Mark Wiens Star Alliance World Trip

[MilSpec]

Mark Wiens is one of my favourite professional travel bloggers (focusing mostly on food which I love).

He has just started a round the world trip sponsored by Star Alliance (he has come along way since his humble origins many many years ago)....the first leg of which will be to India. I will post his updates on this thread as they are uploaded. Please feel free to tag anyone else you know in this forum that loves travelling/sight seeing/food:

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I doesn't do his Ummmmmmm face as much any more, but that used be the only reason why we would watch his videos

 

[Kashmiri Pandit]

@ahojunk @AndrewJin @Dungeness @Shotgunner51 @Chinese-Dragon @Chinese Bamboo @Kashmiri Pandit

Forgot to tag you guys! If you know others that like food-travel videos, please tag em!

@GURU DUTT @SOHEIL @Serpentine

Iran Flag cameo

@hellfire @Joe Shearer and also cheers doc if you are reading this...you will enjoy the series

I will check that out once I return from the coaching center ^_^

 

[Nilgiri]

@Imran Khan ji I forgot to tag you! Do you like travel/food videos?

Also @Spring Onion ma'am I think you will enjoy this thread.

@Two @Penguin @gambit @Hamartia Antidote @T-123456

Do you guys like travelling/food? If so this thread is a great one for you to explore!

 

[T-123456]

@Imran Khan ji I forgot to tag you! Do you like travel/food videos?

Also @Spring Onion ma'am I think you will enjoy this thread.

@Two @Penguin @gambit @Hamartia Antidote @T-123456

Do you guys like travelling/food? If so this thread is a great one for you to explore!

$10 for Bombay duck in simple restaurant in Mumbay,isnt that to expensive?

 

[Nilgiri]

$10 for Bombay duck in simple restaurant in Mumbay,isnt that to expensive?

I think it was everything combined (what he ordered for his wife plus the palak paneer, roti and dahl etc)

 

[T-123456]

I think it was everything combined (what he ordered for his wife plus the palak paneer, roti and dahl etc)

Do we have to eat with our hand in India?
Can one just use a fork or spoon with the left hand?

 

[CBU-105]

Do we have to eat with our hand in India?
Can one just use a fork or spoon with the left hand?

Of course you can, it's just that with certain types of food, roti/naan and other breads etc, it makes more sense to eat with your hand just like it does with pizza.

They do get a little messy down south where they prefer to eat with their hands, even rice and gravies.

lol

 

[Nilgiri]

Of course you can, it's just that with certain types of food, roti/naan and other breads etc, it makes more sense to eat with your hand just like it does with pizza.

They do get a little messy down south where they prefer to eat with their hands, even rice and gravies.

lol

Everything tastes better hand to mouth lol....on banana leaf especially.

@nair @Levina @Rajaraja Chola

 

[CBU-105]

Everything tastes better hand to mouth lol....on banana leaf especially.

@nair @Levina @Rajaraja Chola

agree, but I always found rice to be easier with a fork/spoon, some of the stuff down south is just insane, licking that sambar off as it trickles down your elbows..

 

[Penguin]

Do you guys like travelling/food? If so this thread is a great one for you to explore!

Much like the people in the UK and Indian food, the Dutch have developed a taste for Indonesian food. If you really want to tret family and friends, a home-cooked rice table never fails.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijsttafel

http://world.jhong.org/

https://thetravelingbird.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/rijsttafel-indonesian-food-in-netherlands/

 

[Nilgiri]

agree, but I always found rice to be easier with a fork/spoon, some of the stuff down south is just insane, licking that sambar off as it trickles down your elbows..

Now thats just bad table manners lol. Definitely not the posh way to do it.

 

[Nilgiri]

Much like the people in the UK and Indian food, the Dutch have developed a taste for Indonesian food. If you really want to tret family and friends, a home-cooked rice table never fails.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijsttafel

http://world.jhong.org/

https://thetravelingbird.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/rijsttafel-indonesian-food-in-netherlands/

I am reminded of my dutch gf in high school back in singapore. She was 1/4 indonesian....a very nice mix.

I will have to try this cuisine when I am in holland and compare it to my knowledge of base indonesian cuisine.

@madokafc

 

[Penguin]

I am reminded of my dutch gf in high school back in singapore. She was 1/4 indonesian....a very nice mix.

I will have to try this cuisine when I am in holland and compare it to my knowledge of base indonesian cuisine.

@madokafc

Lots of variation of dishes, often by island. Great, esp. if you like spicy or highly aromatic foods. Made Rendang Daging (beef stewed in spicy coconut sauce) just last week and finished the last of it off yesterday with Acar Ketimun (cucumber, chilli, and shallots, w. sugar, salt, and - if you like - pepper, koriander, and cumin, together in a bit of vinager) on rice. Yum.

 

[nair]

Everything tastes better hand to mouth lol....on banana leaf especially.

@nair @Levina @Rajaraja Chola

You cannot use your fork on a banana leaf right??? It is the traditional way to eat food.... By the way our most important festival "Onam" is around the corner, and every day you have one or other sadya happening...

 

[Nilgiri]

You cannot use your fork on a banana leaf right???

I have seen spoon being used on banana leaf in Singapore and could only silently shake my head haha.