<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:52:59.392-08:00</updated><category term='Australia'/><category term='Japan'/><category term='Brazil'/><category term='Florida'/><title type='text'>Chef Adriana</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>37</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-8195982817466614468</id><published>2010-10-11T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-11T11:06:25.699-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>Barossa...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TLKyPJ5kXSI/AAAAAAAAAVc/dly43EOrjOo/s1600/BAROSSA+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="156" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TLKyPJ5kXSI/AAAAAAAAAVc/dly43EOrjOo/s400/BAROSSA+01.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;From the Mengler's Hill Lookout - Do Mirante de Mengler's Hill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TLKy7Yx4bAI/AAAAAAAAAVg/7gL_MX0Qc2s/s1600/BAROSSA+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TLKy7Yx4bAI/AAAAAAAAAVg/7gL_MX0Qc2s/s400/BAROSSA+02.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Blickinstal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TLK22owIcpI/AAAAAAAAAVo/t6JT0-VLdng/s1600/BAROSSA+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TLK22owIcpI/AAAAAAAAAVo/t6JT0-VLdng/s400/BAROSSA+04.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;On the road - Na estrada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;June 20th and 21st&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I couldn't imagine that I would have the opportunity to be here in Barossa, especially when I go back to 2004, year in which I took the Sommelier Course at Johnson &amp;amp; Wales in Miami with the USSA. I still remember one night driving back home and wondering about Barossa soil, climate, and what makes their wine so special. Maybe I knew somehow that I would find the answers myself in Australia!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After a beautiful day exploring &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenelg,_South_Australia"&gt;Glenelg&lt;/a&gt;, Adelaide's most famous beach and the &lt;a href="http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/clelandconservationwp/"&gt;Cleland Wildlife Park&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;feeding the kangaroos and wallabies and making my daughter's dream of holding a koala come true (That was really special!). We drove at night to Barossa. That made me even more curious, making me wonder how the area looks like. The road was in maintenance and closed exactly on the exit that we were supposed to get but with a GPS everything was alright and we arrived at the Blickinstal &amp;nbsp;Retreat safe and sound. &lt;a href="http://www.blickinstal.com.au/index.html"&gt;Blickinstal&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(the name means "view into the valley") is a charming rural Bed and Breakfast in Tanunda Valley. Sue, the owner, was so kind helping us to find a restaurant and our room was amazing, we felt like home... Just what we needed after a busy day. We had dinner at the &lt;a href="http://www.theclubhousebarossa.com.au/Dining_Bars.html"&gt;Clubhouse&lt;/a&gt;, the only restaurant open that we found in Tanunda. The food was great! I had roasted lamb with vegetables and a glass of local shiraz, of course!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What a way to wake up in the valley! We could not choose a better place than this. The view from our window was breathtaking. Fog and sunshine in the golden vines far away... We enjoyed breakfast overlooking the Tanunda Valley carefully prepared by Sue with jam, preserves and delicious bread also prepared by her. After that we had some time to get some advices on wineries and places to visit. What a lovely place to stay with very kind owners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tanunda (Aboriginal name that means "water hole") is a town situated in the heart of Barossa Valley and settled by Prussian immigrants in 1842 making this area filled with german influence in the architecture, food and traditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before leaving Tanunda we stopped by the Tanunda Bakery, a tiny german bakery with a large variety of fresh baked goods where I chose some breads, a quiche and cookies for a picnic later. I missed Chef Rolf, one of my masters in pastry. As a german, he would not believe that bakery is in Australia. We also stopped by&amp;nbsp;the &lt;a href="http://www.barossacheese.com.au/"&gt;Barossa Valley Cheese Co.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the &lt;a href="http://www.blondcoffee.com.au/"&gt;Blond Coffee&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;both&amp;nbsp;in Angaston, where we got great cheese, sandwiches and drinks to complete our picnic, then we spent the day visiting some wineries and enjoying the beautiful views, including the Mengler's Hill Lookout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Barossa Valley is located in South Australia, approximately 70km northeast of Adelaide and is the most famous Australian wine region reconized for its Shiraz and the Eden Valley Riesling but also offers Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Mourvedre, Merlot, Semillon and Chardonnay. The most recent varieties are Viognier, Tempranillo, Zinfandel and Marsanne. The region has the world's oldest Shiraz vineyards! Thanks to the climate and soil their wines are complex, rich and full-bodied but with soft tannins. A style no other region can match... and I was right here tasting some of the wines that I will not be able to find in the US and writing my notes to make my impressions last as I found some answers to those old questions back in 2004. Cheers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wines and wineries on the next post...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQeU0u75cU4"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to watch the Barossa Valley video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;_____________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;20 e 21 de junho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Eu não imaginava que teria a oportunidade de estar aqui em Barossa, especialmente quando me transporto no tempo para 2004, ano em que fiz o curso de Sommelier na Johnson &amp;amp; Wales em Miami com a USSA. Ainda lembro uma noite dirigindo de volta para casa pensando sobre o solo, o clima e o que fazia o vinho de Barossa tão especial. Talvez eu soubesse de alguma forma que eu encontraria as respostas na Austrália!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Depois de um lindo dia explorando&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenelg,_South_Australia"&gt;Glenelg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;a mais famosa praia de Adelaide e o&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/clelandconservationwp/"&gt;Cleland Wildlife Park&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;alimentando os cangurus e wallabies e realizando o sonho da minha filha de segurar um koala (Momento muito especial!). Dirigimos à noite para Barossa, o que me deixou ainda mais curiosa imaginando como seria em volta. A estrada estava em manutenção e fechada exatamente na saída que íamos pegar mas nada como um GPS! Chegamos à Pousada Blickinstal tranquilos.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.blickinstal.com.au/index.html"&gt;Blickinstal&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;(o nome significa "vista dentro do vale") é uma charmosa pousada rural em Tanunda. Sue, a proprietária, foi muito atenciosa nos ajudando a encontrar um restaurante e o nosso quarto era maravilhoso, nos sentimos em casa... Exatamente o que precisávamos depois de um dia cheio. Jantamos no&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theclubhousebarossa.com.au/Dining_Bars.html"&gt;Clubhouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;, o único restaurante aberto que encontramos em Tanunda. &amp;nbsp;A comida estava maravilhosa! Escolhi cordeiro assado com legumes e uma taça de shiraz local, é claro!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Que maravilha acordar no vale! Não poderíamos escolher lugar melhor que esse. A vista da janela do nosso quarto era de tirar o fôlego. Neblina e luz do sol nas parreiras douradas ao longe... Desfrutamos o café da manhã preparado pela Sue com a vista para o vale de Tanunda. Geléias, doces e delicioso pão também preparados por ela. Depois tivemos tempo para algumas dicas de vinícolas e locais para visitar. Que lugar maravilhoso para ficar com proprietários tão amáveis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Tanunda (nome aborígene que significa "buraco de água") é uma cidade situada no coração de Barossa Valley e fundada por imigrantes prussianos em 1842, por isso cheia de influência alemã na arquitetura, comida e tradições.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Antes de deixar Tanunda paramos na Tanunda Bakery, uma pequena padaria alemã com grande variedade onde escolhi alguns pães, uma quiche e cookies para um piquenique mais tarde. Senti saudades do Chef Rolf, um dos meus mestres em panificação. Como um bom alemão, ele não iria acreditar que aquela padaria era na Austrália. Também paramos na&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barossacheese.com.au/"&gt;Barossa Valley Cheese Co.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;e na&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.blondcoffee.com.au/"&gt;Blond Coffee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;, ambas em Angaston, onde compramos ótimos queijos, sanduíches e bebidas para completar nosso piquenique, então passamos o dia visitando algumas vinícolas e desfrutando a vista maravilhosa, inclusive o mirante de Mengler's Hill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Barossa Valley fica no sul da Austrália, aproximadamente 70 km a nordeste de Adelaide e é a região de vinhos mais famosa do país reconhecida pelo Shiraz e o Riesling do Vale de Eden mas que também oferece Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Mourvedre, Merlot, Semillon e Chardonnay. As mais recentes são Viognier, Tempranillo, Zinfandel e Marsanne. A região possui os vinhedos de Shiraz mais antigos do mundo! Graças ao clima e ao solo o vinho é complexo, rico, encorpado e com taninos suaves. Um estilo que nenhuma outra região consegue... e eu estou bem aqui degustando alguns dos vinhos que não encontrarei nos Estados Unidos e escrevendo tudo para guardar minhas impressões enquanto encontro respostas para aquelas perguntas que fiz em 2004. Saúde!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Vinhos e vinícolas a seguir...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQeU0u75cU4"&gt;Clique aqui&lt;/a&gt; para assisitir ao vídeo de Barossa Valley.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-8195982817466614468?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/8195982817466614468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=8195982817466614468' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8195982817466614468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8195982817466614468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/10/barossa.html' title='Barossa...'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TLKyPJ5kXSI/AAAAAAAAAVc/dly43EOrjOo/s72-c/BAROSSA+01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-8977425262032662426</id><published>2010-09-13T18:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-18T22:51:30.838-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>The Oldest Chocolate Manufacturer in Australia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TJWeSHe-GSI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/v0LRW1gy1lU/s1600/haighs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TJWeSHe-GSI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/v0LRW1gy1lU/s320/haighs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518490952496191778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Haigh's Chocolates - Adelaide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;June 19th, 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What a great surprise while walking in the streets of Adelaide! By the end of the corridor at the Arcade (a beautiful shopping center built in 1885) I saw a charming chocolate store and I decided to check it out closer of course! Chocolate is always welcome! &lt;a href="http://haighschocolates.com.au/"&gt;Haigh's Chocolates&lt;/a&gt; is a gourmet store that is a heaven for the chocolate lovers... or a nightmare as it is hard to choose from the large variety, but you can sample some before buying. The store  is the oldest family-owned chocolate manufacturing retailer in Australia founded in Adelaide by Alfred E. Haigh in 1915.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tasting! I did the sampling and right there I noticed the well balanced, smooth and, complex flavor in such a carefully prepared gourmet chocolate. Yes! This is a true chocolate! Something that is slowly getting extinct in the market today as some big producers are preparing compound chocolate or something else and calling it chocolate. Haigh's chocolates are produced from raw cocoa beans from Ghana, Ecuador and Papua New Guinea.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I was so happy to find such a treasure!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;____________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;19 de junho de 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Que ótima surpresa enquanto caminhava pelas ruas de Adelaide! No final de um corredor do Arcade (um bonito shopping construído em 1885) vi uma charmosa loja de chocolates e decidi ver mais de perto, é claro! Chocolate é sempre bem vindo! &lt;a href="http://haighschocolates.com.au/"&gt;Haigh's Chocolates&lt;/a&gt; é uma loja gourmet que é um paraíso para os amantes de chocolate... ou um pesadelo pois é difícil de escolher na grande variedade, mas você pode experimentar antes de comprar. A loja é a mais antiga fabricante familiar de chocolate na Australia fundada em Adelaide por Alfred E. Haigh em 1915.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Degustação! Eu experimentei e logo percebi o equilíbrio, maciez e complexidade de sabor em um chocolate cuidadosamente preparado. Sim! Este é um verdadeiro chocolate! Algo que lentamente está se extinguindo no mercado pois alguns grandes produtores estão preparando composto de chocolate ou algo do tipo e chamando de chocolate. Os chocolates Haigh's são produzidos diretamente do cacau de Gana, Ecuador e Papua Nova Guiné.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Fiquei muito feliz em encontrar este tesouro!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-8977425262032662426?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/8977425262032662426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=8977425262032662426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8977425262032662426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8977425262032662426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/09/oldest-chocolate-manufacturer-in.html' title='The Oldest Chocolate Manufacturer in Australia'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TJWeSHe-GSI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/v0LRW1gy1lU/s72-c/haighs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-5460727638085050078</id><published>2010-09-04T20:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-05T10:13:24.560-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>My Birthday in the Outback</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TIMeoqA2jxI/AAAAAAAAAVI/GIbX0fSWjjc/s1600/john+maddocks+aust+traveller.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TIMeoqA2jxI/AAAAAAAAAVI/GIbX0fSWjjc/s320/john+maddocks+aust+traveller.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513284052653084434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Picture from: J. Maddocks / Australian Traveller)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kuniya Restarant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Located at The Sails Hotel (Ayers Rock Resort), in front of the pool in the picture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Localizado no Hotel Sails (Resort Ayers Rock), em frente à piscina na foto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Since we decided to visit Australia during June, I knew I wanted to celebrate my birthday in the middle of the desert! That was so special having my husband and my daughter under the desert sky after a beautiful sunset overlooking Uluru... The Ayers Rock Resort is the only lodging option close to the airport and the area attractions. My husband chose the restaurant and kept as a surprise. Kuniya is a Modern Australian Restaurant situated at the  Sails in the Desert Hotel, they blend traditional and contemporary ingredients, the wine list was great and the service impecable. I enjoyed a delicious barramundi while we talked about our first day in the outback. Unforgetable moment!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, 'San Serif'; color: rgb(78, 68, 61); font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px; "&gt;&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); "&gt;Fodor's Review:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(78, 68, 61); line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;Named after the python that battled the Liru snake in Aboriginal creation stories, this restaurant is the resort's best. The decor reflects local legends, with images of Kuniya and Liru burned into two magnificent wooden panels at the entrance, and a "Kuniya Dreaming" mural covering the rear wall. Appetizers and main courses are named after the Australian states. Specialties include barramundi, duck, and crayfish, prepared with a combination of traditional and Mod-Oz flavors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;_________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Desde que decidimos visitar a Australia durante o mês de junho eu sabia que iria comemorar meu aniversário no meio do deserto! Foi muito especial ter meu marido e minha filha sob o céu do deserto depois do maravilhoso por do sol observando Uluru... O Resort Ayers Rock é a única opção de hospedagem próxima do aeroporto e das atrações. Meu marido escolheu o restaurante e manteve surpresa. Kuniya é um restaurante moderno australiano situado no Hotel Sails in the Desert, eles mesclam ingredientes tradicionais com contemporâneos, a carta de vinhos estava ótima e o serviço impecável. Experimentei um delicioso barramundi enquanto conversávamos sobre nosso primeiro dia no outback. Momento inesquecível!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(78, 68, 61); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, 'San Serif'; font-size: 11px; line-height: 10px; "&gt;&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); "&gt;Avaliação do Fodor's:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;O nome é uma homenagem à sucuri que lutou com a cobra Liru nas histórias aborígenes da criação, este restaurante é o melhor do resort. A decoração reflete lendas locais com imagens de Kuniya e Liru queimadas em dois painéis de madeira na entrada e um mural "Sonho da Kuniya" cobrindo a parede do fundo. Entradas e pratos principais levam os nomes dos estads australianos. Especialidades incluem barramundi, pato e lagostim preparados numa combinação do tradicional e o moderno sabor australiano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-5460727638085050078?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/5460727638085050078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=5460727638085050078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5460727638085050078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5460727638085050078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-birthday-in-outback.html' title='My Birthday in the Outback'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TIMeoqA2jxI/AAAAAAAAAVI/GIbX0fSWjjc/s72-c/john+maddocks+aust+traveller.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-1887349278775377053</id><published>2010-07-28T12:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-26T21:28:02.279-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>ABORIGINAL OUTBACK</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/THc9J9Y6kkI/AAAAAAAAAVA/3111zuos9Z0/s1600/outback01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/THc9J9Y6kkI/AAAAAAAAAVA/3111zuos9Z0/s320/outback01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509939910418272834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;One of my pictures from the Sunset in Uluru&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Uma das minhas fotos do Pôr do sol em Uluru&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/THc5_DRgm9I/AAAAAAAAAU4/kE_wBdgpbMw/s320/DESERT+PLUM+small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509936424484379602" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Arnguli (desert plum / a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;meixa do deserto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color:#333333;"&gt;I have no words to describe the Australian Desert. While walking through one of the trails from the &lt;span style="font: 13.0px Arial; color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/"&gt;Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;with my family, I was thinking about how strong the Aborigines were by living here! It is hard to imagine that they were obtaining most of their food from the bushes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p color="#333333" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; "&gt;Berries, roots and nectars were highly valued by the aboriginal people for thousands of years before the European settlement. They also hunted kangaroos, wallabies, emus, lizards, snakes and moths for example. The aboriginal groups from the desert had to move constantly searching for food comparing which was not the case with those living in the the coastal area.