Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Monday, April 2, 2012

London/Chester - The Food

Yet another food post....

Obviously fish & chips would make a showing


Here they just call them "muffins"

On the 10th anniversery of 9/11 we were visiting our cousin and went out for American BBQ


A tall burger

Some hickory smoked ribs

Our favorite young Brit flying the flag


Imitating her cousin

 A pear cider



Working hard

More fish and chips


The dandelion soda was unique

Thirsty....

Friday, February 24, 2012

Christmas Market - Dusseldorf

While the family was back home in the states during the month of December, I signed up for a bus trip to the Christmas Markets in Dusseldorf, Germany.  Christmas Markets are a big deal in Germany and usually last for about 4 weeks.  Dusseldorf had 6 or 7 different markets but most of them offered similar products.  Some stalls offered handmade German products but many stalls just offered cheap products made in China or India.  The baked almonds and fried mashed potatoes were great and many people enjoyed the gluhwein.  

Representation of the demographics of the bus (stock photo).  Myself and another co-worker were 2 of the 3 guys on the trip. 


Many of the stalls had traditional German Christmas decorations including the rauchermaan (incense smokers) pictured below.


One of the more talented vendors.


An over sized Christmas pyramid.


During most of the day it was pretty wet and chilly, but towards later afternoon it dried up.



My Schweinsaxe (pork knuckle), it was as good as it looks.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Rome - The Food

One of the great things about Rome was the food and the service.

Our first day we ate at a tourist trap, which we don't recommend doing.  The pasta was alright but..


It may have been the worst driest piece of cake we have had.


We learned our lesson and found a great little diner in the Trastevere neighborhood that didn't skimp on the water like many of the places in northern Europe.



We ate a lot of pizza on the trip


The pasta carbonara was very good as well


Did I mention I liked the fact that I didn't have to go through the day parched?  We also ate lots of breads and oils.



Rome was also home to the fanciest McDonalds we have been in, it is just down the street from the Spanish steps.



More pizza, but this one had a butter/garlic sauce


 The gnocchi was a great way to start a meal




We had these a few mornings



I'm not big on tomatoes but these were the best tomatoes I have ever had

Did I mention we ate a lot of different pizzas?


Never seen this before

We ended up at another tourist trap which was a fail


And what's a trip to Italy without eating some Cannoli?

They didn't dissappoint



And finally our favorite place to eat in Rome.  Forna la Renella in the Trastevere neighborhood.  It is a must go to if you are in Rome.  The potato, rosemary, and olive oil pizza was tremendous and different than anything we have had before.  We also went with a more traditional ham and fresh mozzarella pizza.


You take a number, they call you, you tell them how much you want, they cut it off, weight it, and out you go.


We had to go back again the night before we left Rome.


In addition to the pizza Forna la Renella bakes the majority of the bread for the restaurants in Trastevere.