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Skriven 2010-05-11 20:49:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 RH> Always interesting to see if a place has changed, and if so, for the
 RH> better or not.  When we visited Swansboro in 07, one of our old
 RH> favorite places to eat was gone.  Another had expanded physically but
 RH> still kept the same quality of food/low prices.

Interesting but not necessarily gratifying!

 RH> Generally you can do pretty decent at a buffet.  Sometimes it helps to
 RH> "cruise" it before deciding, or, after deciding but while waiting for
 RH> your turn in line.

I eat mostly protein, which is an easy way to deal with a
buffet. Also cost-effective. Also relatively healthy.

 ML> Brazil-style rice - white with specks of meat and veggies, most
 ML> notably corn - salty but quite palatable
 RH> Not quite fried rice, Brazilian style?

Sort of - the same kind of appeal, anyway.
 
 ML> Farofa dish - undercooked pink beans, undercooked shreds of kale,
 ML> little cubes of ham (used to be big pieces of sausage when I came
 ML> here years ago), egg clots, and grainy fried farofa (manioc) -
 ML> ditto, perhaps better than palatable
 RH> Sounds like this dish may have gone down hill over the years.  Was it
 RH> commercial cubes of ham or cubes cut from a ham in the kitchen?

Commercial cubes.

 ML> chicken salad - shredded chicken breast, succotash, mayo, and
 ML> fried potato sticks - better than it sounds.
 RH> Succotash with or without limas?  Sounds like it had some
 RH> possibilities there.

Peas, carrots, corn mostly. I didn't get any limas. Perhaps
the Brazilians don't have limas.
 
 ML> I piled this stuff on my plate and took it to be weighed, and
 ML> the guy said, want some meat? "What do you have?" Chicken,
 ML> pork, top sirloin, garlic roast beef. I asked for the fatty
 RH> Nice assortment, hopefully fixed in different ways so you're not
 RH> eating basically the same thing, just different meats.

The garlic roast beef was marinated; the others were salted only
(this from previous experience - I had only picanha this time).

 RH> I suspect they don't serve tentacles as a matter of course

I wonder what they do with them, then. Risotto?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Nasi Lemak / Coconut Rice
 Categories: Asia-se, Indonesian, Side dish, Rice
      Yield: 4 Servings

    500 g  Rice
    1/4 ts Salt
      1    Spice- pandan leaf
    125 g  Coconut milk

  In a large pan, bring 2 small cups of water to the boil with the salt
  and pandan leaf.

  When it is boiling, add the rice and stir once.

  Then add the coconut milk, stir agin and bring back to the boil.
  Cover the pan tightly, lower the heat to a very gentle simmer and
  cook for 10 minutes undisturbed.

  From: NANCY LAM STIRS IT UP ISBN 1 85702 796 5 By: NANCY LAM [ENAK
  ENAK restaurant in London & Channel 5] Typed by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS

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