Thai house! finishes TLV’s “the Fab Five”!
For anyone foolish enough to go looking for a good, authentic, Thai meal in TLV, I have one thing to say:
“It’ll end in tears”.
Unless, of course, you go to “Beit Thailandi” (or, in English, “Thai House”.)
This place is not only an old and venerable TLV institution, more than 9 years old, but literally the ONLY [...]
Il Pastaio! in the TLV Top 5!
“Il Pastaio”?? “what, is this some new place in town??”
This is what I hear every time I mention that I love this place.
The fact of the matter is, Il Pastaio has been open in TLV for more than 18 years- or, , similar to “Dog Years”, that means about 18,650 “TLV restaurant years”.
And in that [...]
The Chef Of A Thousand Names!!!!
I’m sure everyone has heard the saying, “Any press is good press”, right?
Well- that may be true. Although after seeing the context of Tiger Woods’ name splashed all over every media format in the known universe today, I’m sure he would disagree.
However- in my case, my name is spelled completely differently every time my name [...]
“it’s Complicated”- Anise!! what did you THINK i was going to say?!!
I can hear it already- a deafening roar of outrage and offense, at the very mention of the dreaded word- “Anise” !!
Well, sorry guys, but I am compelled to try to clear the wrongly slandered name of the sublime Anise!!
First of all, you might not be aware of this, but “All Anise Is Not Created [...]
My Precious Knives!!!!
Well, I guess I don’t need to point out that I am not a typical girl-
I mean, I love shoes, and don’t mind a nice session of vicious gossip with my friends (99% of whom are a bunch of cooks- Men cooks I might add)
but that’s about the end of the similarities between me and [...]
My favourite place in Town! “gabe’s”
Well, first of all, I guess I should point out that the actual name of “Gabe’s”
is in fact, “Taverna shel Gavriel”
Not that this has stopped me from calling both the place, and Gabi, “Gabe” for many years now.
In any case, what ever you may call it, in my opinion, it is one of the few [...]
Rice Papers- part 2- the yummy, greasy part!!
Ok!! I admit it- I’ve been little lazy in posting this part 2 of Rice Papers-
But I have a good excuse! It’s the holidays here, and, I must tell you-
I made the mistake of drinking RUM last night, and well, you know how that can end- And it doesn’t usually end in being able to [...]
Rice Papers- Chameleon of the kitchen!!
Rice papers-
(did u see here before the very short clip we made in Bangkok of how they are made??)
In any case they are one of my favourite ingredients-
Not because of their taste, or their starring role-
(In fact, quite the opposite- their role is to stay in the background-
And to make all the things they touch, [...]
Rice Paper!!! what a versatile treasure!!
Khlong Toey- This market is world class. And ZERO foreigners!!
this is a short clip we filmed in Khlong Toey market, in Bangkok, Thailand..
I use these rice papers for everything, from wrapping fish, crabmeat and herbs..
To outrageous, esoteric mixtures of my own, from BKK to Vietnam..
And I need these delicate rice papers to enclose them all!!
I [...]
2009 Oyster Season part 2
Hi again!! did you miss me?! Did you run out last night in search of a plate of oysters?! hope so!
Well, as promised, I am continuing my post about oysters..
And one of the very best oysters in the world, in my opinion, is the Kumamoto.
It is a tiny oyster, and almost round.
It is now, like [...]