Today, I met up with one of my favourite eating partners-in-crime, Jenny. After deciding upon Japanese for lunch we headed up to a little joint underneath the Princeton apartments on Symonds St. I ordered chicken katsu with teriyaki noodles and rice with miso sauce and turnip kimchi (a little Korean touch). I love that I got noodles and rice. No need to choose between the two. Overall, the meal was just okay. It wasn't the best katsu I've had. I prefer Nishiki. The rice was a little dry. I prefer my rice sticky. The teriyaki flavoured noodles were also just mediocre. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there was something a little bitter maybe about the teriyaki. Perhaps too much soy sauce for my liking? It was the first time I've ever tried kimchi. I can't compare it to anything but it wasn't really my thing. I get the feeling that if eaten in large quantities it would be a little too spicy for me to take. Still the meal was fairly tasty and satisfyingly filling. When Jen decided to skip her midday class, our sweet tooths fixated upon icy Italian delights. Jenny led me down to the gelato shop down at the ferry building. I tried a few flavours before settling on zabajone (wine, honey and spices) and chocolate gelato. The zabajone was a gold medal winner and it was delicious. A very unique taste. The flavours blended very nicely without anyone overpowering the other. And the chocolate, oh the chocolate. This one a silver medal. It was my favourite. Just the look of it was amazing - a rich dark colour. It was like eating dark chocolate with a creamy texture. Heavenly. I'm definitely going back there again! I had a nice sugar high that lasted for about half an hour into my philosophy lecture. Gelato makes life peachy!
I ate another one of my green tea cupcakes and I change my mind about amending the density. I really do like it that dense. The funny thing is, it had the weight of a small brick. I'm gonna stick one on the scales tomorrow. For some mysterious reason, the icing has gone lightly patchy in places and rock hard. Seriously, I tapped it with my finger and unless there were foley artists concealed behind my back, it made a distinct tap. Intriguing. I probably put too much icing sugar in it but it amuses me greatly.Labels: baking, dessert, Japanese |
You and Jenny sure do eat out a lot! :-)