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Some interesting foods are:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Arnguli (Desert Plum) - Santalum lanceolatum. From the sandalwood family. The kernels of the nut have a very good oil.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Witchetty Grubs - Large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths. They are eaten raw or roasted and are a very important protein source.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Honey Ants - They use their own bodies as living storage and can be served as food source for their fellow ants when food is scarce.  The Aboriginal women are the experts on finding them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Here is a great video with both Witchetty Grubs and Honey Ants:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlO0aifJxA"&gt;Witchetty Grubs and Honey Ants VIDEO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;Attention!!! If you don't like the idea of eating exotic things... I don't recommend watching!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;The Outback is a great experience for those who are looking for a close contact with the aboriginal world from Australia. The silence at night, the red dirt, the different kinds of bush all reflect their particular world and it is so beautiful that it is hard to describe... Take a look at this video to enjoy the beauty of the colors: &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOxVc2XVV7s"&gt;Uluru (Ayers Rock)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;__________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Eu não tenho palavras para descrever o deserto australiano. Enquanto caminhava por uma das trilhas do &lt;a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/uluru/"&gt;Parque Nacional de Uluru-Kata Tjuta&lt;/a&gt; com a minha família, fiquei pensando sobre como os aborígenes são fortes para viver aqui! É difícil de imaginar que eles retiram a maior parte da alimentação deles dos arbustos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Amoras, raízes e nectares são considerados muito valiosos pelos aborígenes por milênios, antes dos europeus colonizarem. Eles também caçavam cangurus, emas, lagartos, cobras e mariposas por exemplo. Os grupos do deserto tinham que se deslocar constantemente à procura de alimento, o que não era o caso dos grupos que viviam na costa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Alguns alimentos interessantes são:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Arnguli (ameixa do deserto) - Santalum lanceolatum. Da família do sândalo. O centro do caroço possui um óleo muito bom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Witchetty Grubs - Larva de vários tipos de mariposa, grande, branca e que se alimenta de madeira. Eles comem viva ou assam em fogueira. Elas são uma ótima fonte de proteína.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Honey Ants (formigas de mel) - Elas usam o próprio abdomem como armazem e servem de fonte de alimento para as outras formigas quando o alimento está escasso. As mulheres aborígenes são as melhores para encontrá-las.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Aqui está um ótimo video com as Witchetty Grubs e as Formigas de Mel:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlO0aifJxA"&gt;Witchetty Grubs e Formigas de Mel VIDEO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;Atenção!!! Se você não gosta da idéia de comer coisas exóticas... Eu não recomendo assistir!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "&gt;O Outback é uma grande experiência para quem procura contato com o mundo aborígene da Australia. O silêncio à noite, a terra vermelha e os vários tipos de arbusto, tudo isso reflete o mundo deles que é tão bonito e que é difícil de descrever... Assista este vídeo para curtir a beleza das cores: &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOxVc2XVV7s"&gt;Uluru (Ayers Rock).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-1887349278775377053?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/1887349278775377053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=1887349278775377053' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1887349278775377053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1887349278775377053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/07/aboriginal-outback.html' title='ABORIGINAL OUTBACK'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/THc9J9Y6kkI/AAAAAAAAAVA/3111zuos9Z0/s72-c/outback01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-4800879293761592339</id><published>2010-06-15T13:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-18T22:58:54.492-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>Aussie Cuisine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TE-wZpRVEUI/AAAAAAAAAUI/J540zMvl2vU/s320/glass03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498807624664420674" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Me and Chef Luke Mangan at Glass, Sydney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TE-xBwyUE0I/AAAAAAAAAUY/CYymgmTWydg/s320/glass01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498808313876583234" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Sardines from Perth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TE-wpTP_BaI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/PIoOkR2H4aE/s1600/glass02.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TE-wpTP_BaI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/PIoOkR2H4aE/s1600/glass02.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TE-wpTP_BaI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/PIoOkR2H4aE/s320/glass02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498807893631108514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Barramundi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p color="#333333" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; "&gt;June 16th, 2010&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p color="#333333" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; "&gt;I had the pleasure to meet &lt;a href="http://www.lukemangan.com/"&gt;Chef Luke Mangan&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.glassbrasserie.com.au/"&gt;Glass&lt;/a&gt;, one of his restaurants during my stay in Sydney. He is a very nice person and I could notice while we talked about today's Australian Cuisine how proud he is of his country as most of the chefs here prefer to use only local ingredients. That shows how Australia is rich in variety of ingredients. We talked about the aboriginal influence and the immigrant regions. I felt it is just like in Brazil with so many cultures and flavors. Australia is more fascinating than I expected and now I am even more curious.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;One of the things I wanted to hear from him was about the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barramundi"&gt;Barramundi&lt;/a&gt;. He smiled as he said that it is one of the best fish for him. The versatility and delicate flavor compared to the Chilean seabass makes it one of the gems of Australia in the food industry today. I enjoyed this delicacy carefully prepared by Chef &lt;span style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color:#000000;"&gt;Joe Pavlovich&lt;/span&gt;, his head chef who also prepared sardines from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia"&gt;Perth&lt;/a&gt;. Barramundi has a distinctive flavor and is delicate and firm at the same time making a good choice for the creative chefs around the world.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Chef Luke's passion for cooking was easily noticed and can be found in his recent book: "At Home and in the Mood"&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;I sure had a great time at Glass and was so happy to finally meet Chef Mangan after &lt;a href="http://soba.specialist.co.jp/"&gt;Chef Akila Inouye&lt;/a&gt; from Tokyo introduced us.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Australia is a whole separate world in itself and much more beautiful than it appeared from far away and now that I am in the middle of it I can understand why they are so proud.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Thanks to Chef Luke for showing me the way to better understand the Aussie Cuisine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;_____________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;16 de junho de 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;Eu tive o prazer de conhecer o &lt;a href="http://www.lukemangan.com/"&gt;Chef Luke Mangan&lt;/a&gt; no &lt;a href="http://www.glassbrasserie.com.au/"&gt;Glass&lt;/a&gt;, um dos seus restaurantes durante minha visita a Sydney. Ele é uma pessoa maravilhosa e pude notar enquanto ele falava sobre a Cozinha Australiana de hoje o quanto ele é orgulhoso do seu país assim como a maioria dos chefs de lá que preferem usar apenas os ingredientes locais. Isto mostra como a Australia é rica em variedade de ingredientes. Conversamos sobre a influência aborígene e as regiões de imigração. Percebi que é bem parecido com o Brasil com tantas culturas e sabores. A Australia é mais fascinante do que eu imaginava e agora estou ainda mais curiosa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;Uma das coisas que eu queria escutar dele era sobre o &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barramundi"&gt;Barramundi&lt;/a&gt;. Ele sorriu enquanto dizia que este é um dos melhores peixes para ele. A versatilidade e o sabor delicado comparado ao seabass chileno faz dele uma das preciosidades da Australia hoje. Eu experimentei esta maravilha cuidadosamente preparada pelo Chef Joe Pavlovich, o head chef que também preparou sardinhas de &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia"&gt;Perth&lt;/a&gt;. Barramundi tem um sabor distinto e é delicado e firme ao mesmo tempo fazendo dele uma boa escolha para os chefs criativos pelo mundo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;A paixão do Chef Luke pela culinária é facilmente percebida e pode ser encontrada no seu recente livro: "At Home and in the Mood".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;Com certeza tive uma ótima experiência no Glass e estava muito feliz de finalmente conhecer o Chef Mangan depois que o &lt;a href="http://soba.specialist.co.jp/"&gt;Chef Akila Inouye&lt;/a&gt; de Tokio nos apresentou.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;A Australia é um mundo por ela mesma e é muito mais bonita do que parecia de longe e agora que estou no meio dela eu posso entender porque eles são tão orgulhosos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;Obrigada ao Chef Luke por me mostrar como melhor entender a "Aussie Cuisine".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-4800879293761592339?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/4800879293761592339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=4800879293761592339' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/4800879293761592339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/4800879293761592339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/06/aussie-cuisine.html' title='Aussie Cuisine'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TE-wZpRVEUI/AAAAAAAAAUI/J540zMvl2vU/s72-c/glass03.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-7359226743015983390</id><published>2010-06-14T00:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T21:29:24.861-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>Australian Meat Pie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TBa9TrQsp1I/AAAAAAAAATg/l6N1ILVYh5Y/s1600/pieface02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482777742098081618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TBa9TrQsp1I/AAAAAAAAATg/l6N1ILVYh5Y/s200/pieface02.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TBXXKgi4g2I/AAAAAAAAATY/67vCVHeYcTg/s1600/pieface01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482524696928355170" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TBXXKgi4g2I/AAAAAAAAATY/67vCVHeYcTg/s200/pieface01.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;We arrived in Sydney on a very beautiful day with temperatures around 7C. The city seemed too quiet and most of the stores were closed until the driver told us that it was a national holiday, the Queen's Birthday! How easy it was to arrive at the hotel in Circular Quay, a big center. By the end of the day we decided to walk around and see the Harbour, the Opera House and the Botanical Gardens. I was so excited to look at the actual Opera House in front of me and the Harbour Bridge... Breathtaking! The Harbour was crowded with families and tourists enjoying the holiday and I thought to myself: "What kind of food makes them happy?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;Since my friend Ana told me about the meat pies everywhere in Australia, I decided to write down on my list of "must try". The traditional meat pie is prepared with gravy and chunks of meat and topped with tomato sauce if desired. I decided to try my first pie at &lt;a href="http://www.pieface.com.au/"&gt;Pie Face&lt;/a&gt;, a tiny franchise store located almost in front of our hotel. The franchise itself was founded in Sydney in 2003 by two fashion celebrities. They have different choices that are differentiated by the various faces drawn on top. I chose the traditional meat pie! I liked it but I thought that if it had less gravy it would be better. The day after I decided to try the meat pie with cheese and I think it tasted smoother, the gravy was not so strong.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;The meat pie is one of the most popular consumed food items during a game. The popular brand Four'N'Twenty produces 50.000 pies per hour.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;Now I have something to reproduce when I get back home. This is sure a comfort food comparing with the chicken pie in the US and the "empadas" in Brazil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;_______________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Chegamos em Sydney num dia maravilhoso com temperatura media de 7C. A cidade estava muito tranquila e a maioria das lojas estavam fechadas ate que o motorista disse que era um feriado nacional, o "Aniversario da Rainha"! Foi facil chegar ate o hotel em Circular Quay, grande centro. No fim do dia decidimos explorar a regiao, o porto, a opera e o jardim botanico. Estava muito feliz em ver a opera de verdade na minha frente e a ponte... Maravilha! O porto estava cheio de familias e turistas curtindo o feriado e pensei: "Que tipo de comida deixa essa gente feliz?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Desde que minha amiga Ana me falou sobre as tortas de carne em todos os cantos na Australia eu decidi colocar na minha lista. A torta de carne tradicional e feita com gravy (molho de carne) e pedacos de carne e o opcional molho de tomate por cima. Decidi experimentar a minha primeira torta na &lt;a href="http://www.pieface.com.au/"&gt;Pie Face&lt;/a&gt;, uma pequena loja franchise quase em frente ao hotel. A franchise foi criada em Sydney em 2003 por duas celebridades fashion. Eles tem varias opcoes que sao diferenciadas pelas carinhas desenhadas em cima da torta. Escolhi a tradicional de carne! Gostei mas acho que seria melhor se tivesse menos gravy. No dia seguinte decidi experimentar a de carne com queijo e achei mais suave, o gravy nao estava tao forte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;A torta de carne e uma das comidas populares mais consumidas durante jogos. A marca popular Four'N'Twenty produz 50.000 tortas por hora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Agora ja tenho algo para reproduzir quando voltar para casa. Com certeza esta e uma "comfort food" comparada com a torta de frango nos EUA e a empada no Brasil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-7359226743015983390?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/7359226743015983390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=7359226743015983390' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/7359226743015983390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/7359226743015983390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/06/australian-meat-pie.html' title='Australian Meat Pie'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/TBa9TrQsp1I/AAAAAAAAATg/l6N1ILVYh5Y/s72-c/pieface02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-3897600371569512589</id><published>2010-06-13T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T18:04:03.081-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND TRIP</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="-webkit-user-select: none" src="http://ilovewhiterice.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/541447australian-kangaroo-posters.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Dear friends,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;My family and I spent the last two months organizing our trip to the Land Down Under! Finally we are on our way to start this journey. I am writing while we fly from Dallas to Los Angeles, where we are going to stay for a day and will take our Qantas flight to Sydney. We will spend 2 weeks in Australia and 1 week in New Zealand. I am so excited to visit some markets and try different ingredients! I will also visit some wineries in Barossa Valley and in New Zealand I am looking forward to trying the Pinot Noir produced in Central Otago. I would like to invite you to join us in this journey and follow the exotic flavors and culinary curiosities along the way.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;All the best!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.0px; font: 13.0px Lucida Grande; color: #333333"&gt;Chef Adriana&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;____________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Queridos amigos,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Eu e minha família passamos os dois últimos meses planejando nossa viagem para o "Land Down Under"! Finalmente estamos no começo desta jornada. Estou escrevendo enquanto voamos de Dallas para Los Angeles, onde ficaremos por um dia e pegamos nosso vôo da Qantas para Sydney. Vamos passar duas semanas na Australia e uma semana na Nova Zelandia. Estou ansiosa para visitar alguns mercados e experimentar ingredientes diferentes! Também visitarei algumas vinícolas em Barossa Valley e na Nova Zelandia estou curiosa para experimentar o Pinot Noir produzido em Central Otago. Gostaria de convidá-lo para nos acompanhar nesta jornada e descobrir os sabores exóticos e as curiosidades culinárias pelo caminho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Tudo de bom!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Chef Adriana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-3897600371569512589?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/3897600371569512589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=3897600371569512589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/3897600371569512589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/3897600371569512589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/06/australia-new-zealand-trip.html' title='AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND TRIP'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-5370392313753896223</id><published>2010-04-18T22:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-18T22:40:00.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Parmigiana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/S8vrrFvTNYI/AAAAAAAAATQ/-ZuJhZUazzQ/s1600/foodoval03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/S8vrrFvTNYI/AAAAAAAAATQ/-ZuJhZUazzQ/s400/foodoval03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461718098624329090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;One of the most common dishes around the world, be it the original version with eggplant or its variations with veal, chicken, or even shrimp, the parmigiana (parmesan) still opens many smiles at the table.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Even though the word "parmigiana" means "from Parma", city in the Emilia Romagna region, north of Italy, the dish probably did not originated from the Parma gastronomy and according to one of the theories the word "parmigiana" is actually related to the Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Also, the use of eggplant in the older recipes points its origin to the south region, more precisely Sicily, because eggplant was not known in the north.