as u may or may not know, i'm stuck in US of A right now, somewhere in NY state in a little county callsed Oswego. i really really miss malaysian food, and me mommy's cooking. if somebody reads this, please fedex nasi lemak, rojak & cendol (frm tmn megah), roti telur bawang, teh ais, mee goreng, taufufar, gungfuchao yeemin, wattanhor, charkueyteow, wantanmee and muichoi zhuyoke, pls pls pls pretty pls?
i've been here for 2 weeks now... the food here is, by american cafeteria standards, quite good. but if u are a food loving malaysian like me, u'll most likely be half dead by now.
starting with my fav food, pasta... the pasta's all soggy and overcooked, and they only know how to eat it with 2 kinds of sauces, alfredo and tomato paste... actually, it makes me wonder why they bother with having the sauces since they drown everything with parmesan cheese. trust me, when u eat the pasta here, the only thing u can taste is their horrible, horrible parmesan. oh, and their instant mac and cheese tastes nasty...
they put cheese into everything... but their cheese sucks... my french friends are always complaining abt the cheese... they said that cheese in france is ALIVE, with all the delicious bacteria crawling around, and mold growing on top.... hahhaa... yeah, so i met this girl who tells me she puts cheese into her ramen........ omg, like, who eats ramen like that?!?
i havent tried their ramen before (like our maggi mee), but my roommate chantal is cooking it now and it doesnt smell too bad, in fact, i'm real hungry now... i bought 2 packets d, maybe i'll try tonight.
oh, and their rice... tasteless and textureless... what happenned to the nice smelling jasmine rice we always eat at home? the ones that smells real good the moment u open the rice cooker... i mean, what they eat here, is NOT rice. it was the point when i ate the rice here that i decided that i shd go out and get some pots and pans to start cooking REAL FOOD. and lucky me, i found jasmine rice hiding in one corner of the grain section 3 days ago at price chopper so yay, i can start eating rice soon.
ok, so the rice and pasta are my main complains... the rest of the food is quite ok, the tortillas are not bad really... but stuff like salmon and steak are overcooked so everything's really dry. their vegies are only ever eaten in 2 ways, overcooked stir fry with butter, which only ever features broccolli and carrots... and eaten raw as salad, with the same kind of leafy vege everyday, and only with thousand island sauce. sigh...
oooh, but i like their quiche though, but they've only had it once. 3 diff kinds of baby quiche, seafood, spinach, and smtg else i dont remember. it's really nice though...
i cooked pasta last weekend... bacon and porcini mushroom penne carbonara. was sharing the kitchen with four other latino girls and it was damn crammed. we ended up sharing our food with each other. they made plantains with crispy salami. it was kinda nice... oh, and i gave some pasta to my roommate as well and she loved it... so now i'm supposed to teach her how to cook over the semester.
what else? oh, yeah, i ordered chinese take out from Food Chow City III, this szechuan, hunan & cantonese style place voted as best chinese cuisine restaurant by the readers of the local paper, the Palladium times. it wasnt too bad. by PJ standards it would have been pretty bad but at least it tastes ok enough... so, got my first fortune cookie, and it's still sitting on my table. i dunno why, i dont feel like eating or even opening it.
ok, enuf talking abt food for now, i'm damn hungry now and my dining hall has just opened for dinner so i'm going down for some food. there's seafood on the menu today, i hope it's good. like ppl here dont eat seafood, and they live right by the lake. so weird. there was this cashier at price chopper who wouldnt even touch the packet of clams this guy in front of me was paying for.
oh well, AMERICANS...
crazy, but lovin' it...
PS: i miss curry... and thai food... green curry... i think i'm going nuts thinking abt food...
i've been here for 2 weeks now... the food here is, by american cafeteria standards, quite good. but if u are a food loving malaysian like me, u'll most likely be half dead by now.
starting with my fav food, pasta... the pasta's all soggy and overcooked, and they only know how to eat it with 2 kinds of sauces, alfredo and tomato paste... actually, it makes me wonder why they bother with having the sauces since they drown everything with parmesan cheese. trust me, when u eat the pasta here, the only thing u can taste is their horrible, horrible parmesan. oh, and their instant mac and cheese tastes nasty...
