MY Hotel Food
>> Saturday, 21 June 2008
Hi Everyone, I'm back! I want to start this week by saying thanks to all those who participated in the Tried & Tasted, Tastes Like Home Edition. It was a pleasure answering your questions, sharing recipes and marvelling at your creations and adaptations with interesting twists. Thank you!
While travelling, I found myself in a hotel room outfitted with a kitchen and I just couldn't help myself, I had to cook (lol) hence the title of this post and my column this week, MY Hotel Food. Here are the three dishes I made, the recipes are simple and super easy, read the column and you'll find it all there. My hotel-room cooking is testament of what quality ingredients will yield minus the frills and all the things we fuss about having before we set about cooking.
Hey, it's really sad that Taste Spotting had to close isn't it? Many of us will surely miss it. But, guess what... Dhanggit of Dhanggit's Kitchen has created the Recipe Muncher, the slogan says it all: "hungry no more." You've got to check it out, and everyone's invited to add their blog. Unlike Taste Spotting where you had to submit your photographs etc. Recipe Muncher subscribes to your blog so you don't have to do anything but visit and salivate! :) It's really a foodie's delight. Seriously, check it out.
And finally, if you are planning to travel this summer whether for business or pleasure, read my post at Forgive Me My Nonsense... first.
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So you had a good holiday then cynthia.
I wish somtimes there was a kitchen when we are in holiday as one get so fed up eating food from restraunts especially if you go for more than 2 weeks.
If i ever stay in a hotel with the kitchen facility i would surley make my own food ( not always) but often.
When i make steak i always buy thin cut pieces as u said they are fater done
I'm still upset about Tastespotting and i will certainly look at Dhanggit's new website. Sounds interesting. Another one is Food gawker that works pretty much like Tastespotting. There's hope after all! :-)
Cynthia, the steak looks interesting. Although I don't eat beef often, your steak looks like something I can try every now and again since it's thinly sliced, and I won't feel too guilty about eating it. My question to you is the rice. In your article you mentioned that you steamed the rice. Did you have a steamer in the hotel room? I've never steamed my rice. I've only boiled it, please explain how you steam your rice. I'd like to try it. :-)
I really did think you were joking about cooking... girl you surprise me.
you are so adorable Cynthia :-) thanks for the right up..and a big thanks too for this tree wonderful dishes for our eyes to feast on.;as always you put your magic touch in it..i love all of them..so you will be in vacation again?? have fun sweetie :-)
WOW! You cooked all those in the hotel kitchenette! Amazing girl!:))
Cynthia, you cook in style even in the hotel. That looks delicious.
Cynthia, I have a surprise for you in my blog : http://priya-kitchen.blogspot.com/2008/06/awards-and-meme-one-more-meme-i-have.html
Hey Cynthia I have something for you in my place
Wow, marvelous! That food looks de-li-cious!
Cheers,
Rosa
What lovely dishes - hotel kitchen or not! THAT is impressive and you're right that with good ingredients, the simplest things taste great...perhaps even "like home".
Looks like the best hotel food I have ever seen! :-D
Interesting subject, Cynthia! I know I will not be cooking in my hotel room, as the reason for travel for me is to eat out! Ha. But I enjoyed the column nonetheless.
Thanks for the introduction to Recipe Muncher.
Hi Cynthia,
it's been so long since I dropped by and left a comment. I love the look of your blog! Sounds like you had a good holiday. :-)
take care,
Nora
that rice looks yummy!
Just read your column Cyn, all the dishes are so simple, but they look sooo good! We too try to get a room with a kitchen these days, since it is really nice to be able to whip up a simple meal with local ingredients after a few days of non-stop eating out... :)
You had me salivating for such enticing food shots! :-)
Cynthia, you are truly amazing. These dishes look awesome enough when you make them in a normal kitchen but the fact that you churned these out in a hotel room is so impressive! I think you need to open your own bed and breakfast and I will be your first guest. :-D
Welcome back. I have to see what you have to say about traveling. Thse past 2 weeks have been a crazy. I hear Tastespotting is coming back soon. They just out up a Liquoricious site devoted to alchol and say thay are in t process of resolving the legal issues. Stay tuned.
That is damn good looking hotel food! You are amazing!
Cynthia, I'm sure the smells coming from your room were making all the other guest envious!
Eating out is fun, but home cooked is best!
I admire you for cooking your meals in the hotel! Most people would have eaten out. You are a true foodie. :)
I subscribed to Recipe Muncher. I like Dhanggit, so I hope it all goes well. There's one called Food Gawker. I tried about 10 times to sign up, and it wouldn't let me. Confusing.
I'm glad you had an awesome trip! And happier to see that you've been busy cooking in your holiday kitchen, what a great experience it must have been!
girl all three of these look amazing. good for you. you've got an award waiting for you here:http://www.flanboyanteats.com/uncategorized/awards-contest-winners-icecream/
Have a great week.