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;The parmigiana recipe spread around the world especially in countries with large numbers of italian immigrants like Brazil that has the largest italian population outside of Italy. Variations were then introduced due to the influence of the local gastronomy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Today this is a well known international dish and depending on the region the accompaniment can be french fries, mashed potatoes, rice, spaghetti and others. In all occasions, a good pairing wine is the Chianti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;*Even though the word can be found  written as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;parmesan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;, its correct spelling is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;parmigiana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;, following its italian origin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Melanzane alla Parmigiana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;(Eggplant Parmesan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Yield: 3 servings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Eggplant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2 large eggplants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Salt and pepper to taste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;9 tbsp flour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3 eggs, lightly mixed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;9 tbsp breadcrumbs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 cup canola oil to pan fry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2 tbsp olive oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 garlic clove, minced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 onion, chopped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3 ripe tomatoes, diced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 small can of tomato sauce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 tbsp basil, chopped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 tbsp sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Salt and pepper to taste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;To finish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1/2 lb mozzarella cheese, shredded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2 tbsp parmesan cheese, grated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Directions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1. Heat the olive oil in a sauce pan. Add the garlic and onion until golden brown. Add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomato sauce, the sugar and basil and 1/2 cup water. Simmer for about 5 minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2. After slicing the eggplants, add some salt and leave for a few minutes. Rinse and dry well. Dip the eggplant slices in this order: flour, egg wash and breadcrumbs. Pan fry them with canola oil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3. Make a layer with the fried eggplant, cover it with tomato sauce, some mozzarella cheese and repeat until you finish all the ingredients. Broil in medium heat. Add parmesan cheese and serve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana;  min-height: 15.0pxcolor:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;____________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Um dos pratos mais encontrados pelo mundo, seja ele o original de berinjela, ou suas variações de carne, frango e até mesmo camarão, o parmigiana continua conquistando muitos sorrisos à mesa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Apesar da palavra "parmigiana" siginificar "de Parma", cidade na região Emilia Romagna no norte da Itália, o prato provavelmente não teve origem na cozinha de Parma e segundo uma das teorias a utilização da palavra "parmigiana" está relacionada ao uso do queijo Parmigiano-Reggiano. Também a utilização da berinjela nas receitas mais antigas aponta sua origem para a região sul, mais precisamente a Sicília, pois a berinjela não era conhecida ao norte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;A receita de parmigiana se espalhou pelo mundo, especialmente em países com grande número de imigrantes italianos como o Brasil, que possui a maior população italiana fora da Itália. Surgiram então variações devido à culinária local.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Hoje este é um prato internacionalmente conhecido e dependendo da região o acompanhamento pode ser batata frita, purê de batatas, arroz, espaguete, entre outros e seja qual for a ocasião, um bom vinho para acompanhar este prato tão especial é o Chianti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;*Apesar da palavra também ser encontrada escrita com "e" (parmegiana), sua grafia correta é com "i", seguindo sua origem italiana.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Melanzane alla Parmigiana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;(Berinjela à Parmigiana)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Rendimento: 3 porções.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ingredientes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Berinjela&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2 berinjelas grandes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sal e pimenta do reino a gosto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;9 colheres de sopa de farinha de trigo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3 ovos levemente batidos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;9 colheres de sopa de farinha de rosca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 xicara de óleo de canola para fritar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Molho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2 colheres de sopa de azeite de oliva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 dente de alho picado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 cebola picada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3 tomates maduros picados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 lata pequena de polpa de tomate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 colher de sopa de manjericão picado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1 colher de sopa de açúcar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sal e pimenta do reino a gosto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Para finalizar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;200 gramas de queijo mussarela ralado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2 colheres de sopa de queijo parmesão&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Modo de preparo:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;1. Coloque o azeite de oliva numa panela e doure o alho e a cebola. Acrescente os tomates picados e refogue por 2 minutos. Acrescente a polpa de tomate, o açúcar, o manjericão e 1/2 copo de água e deixe refogar em fogo baixo por mais 5 minutos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;2. Depois de fatiar as berinjelas, coloque um pouco de sal e deixe escorrer por alguns minutos. Lave e enxugue bem. Passe na farinha de trigo, no ovo batido e por último na farinha de rosca. Frite no óleo de canola e reserve sobre papel absorvente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3. Coloque uma camada de berinjela numa travessa refratária, despeje molho de tomate, coloque um pouco de queijo e repita até terminar os  ingredientes. Leve para gratinar em forno médio. Adicione o queijo parmesão antes de servir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-5370392313753896223?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/5370392313753896223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=5370392313753896223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5370392313753896223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5370392313753896223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/04/parmigiana.html' title='Parmigiana'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/S8vrrFvTNYI/AAAAAAAAATQ/-ZuJhZUazzQ/s72-c/foodoval03.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-7457221661483883848</id><published>2010-02-10T19:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T00:45:04.730-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnaval and acarajé!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/S3e2KFPy49I/AAAAAAAAATI/4-1QX-9Dk7g/s1600-h/acaraje.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/S3e2KFPy49I/AAAAAAAAATI/4-1QX-9Dk7g/s320/acaraje.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438015359396537298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;It is Carnaval! This is the moment in Brazil to forget the problems and enjoy life with friends by the sound of drums, frevo, axé,... I can imagine the colorful streets and the sun shining so bright. Today I miss it all when I watch the Carnaval in Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ecx357141814-12022010"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: normal; font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: normal; font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;on the internet and on tv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;. This is the time of the year where the street food is so special. Long lines are formed to discover so many flavors and the best selling in Bahia is with no doubt the acarajé (akara je), introduced by the nigerians during the slavery period. All that I remember is the smell of this delicacy filling the air by the crossroads during the afternoons... Here is my recipe for those who want to bring a little bit of Bahia to the table during Carnaval. Axé!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;ACARAJÉ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1kg  black eyed peas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;200 grams grated onion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1/2 tablespoon salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1 liter palm oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1 whole onion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1. Soak the black eyed peas in water for at least 4 hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;2. Rub to release the skin and collect with a strainer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;3. Use a food processor to make a grainy paste with the cleaned black eyed peas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;4. Use a large pot to mix the paste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;5. Add salt and grated onion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;6. Mix with a wooden spoon until well aerated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;7. Heat the palm oil with the whole onion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;8. With a tablespoon mold the acarajés and fry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;SHRIMP AS A SIDE DISH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;500 grams medium headless shrimp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1 medium onion small diced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;3 tablespoons of palm oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Salt to taste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Combine everything and bake in medium temperature until the shrimp is well cooked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;_______________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;É carnaval! Momento no Brasil de esquecer os problemas e curtir a vida com os amigos ao som da bateria, frevo, axé,... Posso imaginar as ruas coloridas e o sol brilhando mais forte. Hoje eu sinto saudades disso tudo quando assisto o carnaval do Brasil pela internet ou tv. Este é o momento do ano onde a comida de rua é especial. Filas enormes são formadas para descobrir tantos sabores e o campeão de vendas na Bahia é sem dúvidas o acarajé (akara je), introduzido pelos nigerianos durante o período da escravidão. Tudo o que me lembro  é o perfume desta iguaria preenchendo o ar nas esquinas no fim da tarde... Aqui está a minha receita para quem quiser trazer um pouco da Bahia para a mesa durante o carnaval. Axé!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;ACARAJÉ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1 kg de feijao fradinho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;200 gramas de cebola ralada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1/2 colher de sopa de sal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1 litro de azeite de dendê&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1 cebola media inteira&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1. Deixe o feijão fradinho de molho numa bacia com bastante água por aproximadamente 4 horas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;2. Amasse para soltar a casca que ficará flutuando e retire com uma peneira.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;3. Passe aos poucos o feijão fradinho sem casca num processador.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;4. Coloque a massa em uma panela funda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;5. Adicione o sal e a cebola ralada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;6. Bata com uma colher de pau grande até que a massa fique bem aerada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;7. Aqueca o azeite de dendê com a cebola inteira.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;8. Com uma colher de sopa faca os bolinhos e frite-os até que fiquem bem dourados.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;CAMARÃO PARA ACOMPANHAR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;500gr de camarão medio sem cabeca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;1 cebola media picada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;2 colheres de sopa de coentro picado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;3 colheres de sopa de azeite de dendê&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Sal a gosto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Misture tudo e asse em forno médio até que os camarões estejam bem cozidos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-7457221661483883848?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/7457221661483883848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=7457221661483883848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/7457221661483883848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/7457221661483883848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2010/02/carnaval-e-acaraje.html' title='Carnaval and acarajé!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/S3e2KFPy49I/AAAAAAAAATI/4-1QX-9Dk7g/s72-c/acaraje.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-3058130055774851704</id><published>2009-11-05T09:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T10:53:20.526-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Florida'/><title type='text'>Florida's Orange Season!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SvMdHi00r4I/AAAAAAAAAS8/W2Gf_1yG29Y/s1600-h/520.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SvMdHi00r4I/AAAAAAAAAS8/W2Gf_1yG29Y/s320/520.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400692393592008578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dear Floridian friends,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now it is time to enjoy Florida's orange. They already started picking late October. What is sad about the new crop is that it will decrease this year by 14.5 percent making crop levels lower than previous years. The last time orange production dipped this low was during the 1989-1990 season, when freeze damage left production at 10.2 million boxes. Well... They will cost more but there's nothing like a fresh orange!!! Make sure it is ripe, firm (not mushy), heavy (it indicates that you are taking a juicy orange), check if the stem/stem area still a little green (it indicates that was recently picked). Don't forget! Citrus does not ripe after picked. It should be ripe when picked. Enjoy Florida's orange! I will!!! Try to buy at the closest Farmer's Market.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Chef Adriana&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;____________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Queridos amigos da Florida,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Está na hora de apreciar a laranja da Florida. Já começaram as colheitas no final de outubro. O que é triste sobre a nova safra é que irá diminuir 14.5% este ano comparada com os últimos anos. A última vez que a produção de laranja baixou tanto foi durante a safra de 1989-1990, quando danos causados pela geada deixaram a produção em 10.2 milhões de caixas. Pois é... Elas vão ficar mais caras, mas nada como uma laranja fresquinha!!! Observe se está madura, firme, pesada (isso indica que está suculenta), observe se a área do talo ainda está esverdeada (isso significa que foi colhida recentemente). Não esqueça! Frutas cítricas não amadurecem depois de colhidas. Elas devem estar maduras quando colhidas. Aproveite a laranja da Florida! Eu vou!!! Procure no Farmer's Market mais próximo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Chef Adriana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-3058130055774851704?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/3058130055774851704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=3058130055774851704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/3058130055774851704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/3058130055774851704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/11/floridas-orange-season.html' title='Florida&apos;s Orange Season!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SvMdHi00r4I/AAAAAAAAAS8/W2Gf_1yG29Y/s72-c/520.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-5688571729074629815</id><published>2009-10-15T12:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T21:18:01.705-07:00</updated><title type='text'>National Breast Cancer Awareness Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SuUg4CL518I/AAAAAAAAASs/LEo3_B_p50M/s320/Pink-Ribbon-Gifts.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396755875504969666" /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SuUhdV5D9dI/AAAAAAAAAS0/PFJCHTFruZU/s1600-h/cookbook.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SuUhdV5D9dI/AAAAAAAAAS0/PFJCHTFruZU/s400/cookbook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396756516449809874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="  color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;My recipe @ Recipes for Life Cookbook - benefiting the Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Fund.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" line-height: 15px;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Minha receita no Recipes for Life Cookbook - Fundos para Cancer de Mama Lisa Boccard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-5688571729074629815?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/5688571729074629815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=5688571729074629815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5688571729074629815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5688571729074629815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/10/national-breast-cancer-awareness-month.html' title='National Breast Cancer Awareness Month'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SuUg4CL518I/AAAAAAAAASs/LEo3_B_p50M/s72-c/Pink-Ribbon-Gifts.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-1946791573509780850</id><published>2009-09-27T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T20:58:02.103-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><title type='text'>Love or hate fruit</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SsA7kWujUnI/AAAAAAAAASk/JZvUr5m-OFs/s1600-h/jackfruit.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SsA7kWujUnI/AAAAAAAAASk/JZvUr5m-OFs/s320/jackfruit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386370650097275506" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Jackfruit / Jaca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif, fantasy;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Artocarpus heterophyllus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Artocarpus heterophylla)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:sans-serif, -webkit-fantasy;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;In the picture, jackfruit from Mr. Guto's place - April, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:sans-serif, -webkit-fantasy;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Na foto, jaca do box do Sr. Guto - Abril, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When in Salvador - Bahia (Brazil), Saturday is a day to stroll the Rio Vermelho Market looking for local fruits and vegetables. So many colors, shapes and smell... I feel like picking one of each! But one stop is mandatory! Mr. Guto's place. He is the only one that sells jackfruit in the market. And he is so nice by cutting and cleaning the center of the fruit for me (taking off all of its latex), making it easy to separate the bulbs and storing later at home. I confess that "storing" sometimes never happens... Specially if my brother is around.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Jackfruit is a love or hate case, specially because of its distinctive smell. In the north of Brazil, where this fruit was introduced in the  mid-19th Century originated from Asia, it is more love than hate. This fruit is adapted only to humid tropical and near-tropical climates and matures 3 to 8 months after flowering.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I love enjoying this fragrant fruit first thing in the morning when I can sense all that it has to offer... Yes! For me it is fragrant. And I love its crunchiness! (I don't like the soft version). The sweet flavor when perfectly ripe is undescribable. The only bad thing about this fruit is that it is hard to stop eating. Sometimes I like to boil the seeds which are very similar to chestnuts or peanuts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;Quando estou em Salvador - Bahia, sábado é dia de visitar o Mercado do Rio Vermelho para comprar frutas e verduras da região. Tantas cores, formas e cheiros... Dá vontade de pegar uma de cada! Mas uma parada é obrigatória! O box do Sr. Guto. Ele é o único que vende jaca no mercado. E ele é tão legal cortando e limpando o centro da fruta para mim (tirando todo o visgo), deixando fácil de separar os bagos e armazenar quando chegar em casa. Confesso que "armazenar" muitas vezes não acontece... Principalmente se meu irmão estiver por perto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;Jaca é um caso de amor ou ódio, especialmente por causa do seu cheiro marcante. No norte do Brasil, onde esta fruta foi introduzida em meados do século XIX, originária da Ásia, ela é mais amada do que odiada. Esta fruta se adapta apenas a climas tropicais e tropicais-úmido e amadurece de 3 a 8 meses depois de florescer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#009900;"&gt;Amo apreciar esta fruta perfumada logo que acordo, quando eu posso perceber melhor tudo o que ela tem a oferecer... Sim! Para mim ela é perfumada. Amo o quanto ela é crocante! (Eu não gosto da versão mole). O sabor adocicado quando perfeitamente amadurecida é indescritível. A única coisa negativa sobre esta fruta é que é sempre difícil parar de comer. De vez em quando gosto de cozinhar as sementes que são bem parecidas com castanha ou amendoim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-1946791573509780850?