Posts from — August 2007

We tried out a new sushi place in Camden yesterday called Hi Sushi Salsa, which was pretty good. Its been awhile since I’ve been to the area and lots of eating and drinking places have sprung up.

Hi Sushi Salsa has 3000 sq ft with outdoor waterfront seating in the heart of Camden Lock. They have signature sunken tatami seatings ( a little bizarre to sit in at first, but at least I didn’t have to eat cross-legged) and an innovative sunken sushi bar, open kitchen and long bar.

Technorati Tags: Camden, cuisine, Hi Sushi Salsa, Japanese, salsa, United Kingdom

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Pastry girl gives a good post on the experience of growing up and shopping around (San Francisco’s) Chinatown.

Fresh Egg Custard Tarts or Dan Tats, are one of my favourite Chinese bakery items and feature in her post. There are links to recipes where you can try baking your own, or if you don’t do so, just drop into your nearest Chinatown, where there’s likely to be a bakery that sells these. Mmmm!

Remembrance of Things Past : Dan Tats

Via TasteSpotting

Technorati Tags: China, Chinatown, cuisine, Dan Tats, Egg Custard Tarts, San Francisco

Award-winning manga artist Joanna Zhou has created this collection of six small, brightly coloured friendship Momiji dolls.

On her site, she writes: “I was asked to design a range inspired by japanese street fashion, manga and Harajuku. Each doll comes packaged in a bespoke, illustrated tin. They make ideal gifts for otakus, designers or anyone who appreciates cuteness and fashion!”

Available from October from Firebox.com and the Topshop in Oxford Circus.

More on Joanna’s website ChocolatePixels.com

Via NotCot

Technorati Tags: Firebox, Joanna Zhou, manga, Momiji, Topshop

Check out these shots of sculpted fruit and vegetables. I imagine it must have taken a bit of teaching and lots of botched veggies for someone to get their knife skills this good!

I’m not 100% sure these are East-Asian orientated, but its so typical of their ability to “manipulate” food, and these kinds of objects are commonly used to market their catering services. Besides - look - that’s a Suzuki in the background…

More photos below…

Technorati Tags: crafts, cuisine, sculpted fruit and vegetables

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Ok, maybe not the latest extreme sport, but this global activity has created groups around the world and Japan boasts the largest active extreme ironing group.

EIJ, Extreme Ironing Japan, takes great pride in the sport of Extreme Ironing, which currently consists of 5 different styles of extreme ironing at this time: Freestyle, Urban, Rocky, Forest, and Water.

Inspirational…!

See below for more Extreme Ironing in action!

Technorati Tags: Extreme Ironing Japan, Extreme Sports

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This photo is so nice, shiny and red, that I had to include this. Rasa Malaysia breaks down Crawfish and describes how to cook it, Sichuan-Style,

Sichuan-style Crawfish

Via Taste Spotting

Technorati Tags: China, Crawfish, cuisine, recipe, Sichuan

Here’s a nice little idea. The photo of part of Hong Kong’s skyline below can be viewed from day to night and all times in between - via the movement of your cursor. Click the link below and try it out for your self…

View Hong Kong by Day to Night via your cursor

Via Swiss Miss

Technorati Tags: Hong Kong, photo sequence, Time-Shifting Photo

Mainichi Daily News has a photo gallery of the 2007 Asakusa Samba Carnival, featuring lots of shots of gorgeous and scantily-clad carnival go-ers.

More on Mainichi’s Photo Gallery…

A couple more shots below:

Technorati Tags: cultural festival, Japan, Asakusa Samba Carnival

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