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 NB> Toronto is an interesting place...

Yet having been there a couple times I recall little
about it except that it was windy (not nearly so much
as Montreal, though).

 NB> Haven't seen a lot of it myself, except the airport...

But I do recall the airport reasonably well, though
it's probably been renovated once or twice since I
was there.

 ML>> It was my dream as well, but one that constantly was put
 ML>> on the back burner because of cost ineffectiveness.
 NB>> Ah.  
 ML> The farthest north I can get on this planet without hiring
 ML> a dog team or a ski-plane.
 NB> That does have a certain appeal...  ;)

And all I need is a .30-06, some goggles, and a fistful
of Kroner, and I can get even farther.

 ML> need didn't happen). I got an iskander kebab (layer of
 ML> pita bread, layer of lamb gyro meat, layer of tomato,
 ML> layer of yogurt, sheep butter drizzled over)
 NB> That sounds pretty yummy...  ;)

I was dismayed by the amount of dairy product.

 NB> At least it looked more "normal"... ;)  Probably by the time she
 NB> thought to ask about the safety of the raw veggies she'd had some
 NB> already...?  Fortunate that it was safe..  :)

Though you're sort of discouraged from drinking the water,
the country has tried on many fronts to make itself worthy
of membership in the EU. It got rejected anyway, but things
haven't really started to fall apart, except for the
moderate Islamists fighting the conservative Islamists.

 ML> The burger was on a separate occasion, after we had escaped
 ML> Turkey (the day before the protests ramped up again).
 NB> You've actually had pretty good timing on these latest trips,
 NB> especially given the unrest in weather and politics...  ;0

It was a little chillier than normal along the Aegean, but
not so bad as here. Politics, we watched the International
Women's Day marches, but that was a tame phenomenon, with
uniformed brass bands leading hundreds of woman in hijab,
and it took some time to figure out whether they were
celebrating or protesting, and what. We did walk by some
bunches of people shouting at each other, though. But there
as with in Thailand, we missed the major protests by a day
or two.

Salmon and Thai herb salad
categories: fusion, starter, salad, Australian, pretentious
Serves: 4

h - For the smoking mixture
2 c rice
1 1/2 c brown sugar
2 c tea leaves
1 orange peel
1 chili, cut in half
1 star anise
2 cinnamon sticks, roughly broken
h - For the wasabi leaves and smoked salmon
4 wasabi or betel leaves
3/4 lb fresh salmon
4 Tb salmon caviar
6 leaves opal basil
6 leaves green Thai basil
4 Vietnamese mint leaves
4 spearmint leaves
13 coriander leaves
crispy fried garlic
h - For the dressing
4 red chilis
5 shallots
4 garlic cloves
6 coriander roots
1/4 c palm sugar
1 1/8 c lime juice
1/2 c fish sauce

Wasabi leaf, house-smoked salmon, caviar, and
Thai herb salad

Mix all smoking ingredients together.

To smoke the salmon, line a baking tray with
aluminum foil. Place the smoking mixture into the
tray, then place a wire cake rack over the
mixture. Brush salmon with olive oil and sprinkle
it with sea salt, then place on the rack. Place a
lid on top and smoke 6-8 min until the salmon is
pink and moist.

Pound the first four dressing ingredients into a
paste in a mortar and pestle, then pound in the
palm sugar until combined with other ingredients.
Mix well with the lime juice and fish sauce.

Place a wasabi leaf in the center of each of four
plates. Mix the smoked salmon, herbs, and dressing,
and divide among the plates, placing mixture into
the center of each leaf. Garnish with salmon
caviar, crispy fried garlic, chili, and shallots.

Chef Mark Long, Lizard Island, Australia

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