Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Animal Cruelty on Lobster

We went to The Prime Cuts last night with another couple, and the restaurant specialties are steak and lobster. Nearby the maître d’ stand there was a big tank parading huge, healthy lobsters (thank God they did not show live cows too). I asked one of the staffs when we were collecting our coats back, [...]

Food February 28, 2008 8:01 am 4 Comments

Irn Bru

Scottish people are very proud of everything they have, so imagine when I tell them that Irn Bru tastes like Fanta Orange to me! Irn Bru (pronounced iron brew) is carbonated soda drink, made by A.G. Barr plc, a soft drink manufacturer from Glasgow. clipped from en.wikipedia.org Irn-Bru is famous for its eccentric bright orange [...]

Food February 25, 2008 1:33 pm 6 Comments

Deep Fried Mars Bar

Yes, people. Scottish food are not particularly, ideally, healthy. I have mentioned about sticky toffee pudding (STP) in my previous post, a delicious desert which consists of moist sponge cake, dates, and toffee sauce, usually served with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Another Scottish desert, deep fried mars bar, is also delicious and super [...]

Food February 9, 2008 2:01 pm 6 Comments

Sticky Toffee Pudding

My friend Nirina just tasted her first sticky toffee pudding (STP) today. She has been here for quite sometimes, but has not been properly introduced to the Scottish deserts. No, wait. Just like Malaysia and Indonesia, Scotland and England have never ending debates about everything too. And sticky toffee pudding, a moist sponge cake made [...]

Food February 6, 2008 6:51 pm 4 Comments

Burns Supper

We’re back in Aberdeen after 6-week holiday in Indonesia and Vietnam. The prospect of going back to cold, gray, wet weather wasn’t really appealing; especially when we were transiting in Amsterdam and seeing outside the window of Schiphol Airport. But surprise, surprise, last weekend wasn’t actually that bad. The sun was shining, the sky was [...]

Food January 22, 2008 4:42 pm 3 Comments

Things that We Thought Are Normal….

Mr. mck finds me crazy. Well, it’s not the first time, but this is the first time I realize that what we usually have in Indonesia are considered crazy. Here they are: Pisang goreng (banana fritter). Pisang goreng with chocolate sauce, condensed milk, and grated cheese. Or pisang goreng with melted brown sugar and icing [...]

Being Expat, Food August 31, 2007 4:28 pm 4 Comments
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