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/1946791573509780850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=1946791573509780850' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1946791573509780850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1946791573509780850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/09/love-or-hate-fruit.html' title='Love or hate fruit'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SsA7kWujUnI/AAAAAAAAASk/JZvUr5m-OFs/s72-c/jackfruit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-939423280542587887</id><published>2009-09-16T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T22:16:58.166-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><title type='text'>Where did it come from?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SrG-MrhClgI/AAAAAAAAASc/wH0j_2uDw5Q/s1600-h/boiled+peanuts.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SrG-MrhClgI/AAAAAAAAASc/wH0j_2uDw5Q/s200/boiled+peanuts.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382292154733467138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Bowl of boiled peanuts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);   font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.lanra.uga.edu/peanut/images/origin.jpg" width="325" height="400" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0000EE;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);   font-style: italic; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(Source: Weiss 2000)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Looking at one of my thousands of pictures from Bahia this winter, I started to ask myself: Where did it come from? The picture in question is from a bowl full of boiled peanuts that I prepared during the St. John's festivities. Boiled peanuts are very common in the Northeast of Brazil as in the Southeast of the US. A bowl full of this delicacy is usually shared with friends and it is always hard to stop eating... It is very addictive! But it is definitely delicious!!! Peanut is not a nut! It is a legume like a bean or pea. And the original question remained unanswered... until I decided to find out online.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The peanut originated in South America. This legume became popular in Africa when the Portuguese brought them from Brazil around the 1800. From Africa it arrived in the US where the peanut got its popularity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Portuguese traders during the 1600 introduced the peanut in China, which, since 2006, is the World largest producer followed by India. That's why we see many chinese dishes with peanuts!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;_______________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Observando uma das minhas milhões de fotos da Bahia neste inverno, comecei a me perguntar:  Qual a origem disso? A foto em questão é de uma bacia cheia de amendoim cozido que preparei durante o São João. O amendoim cozido é bem comum no nordeste do Brasil, assim como no sudeste dos EUA. Uma bacia cheia dessa iguaria é normalmente servida entre amigos e é sempre difícil de parar de comer... É um vício! Mas é uma delícia!!! Amendoim não é um fruto seco como nozes e avelã e sim um legume como o feijão e a ervilha. E a questão original continuava sem resposta... até eu decidir pesquisar na internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;O amendoim tem origem na América do Sul. Este legume se tornou popular na África quando os portugueses levaram do Brasil por volta de 1800. Da África chegou nos EUA onde se tranformou em algo tão popular hoje.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Os comerciantes portugueses por volta de 1600 levaram o amendoim para a China, que desde 2006 é o país maior produtor seguido pela Índia. É por isso que encontramos tantos pratos chineses com amendoim!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-939423280542587887?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/939423280542587887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=939423280542587887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/939423280542587887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/939423280542587887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/09/where-peanut-came-from.html' title='Where did it come from?'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SrG-MrhClgI/AAAAAAAAASc/wH0j_2uDw5Q/s72-c/boiled+peanuts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-8375829200997211328</id><published>2009-09-09T18:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T22:06:09.972-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><title type='text'>Scyllarides brasiliensis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/Sq2zWOcaOaI/AAAAAAAAASM/0_1SrWSnD7o/s1600-h/sapateira01.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/Sq2zWOcaOaI/AAAAAAAAASM/0_1SrWSnD7o/s200/sapateira01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381154324193360290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/Sq2yyZ0Rb7I/AAAAAAAAAR8/aU6DsPKylXg/s200/sapateira03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381153708770946994" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/Sq2ymsohMDI/AAAAAAAAAR0/UJSIyyJiecQ/s200/sapateira02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381153507663491122" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dear friends,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here I am after a long time... I have so many things to post that I was confused! But I finally decided to talk first about this curious lobster that I tried in Bahia during my last visit. This is a&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Brazilian Slipper Lobster (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Scyllarides brasiliensis)&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;. It is found in Brazil from Maranhão to Bahia. Its vision is limited and it moves slowly, which makes it an easy prey. According with some information I got on the internet, the &lt;/span&gt;Scyllarides&lt;/span&gt; species don't have a good market value and in the Caribbean they are commonly consumed by the fishermen families only. I found out that in Bahia many people prefer the Brazilian Slipper than the &lt;i&gt;Panulirus &lt;/i&gt;species, the more commonly commercialized lobster in Brazil&lt;i&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;I noticed the flavor was slightly unusual but still very interesting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;___________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Queridos amigos,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;Aqui estou depois de um longo periodo... Tenho tantas coisas para postar que já estava confusa! Mas finalmente decidi falar primeiro sobre esta curiosa lagosta que experimentei na minha ultima visita à Bahia. Esta é uma Lagosta Sapateira ou Lagosta Japonesa (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Scyllarides brasiliensis). &lt;/span&gt;Ela é encontrada no Brasil do Maranhão à Bahia. Sua visão é limitada e ela se movimenta lentamente, transformando-a numa ótima presa. De acordo com algumas informações que consegui na internet, as espécies &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Scy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;llarides &lt;/i&gt;não possuem um bom valor no mercado e no Caribe elas são normalmente apenas consumidas pelas famílias dos pescadores. Eu descobri que muitas pessoas na Bahia preferem a Sapateira do que as espécies &lt;i&gt;Panulirus, &lt;/i&gt;mais conhecidas e comercializadas no Brasil. Percebi que o sabor&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;é suavemente diferente mas também muito interessante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-8375829200997211328?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/8375829200997211328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=8375829200997211328' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8375829200997211328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8375829200997211328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/09/scyllarides-brasiliensis.html' title='Scyllarides brasiliensis'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/Sq2zWOcaOaI/AAAAAAAAASM/0_1SrWSnD7o/s72-c/sapateira01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-2902694568295909406</id><published>2009-03-21T08:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T22:54:32.748-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Feeling GLOBAL!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="-webkit-user-select: none" src="http://www.websarchitect.net/images/services/hand.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When I decide to prepare a dish from a specific country, before putting my hands on to prepare I start with a research such as preferred everyday meals from local people. What do they think is good and what do they consider typical. I look for authentic restaurants and specific ingredients in grocery stores or local shops. It is definitely much easier to find them when I am on site but sometimes I also get valuable information from immigrants and chefs from that particular country. They can usually describe the characteristics and flavors of the dishes with passion and more details than the locals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Living here in South Florida is great for researches like this. We have people from around the world living here and all kinds of stores selling ingredients from everywhere. I feel comfortable preparing meals from Thailand, Japan, Germany, France, Brazil, Italy,... Finding all imported ingredients necessary to prepare here just like as I am there! It is amazing... Even when it is something very exotic I can purchase online and receive within a week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;___________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Quando decido fazer um prato de um país, antes de colocar as mãos `a obra eu começo com uma pesquisa do tipo prato preferido do dia a dia, o que eles acham que é bom e o que eles consideram típico. Procuro restaurantes autenticos e ingredientes específicos em mercados e lojas locais. Isto é, sem dúvida, mais fácil de encontrar quando estou no local mas as vezes eu consigo informações valiosas de imigrantes e chefs do país em estudo. Eles normalmente descrevem as características e sabores dos pratos com paixão e mais detalhes do que os locais.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Vivendo no sul da Florida é maravilhoso para pesquisas assim. Temos pessoas de vários países vivendo aqui e todos os tipos de lojas vendendo ingredientes de todos os cantos do mundo. Me sinto `a vontade preparando pratos da Tailandia, Japão, Alemanha, França, Brasil, Itália,... Encontrando todos os ingredientes importados necessários para preparar aqui como se estivesse lá! Isto é maravilhoso... Até mesmo quando preciso de algo bem exotico eu posso comprar online e receber em aproximadamente uma semana.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-2902694568295909406?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/2902694568295909406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=2902694568295909406' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/2902694568295909406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/2902694568295909406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/03/feeling-global.html' title='Feeling GLOBAL!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-6250213933642220293</id><published>2009-02-22T12:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T21:40:03.380-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><title type='text'>CHUMBINHO??!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SaHKncrzpJI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/UOcPDnWDMlY/s1600-h/mangrove.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SaHKncrzpJI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/UOcPDnWDMlY/s200/mangrove.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305744615082796178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Muta' mangrove.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" font-style: italic;font-size:10px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" font-style: italic;font-size:10px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SaHKdaEZN4I/AAAAAAAAAPI/3EPyXM8M7BY/s1600-h/chumbinho.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SaHKdaEZN4I/AAAAAAAAAPI/3EPyXM8M7BY/s200/chumbinho.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305744442581923714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Chumbinho / Sarnambi (Anomalocardia brasiliana)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" font-style: italic;font-size:10px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Colors and flavors from my childhood are still present especially now as I watch the Brazilian Carnival on TV. We used to spend the summer in Muta', close to Salinas da Margarida in Bahia (Reconcavo), at that time a fishermen's village. Early morning, during low tide, the "mariscadeiras" (women who collected mollusks at the mangrove) started their walk to the beach with their little kids while carrying big aluminum basins and large buckets to fill up with "chumbinho" (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Anomalocardia brasiliana&lt;/span&gt;, also known as sarnambi, a bivalve mollusk that was easy to find in that area). They used knife-like metal scrapers adapted to speed the process since they needed to fill up approximately 1 large bucket to get 1kg of the mollusk meat. This is a hard job usually performed by women while the men are fishing. I liked to look at them digging and scrapping and getting the chumbinhos so fast. I tried sometimes but I could not follow their pace. It is fun to do it once in a while but for them it was really hard bending for hours and suffering with backache and other related problems. Some of them used to cook the mollusk right there in the mangrove with saltwater and separate the meat leaving the weight of the shells behind. Those who cooked at home used to spend the afternoon separating the meat in front of their houses making piles of shells which would be used for construction later, by mixing with cement and decorating floors and walls. A smart and beautiful effect. Other creative way was using the shells in handcrafts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Time to eat chumbinho! The most common way to savor this delicacy is the "moqueca de chumbinho" where you use fresh onions, tomatoes, green bell pepper, cilantro, lime juice, palm oil and salt to taste. Serve with rice or "farinha" (yucca flour). Farinha is very typical in the region since it is close to Nazare' city, famous for its yucca flour and palm oil. In order to make something similar in the US, use clams (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mercenaria mercenaria&lt;/span&gt;). Don't forget to add fresh pepper sauce to it before serving if you like... and voila'!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For those who love pasta: Spaghetti alle vongole! A venetian recipe that goes great with chumbinho! There are so many recipes online but I recommend the original one with white wine sauce.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I finish my post with gratitude for those mariscadeiras that made my childhood so special having patience to teach me how to collect the chumbinhos at the mangrove and passing all the passion they had on doing such a hard job everyday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;__________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Cores e sabores da minha infancia ainda estao presente especialmente agora que estou assistindo o carnaval brasileiro na TV. Costumavamos passar o verao em Muta', perto de Salinas da Margarida na Bahia (Reconcavo), nesta epoca era uma vila de pescador. De manha cedo, com a mare' baixa, as "mariscadeiras" (mulheres que catam moluscos nos mangues) comecam a caminhada para a praia com os filhos pequenos enquanto carregam bacias e latas grandes (dessas de tinta) para encher de "chumbinho" (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Anomalocardia brasiliana&lt;/span&gt;, tambem conhecido como sarnambi, um molusco bivalve que era facil de encontrar naquela area). Elas usavam facas adaptadas para acelerar o processo pois precisavam encher aproximadamente 1 lata grande para conseguir 1 kg de molusco sem concha. Este e' um trabalho pesado normalmente feito pelas mulheres enquanto os homens estao pescando. Eu gostava de observa-las cavando, raspando e retirando os chumbinhos tao rapido. Experimentei catar algumas vezes mas nao consegui acompanha-las. E' muito divertido fazer uma vez na vida mas para elas era muito dificil ficarem agachadas por horas e sofrendo de dor nas costas e coisas do tipo. Algumas delas costumavam cozinhar la' mesmo no mangue com agua salgada e separar o molusco eliminando o peso das conchas. As que cozinhavam em casa costumavam passar a tarde separando o molusco na porta de casa e fazendo montes de conchas que seriam usadas para a construcao mais tarde, misturando com cimento e decorando pisos e paredes. Um efeito inteligente e bonito. Outra forma criativa de utilizacao das conchas era no artesanato!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Hora de comer chumbinho! A maneira mais comum de saborear esta iguaria e' "moqueca de chumbinho" onde voce usa cebola, tomate, pimentao, coentro, limao, azeite de dende e sal a gosto. Sirva com arroz ou farinha. A farinha e' bem tipica da regiao pois a cidade de Nazare', famosa pela farinha e pelo azeite de dende, fica bem perto. Para fazer algo parecido nos EUA, use "clams" (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mercenaria mercenaria&lt;/span&gt;). Nao se esqueca de colocar molho de pimenta fresca antes de servir se voce gostar... e voila'!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Para quem gosta de massas: Spaghetti alle vongole! Uma receita de Veneza que fica maravilhosa com chumbinho! Existem muitas receitas online mas recomendo a original com molho de vinho branco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Termino meu post expressando minha gratidao `as mariscadeiras que fizeram minha infancia tao especial tendo paciencia para me ensinar como catar chumbinho no mangue e passando todo o amor que elas tiveram fazendo esse trabalho puxado todos os dias.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-6250213933642220293?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/6250213933642220293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=6250213933642220293' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/6250213933642220293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/6250213933642220293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/02/chumbinho.html' title='CHUMBINHO??!!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SaHKncrzpJI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/UOcPDnWDMlY/s72-c/mangrove.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-6889705366262170097</id><published>2009-02-09T20:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T21:40:17.908-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><title type='text'>Shrimp and Mango Dream...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SZepUq2NZYI/AAAAAAAAAO4/okV3ub7mHO0/s1600-h/Humongous-Shrimp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 170px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SZepUq2NZYI/AAAAAAAAAO4/okV3ub7mHO0/s200/Humongous-Shrimp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302893258816185730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am feeling nostalgic today. Thinking about the fruits from my childhood... Mangoes, star fruits, mangabas (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hancomia Speciosa&lt;/span&gt;), cashew fruits, Surinam cherries, Brazil plums (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spondias tuberosa&lt;/span&gt;), jack fruits... I feel like creating something special!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Shrimp and mango!!! What a great combination! I used to eat them separate until I tried shrimp with a caribbean mango sauce in a restaurant here in Florida. The sweetness of both combined in a surprisingly explosion of flavors. Yes! I love it. Here is my special recipe that I adapted so you can fall in love with this combination and invite your friends for a tropical experience like my childhood close to Itaparica Island. Back there we also used to catch shrimp at night when the tide was just starting to rise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;REFRESHING SHRIMP AND MANGO COCKTAIL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1lb large wild caught shrimp, peeled and deveined&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 garlic cloves, minced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 ripe mangoes, small diced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 red onion, small diced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 tomatoes, seeded, peeled and small diced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 red bell pepper, small diced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 tbsp chopped cilantro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 tbsp tomato sauce&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2 tbsp tabasco sauce&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Juice from 2 lemons&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1 tbsp olive oil&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Salt and black pepper to taste&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1. Steam the shrimp with garlic and black pepper to taste. Be careful not to overcook.