Roasted mushrooms and fontina cheese
Lavender panna cotta
Arugula dressed with s & p, lemon, olive oil rolled with speck.
Showing posts with label café. Show all posts
Showing posts with label café. Show all posts
Friday, February 25, 2011
Naturally, I go back to work
...Even though I am leaving in a week for a much anticipated vacation.
Roasted mushrooms and fontina cheese
Lavender panna cotta
Arugula dressed with s & p, lemon, olive oil rolled with speck.
Roasted mushrooms and fontina cheese
Lavender panna cotta
Arugula dressed with s & p, lemon, olive oil rolled with speck.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Ultimo Coffee
Featuring Counter Culture Coffee - 'Apollo' espresso
Ultimo Coffee
1900 S. 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145
(215) 339-5177
Ultimo Coffee
1900 S. 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145
(215) 339-5177
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Milk foam lessons
Rudy was kind enough to give me tips and lessons for 2,5 hours on milk foam and latte art.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
This is hardcore - a barista kit!
These are macchiatos !
Swan
Taj Mahal
My f'ed up looking bear... or cat? Or lion?
I've always had issues with making rosetta's. This is one of my better ones... almost there!
Merci, Rudy !
HOW COOL IS THAT?
This is hardcore - a barista kit!
These are macchiatos !
Swan
Taj Mahal
My f'ed up looking bear... or cat? Or lion?
I've always had issues with making rosetta's. This is one of my better ones... almost there!
Merci, Rudy !
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Malongo Café
Reconnected with my friend, Rudy, whom I met at the Gastronomie on the Seine food event. Just found out he was Barista Champion of France 2009 for latte art.
Haven't had good coffee since Doge. What a relief. =)
Malongo Café
50 Rue Saint-André des Arts
75006 Paris, France
+33 1 43 26 47 10
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Banana cake with pecans and dark chocolate chips
French press with freshly ground beans from the Iguaque/Bachue, Colombia. And banana cake with pecans/dark chocolate chips. Great way to start the day.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Friday, April 09, 2010
Stumptown Coffee
After our delicious bagel, we ventured to Stumptown Coffee. A hip coffee bar in the Ace Hotel. Based in Portland, they have a roasting facility in both Portland and Seattle. Quality coffee. Great micro-foam. Freshly roasted beans. Stumptown is another 3rd wave coffee shop who only pulls ristrettos.
The cappuccino I had was okay. I had to add more sugar to it because I found it to be a bit too acidic. More sugar than I had to add at Joe the Art of Coffee. Since it was a cappuccino, the nice milk foam helped. Nina didn't enjoy her espresso too much since it was really acidic.
As for the pastries, we had a palm sugar cookie and a brownie. I had asked the barista if the brownie was really sweet, or more chocolatey. He looked at me as if it was a stupid question. Well, I got the brownie anyway, and it was one of the worst brownies I've ever tasted. It was like 80% sugar, and the rest eggs, chocolate, flour, oil. Blech. Me and my friend ended up throwing it away. It was that bad.
It's a cool place to hang out. There is a bar that lines the large windows in the front. You can bring your coffee into the dimly lit, chic, and trendy hotel lobby with your laptop.
But that brownie. *Shudders*
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
18 W 29th St (betw. Broadway & 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10001
(212) 679-2222
The cappuccino I had was okay. I had to add more sugar to it because I found it to be a bit too acidic. More sugar than I had to add at Joe the Art of Coffee. Since it was a cappuccino, the nice milk foam helped. Nina didn't enjoy her espresso too much since it was really acidic.
As for the pastries, we had a palm sugar cookie and a brownie. I had asked the barista if the brownie was really sweet, or more chocolatey. He looked at me as if it was a stupid question. Well, I got the brownie anyway, and it was one of the worst brownies I've ever tasted. It was like 80% sugar, and the rest eggs, chocolate, flour, oil. Blech. Me and my friend ended up throwing it away. It was that bad.
It's a cool place to hang out. There is a bar that lines the large windows in the front. You can bring your coffee into the dimly lit, chic, and trendy hotel lobby with your laptop.
But that brownie. *Shudders*
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
18 W 29th St (betw. Broadway & 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10001
(212) 679-2222
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Joe the Art of Coffee
Or what's left of it.
They only serve double ristrettos here. The milk foam on the cappuccino was great, but I did have to add a bit more sugar than I usually do. Not bad though. Muffins not bad either. The banana cranberry was better than the blueberry.
Joe, the Art of Coffee
514 Columbus Ave (betw. W 84th & 85th)
New York, NY
Tel: (212) 875-0100
They only serve double ristrettos here. The milk foam on the cappuccino was great, but I did have to add a bit more sugar than I usually do. Not bad though. Muffins not bad either. The banana cranberry was better than the blueberry.
Joe, the Art of Coffee
514 Columbus Ave (betw. W 84th & 85th)
New York, NY
Tel: (212) 875-0100
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Cupping @ Barefoot Coffee Roasters
I finally made it to a free Cupping at Barefoot Coffee Roasters. For those of you who haven't been there, it's a café and roastery located in Santa Clara. I believe they have another one in Palo Alto as well.
We arrived 45 minutes early so Luigi and I decided to grab a pot of Green tea "Tuo-Cha" (which was just okay taste-wise, IMO) and a rasberry brioche donut made by Satura Cakes which was decent. (Satura Cakes makes a mean Kouign Amann though ! Practically better than the one I had in Britanny. Oops, did I just say that?!)
Shortly, we started the cupping. Ummm more caffeine !
