Qixi Kitchen

Qixi Kitchen (七喜粥麺小廚)
2 Kiang Su Street, To Kwa Wan
Hong Kong

Goose intestines with noodles (鵝腸粗).

A private kitchen

A private kitchen. Hong Kong

Grilled fish, washed down with a bottle of fine Scotch.

Olive oil and other goodies

Queen Alia International Airport
Amman, Jordan

The chicken shawarma was dry and lacked flavors, but the hummus was
earthy and delicious. The olive oil, liberally drizzled on top of the
hummus, exploded with a pungently strong but aromatic intensity. It is
most certainly one of the best olive oils I have had in years, if not ever.

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Alois Dallmayr (Munich)

Alois Dallmayr
Dienerstrasse 14
Munich, Germany
http://www.dallmayr.com/

A fine selection from Dallmayr's terrine section. The house riesling
proved to be a fine accompaniment.

Rating: 1 star to the liver mousse, 1 star to the delicatessen.

Curry sausage

Curry sausage at Viktualienmarkt, Munich.

Zum Franziskaner (Munich)

Zum Franziskaner
Residenzstrasse 9
80333 Munich, Germany

A gorgeous plate of butcher's favorites.

Fleischpflanzerl, potato salad, and cabbage salad

Fleischpflanzerl, potato salad, and cabbage salad at Viktualienmarkt, Munich.

Brenner (Munich)

Brenner
Maximilianstrasse 15
80539 Munich, Germany

Risotto with chanterelles.

Tantris (Munich)

Tantris
Johann-Fichte-Straße 7
80805 Munich, Germany
http://www.tantris.de/

0. Chef's starter: pepper salad in a fried pouch.
1. Pigeon breast terrine with carrots and poached liver
2. Lobster with fine noodles and fresh chanterelles
3. Sautéed veal sweetbreads with spinach, broad beans and potenta ravioli
4. Broiled lamb chop with bok choy, peppers and arugula puree
5. Soufflé with strawberries and strawberry ice cream
6. Cappuccino
7. Chocolate

Rating: 2 stars to the pigeon breast terrine, 1 star to the restaurant for its exceptional service, extensive wine list, and high quality of food in general.

Andechs monastery

Roast pork with potato salad, various Andechs brew, and Schweinshaxe.

Rating: 1 star to the restaurant, for its beer, good (and inexpensive) food, and its environment.

Leberkäse and cabbage salad

Leberkäse and cabbage salad, at Viktualienmarkt, Munich.

Zum Franziskaner (Munich)

Zum Franziskaner
Residenzstrasse 9
D-80333 München, Germany

A delightful plate of roasted chanterelles, sauteed with bacon bits,
and oven-roasted potatoes.

Bavarian sausages

Bavarian sausages in a wheat roll, with cabbage salad.

Ayinger (Munich)

Ayinger
Blutenburgstrasse 73
Munich, Germany

Ayinger kellerbier (a keller lager), and deep-fried pork knuckle.

I have tasted many pork knuckles before, but deep fried knuckle wasn't
one of them. This concoction was beautiful, not least because all the
juices were sealed in the meat. The only downside to this sort of
concoction is that there's neither crackling (as in Schweinshaxe) nor
soft skins (as in Eisbein) to be had.

Rating: 1 star to the deep-fried Eisbein.

Der Pschorr (Munich)

Der Pschorr
Viktualienmarkt 15
80331 Munich, Germany
http://der-pschorr.de‎/

"Nudel-Ochs-Topf": beef noodle soup.

Spatenhaus (Munich)

Spatenhaus
Residenzstrasse 12
80333 Munich, Germany

Bavarian bread basket, and roast duck with knödeln.

Weisses Bräuhaus (Munich)

Weisses Bräuhaus
Tal 7 80331 Munich, Germany
http://www.weisses-brauhaus.de/

A fresh-from-tap Schneider Weisse TAP7 Unser Original, and a gorgeous
plate of roast pork knuckle and knödeln.

Rating: 1 star to the outstanding Schweinshaxe.

Rules (London)

Rules
35 Maiden Lane
City of Westminster, WC2E7, United Kingdom

Roast leg of rabbit with puy lentils and dandelion salad, golden syrup
sponge pudding with custard, the bottomless Stilton plate, and a
bottle of 2007 CdR Les Violettes.

If the City's dining scene is guilty of wrapping itself in the blanket
of tradition and non-innovation, Rules, as the oldest restaurant in
the City, is inevitably the mother of them all. Yet, the food at Rules
seems to impart a sort of well-honed harmony amidst the intensely
rich, buttery flavors that are so emblematic of traditional English
cuisine.

The dandelion salad was characteristically bitter, but provided a
refreshing herbal counterpoint to the gamey flavors of the rabbit. The
rabbit retained plenty of moisture and juices after the roasting, and
came out soft and easy on the jaw. The sponge pudding was a meal in
itself. As the pudding started to absorb the silky custard and the
syrup, the concoction became so intensely flavored that what remained
of the bottle of light Rhone became watery and characterless by
comparison. The Stilton was delicious and fresh, but could barely
register its aromatics after the intensity of the pudding.

Rating: 1 star to the restaurant for its high-quality food and deference to traditional game cooking.

Ben & Jerry's vending machine

A Ben & Jerry's vending machine, at Heathrow Terminal 3. What great
piece of engineering masterpiece.

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Sussex Arms (London)

A delightful, full-bodied Wells Bombardier ESB on tap, and steak
sandwich with whole-grain mustard.