg, boiled lizard, water coakcroach in guangdong, sea worms, snake skin stir fry, stinking beancurd, horse meat in Japan, raw beef meat in Holland, etc.

The best meat? Chicken! KFC to be precised

cen@jkt

. . . I think I ate raw meat perhaps once, and that's as exotic a dish as I've ever had. I will say, though, that in my humble opinion, In-n-Out Burger offers tastier fare than the Colonel . . . cordially, Art

Ah man, I tried stinky tofu twice and each time I smelled and tasted the stench while gulping down the tofu. 

Very nasty IMO :P

But some people LOVE it!

Cheers,
Anthony

The stinky tofu ranks up there with durian.  No really, it's rank!  Not recommended to even my worst enemy.

Stinking tofu is bad, but durian is super yummy Try Malaysian durian, the best in the world. The aroma & sweetness are superb. If you take the over-ripe durian, you can get alcohol taste (the sugar fermented already). Yummy yummy

cen@jkt

... to fly with durian because of the stench.

Now if only they had stopped the El Salvadorians from flying with boxes of fried chicken.... It was like taking flight in a KFC eatery.

in all southeast asia: airplanes, expensive hotels and restaurant, public transportations (taxies and buses), and most foreigners' houses

cen@jkt

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I like KFC (well, trained to like it) because it's the 1st fast food chain to hit Jkt in 1970's. So maybe I'm used to the taste. They say the food that you ate while growing up is the one that you like the most.

The way we eat the chicken is different here: with rice and sweet and spicy sauce.

2 upper thighs, 1 bowl of rice, 1 pepsi with ice pls. To go

cen@jkt

3 crispy chicken strips, string beans, mash potatoes and gravy, and diet coke

Hmmm maybe i'll go eat KFC for lunch today!

Cheers,
Anthony

Have you ever had Dungeness Crab?  In the Pacific Northwest (eg. British Columbia, Canada) it is delicious!  Of course, Gulf Coast stone crab at Joe's in Miami is as good as it gets!

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