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2. Mix all the ingredients well and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3. Serve in martini glasses.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Don't forget to write me a review!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;____________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Estou me sentindo nostalgica hoje. Pensando nas frutas da minha infancia... Mangas, carambolas, mangabas (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hancomia Speciosa&lt;/span&gt;), cajus, pitangas, umbus (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spondias tuberosa&lt;/span&gt;), jacas,... Estou inspirada a criar algo especial!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Camarao e manga!!! Que combinacao maravilhosa! Eu sempre comi os dois separados ate' que experimentei camarao com molho caribenho de manga em um restaurante aqui na Florida. A combinacao adocicada dos dois com uma surpreendente explosao de sabores. Sim! Eu amo isso! Aqui esta' a minha receita especial que adaptei para voce se apaixonar com esta combinacao e convidar seus amigos para uma experiencia tropical como a minha infancia perto da Ilha de Itaparica. Naquela epoca nos tambem pescavamos camarao `a noite quando a mare' comecava a encher.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;COQUETEL REFRESCANTE DE CAMARAO E MANGA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;500g de camarao grande, descascado e limpo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;2 dentes de alho picados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;2 mangas maduras em cubinhos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;1 cebola roxa em cubinhos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;2 tomates sem sementes, descascados e em cubinhos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;1 pimentao vermelho em cubinhos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;2 colheres de sopa de coentro picado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;2 colheres de sopa de polpa de tomate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;2 colheres de sopa de tabasco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Suco de 2 limoes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;1 colher de sopa de azeite de oliva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Sal e pimenta do reino a gosto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;1. Cozinhe o camarao no vapor com alho e pimenta do reino a gosto. Cuidado para nao cozinhar demais.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;2. Misture bem todos os ingredientes e leve `a geladeira por no minimo 4 horas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;3. Sirva em tacas de martini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Nao esqueca de me escrever sobre o resultado!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-6889705366262170097?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/6889705366262170097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=6889705366262170097' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/6889705366262170097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/6889705366262170097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/02/shrimp-and-mango-dream.html' title='Shrimp and Mango Dream...'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SZepUq2NZYI/AAAAAAAAAO4/okV3ub7mHO0/s72-c/Humongous-Shrimp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-983595680790863319</id><published>2009-01-22T19:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T20:46:10.696-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SHISO</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXlHdc2cg0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/W_sUDO-qFls/s1600-h/800px-Green_shiso_perilla-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 274px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXlHdc2cg0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/W_sUDO-qFls/s400/800px-Green_shiso_perilla-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294341408237060930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiso (Source: Wikipedia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXlJofeSn9I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/sDAMTOrYQgI/s400/shisochipssquare.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294343796942872530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Red Shiso Potato Chips - Kyoto, Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;SHISO (&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Perrilla&lt;/span&gt;) is a herb better known in Asia. I still remember the flavor of the potato chips I tried in Kyoto with "red shiso flakes" (akajiso). After that, I wanted so much to try the fresh leaf... and it finally happened here in Florida, thanks to a Japanese store in Ft. Lauderdale. The leaf is so beautiful and the flavor is lemony and refreshing. I can't wait to prepare sushi and serve the shiso on the side since I found out on the internet that it is also a natural antiseptic and can preserve other foods. That's why they like to serve sushi with shiso! I will also look for the seeds to add this beauty to my little herb garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;_______________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;SHISO (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Perrilla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;) e' uma erva mais conhecida na Asia. Ainda lembro o sabor da batata frita que experimentei em Kioto com "shiso vermelho em po'" (akajiso). Depois disso eu queria muito experimentar a folha fresca... e isso finalmente aconteceu aqui na Florida gracas a uma loja japonesa em Fort Lauderdale. A folha e' tao bonita e o sabor e' refrescante e parecido com limao. Ja' estou pensando em preparar sushi e acompanhar com shiso desde que descobri na internet que esta folha e' antiseptica e preserva alimentos. Por isso que eles servem sushi com shiso! Tambem vou procurar a semente para adicionar esta maravilha na minha hortinha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-983595680790863319?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/983595680790863319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=983595680790863319' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/983595680790863319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/983595680790863319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/01/shiso.html' title='SHISO'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXlHdc2cg0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/W_sUDO-qFls/s72-c/800px-Green_shiso_perilla-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-1477477558376111187</id><published>2009-01-17T09:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T20:47:27.724-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Florida'/><title type='text'>Menippe mercenaria/adina X Ucides cordatus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXKhtdvyM6I/AAAAAAAAALM/r4PXHgKJQPo/s1600-h/STONECRAB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXKhtdvyM6I/AAAAAAAAALM/r4PXHgKJQPo/s400/STONECRAB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292470314564989858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Stone Crab (Menippe mercenaria/adina)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXKhUma1GcI/AAAAAAAAALE/ZUCWksG6YiY/s1600-h/CARANGUEJO.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXKhUma1GcI/AAAAAAAAALE/ZUCWksG6YiY/s400/CARANGUEJO.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292469887396288962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Caranguejo-Uca (Ucides cordatus)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I love crab! There is nothing like a crab claw with fresh pepper sauce when I am at the beach in my hometown in Bahia. The sweet and unique flavor is perfect! Specially when you have already  experienced the harvest of this curious crustacean in the mangroves. I remember going with my brother and cousins during the crab season with old buckets and wearing old shoes since I was only 5 years old with mud above my knees. It was hard to move across that mud so we used to shout at each other to know our whereabouts and we walked in pairs as an added safety measure. During the season, the crab does not go inside the burrow they make, they only walk around the mangrove and even over the aerial roots. We just needed to have a stick ready to pin them down right on top of the carapace, grab them from the back with the other hand and put them away in the bucket. The fun part was to meet everybody covered in mud to count who got the most and the biggest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;During my last visit to the Florida Keys, I decided to try the Stone Crab (Menippe mercenaria/adina) since this is the season (from October 15 through May 15), where they are captured in traps. They only remove the big claws and return the crab just to regenerate it back in 18 months. The first thing I noticed when comparing it with the Brazilian "Ucides cordatus" was the strong carapace. Then I understood why they usually serve it already cracked.  It was then time to compare the flavor! Wow... lots of meat in the Stone Crab claw, but I feel that the Ucides cordatus is much more delicate and sweeter than his american relative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;_________________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Eu amo caranguejo! Nada como uma pata de caranguejo com molho de pimenta fresquinho quando estou na praia na Bahia. O sabor adocicado e unico e' perfeito! Especialmente quando voce ja' teve a oportunidade de pescar este curioso crustaceo no mangue. Eu lembro de quando ia com meu irmao e primos na epoca que eles andavam com baldes velhos e usando sapatos velhos desde que eu tinha 5 anos com a lama acima do meu joelho. Era dificil caminhar na lama entao a gente gritava uns para os outros  para saber onde estavamos e andavamos em pares por seguranca. Durante a epoca, o caranguejo nao entra no buraco que eles fazem, eles apenas andam pelo mangue e tambem nas raizes aereas. Apenas precisavamos de uma varinha para parar o caranguejo e pega-lo por tras com a outra mao e colocar no balde. A parte divertida era encontrar todos sujos de lama para contar quem pegou mais e o maior.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Durante minha ultima visita `as Keys (Florida), decidi experimentar o Stone Crab (Menippe mercenaria/adina) pois estava na estacao (de 15 de outubro a 15 de maio), onde sao capturados em armadilhas. Eles apenas tiram a pata grande e retornam o caranguejo para regenerar em 18 meses. O que logo percebi quando comparando com o "Ucides cordatus" brasileiro foi a carapaca mais resistente. Por isso entendi porque normalmente eles servem ja' partido. Entao era hora de comparar o sabor! Uau... muita carne no Stone Crab mas sinto que o Ucides cordatus e' mais delicado e adocicado que o parente americano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-1477477558376111187?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/1477477558376111187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=1477477558376111187' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1477477558376111187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1477477558376111187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2009/01/menippe-mercenariaadina-x-ucides.html' title='Menippe mercenaria/adina X Ucides cordatus'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXKhtdvyM6I/AAAAAAAAALM/r4PXHgKJQPo/s72-c/STONECRAB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-6984446776434194340</id><published>2008-08-23T21:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:56:04.002-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Florida'/><title type='text'>BACK TO FLORIDA!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dear friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After a great time exploring the brazilian food and learning so many things, I felt like I was there for the first time. Now I am back to Florida with many interesting combination of flavors. But first I would like to finish my Japan reports! I hope you enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;----------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Queridos amigos,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Depois de explorar a culinaria brasileira e aprender muitas coisas, senti como se estivesse la' pela primeira vez. Agora estou de volta a Florida com interessantes combinacoes de sabores. Mas primeiro eu gostaria de terminar meus relatorios sobre o Japao. Espero que voces gostem!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-6984446776434194340?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/6984446776434194340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=6984446776434194340' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/6984446776434194340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/6984446776434194340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-to-florida.html' title='BACK TO FLORIDA!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-5325783482957464556</id><published>2008-07-25T06:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:55:38.112-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brazil'/><title type='text'>Hello from BRAZIL!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Dear friends,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I am currently in Bahia - Brazil learning more about the exotic flavors from here that mixes portuguese and african cultures. Ingredients such as palm oil (dende oil), coconut, cilantro, tapioca flour mixed in a way that only the "baianas" (women born in the state of Bahia) know how to prepare. And I am proud to say that I am an "authentic baiana" from Salvador. I am exchanging ideas and trying new combinations of ingredients to present an exciting fresh menu next time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;My next stop is São Paulo, the gastronomy capital of Brazil. There I will continue with my ingredients exploration.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Unfortunately I have little access to the Internet here so, as soon as I get back to Florida, I will finish the reports on Japan and Brazil .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Thank you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Chef Adriana&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;________________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Queridos amigos,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;No momento estou na Bahia aprendendo mais sobre os sabores exoticos daqui que misturam cultura portuguesa e africana. Ingredientes como azeite de dende, leite de coco, coentro, farinha de mandioca combinados de uma forma que apenas as "baianas" sabem preparar. E eu tenho orgulho de dizer que sou uma "autentica baiana" de Salvador. Estou trocando ideias e experimentando novas combinacoes de ingredientes para apresentar um maravilhoso novo cardapio em breve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Minha proxima parada e´ Sao Paulo, a capital gastronomica do Brasil. La´continuarei minha exploracao de ingredientes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Infelizmente tenho pouco acesso a internet aqui mas assim que voltar para a Florida termino as informacoes sobre o Japao e o Brasil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Obrigada!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Chef Adriana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-5325783482957464556?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/5325783482957464556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=5325783482957464556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5325783482957464556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5325783482957464556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/07/hello-from-brazil.html' title='Hello from BRAZIL!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-8460857232365560685</id><published>2008-07-02T05:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.124-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Manju in Himeji</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtvMXcr9gI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/cFlN00KHN9Y/s1600-h/manju+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218386851482301954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtvMXcr9gI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/cFlN00KHN9Y/s400/manju+1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtvHQfxcQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/jl4UDRzhMD0/s1600-h/manju+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218386763716849922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtvHQfxcQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/jl4UDRzhMD0/s400/manju+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtvCsFyZHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/c668cAwrtyU/s1600-h/manju+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218386685224707186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtvCsFyZHI/AAAAAAAAAKA/c668cAwrtyU/s400/manju+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtu9yNDtSI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/oWEuPq_9LdE/s1600-h/manju+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218386600966468898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtu9yNDtSI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/oWEuPq_9LdE/s400/manju+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;June 18th, 2008 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We came to Himeji to visit the feudal castle which is a National Treasure and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. What a beautiful place! The site was also used in some films by Kurosawa, one of the film directors that I like.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;This manju place is located at the Festa Mall by the train station. We decided to stop by before going back to Kyoto. The cook was very kind allowing me to take pictures of the preparation process.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;They use azuki beans for the filling! It is prepared by cooking, mashing, sieving and adding sugar or honey. Very delicate and you find in so many desserts here, even ice cream.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;18 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Viemos para Himeji para visitar o castelo feudal que e´Tesouro Nacional e Patrimonio da Humanidade pela UNESCO. Que lugar lindo! O lugar foi usado em alguns filmes do Kurosawa, um dos diretores de cinema que eu gosto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Este lugar de manju fica no shopping Festa na estacao de trem. Decidimos parar la´antes de voltar para Kyoto. O cozinheiro foi bem legal deixando que eu tirasse fotos do preparo.&lt;br class="webkit-block-placeholder"&gt;Eles usam feijao azuki para o recheio! Este e´preparado cozinhando, amassando, peneirando e adicionando acucar ou mel. Super delicado e voce encontra em varias sobremesas aqui, ate´sorvete.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-8460857232365560685?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/8460857232365560685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=8460857232365560685' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8460857232365560685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8460857232365560685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/07/manju-in-himeji.html' title='Manju in Himeji'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGtvMXcr9gI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/cFlN00KHN9Y/s72-c/manju+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-8034259950358887421</id><published>2008-06-27T03:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.124-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Kyoto - Shabu-Shabu at Gyuzen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTKHNpob1I/AAAAAAAAAJw/eK2ClYorAfY/s1600-h/shabu+shabu+6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTKHNpob1I/AAAAAAAAAJw/eK2ClYorAfY/s400/shabu+shabu+6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216516493674049362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTKBwLk0iI/AAAAAAAAAJo/ou1BER1KaiY/s1600-h/shabu+shabu+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTKBwLk0iI/AAAAAAAAAJo/ou1BER1KaiY/s400/shabu+shabu+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216516399864009250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJ8OpbJQI/AAAAAAAAAJg/pj4UzUAuAvA/s1600-h/shabu+shabu+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJ8OpbJQI/AAAAAAAAAJg/pj4UzUAuAvA/s400/shabu+shabu+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216516304963052802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;June 17th, 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;"&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 19px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Shabu-shabu&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;(&lt;span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"  style=" ;font-family:inherit;"&gt;しゃぶしゃぶ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_help"&gt;&lt;sup style="line-height: 1em; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font: normal normal bold 80%/normal sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.1em; "&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; , also spelled &lt;b&gt;syabu-syabu&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; is a Japanese variant of hot pot. The dish is related to sukiyaki in style, where both use thinly sliced meat and vegetables, and usually served with dipping sauces. However, it is starkly different in taste; shabu-shabu is more savory and less sweet than sukiyaki. It is considered a winter dish but is eaten year-round." (Wikipedia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://r.gnavi.co.jp/fl/en/k275601/"&gt;Gyuzen&lt;/a&gt; is a nice restaurant with a very relaxing atmosphere. We decided to try the yakishabu, a mix of teppanyaki and  shabu-shabu and enjoyed our dinner in a private room with hori-kotatsu seating.