they put cheese into everything... but their cheese sucks... my french friends are always complaining abt the cheese... they said that cheese in france is ALIVE, with all the delicious bacteria crawling around, and mold growing on top.... hahhaa... yeah, so i met this girl who tells me she puts cheese into her ramen........ omg, like, who eats ramen like that?!?
i havent tried their ramen before (like our maggi mee), but my roommate chantal is cooking it now and it doesnt smell too bad, in fact, i'm real hungry now... i bought 2 packets d, maybe i'll try tonight.
oh, and their rice... tasteless and textureless... what happenned to the nice smelling jasmine rice we always eat at home? the ones that smells real good the moment u open the rice cooker... i mean, what they eat here, is NOT rice. it was the point when i ate the rice here that i decided that i shd go out and get some pots and pans to start cooking REAL FOOD. and lucky me, i found jasmine rice hiding in one corner of the grain section 3 days ago at price chopper so yay, i can start eating rice soon.
ok, so the rice and pasta are my main complains... the rest of the food is quite ok, the tortillas are not bad really... but stuff like salmon and steak are overcooked so everything's really dry. their vegies are only ever eaten in 2 ways, overcooked stir fry with butter, which only ever features broccolli and carrots... and eaten raw as salad, with the same kind of leafy vege everyday, and only with thousand island sauce. sigh...
oooh, but i like their quiche though, but they've only had it once. 3 diff kinds of baby quiche, seafood, spinach, and smtg else i dont remember. it's really nice though...
i cooked pasta last weekend... bacon and porcini mushroom penne carbonara. was sharing the kitchen with four other latino girls and it was damn crammed. we ended up sharing our food with each other. they made plantains with crispy salami. it was kinda nice... oh, and i gave some pasta to my roommate as well and she loved it... so now i'm supposed to teach her how to cook over the semester.
what else? oh, yeah, i ordered chinese take out from Food Chow City III, this szechuan, hunan & cantonese style place voted as best chinese cuisine restaurant by the readers of the local paper, the Palladium times. it wasnt too bad. by PJ standards it would have been pretty bad but at least it tastes ok enough... so, got my first fortune cookie, and it's still sitting on my table. i dunno why, i dont feel like eating or even opening it.
ok, enuf talking abt food for now, i'm damn hungry now and my dining hall has just opened for dinner so i'm going down for some food. there's seafood on the menu today, i hope it's good. like ppl here dont eat seafood, and they live right by the lake. so weird. there was this cashier at price chopper who wouldnt even touch the packet of clams this guy in front of me was paying for.
oh well, AMERICANS...
crazy, but lovin' it...
PS: i miss curry... and thai food... green curry... i think i'm going nuts thinking abt food...
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haha. Welcome to America!! lol.
If you're having egg omelette, remember tell them no cheese! Else u'd get cheddar in them.
Kraft's mac and cheese is the kind of thing I'd suddenly crave, but once I ate it, I'd wonder why did I crave it in the first place.
Still, I love their pizzas. :p
Those Ramen brand instant noodle packs... don't eat so much, it's most likely to be of worse effects than long term consumption of Maggi and Indomie.
Don't want you to kambek botak :p
u're weird for craving kraft's mac and cheese. are u malaysian? u want good mac and cheese, go eat secret recipe's mac&cheese, it's the absolute best mac&cheese i've eaten so far.
pizzas, not that big a fan. i miss making my own pizza though, may actually do that soon. their dominos here dont have that much topping selection, ok, VERY limited selection. they all like it plain, with nothing but cheese on it. oh well...
haha, u dont wanna see how much ramen i have in my room. i managed to find a few different flavors. so now i have beef, chicken, chicken and mushroom, pork, and shrimps. trying to look for dark soy sauce so i can make maggi lo mein, no luck yet. i'm planning on cooking maggi goreng soon. hehehe, most likely botaking... apparently i treasure food more than my hair.
eh no joke lah, those instant noodles, makes u fat and bald, and possibly cancerous. :s I don't eat instant noodles anymore, unless going to mamak lah haha.
nowadays i rather cook my own pasta or make salads. Finally found nice french vinagrette dressing at an expensive supermarket. Normal supermarket only have thousand island and salad cream. yucks. Gonna try the greek feta vinagrette next time. :p
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