Food Travel Writing - A Night at Asia

A Night at Asia

I have always dream of visiting Asia to try their authentic cuisine. In the 1950s, Asian food meant chop suey and fortune cookies to most people. Today that has all changed. A rich and increasingly authentic variety of Asian foods are available all over the world, restaurants and even in the local supermarkets. Asian cuisine styles can be broken down into several tiny regional styles that have rooted the peoples and cultures of those regions. 

The major types can be roughly defined as East Asian with its origins in Imperial China and now encompassing modern Japan and the korean Peninsula; Southeast Asian which encompasses Cambodia,  Laos, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines; South Asian state are made up of India, Burma, Bangladesh and Pakistan as well as several other countries in this region of the continent; Central Asian and Middle Eastern.

April, 2013 was a super amazing night my girlfriend Charamine and I had dinner at ITADAKIMASU( ita-dai-kee-mass)/ LET'S EAT, the restaurant featuring cuisine of the beautiful country of Japan, Korea and Thailand. The décor was super stunning the entire place was transformed, hand crafted by the staff and they were well dressed everything to fit the theme A night at Asia.

The evening started with a cocktail hour, which I was late and did not have the opportunity to part take off. So my evening stated with the soup. The menu consisted of the following:- 

Soup 

TOM KHA GAI

Traditional Thia soup made with creamy coconut milk, mushrooms, fresh ginger, lemongrass and chicken.

 Salad

         SOM TAM

  Crispy lettuce and green papaya with orange served with spicy dressing and crunchy peanut brittle.

Main course 

 

GLAZED SPARE RIBS

Succulent spiced marinated ribs in a rich tantalizing glaze

&

 ASIAN SMOKED CHICKEN

Juicy chicken smoked to perfection with a sweet chili sauce

Side Dishes

 KIMCHI

Nappa cabbage marinated in a jalapeno sauce

SPICED RICE

Steamed Jasmine rice perfumed with lemongrass chillies and coriander.

STIR FRIED VEGETABLES

Crispy vegetable stir fried in flavorful soy sauce and mushroom based broth.

 

 Fruit course

PINEAPPLE, PAW PAW AND MANGO AGAR JELLY

A refreshing combination of Asian fruits to revitalize the taste buds.

Dessert

ICE CREAM MOCHI WITH MAEJAKGWA

Toasted black sesame seed ice cream delicately wrapped in a chewy rice casing with (Maejakgwa) a ginger spiced cookie drizzled with strawberry sauce to soothe your palette.

 

  

 THAI TEA

Black tea flavoured with milk and sugar, an infusion of spices and lemon grass for garnish.

To end the night we had a toast to the hard working team Asia

Toast

SAKE

A strong fermented rice beverage also know as rice wine

 

We also given a goodie bag to go with some of Asia delicacies and their Thai Tea Recipe.

Thai Tea 
 

1 Servings, Prep Time: , Total Time: 5 Minutes

    1 cup hot water

    1 teaspoon milk

    1 tablespoon sugar

    1 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk

    1-2 tablespoons Thai tea

Method

1. Add sugar and sweet condensed milk to a glass or cup.
2. Put one tablespoon of Thai tea to a tea sock.
3. Place the tea sock directly above the glass.
4. Pour hot water into the tea sock.
5. Set the tea sock aside. Stir until the sugar and sweet condensed milk are dissolved.
6. Add ice and top the tea with milk.

Note: If you like it hot, reduce the sugar and sweet condensed milk by half. Drink hot.