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;To start the shabu-shabu we waited until the water pot was boiling and then we started to add the vegetables and finally the meat. We had three kinds of sauce to dip the meat after cooked. It was so delicious! And so the teppanyaki. The meat is thinly sliced like a carpaccio and you can choose from a scale of fatty to low fat. They love well marbled meat in Japan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;17 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 19px; font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Shabu-shabu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"  style=" ;font-family:inherit;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;しゃぶしゃぶ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_help"&gt;&lt;sup style="line-height: 1em; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese" title="Help:Japanese" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="font: normal normal bold 80%/normal sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.1em; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; , tambem conhecido como &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;syabu-syabu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; e' uma variante japonesa de pratos em panelas de ferro. O prato e' relacionado ao sukiyaki em estilo, onde se usa a carne fatiada bem fininha e vegetais e normalmente sao servidos com molhos. Mesmo assim e' diferente em sabor, shabu-shabu e' mais saboroso e menos adocicado que o sukiyaki. E' considerado um prato de inverno mas e' servido o ano todo." (Wikipedia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 19px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://r.gnavi.co.jp/fl/en/k275601/" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Gyuzen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; e' um restaurante legal com atmosfera relaxante. Decidimos experimentar o yakishabu, uma mistura de teppanyaki e shabu-shabu e desfrutamos o nosso jantar num espaco privado com hori-kotatsu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Para comecar o shabu-shabu esperamos ate' que a panela estivesse fervendo e colocamos os vegetais e finalmente a cane. Tinhamos 3 tipos de molho para a carne depois de cozida. Estava delicioso! Assim tambem o teppanyaki. A carne e' cortada bem fininha como um carpaccio e voce pode escolher numa escala de mais gordura a menos gordura. Eles amam carne bem marmorizada no Japao!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJ0mjmr3I/AAAAAAAAAJY/v30OoQyNHSw/s1600-h/shabu+shabu+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJ0mjmr3I/AAAAAAAAAJY/v30OoQyNHSw/s400/shabu+shabu+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216516173942140786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJvsTOb_I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/tN5PXKpmFNo/s1600-h/shabu+shabu+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJvsTOb_I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/tN5PXKpmFNo/s400/shabu+shabu+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216516089584709618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJp2k85JI/AAAAAAAAAJI/tDkOtWv7s3c/s1600-h/shabu+shabu+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTJp2k85JI/AAAAAAAAAJI/tDkOtWv7s3c/s400/shabu+shabu+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216515989264196754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-8034259950358887421?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/8034259950358887421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=8034259950358887421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8034259950358887421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/8034259950358887421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/kyoto-shabu-shabu-at-gyuzen.html' title='Kyoto - Shabu-Shabu at Gyuzen'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTKHNpob1I/AAAAAAAAAJw/eK2ClYorAfY/s72-c/shabu+shabu+6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-3177974482542705388</id><published>2008-06-27T03:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.125-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Nara - Mos Burger</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTFMXylrVI/AAAAAAAAAJA/kw9-2UhJDBQ/s1600-h/mos+burger+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTFMXylrVI/AAAAAAAAAJA/kw9-2UhJDBQ/s400/mos+burger+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216511084737178962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTFGWvMDiI/AAAAAAAAAI4/GVLqTL-40TU/s1600-h/mos+burger+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTFGWvMDiI/AAAAAAAAAI4/GVLqTL-40TU/s400/mos+burger+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216510981375266338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;June 15th, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Yes! They have burger. &lt;a href="http://www.mos.co.jp/english/"&gt;Mos Burger&lt;/a&gt; is operating since 1972 and you can also find in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. Featuring sandwiches like Teriyaki Burger, Rice Burger, Nippon Burger, Takumi Cheese,... I decided to try the Ebi Burger that was at the banner outside. It is a shrimp burger with thinly sliced cabbage and tartar sauce. I was impressed with the quality of the tasty shrimp they use plus it was so crunchy. Perfect for the price! Only Y350. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;15 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); white-space: pre;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Sim! Eles tem hamburguer! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mos.co.jp/english/" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Mos Burger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; funciona desde 1972 e voce pode encontrar tambem em Taiwan, Singapura, Hong Kong e Tailandia. Oferecendo sanduiches como Teriyaki Burger, Rice Burger, Nippon Burger, Takumi Cheese... Decidi experimentar o Ebi Burger que estava no banner do lado de fora. E' um hamburger de camarao com repolho cortado fininho e molho tartaro. Fiquei impressionada com a qualidade do saboroso camarao que eles usam e tambem estava super crocante. Perfeito para o preco! Apenas Y350.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-3177974482542705388?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/3177974482542705388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=3177974482542705388' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/3177974482542705388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/3177974482542705388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/nara-mos-burger.html' title='Nara - Mos Burger'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGTFMXylrVI/AAAAAAAAAJA/kw9-2UhJDBQ/s72-c/mos+burger+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-5857719479586529784</id><published>2008-06-24T21:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.125-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Osaka - Otaue Shinji Matsuri (Rice Planting Festival)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ-TGs0UI/AAAAAAAAAIw/rTxW1R9-Uos/s1600-h/rice+planting+04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ-TGs0UI/AAAAAAAAAIw/rTxW1R9-Uos/s400/rice+planting+04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215679612170588482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ4yNP74I/AAAAAAAAAIo/_YoqcluzGAA/s1600-h/rice+planting+03.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ4yNP74I/AAAAAAAAAIo/_YoqcluzGAA/s1600-h/rice+planting+03.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;June 14th, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;This rice planting festival happens every June in Osaka at the Sumiyoshitaisha, a 1803 years old shrine. It is for good harvest and a stage in the field presents a series of dances and music during the rice planting that takes about 2 hours. It was indeed a great experience!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;14 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Este festival de plantacao de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;arroz acontece todo mes de junho em Osaka no Sumiyoshitasha, um templo de 1803 anos. E' para favorecer boa colheita e um palco no meio do campo apresenta uma seria de dancas e musicas durante a plantacao de arroz que dura em media 2 horas. Esta foi sem duvida uma maravilhosa experiencia!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ4yNP74I/AAAAAAAAAIo/_YoqcluzGAA/s400/rice+planting+03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215679517440339842" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ0O1vRhI/AAAAAAAAAIg/oYS6S8AZt_w/s1600-h/rice+planting+02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ0O1vRhI/AAAAAAAAAIg/oYS6S8AZt_w/s400/rice+planting+02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215679439227012626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-5857719479586529784?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/5857719479586529784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=5857719479586529784' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5857719479586529784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5857719479586529784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/osaka-otaue-shinji-rice-planting.html' title='Osaka - Otaue Shinji Matsuri (Rice Planting Festival)'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHQ-TGs0UI/AAAAAAAAAIw/rTxW1R9-Uos/s72-c/rice+planting+04.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-4613131950691399048</id><published>2008-06-24T12:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.126-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Osaka - Kuromon Ichiba Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHIf2TeuBI/AAAAAAAAAII/cp3qzX0PTX8/s1600-h/osaka+market+06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHIf2TeuBI/AAAAAAAAAII/cp3qzX0PTX8/s400/osaka+market+06.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215670292950464530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Kuromon Ichiba Market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHH8FjJPSI/AAAAAAAAAHw/e-WxG9aZMmM/s1600-h/osaka+market+04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHH8FjJPSI/AAAAAAAAAHw/e-WxG9aZMmM/s400/osaka+market+04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215669678567406882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Blowfishes and eels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Baiacus e enguias.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHHzvmjriI/AAAAAAAAAHo/bZLZPMNy6l4/s1600-h/osaka+market+03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHHzvmjriI/AAAAAAAAAHo/bZLZPMNy6l4/s400/osaka+market+03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215669535237189154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;Dried octopus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Polvo seco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHHueVjlbI/AAAAAAAAAHg/GYGURtVLsIU/s1600-h/osaka+market+02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHHueVjlbI/AAAAAAAAAHg/GYGURtVLsIU/s400/osaka+market+02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215669444703131058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Tempura.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHHo8wnBYI/AAAAAAAAAHY/ltZMt8nYHxQ/s1600-h/osaka+market+01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHHo8wnBYI/AAAAAAAAAHY/ltZMt8nYHxQ/s400/osaka+market+01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215669349790451074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Smoked eels.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Enguias defumadas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;June 14th, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Osaka is the third largest and the second most important city in Japan. Since it is considered "tenka no daidokoro" (nation's kitchen), I had to check out the Kuromon Ichiba Market! It was amazing... The place has covered alleys with so many vendors and products. It is a place to spend a whole day checking out all the different seafood and produce they sell. Some examples are: fugu (blowfish which are poisonous), kyoho grapes (concord like), dried octopus, smoked eels. The place is full of new things and smells for a foreigner and is a "must visit" for food lovers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The vendors are so kind and I had no problem when asking to take pictures. The only problem I noticed was the bicycles circulating among the the people freely so I had to be careful not to hit or get hit by one of them. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Some interesting things about the fugu: Even containing a deadly poison in the organs about 10,000 tons of this exotic delicacy is consumed each year in Japan and only licensed cooks are allowed to prepare it. I was very curious about trying but I did not feel confident. The place we used to spend the summer in Bahia (Brazil) is full of those funny fishes and I remember the only person that knew how to clean perfectly was Mrs. Dulce, an old lady that lived right beside our house. Everybody in the island trusted her and I never heard of someone that died because of it. She also used to sundry some in her backyard. When fishing with my father all the blowfish we caught was for her and they are hard to take off the hook since they have "bunny tooth" and blow when you hold them out of the water. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I got a package of kyoho grapes! So yumi and juicy! They are a cross of Vitis vinifera and Vitis labrusca (Campbell and Centennial varieties) and are very similar to Concord. The skin is not commonly eaten and separates from the flesh easily. They have been produced since 1942 and can be found in California's Central Valley and Chile too. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;14 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Osaka e' a terceira maior e a segunda cidade mais importante do Japao. Considerada "tenka no daidokoro" (cozinha da nacao), eu tinha que conhecer o Mercado Kuromon Ichiba! E' maravilhoso... O lugar tem becos cobertos com muitos vendedores e produtos. E' um lugar para passar o dia conhecendo todos os frutos do mar diferentes e frutas e verduras. Alguns exemplos sao: fugu (baiacu, que e' venenoso), uvas kyoho (tipo concord), polvo seco, enguias defumadas.  O lugar e' cheio de novidades e cheiros para um turista e e' "visita obrigatoria" para apaixonados por comida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Os vendedores sao bem atenciosos e nao tive nenhum problema quando pedia para tirar fotos. O unico problema eram as bicicletas circulando no meio das pessoas normalmente e eu tinha que ter cuidado para nao ser atropelada ou esbarrar em alguma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Algumas curiosidades do fugu: Mesmo contendo um veneno mortal no organismo, aproximadamente 10.000 toneladas desta exotica iguaria e' consumida por ano no Japao e apenas cozinheiros licenciados podem preparar. Estava curiosa para experimentar mas nao tive coragem. O lugar que passavamos as ferias de verao na Bahia (Brasil) e' cheio desses peixes engracados e lembro que a unica pessoa que sabia limpar perfeitamente era a D. Dulce, uma senhora que morava na casa ao lado. Todos confiavam nela e nunca ouvi falar de alguem que morreu por isso. Ela tambem secava no sol uma parte dos peixes no quintal. Quando ia pescar com meu pai, todo baiacu que a gente pescava era para ela e eles sao dificeis de tirar do anzol porque tem dentes parecidos com os de coelho e inflam quando a gente segura fora da agua. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Comprei uma caixa de uvas kyoho! Tao deliciosas e suculentas! Sao resultado do cruzamento da Vitis vinifera com a Vitis labrusca (Campbell e Centennial) e sao bem parecidas com a Concord. A casca normalmente nao e' ingerida e e' facilmente separada da polpa. Elas sao produzidas desde 1942 e sao encontradas no Central Valley, California e no Chile tambem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHICnvGdyI/AAAAAAAAAH4/DDuHgV2ANfM/s400/osaka+market+05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215669790823577378" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Kyoho grapes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Uvas Kyoho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHJJ_6NEkI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/wPM3gluhoPw/s400/osaka+market+08.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215671017083310658" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Fruits and vegetables.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;Frutas e legumes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-4613131950691399048?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/4613131950691399048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=4613131950691399048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/4613131950691399048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/4613131950691399048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/osaka-kuromon-ichiba-market.html' title='Osaka - Kuromon Ichiba Market'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SGHIf2TeuBI/AAAAAAAAAII/cp3qzX0PTX8/s72-c/osaka+market+06.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-2723094190371042238</id><published>2008-06-18T03:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.126-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Okonomiyaki Hiroshima Style</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFjqSoX3TgI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/LgMHQI77g2w/s1600-h/okonomiyaki+hiroshima.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213174174477405698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFjqSoX3TgI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/LgMHQI77g2w/s400/okonomiyaki+hiroshima.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Preparation of my okonomiyaki.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Preparando meu okonomiyaki.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;"  &gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px Georgia; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"&gt;June 12th, 2008 - part 2&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px Georgia; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;"&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px Georgia; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I could not leave Hiroshima without trying the &lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(51,102,204)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomiyaki"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(75,34,136); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;okonomiyaki&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in their style. It is like a pancake with cabbage, seafood, pork, soba (noodles), aonori (seaweed flakes), bonito flakes, mayonnaise, ginger and their special sauce. I went to a place that was crowded the day before so I knew it would be a good choice. The mix of flavors is something very interesting in this plate. The only thing I did not like at all was a type of oyster sauce they use in the end. Nevertheless it was a very interesting experience! Next time I will ask for less sauce.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;"  &gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px Georgia; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;12 de junho de 2008 - parte 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px Georgia; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 16px Georgia; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;Nao podia ir embora de Hiroshima sem experimentar o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomiyaki"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt;okonomiyaki&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)"&gt; no estilo deles. E' um tipo de panqueca com repolho, frutos do mar, carne de porco, soba (macarrao), aonori (alga em po'), bonito em po', maionese, gengibre e o molho especial deles. Fui num restaurante que estava lotado no dia anterior entao eu sabia que este seria uma boa escolha. A mistura de sabores e' algo bem interessante neste prato. A unica coisa que nao gostei muito foi o tipo de "molho de ostra" que eles usam no final. Mesmo assim estava muito interessante! Da proxima vez vou pedir menos molho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-2723094190371042238?