Gastronaut 10
Welcome to Chinese Restaurant.Please try your Nice Chinese Food with ChopsticksThe traditional and typical of Chinese glonous history and cultual–the bamboo chopsticks used at commons.
Forgive me for this, dear readers, but much of the essence of ethnic food, any ethnic food, is lost in translation. Feeding oneself and one’s family is a radically different [...]
Posts Tagged ‘quest column’
2am tirade inspired by the Engrish on a chopsticks sleeve
Dial-a-date
Gastronaut 9
It is Friday afternoon, and somehow, by the grace of god, you have a date with that cute freshman you met in a drunken stupor last weekend. Problem one: you haven’t showered in a week. Problem two: there are hundreds of restaurants in the rose city and you have to pick a good one, [...]
the physics of institutional food service
Gastronaut 8
Commons: The physics of institutional food service
There has been a sizable amount of commons-bashing in the Quest, and most of it is legitimate. I do believe, however, you, dear readers, could use a few insights about the realities of food service, or more specifically, institutional food service.
In a restaurant, any restaurant, the chef, management [...]
a real review
Montego Bay1235 SW Jefferson St Portland,Oregon, 503-228-1277
I don’t know why, but at some point this week I got it through my thick skull that Jamaican food was exactly what I needed. I’m not sure why, for I had little previous experience beyond being admonished by various trustafarians for not eating ‘ital’ enough food. That and [...]
written @ gunpoint
Gastronaut 6
The white truck tirade.
A few days ago, at the tender hour of 6 am, I found myself outside of Safeway. 6 am is a little early for me, so I have a tendency to wander around and ask silly questions of the poor unfortunate souls who have the misfortune of bumping into me. On [...]
treatise on the middle east
Gastronaut 5
Middle eastern food. (as usual, come up with something better)
I read recently in a well-known food publication that middle-eastern restaurants around the country have lost significant business in the post September 11th world. The article led with the story of two Iraqi restaurants in Queens that have chosen to recast their restaurants as “Mesopotamian [...]
the munchies
Gastronaut 4
The munchies.
There is no state of mind more predisposed to gluttony and culinary experimentation than being stoned. In all my years I have never seen a sober person spread condiments on a tortilla and consider it not only food, but delicious food. I have not seen sober people bake brownies so packed with chocolate [...]
gastronaut 3, also 9/2004
Pan-demonium 2
Last week, I, the Gastronaut, berated the qualities of Teflon pans. I didn’t receive any angry e-mail, so either no one read it or no one objected. Either way, I realized shortly after deadline that I had left you, dear readers, hanging. So, now the cast iron tirade:My cast iron pan is more than [...]
gastronaut 2- the first good column. originally published 9/2004
Gastronaut 2
Pan-demonium
There are two kinds of Reedie cooks: those who feed themselves, and those who cook. I am not writing to the cooks this week. This column is dedicated to those who care the least about their kitchens, who scrounge every meal, who own pans that couldn’t stop a robber. The cooks out there have [...]