@Greg818: Sorry, the Japanese slips out sometimes, yeah a konbini is just convenience store. They are a bit nicer here than what you may come across in the west usually, and they are very...well convenient. Main place you can go to pay your bills, buy tickets for concert events, etc.
@Evelgest: Night markets aren't too normal thing here except in the summer, we have a lot of festivals. During festival season, the streets are packed with stalls selling different kinds of food, often yakisoba and yakitori and shaved ice. Also stalls with games and things to play.
On a more daily basis, you can usually find stalls set up selling yakitori (meat on a stick), ningyoyaki, taiyaki, and the like. But it's not as common as it is in china/taiwan.
@Greg818: As a Texan I was worried about the ground beef (you can get chili meat pretty easy and cheap). You were doin good though, then I saw the beans. On the side man, cmon! Looks good though, nice thread.
@crazyleaves: Thanks a lot. And, yeah, sorry for the ground meat and the beans, but like I said, it's not a real chili, it's a 2AM chili, so it has to be faster to cook. The problem wasn't the price (beef is amazingly cheap in the US), but the time required to cook it, if I had big chunks of beef (like I usually do for a real chili, or at least as close as it can be knowing that it's cooked by a french!) it would take between one and two hours, just for the beef, I'd fall asleep in the pan before the beef is cooked! The idea is also to be easy to eat, I just dumped it in a big bowl and ate with a spoon.
But aside from the ground meat, how far am I from a real chili? I've found many stuff on the net, but it's pretty much all the time people claiming they have THE recipe and actually have no idea what they're talking about. Like this English chef claiming it's the real texan chili, and putting kidney bean in it and ground beef! What am I missing?
Bell pepper? Clove? (I really don't like clove) Dill?
What kind of beans are supposed to be served with it?
@Addfwyn: So it's sort of a Japanese brick and mortar Amazon?
@Greg818: Well, everybody makes it different. Meat and chili peppers are all that's required. Masa for thickening is pretty important; garlic, onions, tomatoes, spices as well. "Chili" can be whatever you want it to be ground meat, beans, clove, some put cinnamon in there. But, chili con carne is the official dish of Texas. I like it with sharp cheddar and raw white onions on it; my wife likes avocado and fresh jalapenos.
Deer chili is really good, especially if your not a fan of the gaminess. White chili is a sin against the race of man, Texan or not...
I'll try and post somethin' later, I was just doin the stereotypical Texas loudmouth over here. :P
@Greg818: Maybe not quite so varied. Largely foodstuffs, just some other stuff too (manga, books, magazines, concert tickets, paying bills, services like that). Plus they are everywhere, so they are pretty convenient, as their name would imply. A bit more useful than convenience stores in the states (which seemed largely attached to gas stations)
@crazyleaves: Masa for thickening? I'm disappointed, it's such a lack of elegance. (you made the stereotypical texan, I made the stereotypical french)
Yeah, cinnamon, I read that somewhere... not really a fan.
You like cheese in your Chili? You should be ashaaaaaamed! On the other hand, avocado, it's a good idea to replace the flour as a thickening agent, much more elegant.
I don't think I could eat deer chili, I've had deer a couple times in my life, it's a bit too strong for me, not used to it.
@Addfwyn: I don't know, gas stations are pretty convenient too (I don't think I really every seen a convenient store other than a gas station...), they sell clothes, flowers (you don't buy flowers at a gas station, but they still sell it), cold (and hot) beverages, food, per-paid (mobile) phone cards, bear claws!, skittles!, photo printing, I've also seen one selling ammo :-/ And they are everywhere too...
Man I just had to share this one even though it is just a big of chips but not just any taste this one has a patatje oorlog flavor, which is dutch for fries with mayonnaise and " indonesian peanut sauce or satay sauce" which tastes really good but I am surprised that these chips do as well.
@JoMate: Well when i say "make" i mean tear open a bag. They are sold pre-made by the dozen here. They taste pretty good even cold. Well depending on which you buy, some are like chewing on a rubber tire.
@Rallier: Well I wasn't planning on fully making them just baking it, cause their is one of those shakers (a bottle with all the stuff in it which just needs some water and some shaking to be ready) I just really hope their is still a banana left cause that in combination with some melted chocolate paste is awesome.