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/2723094190371042238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=2723094190371042238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/2723094190371042238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/2723094190371042238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/okonomiyaki-hiroshima-style.html' title='Okonomiyaki Hiroshima Style'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFjqSoX3TgI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/LgMHQI77g2w/s72-c/okonomiyaki+hiroshima.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-987726714427200040</id><published>2008-06-15T06:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.127-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Miyajima - Oyster lover's place!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFUsn4esouI/AAAAAAAAAHI/5B-DLocN7v0/s1600-h/miyajima.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFUsn4esouI/AAAAAAAAAHI/5B-DLocN7v0/s400/miyajima.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212121207438877410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;The "Ohtorii gate" of the Itsukushima Shrine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;O "Portal Ohtorii" do Templo Itsukushima.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFUrvQg-bEI/AAAAAAAAAHA/kkNMsX9oOcI/s1600-h/tachibana+miyajima+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFUrvQg-bEI/AAAAAAAAAHA/kkNMsX9oOcI/s400/tachibana+miyajima+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212120234638339138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;The Tachibana Restaurant in Miyajima.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;O restaurante Tachibana em Miyajima.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFUrEgmQ2iI/AAAAAAAAAG4/__VyZERJ9n4/s1600-h/miyajima+kakifurai.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFUrEgmQ2iI/AAAAAAAAAG4/__VyZERJ9n4/s400/miyajima+kakifurai.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212119500221110818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;My Kakifurai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"&gt;June 12th, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Miyajima means "shrine island". It is a sacred place and is one of the most scenic views in Japan. We got there by ferryboat and in the middle of the way I noticed oyster farms. The island is beautiful and you can see deers all over the place. To go to the shrines and rope way we had to cross a shopping area with many delicious snack stands, restaurants and souvenir stores. The oysters are huge and in most of the places they sell grilled, breaded (tempura like) and raw with lemon. I already knew what I was having for lunch and we decided to stop by Tachibana, a medium size restaurant, for the japanese standards, with tables and tatami which was our choice. Of course I had oyster! Kakifurai (kaki = oyster and furai = fry) with red sauce and lemon. This was the first time I had oysters this way and it was really good! So tender, crispy and I could feel the ocean in every bite. The Miyajima Oyster Festival is a local celebration held in February where you can taste a variety of oyster dishes at the food stalls that they set up along the port. After lunch I decided to try another speciality of the island, the Momiji Manju (a waffle like dough filled with sweet beans paste modeled on the shape of the fall leaves). I tried the tradicional and some ocidental varieties like cream and chocolate. The food is great and the views are incredible, specially the "Ohtorii gate" of the Itsukushima Shrine. A place to write at my "must come back" list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;12 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); white-space: pre;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Miyajima significa "ilha do templo". E' um logar sagrado e um dos mais panoramicos do Japao. Chegamos la' de ferryboat e no meio do caminho percebi cultivo de ostras. A ilha e' linda e voce encontra renas por toda a parte. Para visitar os templos e bondinhos tivemos que cruzar a area de lojas com deliciosas banquinhas de petiscos, restaurantes e lojas de souvenir. As ostras sao enormes e na maioria dos lugares eles vendiam grelhadas, empanadas (tipo tempura) e cruas com limao. Eu ja' sabia o que queria para almocar e decidimos parar no Tachibana, um restaurante de tamanho medio, para os padroes japoneses, com mesas e tatami, o que acabamos escolhendo. E' claro que comi ostras! Kakifurai (kaki = ostra e furai = frita) com molho vermelho e limao. Esta foi a primeira vez que comi ostras desta maneira e estava maravilhosa! Bem macia, crocante e eu podia sentir o mar em cada mordida. O Festival de Ostra de Miyajima e' uma celebracao local que acontece em fevereiro onde voce pode experimentar uma variedade de pratos nas barraquinhas que eles montam no porto. Depois do almoco decidi experimentar outra especialidade da ilha, o Momiji Manju (uma massa tipo waffle recheada com pasta de feijao doce modelada como folhas de outono). Experimentei o tradicional e algumas variacoes ocidentais tipo creme e chocolate. A comida e' otima e a paisagem e' incrivel, especialmente o "Portal Ohtorii" do templo Itsukushima. Um lugar para colocar na minha lista "tenho que voltar".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-987726714427200040?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/987726714427200040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=987726714427200040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/987726714427200040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/987726714427200040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/miyajima-oyster-lovers-place.html' title='Miyajima - Oyster lover&apos;s place!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFUsn4esouI/AAAAAAAAAHI/5B-DLocN7v0/s72-c/miyajima.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-1373116602689465192</id><published>2008-06-13T06:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.127-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Hiroshima</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKF9lUkuBI/AAAAAAAAAGw/6lvXQeWVybU/s1600-h/shinkansen+hiroshima.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKF9lUkuBI/AAAAAAAAAGw/6lvXQeWVybU/s400/shinkansen+hiroshima.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211375011858003986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Shinkansen to Hiroshima.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFwy_1HWI/AAAAAAAAAGo/1iSUyseGc9U/s1600-h/snack+shinkansen+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFwy_1HWI/AAAAAAAAAGo/1iSUyseGc9U/s400/snack+shinkansen+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211374792190795106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Breakfast from a convenience store. Ham and egg cold sandwich with mango yogurt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Cafe da manha de uma loja de conveniencia. Sanduiche gelado de presunto e ovos e iogurte de manga.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFmcf-AfI/AAAAAAAAAGg/YaJUfbnZfcA/s1600-h/hiroshima+restaurant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFmcf-AfI/AAAAAAAAAGg/YaJUfbnZfcA/s400/hiroshima+restaurant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211374614352888306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Restaurant in Hiroshima (Asse Department Store).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Restaurante em Hiroshima (Loja de departamento Asse).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFdZPQWxI/AAAAAAAAAGY/yr9QPWrOD9c/s1600-h/hiroshima+restaurant+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFdZPQWxI/AAAAAAAAAGY/yr9QPWrOD9c/s400/hiroshima+restaurant+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211374458858658578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFIa3HqEI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/YN5JdcKX2xg/s1600-h/lunch+hiroshima.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKFIa3HqEI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/YN5JdcKX2xg/s400/lunch+hiroshima.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211374098517043266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;My teishoku (japanese combination).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Meu teishoku (combinado japones).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;June 11th, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;We got breakfast at a convenience store and left Shinagawa Station at 7:40am to Hiroshima. 5 hours on a shinkansen (bullet train). My breakfast was tasty. I love the way they use sugar here. Just enough! This way you can taste the fruit in the yogurt, for example. And the sandwich was very light and delicate. Perfect for breakfast. It was a cloudy day and when we got there the rain started, and it was like that the whole day. We had lunch at the Asse Department Store but I can't remember the name. The place had only 5 tables and a counter, one lady taking the orders and 3 people preparing the food without the rush of a big restaurant. That was amazing! One day, if I decide to own a restaurant, it will be like that. No rush, more quality, quiet place. The food was really good! Every single thing in my teishoku (japanese combination) was tasteful and I felt like I wanted more. I had teriyaki like pork, potato salad, fried fish, gohan and tempura. A teishoku is a great way to try different things in a single meal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;11 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); white-space: pre;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Compramos cafe da manha numa loja de conveniencia e partimos da estacao de Shinagawa para Hiroshima `as 7:40. 5 horas num shinkansen (trem bala). Meu cafe da manha estava saboroso. Eu gosto da maneira que eles usam acucar aqui. Apenas o sufuciente! Desta maneira voce pode sentir o sabor da fruta, por exemplo. O sanduiche estava bem light e delicado, perfeito para cafe da manha. Estava nublado e quando chegamos la' comecou a chover e ficou assim o resto do dia. Almocamos na loja de departamento Asse mas nao lembro o nome do restaurante. O lugar tem apenas 5 mesas e um balcao uma senhora tirando os pedidos e 3 pessoas preparando sem a correria de grandes restaurantes. Isso foi maravilhoso! Um dia, se eu decidir ter um restaurante, sera' assim. Sem pressa, mais qualidade, lugar tranquilo. A comida estava deliciosa! Cada item do meu teishoku (combinado japones) estava saboroso e eu senti vontade de pedir mais. Comi porco estilo teriyaki, salada de batata, peixe frito, gohan e tempura. Teishoku e uma otima maneira de experimentar coisas diferentes num unico prato.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-1373116602689465192?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/1373116602689465192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=1373116602689465192' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1373116602689465192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1373116602689465192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/hiroshima.html' title='Hiroshima'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFKF9lUkuBI/AAAAAAAAAGw/6lvXQeWVybU/s72-c/shinkansen+hiroshima.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-1981371324824255483</id><published>2008-06-12T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.128-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Nikko and dinner with friends in Shinagawa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFE0SsTuoAI/AAAAAAAAAGA/UzhQqfC1fYA/s1600-h/nikko+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFE0SsTuoAI/AAAAAAAAAGA/UzhQqfC1fYA/s400/nikko+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211003739580571650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;My Soba from the restaurant inside the temples area in Nikko.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Meu soba de um restaurante dentro da area dos templos em Nikko.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFE0NW3rFII/AAAAAAAAAF4/z2G0Jq62X50/s1600-h/nikko+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFE0NW3rFII/AAAAAAAAAF4/z2G0Jq62X50/s400/nikko+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211003647926408322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-small;"&gt;Shinkyo bridge in Nikko.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;June 10th, 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Breathtaking temples and nature views. So many details that most of the time I was far behind my family taking hundreds of pictures. Sometimes I felt like walking in one of those 5000 pieces puzle pictures that we can't figure out. We had lunch in a small restaurant inside the temples area. The menu was very simple with more or less 5 items. I chose a bowl of soba that was good! After that we continued our expedition throughout Nikko and got back to Tokyo by 6pm. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;At night we stayed with friends in Shinagawa. She prepared a special japanese dinner for us that was really good! We had steamed chicken wrapped in lettuce with tomato, cucumber and mustard. A special steak with Tokyo onions and gohan. Shrimp spring rolls and miso soup. Everything was perfect. We enjoyed the great dinner from the top of Tokyo where we could see the Tokyo Tower area. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;10 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); white-space: pre;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Templos e paisagens naturais de tirar o folego. Tantos detalhes que a maior parte do tempo eu estava bem atras da minha familia tirando centenas de fotos. Algumas vezes me senti como em um desses quebra-cabecas de 5000 pecas que a gente nao consegue terminar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Almocamos em um restaurante pequeno dentro da area dos templos. O cardapio era bem simples com mais ou menos 5 itens. Escolhi uma tigela de soba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;que estava bom! Depois continuamos nossa expedicao em Nikko e voltamos para Tokyo por volta das 6. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;`A noite ficamos com amigos em Shinagawa. Ela preparou um jantar japones especial para a gente que estava muito bom! Tivemos frang no vapor enrolado em alface com tomate, pepino e mostarda. Uma carne especial com cebolinha de Tokio e gohan. Rolinhos primavera de camarao e Miso. Tudo estava perfeito. Desfrutamos o maravilhoso jantar no topo de Tokyo onde podiamos observar a area da Torre de Tokio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-1981371324824255483?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/1981371324824255483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=1981371324824255483' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1981371324824255483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1981371324824255483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/nikko-and-dinner-with-friends-in.html' title='Nikko and dinner with friends in Shinagawa'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFE0SsTuoAI/AAAAAAAAAGA/UzhQqfC1fYA/s72-c/nikko+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-8372196545288555614</id><published>2008-06-11T07:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.128-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Senbei and Tempura in Asakusa + Kappabashi-dori</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SE_htqlKCXI/AAAAAAAAAFA/jPacmtnwAac/s1600-h/senbei+01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SE_htqlKCXI/AAAAAAAAAFA/jPacmtnwAac/s400/senbei+01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210631468531452274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Ichiban-Ya (senbei store) - Senso-ji Temple entrance in Asakusa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Ichiban-Ya (loja de senbei) - Entrada do Templo Senso-ji in Asakusa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);  font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);  font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SE_iB1rTo-I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/9tQLPeKDyl8/s400/sante+asakusa+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210631815107421154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Santei Restaurant in Asakusa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SFJ1_PQYEXI/AAAAAAAAAGI/DV5HTi1kBEg/s400/kapabashi+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211357448108511602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Before crossing the street for Kappabashi-dori.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Antes de atravessar a rua para Kappabashi-dori.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;June 9th, 2008&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The Ichiban-ya store was not easy to find specially because their banner is written in kanji but I remembered the picture I saw on the internet before going there. The man was preparing the plain ones right at the front of the store. It is very interesting that they use soy sauce to dip the senbei before serving it, which gives a different texture and flavor plus it makes a difference having it so fresh! It was hard to decide due to the large number of different flavors but eventually I chose a few to try later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;We were planning to try the traditional tempura in Asakusa after visiting the Senso-ji but the place was closed for maintenance and it is hard to find a restaurant opened after 2pm. At the Asakusa information center the man suggested us the Santei Restaurant across the street. We were greeted at the entrance by ladies wearing kimono and we had lunch upstairs close to the window where we could see the main street. The gohan (cooked white rice) was perfect but I was expecting more from the tempura. It was not crunchy because they served already with the sauce. After lunch I went to Kappabashi-dori to take a look at the cookware stores and to buy soba utensils. I got a nice knife in a nice store right when the avenue starts and the wooden utensils at the soba place. The sallesman did not speak english and that was the hardest communication experience so far in Japan. I had to point at things and mimic to show the sizes that I needed since the utensils for soba are sold according to the amount of flour you use. Fortunately he was very patient and kind. After all the details with the utensils and the techniques, I feel that soba preparation is indeed a ceremony since you have to concentrate in so many details. I like the way it is. I feel confident during the preparation and trust that at the end things will work. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;9 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;A loja Ichiban-ya nao foi facil de encontrar especialmente porque o letreiro deles esta' escrito em kanji mas eu lembrava da foto que vi na internet antes de visitar. O senhor estava preparando os simples na entrada da loja. E' bem interessante que eles mergulham o senbei no shoyu antes de servir, o que da' textura e sabor diferentes alem da vantagem de experimentar bem fresquinho! Foi dificil de decidir por causa da enorme variedade de sabores mas finalmente escolhi alguns para experimentar depois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Nos estavamos planejando experimentar o tempura tradicional de Asakusa depois de visitar o templo Senso-ji mas o lugar estava fechado para manutencao e e' dificil de encontrar restaurante aberto depois das 2 da tarde. No centro de informacao de Asakusa o senhor sugeriu o Restaurante Santei do outro lado da rua. Nos fomos recebidos na entrada por senhoras trajando kimono e almocamos no andar superior perto da janela de onde podiamos observar a rua principal. O gohan (arroz cozido) estava perfeito mas eu esperava mais do tempura. Nao estava crocante porque serviram com o molho por cima. Depois do almoco fui para Kappabashi-dori para conhecer as lojas de acessorios de cozinha e para comprar utensilios para soba. Comprei uma faca legal numa loja bem no comeco da avenida e os utensilios de madeira numa loja de soba. O vendedor nao falava ingles e esta foi a mais complicada experiencia de comunicacao ate entao no Japao. Tive que apontar coisas e fazer mimica para mostrar os tamanhos que eu precisava pois os utensilios para soba sao vendidos de acordo com a quantidade de farinha que sera' utilizada. Felizmente ele foi muito paciente e gentil. Depois de todos os detalhes com utensilios e tecnicas, sinto que o preparo do soba e' mesmo uma cerimonia desde que voce tem que se concentrar em tantos detalhes. Eu gosto desta maneira. Me sinto mais segura durante o preparo e certa de que no final tudo funcionara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"&gt;More senbei pictures at the Ichiban-Ya in Asakusa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:10px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SE_xOjmaSmI/AAAAAAAAAFY/k6cETupXohg/s400/senbei+02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210648526267763298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SE_xyWHNvTI/AAAAAAAAAFg/4SoRcG83_lQ/s400/senbei+03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210649141122546994" style="display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SExpS4zzvvI/AAAAAAAAAE4/9t1feE8Rais/s400/SOBA+CLASS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209654642169069298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Me and Chef Akyla Inouye.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SExmoGR_-xI/AAAAAAAAAEA/FZxh3QkRmbo/s1600-h/SOBA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SExmoGR_-xI/AAAAAAAAAEA/FZxh3QkRmbo/s400/SOBA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209651708027730706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;My bowl of soba prepared by Chef Inouye.