This is simply a journal of my food adventures, mainly in Vancouver, BC. Basically, a place for me to live out my long-time fantasy of being a restaurant reviewer. I hope that readers will find the reviews useful. I will include random bits about other foodie adventures like grocery and cookware shopping, cooking/baking projects, cooking classes, and eventually I’ll add a cartoon – The Adventures of Ha Gow, my little Chinese dim sum shrimp-filled dumpling dude. Foodies of the city, unite!
Friday, June 30, 2006
Lost in Translation?
A Dish That Caught My Eye, In the Window of a Denman St. Korean Restaurant
We were at Shiro (Cambie @ 14th) recently and at the end of the meal they usually give you a complimentary pack of Pocky or something similar. Well this recent time they gave us a small pack of "Collon". Yup. So after laughing my uh, guts, off, I opened the mystery pack and what do I find ? Little pieces of wafer rolls with gooey chocolate inside. Collon .....
Hehe, yah, I've had those collon thingies. I've gotten the impression, and pardon the widesweeping generalization here, that Japanese humour reflects a generally higher comfort level with bodily functions in their culture. Or maybe I'm just pulling that out of my ass, lol. My all time favourite children's book (series) is by a Japanese author, incidentally. Everybody Poops, by Taro Gomi.
4 comments:
Oh wow, fusion food taken to the NEXT level !
LOL :-D
We were at Shiro (Cambie @ 14th) recently and at the end of the meal they usually give you a complimentary pack of Pocky or something similar. Well this recent time they gave us a small pack of "Collon". Yup. So after laughing my uh, guts, off, I opened the mystery pack and what do I find ? Little pieces of wafer rolls with gooey chocolate inside. Collon .....
Hehe, yah, I've had those collon thingies. I've gotten the impression, and pardon the widesweeping generalization here, that Japanese humour reflects a generally higher comfort level with bodily functions in their culture. Or maybe I'm just pulling that out of my ass, lol. My all time favourite children's book (series) is by a Japanese author, incidentally. Everybody Poops, by Taro Gomi.
I love naeng myun, and that is pretty much what it is, though I prefer the spicy bibim naeng myun to the broth type described here. Great summer dish.
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