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In Spirit of Season, Bruce Wraps Things in Other Things

Bruce made some cod wrapped in banana leaves. You won’t be surprised to learn that this is a Malaysian dish. The cod was delicious, “like butter,” but spicy (chilies, curry powder, turmeric). Unfortunately, I had forgotten to tell Bruce that Catherine, who came over to dinner that night, doesn’t like spicy food. She claims that she used to eat spicy food… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on December 21, 2009 at 9:58am — 1 Comment

Favorite Cheap Lunches Part 7: The $4.99 Combo at Seafood Palace

Okay, this wasn't a great lunch, but for the price, it's really a pretty good deal: egg drop soup, two Shanghai-style egg rolls, stir-fried veggies, fried rice, a generous portion of fried tofu stuffed with seafood (mostly minced shrimp), and a little sugar doughnut for dessert (plus a fortune cookie!) all for unde… Continue

Added by Jeremy Iggers on December 18, 2009 at 7:26pm — No Comments

Local Food Lover Cards: The Perfect Holiday Gift

Full disclosure: I'm the guy who runs the local food website Simple, Good, and Tasty. We've just launched a Local Food Lover program, offering super great deals at businesses in the Twin Cities that provide local, organic, fair trade food. Here's a bit o… Continue

Added by Lee Zukor on December 16, 2009 at 10:55am — No Comments

Bruce Makes Giant Latke, Performs Mitzvah

At about 2:00 this afternoon, I got a g-chat from my friend Emily, who gave birth to twin boys last August. I’m just going to note here that Emily is 51 years old. Do some research, figure it out. She’s totally frazzled because the babies are taking turns sleeping, which means that she and her partner don’t get a turn to sleep at all. And he’s in law school, an… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on December 16, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Finding Stuff....

My experiments with Malaysian cooking generated requirements for some ingredients not available at your local Lunds store and thus some interesting explorations of alternative sources. For some basics -- e.g. Cardamom seed pods, Cumin seeds, Coriander, Fennel seeds, and even Fenugreek and Star Anise, Bill's Imported Foods is a good source -- inexpensive and good quality. We had most of these on hand already -- cardamom for Swedish cookies and pancakes, Cumin for chiles, Fennel for Italian sauces… Continue

Added by Bruce Johnson on December 14, 2009 at 9:09pm — 2 Comments

Italian Christmas

Christmas during my freshman year in college was spent with my friend Lynn's Italian family; parents, two sisters, and a multitude of aunts, uncles and cousins. We were all crammed into a small two bedroom apartment, rented folding tables and chairs spread across the living room and down the hall. Lynn's parents began cooking on Christmas Eve day. Lynn and I assisted with baking and decorating cookies (we were terrific at licking the bowls and utensils). A "light" supper of baked ziti and crust… Continue

Added by Glenis Zempel on December 14, 2009 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Bruce, Unemployed, Learns to Make “Dough”

This holiday season we decided to give people cookie-type things for presents instead of real presents, thinking perhaps it would be cheaper, but that was before Bruce bought 50 pounds of butter, 18 pounds of chocolate, and enough sugar to fill a sandbox. In the olden days, I was the one to make cookies, a skill I passed on to our progeny, while Bruce stood a… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on December 12, 2009 at 1:20am — No Comments

Subo Experience on 10th street (Former Hell's Kitchen Location)

We went there for the first time this week to this new restaurant Filipino style. Very interesting, food taste good. It s not your traditional Asian restaurant. Moderately prices. Very attentive staff and open kitchen. They will do well. Parking lot is convenient just across the street. Johann is the person in charge there. Ask for him for special attention and explanation of the menu. Gerard Continue

Added by Gerard Viardin on December 9, 2009 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Bruce Wins Best of Show for Nondescript Gelatinous Porridge

Bruce entered a glob of overcooked rice in a “hotdish” competition. This wasn’t just any hotdish competition: it was the Algonquin Hotdish, a monthly gathering of creative freelance writers, marketers, filmmakers, and other lonely people who occasionally sponsor a food competition in order to inspire attendees to bring something besides booze. The gathering com… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on December 8, 2009 at 1:45am — No Comments

Bruce Runs to the Store for a Few Things

The clever are different from you and me; they have more ideas.* See below for the correct attribution of that paraphrase, then congratulate yourself on being a part of tcfoodies, a blog that is not only witty and informative but also erudite. Most nights we have to eat dinner in a hurry because of tiresome work-related events I feel obliged to attend, and o… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on December 5, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Rumor of great new Chinese restaurant

