Another food trail

limey · 10-27-2013, 11:49 AM

Here's last night's dinner from the Premier Inn at Glasgow airport.
Teriyaki prawns followed by mushroom and garlic risotto.
I'm off on my travels again!

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xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2013, 05:35 PM

You sure live posh, for regular folks.

JBKlyde · 10-27-2013, 08:58 PM

have you ever had fried squid??

Lola Bunny · 10-27-2013, 11:49 PM

yuuum!

limey · 10-28-2013, 11:11 AM

Yes JB I've had fried squid. It was great.
Tonight's dinner in the Uzbekistan Hotel restaurant:
Herring in a fur coat ( a pickled herring fillet buried under layers of carrot salad, rice and beetroot, decorated with egg mimosa).
Lovely dark brown bread with caraway seeds.
And Tashkent Fillet (beet cutlet beaten thin and wrapped round mushrooms, cheese and herbs, the whole dipped in beaten egg and fried. I had a choice of rice or fries with it so chose rice again.

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orthodoc · 10-28-2013, 06:52 PM

Very interesting! A number of Slavic staples (herring, beets, dipping in egg and frying), given a completely different presentation than the Ukrainian and Russian food I'm familiar with. But then, Uzbekistan is much further east (I think the Russian food I've encountered is chiefly from the western part of the country).

limey · 11-01-2013, 01:30 AM

Sorry for the long pause. The next night I had vegetable salad (all very finely shredded) and "meat khachapuri". I thought that khachapuri was a sort of risen baked bread roll, but what I got was "lavash" (flat bread) wrapped round a meat filling.

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limey · 11-01-2013, 02:14 AM

Sorry about the sideways pictures, maybe a mod can fix it?
I switched hotels on Wednesday due to some post-Soviet-era issues (my first hotel was on the municipal heating system which hadn't been switched on despite a cold snap in the weather. This was just about bearable but when there was a hot water fail as well I decamped to a neighbouring hotel. I much prefer the first hotel which acommodated visiting Central Asian sports teams and suchlike and was used by the Tashkent middle classes for their celebrations. This one is a bland, anodyne, business gaff. But warm.)
The beer bottle contains 500ml, the wine glass is enormous (but they don't fill it right up!).
Bread basket.
Shepherd's salad.
Turkish style grilled meat on a bed of potato straw with roasted veg.

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limey · 11-01-2013, 02:24 AM

(More sideways pix

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Coming down with a cold so went for room service dinner yesterday.
Manty (somewhere along the east-to-west line from dim sum to ravioli, south of pelmeni), served with a not-hot chilli sauce and sour cream.
Fruit platter including pomegranate.
A glass of local red wine. Same big glass as yesterday.

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Big Sarge · 11-01-2013, 05:19 AM

Wonderful photos. The food looks great

glatt · 11-01-2013, 08:38 AM

That food does look good!

I love it when Dwellars travel.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2013, 11:44 AM

Yum.

limey · 11-01-2013, 01:22 PM

And this evening, celebrating the end of the week I had a half-litre of Sarbast Green (the strongest at 5% abv). The hotel is owned by a Turkish chain so I had Turkish mezze for starters. Starting from bottom right and going anti-clockwise there was fried cubes of liver, hummous, yoghurty stuff and couscousy stuff. And bread.
Then today's bread basket - the sail sticking up is more like pastry crust, and bescattered with ordinary and black sesame seeds.
Main course was lagman: beef and vegetables in a tomato sauce on thick noodles. The sauce was pretty watery and the meat almost non-existent.

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xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2013, 05:21 PM

Can you taste a difference in the black seeds or are they for visual impact?

limey · 11-02-2013, 06:38 AM

They didn't taste like sesame at all.

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10-27-2013, 11:49 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Another food trail Here's last night's dinner from the Premier Inn at Glasgow airport. Teriyaki prawns followed by mushroom and garlic risotto. I'm off on my travels again! Sent by thought transference Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-27-2013, 05:35 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You sure live posh, for regular folks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-28-2013, 11:11 AM	#5
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Yes JB I've had fried squid. It was great. Tonight's dinner in the Uzbekistan Hotel restaurant: Herring in a fur coat ( a pickled herring fillet buried under layers of carrot salad, rice and beetroot, decorated with egg mimosa). Lovely dark brown bread with caraway seeds. And Tashkent Fillet (beet cutlet beaten thin and wrapped round mushrooms, cheese and herbs, the whole dipped in beaten egg and fried. I had a choice of rice or fries with it so chose rice again. Sent by thought transference Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-28-2013, 06:52 PM	#6
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Very interesting! A number of Slavic staples (herring, beets, dipping in egg and frying), given a completely different presentation than the Ukrainian and Russian food I'm familiar with. But then, Uzbekistan is much further east (I think the Russian food I've encountered is chiefly from the western part of the country). __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

11-01-2013, 01:30 AM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sorry for the long pause. The next night I had vegetable salad (all very finely shredded) and "meat khachapuri". I thought that khachapuri was a sort of risen baked bread roll, but what I got was "lavash" (flat bread) wrapped round a meat filling. Sent by thought transference Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-27-2013, 08:58 PM	#3
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	have you ever had fried squid??

10-27-2013, 11:49 PM	#4
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	yuuum!

11-01-2013, 02:14 AM	#8
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sorry about the sideways pictures, maybe a mod can fix it? I switched hotels on Wednesday due to some post-Soviet-era issues (my first hotel was on the municipal heating system which hadn't been switched on despite a cold snap in the weather. This was just about bearable but when there was a hot water fail as well I decamped to a neighbouring hotel. I much prefer the first hotel which acommodated visiting Central Asian sports teams and suchlike and was used by the Tashkent middle classes for their celebrations. This one is a bland, anodyne, business gaff. But warm.) The beer bottle contains 500ml, the wine glass is enormous (but they don't fill it right up!). Bread basket. Shepherd's salad. Turkish style grilled meat on a bed of potato straw with roasted veg. Sent by thought transference Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

11-01-2013, 02:24 AM	#9
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	(More sideways pix ). Coming down with a cold so went for room service dinner yesterday. Manty (somewhere along the east-to-west line from dim sum to ravioli, south of pelmeni), served with a not-hot chilli sauce and sour cream. Fruit platter including pomegranate. A glass of local red wine. Same big glass as yesterday. Sent by thought transference Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

11-01-2013, 05:19 AM	#10
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Wonderful photos. The food looks great __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

11-01-2013, 08:38 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That food does look good! I love it when Dwellars travel.

11-01-2013, 11:44 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yum. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-01-2013, 01:22 PM	#13
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	And this evening, celebrating the end of the week I had a half-litre of Sarbast Green (the strongest at 5% abv). The hotel is owned by a Turkish chain so I had Turkish mezze for starters. Starting from bottom right and going anti-clockwise there was fried cubes of liver, hummous, yoghurty stuff and couscousy stuff. And bread. Then today's bread basket - the sail sticking up is more like pastry crust, and bescattered with ordinary and black sesame seeds. Main course was lagman: beef and vegetables in a tomato sauce on thick noodles. The sauce was pretty watery and the meat almost non-existent. Sent by thought transference Attached Images __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

11-01-2013, 05:21 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Can you taste a difference in the black seeds or are they for visual impact? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-02-2013, 06:38 AM	#15
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	They didn't taste like sesame at all. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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