Hi pals! Hola amigos! 你好我的朋友!
I have been making a ton of foods lately and am thinking about making more cos I have little to do with myself right now and am channeling my creativity into food and then eating said food :)
I also tend to get into food obsessions that last 1-2 weeks or so at a time so maybe hopefully I can document them in this thread and revisit the memories in the future.
Maybe we can also educate each other on a variety of cuisine styles since I am very interested in learning new things about the various culinary regions of the world!
I want to talk about things I have tried recently! Yesterday I was presented a dish which included both Mole and Nopalitos/Nopales. I have never had these items before and was super keen to try them out. Sadly, I wasn't terribly impressed by them :(
Mole was super interesting to taste however, since I've never really had anything that is significantly complex on the tongue. I could taste elements of sweet, spicy, savoury and even a small bit of acidity too. I think I am going to be okay with the idea of the sauce the more I try it tho. I researched a little bit and it turns out there is so much more variety of Mole than just what I had so I am interested in trying more kinds in the future if I can get my hands on them.
Nopalitos were a different beast altogether. They were jarred in a salt + water brine according to my friend so when I tasted them right out of the jar they just tasted kinda like sad pickles (and I'm not a major fan of regular pickles). He suggested soaking them in water and after some time I tried it again and.... still tasted like pickles. Needless to say I'm not too happy with that :( I've been looking forward to trying Nopalitos for at least a month now and so I am feeling a bit let down about the whole thing. Maybe fresh Nopales would taste nice but I doubt that would be easy to find here since I am not near Mexico.
Ok but here is the fun part of the evening where we (read:me) share photos of the nice things we have made recently :)
I am curious to hear what you guys have to say about anything that I may have mentioned. I am open to feedback and I am open to recipe suggestions too!
My Mom has been telling me about a place she goes to that does Green tea poached Pears with Vanilla/Matcha yoghurt and that sounds really delicious to me, so I'm going to be looking into that over the next few days or so.