What are you eating?

[Buffalobiian]

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If you talk about the item in the bottom left corner, this is not a fruit, but an artichoke:

what about the top right? That looks like clams from what I see, but I really have no idea.

Artichoke doesn't sound like the food for me. So much manual handling before I actually get to eat the damn thing, lol.

@shinta&co: I forgot about the Philippine cuisine, but yeah I guess that's really unhealthy too. I think the "something + rice" combo made it skip my mind as being "normal". What sort of vegetable dishes do they have over there?

[Animeniax]

The food at top left looks like mussels, typical of what you see at Chinese buffets.

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Artichokes are actually fun to eat. You pull a blade off, rake off the flesh with your teeth, then on to the next one.

[shinta|hikari]

@Buff - Vegetable dishes? Aside from the quick and easy stir fry people do when they have no time or effort to spare, the local dishes I know of are:

Laing - My personal favorite. Taro leaves cooked in coconut milk with shrimp paste, and sometimes pork belly.
Pinakbet - Assorted vegetables sauteed and simmered in shrimp paste.
Ginataang Gulay - Assorted vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
Lumpiang gulay - Fried vegetable spring roll
Tortang Talong - Eggplant dipped in egg then fried
Adobong Gulay - Vegetables cooked in soy sauce
Ensaladang manga - Green mango salad, eaten with shrimp paste
Sinabawang Gulay - Boiled vegetables


The coconut milk and the usual addition of pork for flavor makes these vegetable dishes pretty high in calorie and fat. The shrimp paste usually raises sodium to the roof. Adobo dishes in the Philippines usually require a lot of oil because they are stir fried before adding the sauce. The last 2 dishes are the only ones I can say are not unhealthy, but boiled vegetables are not really appetizing. Ensaladang manga is nutritious though (if the shrimp paste is kept to a minimum), and is a good appetizer.

[David75]

what about the top right? That looks like clams from what I see, but I really have no idea.

Artichoke doesn't sound like the food for me. So much manual handling before I actually get to eat the damn thing, lol.

@shinta&co: I forgot about the Philippine cuisine, but yeah I guess that's really unhealthy too. I think the "something + rice" combo made it skip my mind as being "normal". What sort of vegetable dishes do they have over there?

top left?
Mussels, but I had to watch carefully as the pic is a little small on my screen. Without paying much attention, I thought these were the artichoke blades, which wasn't very logical as the artichoke still is intact.

And an artichoke also is interresting to eat because you have to do so much work and slowly enjoy it

Edit:
Should have read better, Ani did the same answer before I did

The food at top left looks like mussels, typical of what you see at Chinese buffets.

DSC01629.jpg

Artichokes are actually fun to eat. You pull a blade off, rake off the flesh with your teeth, then on to the next one.

So now French fries with Ketchup/mayonnaise and mussels make it a dish, fries are in fact coming with mussels as "Mussels and fries", basic dish, yet quite good.
There are many ways of cooking mussels, I particularly like the white wine method, called "Marinière" or Marina in english from what I just read earlier.

[Assertn]

Lol really now. I don't think I've had a single lunch at a cafeteria as unappetizing as the US ones listed on that site.
Also, fries as the main entree for lunch wtf?

[shinta|hikari]

@David - I love cooking shellfish in white wine, including scallops and clams.

[Archangel]

True, you'd think a civilization of fatasses would have tastier looking food

[shinta|hikari]

Tasty =! Fatty, though the correlation is pretty solid.

[Animeniax]

The last two or three pages of this thread should be moved to the "what are you eating" thread.

Thanks to rockmanj for posting the lunches website. It got a lot of traction and debate among the various nationalities at work.

[rockmanj]

I totally forgot about this thread...it should have went here originally (sorry about that). It was really popular on my facebook page as well, although I am not sure why.

[Buffalobiian]

Ate Today:

Chicken instant noodles, a Big Mac, a Fillet-O-Fish burger, a can of Raveoli and 2 sushi roles.

It's always annoying to have sushi that's been bought for you earlier in the day but kept in the fridge in the meanwhile. It keeps it from spoiling, but really destroys the flavour. Even "defrosting" them for about 20 minutes the inside is still too cold and hard to really taste nice.

edit: but still, better than no sushi by far.

[Marik]

I'm currently eating 20-piece Chicken McNuggets with Sweet 'N Sour sauce, large fries, a large pink lemonade, and 3 chocolate chip cookies.

[Archangel]

Best cereal ever

[Kraco]

Bushido cereals?

[Animeniax]

Just ate a grapefruit that was over-ripe. It was sweet and juicy, but after I finished, my tongue is all weirded out. Kind of regret eating it now.

[rockmanj]

I really want some noodles; and not shit noodles, quality noodles. Chinese style if possible...that don't cost an absurd amount of money. Gah!

[Buffalobiian]

I really want some noodles; and not shit noodles, quality noodles. Chinese style if possible...that don't cost an absurd amount of money. Gah!

Try some Shanghai hand-pulled noodles, or knife-cut noodles.

[Buffalobiian]

I tried out the Japanese food-court restaurant near my work the other day. Was looking for a late breakfast and settled on a roll each of:

-vegetarian tempura sushi
-smoke salmon sushi
-deep fried pork sushi

The last two were kind of tough, I have to say. I was surprised at the vegetarian one being 20c more expensive than the other ones ($2 AUD each), but it was much better and well worth the 20c. The tempura just breaks down as you eat it.

I had tempura before in Japan, but didn't fully appreciate it at the time given the circumstance we had that day, plus the fact that it was pretty expensive and 6 pieces really wasn't enough to fill me in the least.

[dragonrage]

Just ate Habachi; Salmon (medium done), bean sprouts, noodles, fried rice with a splash of shrimp.

also sushi: fatty tuna and gamora rolls( might have spelt that wrong)

washed it down with green tea and some water at the end.


Good lunch, won't be doing that again to soon though.

[gos27]

First time posting in this thread, some of the pics i seen of everyones food is awesome looking!!

this is what i had today:


Haddock, with some soy sauce on top,
Potato wedges,
spinach, baby tomatoes and some coleslaw. Not as exquisite as some of your guys' dishes but it was nice