On those pre made things I always find that the more sugar they added the better they are so luckily they sell them pre-sweetened over here.
Don't have pics. But slice of bread, bit of butter spread on it. Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on it, and broil it till it's brown and melted. Bam, ghetto parmesan bread.
@Rallier: I don't know what goes in the batter of the crepes? Cause I think they might be quite similar but just prepared a little different (I have had crepes so I know for sure they taste almost the same).
On the second edit: if that is your worst video I just got you a new one, have fun with it.
1 cuillère à soupe de rhum (5 cl) (rum, this one is new to me)
I actually do not mind that Rebecca Black song that much, granted I will not deliberately listen to it but since it is kind of a joke itself it doesn't bother me at all.
@Rallier: Yup then we are eating the same, but he difference is that we (dutch people) just put them in a frying pan so you don't have to do that weird stuff with the wooden tool and we make just a tiny bit thicker so they won't become so crispy, although I do like to do that some time. As for toppings we use less nutela and more sugar and molasses (syrup).
I might be a bit late now (didn't see it earlier), but wouldn't it be more something like tasted.com?
Edit: Damn, someone must have looked it up on GoDaddy cause now it's taken, still no content though (I really HATE go daddy for that very reason)
Edit 2: I have a new one by the way, the 2AM pan bania, as close to the real thing as my 2AM chili, but you can actually make it a real thing, like if you need to pack your lunch...
Coming whenever I have the patience to write the recipe.
Also post number on thousand yeahe.
"Woke up" and saw this thread so i decided to work my magic and "make" some crêpes.
Lovely idea will make those when I get up as well, now I just need to go to sleep first though I guess.
@JoMate: Well when i say "make" i mean tear open a bag. They are sold pre-made by the dozen here. They taste pretty good even cold. Well depending on which you buy, some are like chewing on a rubber tire.
Well I wasn't planning on fully making them just baking it, cause their is one of those shakers (a bottle with all the stuff in it which just needs some water and some shaking to be ready) I just really hope their is still a banana left cause that in combination with some melted chocolate paste is awesome.
On those pre made things I always find that the more sugar they added the better they are so luckily they sell them pre-sweetened over here.
@JoMate: Actually i suspect that you might be talking about something quite different.
edit: It took me way to long to find this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXw85qbr5w&feature=related I spend a good while cursing at Parisiens messing it up over and over.
edit: Hey i found my new "most annoying video of youtube". It is so wrong on so many levels.
I don't know what goes in the batter of the crepes? Cause I think they might be quite similar but just prepared a little different (I have had crepes so I know for sure they taste almost the same).
On the second edit: if that is your worst video I just got you a new one, have fun with it.
@JoMate: I had to look it up but this should be about right: http://www.pate-a-crepe.info/recette-pate-a-crepe.html
I actually do not mind that Rebecca Black song that much, granted I will not deliberately listen to it but since it is kind of a joke itself it doesn't bother me at all.
Yup then we are eating the same, but he difference is that we (dutch people) just put them in a frying pan so you don't have to do that weird stuff with the wooden tool and we make just a tiny bit thicker so they won't become so crispy, although I do like to do that some time. As for toppings we use less nutela and more sugar and molasses (syrup).
@JoMate: We really need a Cooked.com
edit: Saturday afternoon well spent
That would be fun indeed, the url is still for sale if your are really feeling like it.
@Rallier said:
I might be a bit late now (didn't see it earlier), but wouldn't it be more something like tasted.com?
Edit: Damn, someone must have looked it up on GoDaddy cause now it's taken, still no content though (I really HATE go daddy for that very reason)
Edit 2: I have a new one by the way, the 2AM pan bania, as close to the real thing as my 2AM chili, but you can actually make it a real thing, like if you need to pack your lunch...
Coming whenever I have the patience to write the recipe.
@Greg818: Thanks for bumping this thread, I didn't see it before and looks like we have some more great ideas here.
@Dracono: Well, we lost all the pictures, so, it sucks a bit, especially since I took plenty for the fake chili, busted my ass on that one.