BTW: did i tell you i didn't bring any tamarind back from Trinidad. What an idiot.
I am trying the salmon dish. Love it.
It looks like really good 'on the road' food. I like to cook while I'm away also.
These look like such great comfort food dishes, especially on the go.
really mouth-watering stuff...its amazing you kept yourself busy in the hotel too...while travelling we generally try to avoid the cooking part....lovely!
That looks like great food no matter where it is cooked. I did something similar last year when we were in Seattle and had a suite with a small kitchen...how could you NOT cook with all that wonderful fish and produce at Pike Place Market?
Glad you had a nice holiday...you deserve it.
Cynthia, I can get get myself to cook such gorgeous food in the hotel.. You amaze me !!
It all looks great, but the steak looks amazing!
I love to stay in these "apartments" when I travel. Non-hotels usually equipped with kitchen supplies I don't even have. I'm an ingredients freak like you (freak in a good way) and I love chopping, breaking things down and the whole process. Pounding, pressing, squeezing, etc. So when all this great stuff to work with in Hamburg I was ready to go shopping. But then I noticed what crappy knife selection there was. So My 5 year old and I got pizza instead.
How nice it is to have a hotel vacation with cooking facilities. The first places I visit are the food markets. It's nice to shop and eat like a local especially when you are visiting another country.
Of course YOUR hotel food would be wonderful! Way to go Cynthia! You are a master of the kitchen - ANY kitchen!
I love it when I have a hotel room with a kitchen since that gives me a good excuse to go grocery shopping (not that I really need one!).
I've been out of it for so long that I missed the fact that you were gone! But welcome back, Cynthia! (lol)
I so agree with you about how food doesn't need to be fussy or frilly to be really, really good. Thanks for sharing the news about Dhanggit's new website!
Now that is true foodiness. :D
Gorgeous, simple dishes, Cynthia! Thanks for sharing! :)
Cynthia its been really long time i didnt visit ur page. thats a very nice template and i think im struck here whole day browing all the dishes which i missed..
yummy food again in ur blog. so hungry already
That sausage rice looks so good! I've never been in a room with a kitchen - did it come with basic utensils and ingredients too?
Fabulous! Truly - cooking for yourself is the only way to go when traveling!
You deserve a medal, Cynthia, to cook for yourself in the hotel, friggin' hell!!! And it all looks so tasty, too!
Great Article and even greater food! That looks far, far better than hotel food and I bet it tastes even better too!!
As much as we would like to be pampered in a luxurious hotel, hotel apartments as we call them in Greece are much more affordable and I don't mind cooking a meal and staying more days on vacation. All your three recipes sound delicious.
The beef looks so good. I can imagine myself eating that. Gosh I can't believe my mouth is watering :P
I have only one thing to say- you cook well no matter where you are! :D
I'd never heard of Tastespotting until it closed! Going to check out this new link now...
27 June 2008
hey cynthia
as usual wonderful and great dishes but..but ..but..greater than this was your arrival on this planet earth....a very very happy birthday to you, dear !!!!!
Anamika
I can't believe you went on holiday and cooked! Well, actually, that's not true. I'm jealous. I love to eat out but it would be nice to be able to cook some meals in the room.
Hi Cynthia! food looks very tempting and colorful. Lovely template. Thanks for sharing dear...
Good to have you back Cynthia! And if these are the dishes you made while travelling, no wonder your home cooking is so delicious!!!
Happy birthday Cynthia, wish many happy and healthy returns of the day. Enjoy your day and the weekend as well!:))
A little "Bee" tells me its your birthday.
Best wishes for a wonderful year ahead and many more to come.
If only hotel food were as good as yours!
Happy birthday Cynthia!
I'm glad you had a nice time traveling! It's always good to get away, but even better to come bsck home.
Tastespotting is back!
http://www.tastespotting.com/
Fortunately I guess what ever problem they had was resolved.
Thanks for your kind comment on my blog -- I appreciate it so much!
Hugs, Pat
I remember my hotel-room cooking when my husband used to travel as a consultant :) I was searching for alternatives when it came to spices and vegetables and lentils to bring a satisfying home cooked meal taste:) I found it very exciting as it used to give new ideas:)
Dear Cybthia: Yuo are just SO AMAZING!! I loved this idea. I guees I've been missing some of the fun. I'm always out of time!! not that I have such a busy life, but I just can´t make it!!
What good meals made with limited facilities, Cynthia. That's the sign of a great cook!
We like to rent apartments when traveling so we can have a break from eating out all the time. The hotel buffet breakfasts are my downfall. I love them and can't seem to stop trying the rolls, sausages, etc. - even though I say I'll have a big breakfast and skip lunch, it never happens.
It is better for me to eat the same breakfast as we do at home.
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