There yer go Rona, you got yourself a local food guide. Just remember to
post pics & commentary of your meals when you get back! drop a link here so
we know where to go see the pics.

DC.


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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:30:43 -0000, "DC." not@home wrote:


Nothing better than local knowledge... why don't you meet up with Rona
when
she's there? then we can get a trip report when Rona returns... hopefully
with pictures too & not just a bloated stomach. LOL.

It would be my pleasure to do so, if she doesn't mind. All she has to do
is to email me. Well, Christmas is around the
corner and the bloated stomach would help her pass of as a Santarina LOL!
Why do you think lots of gyms are sprouting
up all over Singapore? I will be away two weeks in December. Will be going
to Malaysia. If I know when she is coming I
can plan it so I shall be around when she arrives.

"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote in message
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"Peter Dy" wrote in message
m...

Hey, Stranger!

So, how did your trip to Austria work out? Do we on alt.food.asian get
to
hear about it or not?


Austria was great--though probably my least favourite of the countries I
visited. Granted, I was only in Vienna, but it was just not quite what I
had expected


Hehe. I must say, I'm not surprised. Austria is odd in many ways.


[...]

I've been meaning to write something up, and
if no one here minds, I'll post it here, too.


We're a mellow bunch. I doubt anyone would object. Just label it "OT."


Pics too...of goose?


No goose.


Yes, I recall now that you weren't there during goose season, which starts
in the Fall.

[...]


I do have some pictures of our outstanding dinner at Steirereck, though
most
are too dark to do the food justice (I didn't want to use a flash and
disturb the other diners).


Glad you had a good time at Steirereck, Rona! Funny story: I went there the
same day I arrived in Europe, straight from the airport (We were invited
there by colleagues of my father--I think it was Siemens people.) But our
suitcases hadn't arrived with our plane, so my brother and I had to go to
Steirereck wearing jeans and T-Shirts!

One really nice thing in Austria is their Heuriger--those are places in the
woods, in wine country, where young wine is served, as well as various cold
dishes. They have a unique, warm-Austrian atmosphere. And there are some
very close to Vienna. If you ever head back, I'd check them out.

Peter


PS. Funny thing about conservative Austria is that their literature has some
of the most socially conscious and politically critical writers in all of
German lit. And not only that, but they are often the most hilarious
writers in German, where comedy is scarce. Check out Horváth's play
"Stories from the Viennese Woods," for a totally amusing, socially critical,
and yet very Austrian play--several scenes take place in the Heuriger I
mentioned above. And then you have Johann Nestroy and Ferdinand Raimund who
both wrote hilarious plays for the Volkstheater [as opposed to the royal
theater] in Vienna in the first half of the 18th century. And in the 20th
century, they gave us Karl Kraus [viscious, yet funny media critic], Peter
Handke, Thomas Bernhard, and recent Nobel-Prize-winner Elfriede Jelinek, all
of whom had big problems with their home country.

As for modern America, well, it is still politically incorrect to be
writting stuff like the Austrians have been writing for so long...

Peter

"Peter Dy" wrote in message
. com...
And then you have Johann Nestroy and Ferdinand Raimund who
both wrote hilarious plays for the Volkstheater [as opposed to the royal
theater] in Vienna in the first half of the 18th century.


Sorry, I meant 19th century.

Peter

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Hehe. I must say, I'm not surprised. Austria is odd in many ways.

Try this for oddities...

Louie Austin - Cheap Records
Consequences LP - a punch drunk Sinatra does breakbeats -
http://www.cheap.at/record.php?id=52 tracks to check out - "Remember" & the
excellent "Hear My Song".

Later releases by Louie takes on a Sinatra meets disco house vibe. But some
of the mixes like "Hoping" are fresher, try the links for Kitty Yo releases
to listen.
Louie Austin info http://www.miooow.com/artists/index.htm look below
Leningrad Cowboys.

DC.

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:37:28 -0000, "DC." not@home wrote:

There yer go Rona, you got yourself a local food guide. Just remember to
post pics & commentary of your meals when you get back! drop a link here so
we know where to go see the pics.

DC.




How's this for starters?

Paper wrapped chicken
Thosai
Prata
Laksa
Mee siam
Vegetarian Indian
Fish head curry
Steamboat
Bryani
Chapati
Cold dish appetizer
Bak kut teh
Carrot cake
Chwee kueh
Nonya cakes

And for drinks:
Chendol
Ice lemon tea
Ginger tea
Teh tarik
Ice kacang

Misc

Red bean soup
sago pudding
bubor cha cha

And lots more...

If you could carry a spare tummy please do so

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[massivesnip]

Don't they sell frozen pratas in your area? I believe Singapore does
export them.

Eh, don't mind, ah, can do a big favour to someone who is desperate for
prata and tell me, who is the manufacturer and where to buy?

Google on frozen prata yielded results all in Singapore.

sq, "dying for a damn frozen prata right now, with mutton curry"