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lunch at silenth

iain — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:42:53 +0000

lunch at silenth, originally uploaded by iain_brklyn.

On dinner reservations and web development

iain — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:03:00 +0000

I was going to write up a nice long post referencing these two Diner’s Journal posts, where Frank Bruni (head restaurant critic at the New York Times) discusses the online reservations system for Momofuku Ko. The comments on the second post are well worth the read and point to the fascinating intersection of web development and dinner. Fortunately, I don’t have to write the post, because Kottke already has.

Pig butchering class, the aftermath

iain — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:08:39 +0000

As expected, I attended the first pig butchering class at Brooklyn Kitchen. While more a demo than a class, it was great fun and very informative. Tom Mylan, the butcher who services Diner and its associated restaurants (Bonita, Marlow & Sons) is smart, funny, and obviously likes his meat. While I don’t think I could actually break down a whole pig by myself yet, I’m a tiny step closer than I was this time last week.

Balut, step by step

iain — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:27:24 +0000

My friend Ryan forwarded me this email where a friend of his documents his experience eating Balut. It’s revolting.

i don’t know if you all have heard of balut, but it is possibly the nastiest food on earth. it consists of a partially formed duck fetus being boiled in it’s shell then consumed in the following fashion: drink the fluid through a small hole in the top, extract and eat the yoke (which is veiny), then finally crunching on the fetus of the bird (i bailed and called my mother before this step). this one is apparently a lot younger than recommended, but i was able to make out more parts than i would have liked. i was truly disturbed as the last pic shows.