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Chef Inouye has been working with soba for almost 20 years and his passion can be noticed during his demonstration. Each detail is very important pretty much like everything  in the Japanese culture. And finally I was there, at the &lt;a href="http://soba.specialist.co.jp/"&gt;Tsukiji Soba Academy&lt;/a&gt;, learning how to prepare soba the traditional way. I was so excited! Joining me in the class were two japanese students so the class was in Japanese with english translation by Chef Inouye himself. I was divided between taking notes and pictures. After Chef Inouye's demonstration we had to prepare our own soba at our tables. Chef Inouye was assisting me while his helper assisted the other two students. His support during my preparation was perfect! He is a very good instructor for sure. Making soba requires hard work, especially if you do it in the traditional way! I could feel my arms where hurting at the end. But I did it! And it was definitely a great experience!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Chef Inouye prepara soba faz 20 anos e sua paixao pode ser observada durante sua demonstracao. Cada detalhe e' muito importante como em todas as coisas da cultura japonesa. E finalmente eu estava la' na &lt;a href="http://soba.specialist.co.jp/"&gt;Academia de Soba de Tsukiji&lt;/a&gt; aprendendo a preparar soba da forma tradicional. Euestava super feliz! Tambem na aula estavam mais dois alunos japoneses entao a aula foi em japones com traducao em ingles pelo proprio Chef Inouye. Eu estava dividida entre fazer anotacoes e tirar fotos. Depois da demonstracao do Chef Inouye tivemos que preparar nosso proprio soba nas nossas mesas. Chef Inouye estava me acompanhando enquanto seu assistente acompanhava os outros dois estudantes. A ajuda dele durante o preparo foi perfeita! Ele realmente e' um otimo instrutor. Preparar soba e' um trabalho pesado principalmente na maneira tradicional. Eu senti meus bracos doloridos no final. Mas consegui! 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SHINJUKU, TOKYO</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SEsFXYa6dTI/AAAAAAAAADo/ofdhPafS1Lg/s1600-h/takayaki_shinjuku.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SEsFXYa6dTI/AAAAAAAAADo/ofdhPafS1Lg/s400/takayaki_shinjuku.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209263293234574642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SEsFElY4pYI/AAAAAAAAADg/wCvY4jm8lKE/s1600-h/takayaki+man+shinjuku.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SEsFElY4pYI/AAAAAAAAADg/wCvY4jm8lKE/s400/takayaki+man+shinjuku.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209262970298213762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Chef preparing TAKOYAKI (Osaka traditional food) at the Halc Food - Shinjuku Station.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Chef preparando TAKOYAKI (prato tradicional de Osaka) no Halc Food - Estacao de Shinjuku.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;June 7th, 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Hi there!!! After the long flight and huge time change... Here I am with some great shots and information about the food here in Shinjuku, Tokyo. I am very tired but I have to talk about our visit to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station"&gt;Shinjuku Station&lt;/a&gt;, the busiest train station in the World... We decided to visit the &lt;a href="http://www.odakyu-dept.co.jp/foreign/en/index.html" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "&gt;Odakyu Department Store&lt;/a&gt;. It is normal to find food courts in the underground of department stores here so we decided to check it out. What a great idea!!! All kinds of food... A huge variety of fresh seafood. That was incredible... The most interesting to me was the &lt;a href="http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=361&amp;amp;pID=1168"&gt;TAKOYAKI&lt;/a&gt; place where they prepare the pancake like balls with octopus, green onions, scallops.  I could not go back to the hotel without trying one of those. It is very simple, the flavor is delicate and the octopus was so fresh. Interesting is the way they prepare. They keep turning the "little pancakes" until they are done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I also got a pack of traditional &lt;a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/r/e107.html"&gt;GYOZA&lt;/a&gt; (with pork). The flavor was great! Unfortunately they were not hot enough.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Take a look at the fresh fish! You could smell the ocean! Everything was perfectly packed and refrigerated. They are really careful here. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;7 de junho de 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Oi gente! Depois de um longo voo e de uma mudanca gigantesca de fuso... Aqui estou com algumas fotos e informacoes sobre comida aqui em Shinjuku, Tokio. Estou super cansada mas tenho que falar sobre nossa visita `a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station"&gt;Estacao Shinjuku&lt;/a&gt;, a estacao de trem mais movimentada do mundo... Nos decidimos visitar a &lt;a href="http://www.odakyu-dept.co.jp/foreign/en/index.html" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "&gt;Loja de Departamentos Odakyu&lt;/a&gt;. E' normal encontrar area de alimentacao no sub-solo das lojas de departamento aqui e entao decidimos ver de perto. Que grande ideia!!! Todos os tipos de comida... Uma grande varieda de frutos do mar. Isso foi incrivel... O mais interessante para mim foi o lugar de &lt;a href="http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=361&amp;amp;pID=1168"&gt;TAKOYAKI&lt;/a&gt; onde eles preparam umas bolinhas tipo panqueca com polvo, cebolinha, vieira.  Eu nao poderia voltar para o hotel sem experimentar uma dessas. Isso e' super simples, o sabor e' delicado e o polvo estava super fresco. O interessante e' a maneira que eles preparam. Eles ficam virando as "pequenas panquecas" ate' elas ficarem prontas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Tambem comprei uma caixa de &lt;a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/r/e107.html"&gt;GYOZA&lt;/a&gt; tradicional (com carne de porco). O sabor estava perfeito! Infelizmente nao estava quente. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;De uma olhada nos peixes frescos. Voce poderia sentir o cheiro do mar! Tudo estava perfeitamente embalado e refrigerado. Els sao bem cuidadosos com isso la'.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SEsHNOQMJ5I/AAAAAAAAAD4/BZguzbppklE/s400/gyoza+shinjuku.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209265317729806226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:small;"&gt;My traditional Gyoza Bento Box from the Halc Food.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Minha caixa tradicional de Gyoza do Halc Food.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);  font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SEsG2bXdXhI/AAAAAAAAADw/aExnlPS1fQg/s400/fresh+fish+shinjuku.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209264926112964114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;Fresh fish from the Halc Food.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt;Peixe fresco do Halc Food.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);  font-family:'courier new';font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-1079674130822327051?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/1079674130822327051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=1079674130822327051' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1079674130822327051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/1079674130822327051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-day-in-japan-shinjuku-tokyo.html' title='FIRST DAY IN JAPAN! 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The ICHIBAN-YA. They sell over 100 types of senbei. I love senbei!!! There is a charcoal grill at the front of the shop where they show the final step of the preparation process and the customer can sample some fresh senbei.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To get there we will walk down the side alley that runs parallel just to the right of the main route to Senjo-ji Temple; the shop is around 2/3 of the way to the temple, on the right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:Times;"&gt;&lt;table width="500" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#99CC99" align="center" style="text-align: justify;border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; font-size: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); width: 100%; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="130" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="370" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);  line-height: 19px; font-family:Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Senbei&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; (煎餅,せんべい) are Japanese crackers, made from rice. They come in various shapes, sizes, and flavors, usually savory but sometimes sweet. Senbei are often eaten with green tea as a casual snack and offered to visiting house guests as a courtesy refreshment. (Wikipedia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);  line-height: 19px;font-family:Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   line-height: 19px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   line-height: 19px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);   line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Existe um lugar em Asakusa que eu tenho que visitar! A ICHIBAN-YA. Eles vendem mais de 100 tipos de senbei. Eu amo senbei!!! Tem um grill de carvao na entrada da loja onde eles mostram a etapa final do preparo e os clientes podem experimentar senbei fresquinho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Para chegar la' seguiremos o beco lateral que segue paralelo ao lado direito do caminho principal para o Templo Senjo-ji; a loja fica aproximadamente a 2/3 do caminho, do lado direito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="line-height: 19px; font-family:Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="line-height: 19px; font-family:Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="line-height: 19px; font-family:Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;enbei&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; (煎餅,せんべい) sao biscoitos japoneses feitos de arroz. Encontrados em varias formas, tamanhos e sabores. Normalmente saboroso mas algumas vezes adocidado. Senbei e' acompanhado por cha' verde como um aperitivo casual oferecido para visitas como cortesia. (Wikipedia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);   line-height: 19px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="line-height: 19px; font-family:Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   line-height: 19px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);   line-height: normal; font-family:Times;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;table width="500" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#99CC99" align="center" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; font-size: 100%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); width: 100%; "&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="130" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;Address&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="370" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;1-31-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0032&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="130" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;Telephone&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="370" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;(03) 3842-5001 (in Japanese)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="130" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;Office Hours&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="370" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;9:00 - 19:30&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="130" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;Web Site&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="370" class="e-text" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.4em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 93%; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://senbei-yaketayo.com/" target="_blank" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "&gt;http://senbei-yaketayo.com/&lt;/a&gt; (Japanese)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   line-height: 19px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-5003648467510147391?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/5003648467510147391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=5003648467510147391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5003648467510147391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/5003648467510147391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/06/senbei-in-asakusa-tokyo.html' title='SENBEI in Asakusa - Tokyo'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SEOUDPO3hAI/AAAAAAAAACo/QtVyIsTbb3w/s72-c/ph-sembei36-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-596896392597006321</id><published>2008-05-30T22:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.130-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Tsukiji Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="-webkit-user-select: none" src="http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2007/01/06/20070105180003.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Tsukiji Fish Market is one of the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. The market is located in Tsukiji, a district in central Tokyo, and is a major attraction for foreign visitors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A visit to Tsukiji Market is best combined with a fresh sushi breakfast or lunch at one of the onsite or local restaurants. Restaurants typically open around five in the morning and close between  12 and 3pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I have great expectations about this place... I feel like it will surprise me. I want to smell everything, see every detail and keep a piece of this place that I am already in love with, in my gourmet heart. There are about 450 types of fish they receive everyday... My father and brother would be amazed with this variety! Unfortunately they closed the tourist access for the tuna auction. I hope I can see some giant tuna outside this area.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;We wil take the Uedo Subway Line directly from Shinjuku Station to Tsukjishijo Station. The ride takes 20 minutes (one-way) and costs 260 yen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hours: Inner Market - 3am to 12pm / Outer Market - varies, tipically 5am to 2pm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Closed: Sundays, national holidays and some Wednesdays.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;O Mercado de Peixe Tsukiji e' um dos maiores de vendas em atacado de peixes e frutos do mar no mundo. O mercado e' localizado em Tsukiji, um distrito centro de Tokyo, e e' uma grande atracao turistica.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Uma visita ao Mercado Tsukiji deve ser acompanhada com um cafe' da manha ou almoco de sushi em um dos restaurantes do local. Os restaurantes normalmente abrem por volta das 5 da manha e fecham por volta das 12 e 14h.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Tenho grandes expectativas em relacao a este lugar... Sinto que ele vai me surpreender. Quero sentir o cheiro de tudo, ver cada detalhe e guardar um pedaco deste lugar que ja' estou apaixonada no meu coracao gourmet. Eles recebem diariamente uma media de 450 tipos de peixes... Meu pai e meu irmao estariam impressionados com essa variedade! Infelizmente eles fecharam o acesso de turistas nos leiloes de atum. Espero que eu possa ver alguns atuns gigantes fora desta area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Pegaremos a linha de metro Uedo direto da estacao Shinjuku para a estacao Tsukijishijo. A linha direta leva 20 minutos (ida) e custa 260 yens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Horario: area interna - 3 `as 12h / area externa - 5 `as 14h.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Fechado: Domingos, feriados nacionais e algumas quartas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-596896392597006321?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/596896392597006321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=596896392597006321' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/596896392597006321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/596896392597006321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/05/tsukiji-market.html' title='Tsukiji Market'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-9201399795049483226</id><published>2008-05-26T07:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.155-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Kappabashi-dori - Kitchen Town</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/p/2007/kappa-079-440x330.jpg" id="fullImage" width="440" height="330" alt="Chef" /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Between Ueno and Asakusa. Kappabashi-dori has all kinds of gadgets imaginable for kitchen! Most of the Tokyo restaurants buy cookware and utensils from the about 160 stores there. I can imagine already myself strolling over this 1 mile street like a kid in a candy store! I don't know if I should prepare a list in advance... The only thing I know is that most of the stores are closed on Sunday. Now my plan is to visit it after the &lt;a href="http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/youkoso/about_e.htm"&gt;Tsukiji Market&lt;/a&gt;, Monday 9th. The closest station is Tawaramachi on the Subway Ginza Line. It is unlikely my family will come with me but we will meet later in Asakusa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Entre Ueno e Asakusa. Kappabashi-dori tem todos os tipos de tranqueiras imaginaveis para cozinha! A maioria dos restaurantes de Tokio compram panelas e utensilios nas cerca de 160 lojas de la'. Ja' posso me imaginar caminhando 1 milha como uma crianca numa loja de doces! Nao sei se devo preparar uma lista de compras antes... A unica coisa que sei e' que a maioria das lojas estao fechadas no domingo. Agora meu plano e' visitar depois do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/youkoso/about_e.htm"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Tsukiji Market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; na segunda-feira, dia 9. A estacao mais proxima e' Tawaramachi na linha de metro de Ginza. Provavelmente minha familia nao vai querer me acompanhar mas nos encontraremos depois em Asakusa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.japan-guide.com/g3/3020_01.jpg" width="301" height="250" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-9201399795049483226?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/9201399795049483226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=9201399795049483226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/9201399795049483226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/9201399795049483226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/05/kappabashi-dori-kitchen-town.html' title='Kappabashi-dori - Kitchen Town'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450036897036737998.post-7536065679867090587</id><published>2008-05-10T22:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T18:53:58.155-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><title type='text'>Counting down to JAPAN!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SDdkp_O3g9I/AAAAAAAAABs/Ij6bFCHNCjM/s1600-h/023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: center;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SDdkp_O3g9I/AAAAAAAAABs/Ij6bFCHNCjM/s320/023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203738566961103826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3 weeks to go... Almost there! Already signed up for SOBA class at the "&lt;a href="http://www.soba.specialist.co.jp"&gt;Tsukiji Soba Academy&lt;/a&gt;" with chef  Akila Inouye. Can't wait to cut my own soba!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;3 semanas... Quase la'! Ja' me registrei numa aula de SOBA no "&lt;a href="http://www.soba.specialist.co.jp"&gt;Tsukiji Soba Academy&lt;/a&gt;" com o chef Akila Inouye. Mal posso esperar para cortar meu soba!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soba.specialist.co.jp/"&gt;www.soba.specialist.co.jp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://soba.buckwheat-noodles.com/"&gt;soba.buckwheat-noodles.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tsukiji Soba Academy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;JK Plaza 3-12-12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tsukiji, Chuouku Tokyo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(81) 3 5148 5559&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4450036897036737998-7536065679867090587?l=chefadriana.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/feeds/7536065679867090587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4450036897036737998&amp;postID=7536065679867090587' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/7536065679867090587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4450036897036737998/posts/default/7536065679867090587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chefadriana.blogspot.com/2008/05/counting-down-to-japan.html' title='Counting down to JAPAN!'/><author><name>Chef Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01234427448594802703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SXd-FF6Go0I/AAAAAAAAALY/aiU2xsFvTg4/S220/chef_adri_all+white.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Whrlx1KoJ0A/SDdkp_O3g9I/AAAAAAAAABs/Ij6bFCHNCjM/s72-c/023.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