Have heard that the Chinese faculty members visiting the U of M are flocking to Mala Youhuo, 2193 Snelling No, Roseville. I Googled it and found a location in Beijing, so it must be the real article. I will try it and report back. Continue

Added by Marjorie Magidow Schalles on December 3, 2009 at 3:43pm — 3 Comments

Bruce Went on a Trip and All I Got Was This Lousy Kari Ikan Asam

Bruce got two little cookbooks in KL (as I now know they call it), which inspired him to replicate the cuisine he grew to love in his two days in Malaysia. Honestly, I hadn’t given Malaysia a second thought since Zoolander (Mugatu: “Do as you are trained...AND KILL THE MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER!”), except for the time we ate at the excellent Peninsula… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on December 1, 2009 at 10:52pm — 4 Comments

Favorite Cheap Lunches Part 6: Grilled Beef Sandwich at Maashaa'allah Restaurant

I was sad to see the closing of Tam-Tam's African restaurant at 605 Cedar Ave. - it was the only restaurant in the Twin Cities serving a pan-African menu, and owner Steven Kaggwa was a warm and welcoming host. But I was curious enough about the restaurant that replaced it - Maashaa'allah, that I decided to stop in for lunch. The restaurant advertise… Continue

Added by Jeremy Iggers on December 1, 2009 at 12:23pm — 1 Comment

Waste, Gluttony, Idiocy

I heard on the news that forty percent of all the food produced in the U.S. goes to waste. http://tinyurl.com/yetcdwn Also, on the front page of the Times today is a big story about more and more people needing food stamps, including a fourth of all kids. http://tinyurl.com/yf2gu2q All I can say is, we are a bunch of idiots. Thanksgiving is a garish festival of gluttony. We shouldn’t write about food as an amusemen… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on November 30, 2009 at 12:08am — No Comments

Il Gatto: Figlio gets a Facelift

The big question on my mind, as I headed to http://www.ilgattominneapolis.com/">Il Gatto on opening night, was, just how jokey will the newest Parasole restaurant be? Figlio, Parasole's previous Calhoun Square restaurant, was a more or less straightforward Italian trattoria - and a pretty good one - but the chain's more recent… Continue

Added by Jeremy Iggers on November 27, 2009 at 8:07am — No Comments

What Bruce had for dinner....

I've been spending much of this week in Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia, so I haven't been cooking. I can't write a useful restaurant review, but I can highly recommend KL for eating if you ever get the chance to visit. A very interesting culture, both familiar and strange, and cuisine that represents the diversity of the population: Indian, Chinese, and native Malay with significant representation of middle eastern food and, unfortunately, a profusion of Colonel Sanders, TGIFridays, Papa Johns, McDonald… Continue

Added by Bruce Johnson on November 25, 2009 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Kabobs - Now Open in the Downtown Minneapolis!

Just got this photo tip from TC Foodie Maryn McKenna - so I called up the original Kabobs at 7814 Portland Ave. S. in Bloomington for details. The newest Kabobs is located in the 4th floor food court of Gaviidae II, 555 Nicollet Mall, and offers a $5 lunch buffet Monday through Saturday from 1… Continue

Added by Jeremy Iggers on November 24, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Bruce Abandons Wife for Malaysia, Norma Zamboni Saves Day

You probably thought that with Bruce out of town, I would eat the cracker crumbs from the bottom of the cupboard and call it dinner. But no! I can cook, too. Bruce was out of town for about fifteen entire years, back when he was gainfully employed and spending his life in hotels and airports or wherever the hell he went, and I was left alone to fill the… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on November 24, 2009 at 12:30am — 4 Comments

Haggis at L'Ecosse: It Was Offal, But It Wasn't Bad

I really hesitated before ordering the haggis at L'Ecosse, the new Scottish restaurant at 48th and Chicago. On the one hand, the thought of eating a combination of lamb kidney, liver and heart, cow tongue and oatmeal, all stuffed into a sheep stomach, sounded disgusting. (I eat tongue and tripe, but I can't stand the taste of liver, or the smell of kidneys.)… Continue

Added by Jeremy Iggers on November 21, 2009 at 10:45am — 4 Comments

Bruce Cooks for Food Critic, Freaks Out

A noted food critic, who shall remain nameless because of the secretive nature of noted food critics, came to our house for dinner recently. Bruce, of course, wanted to impress this person, even though this person is a friend and has eaten at our house many times. But Bruce likes to get anxious about cooking. It’s part of his schtick. I don’t like it because i… Continue

Added by Lu Lippold on November 18, 2009 at 12:40am — 1 Comment

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