Here is Steve, the barista (o?) who is in charge of the cupping demos.
We were given a blind tasting. He prepared three different types of beans.
The silver cup was filled with lightly roasted beans from El Salvador. Apparently it was sweet and savory with hints of sun-dried tomato. (I am not there yet. I just know I found it too acidic).
The blue cup was an Ethiopian Sidamo - arabica beans noted for it's bold spice, chocolate, and/or floral aromas. I preferred this most because of the more bold and woody flavor and less acidic taste. But unfortunately, I haven't been blown away by any coffee here like the espressos I've had in Italy.
The green cup was filled with a decaf Sumatra which I found to be nicely balanced yet a bit bland with a short finish. Apparently it had floral hints of lavendar (again, not there yet).
Luigi !
I've always loved coffee and really want to learn more about it. (Had my first cup when I was 11 !) This cupping demo was a lot of fun. I liked the fact that Steven decided to do a blind tasting first as to not be influenced by the type of bean. Will be stopping by more often.
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara, CA
(408) 248-4500
We arrived 45 minutes early so Luigi and I decided to grab a pot of Green tea "Tuo-Cha" (which was just okay taste-wise, IMO) and a rasberry brioche donut made by Satura Cakes which was decent. (Satura Cakes makes a mean Kouign Amann though ! Practically better than the one I had in Britanny. Oops, did I just say that?!)
Shortly, we started the cupping. Ummm more caffeine !
Here is Steve, the barista (o?) who is in charge of the cupping demos.
We were given a blind tasting. He prepared three different types of beans.
The silver cup was filled with lightly roasted beans from El Salvador. Apparently it was sweet and savory with hints of sun-dried tomato. (I am not there yet. I just know I found it too acidic).
The blue cup was an Ethiopian Sidamo - arabica beans noted for it's bold spice, chocolate, and/or floral aromas. I preferred this most because of the more bold and woody flavor and less acidic taste. But unfortunately, I haven't been blown away by any coffee here like the espressos I've had in Italy.
The green cup was filled with a decaf Sumatra which I found to be nicely balanced yet a bit bland with a short finish. Apparently it had floral hints of lavendar (again, not there yet).
Luigi !
I've always loved coffee and really want to learn more about it. (Had my first cup when I was 11 !) This cupping demo was a lot of fun. I liked the fact that Steven decided to do a blind tasting first as to not be influenced by the type of bean. Will be stopping by more often.
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara, CA
(408) 248-4500
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Café Malongo
Last week, when Pim and I went to grab a coffee together, we got into a small discussion on shitty coffee in Paris - the differences in Robusta beans and Arabica beans... and using fresh milk. This really peaked my interest since I had been drinking coffee since I was 11 but hadn't taken the time (or had the time) to learn more about it. I decided to do some research on which cafés in Paris that sell Arabica coffee as well as serve fresh milk. (Pim has a great post about it here). Café Malongo does both. (Another great post by David Lebovitz on coffee/espresso here).
I finally stopped by Café Malongo where Rudy and Stephanie work (whom I met at Gastronomie by the Seine.) Unfortunately, neither Rudy nor Stephanie were working. Perhaps next time.
The prices are great here for the quality of the coffee, cheaper than some of the crap café's around Paris. It was the cheapest café viennois I have had in Paris so far - ran about 3,80 Euro. Typically café's around Paris charge 4,50+ Euro. And of course (cream aside), it was delicious, smooth, with no traces of "tar" in my mouth, and no making of the "bitter, acid face". Now if only they had WiFi. I'd be here every day. =)
Le Malongo Café
50 rue St André des Arts
75006 PARIS
M4: Odeon or Saint-Michel
Tel: 01.53.10.87.87
I finally stopped by Café Malongo where Rudy and Stephanie work (whom I met at Gastronomie by the Seine.) Unfortunately, neither Rudy nor Stephanie were working. Perhaps next time.
The prices are great here for the quality of the coffee, cheaper than some of the crap café's around Paris. It was the cheapest café viennois I have had in Paris so far - ran about 3,80 Euro. Typically café's around Paris charge 4,50+ Euro. And of course (cream aside), it was delicious, smooth, with no traces of "tar" in my mouth, and no making of the "bitter, acid face". Now if only they had WiFi. I'd be here every day. =)
Le Malongo Café
50 rue St André des Arts
75006 PARIS
M4: Odeon or Saint-Michel
Tel: 01.53.10.87.87
Sunday, May 11, 2008
California Eating Part IV
This morning, *Ginger and I met up with Carlo, Yuichi, and Brain, for some drinks at Barefoot Coffee Roasters whom really pride themselves in being real baristas and anti-Starbucks.
Ginger
They do serve excellent coffee. They also take there time with it and make cute designs in the foam.
Something I noticed were the pastries. They had things labeled like "French financiers" and "French pastries" which clearly were nothing close to what they were labeled. Am I weird for being annoyed with that? I mean the financier was a hard, square, brick. And I even told the barista ringing up my hot chocolate what a real financier is. Am I a food snob now? Really, they are desecrating what a financier really is ! Or maybe because I am just so in love with real, French financiers. Sigh. Oh and I have to disagree with Wikipedia on financiers being light. I make them with a lot of butter. And Eric Kayser probably puts 1.5x more butter than I do. I don't think I have had a light financier in Paris... yet... ummm... ok... Anyway, skip the pastries there. The blueberry muffin sucks. Sorry Barefoot - you got the coffee down but you ain't got nothing on Starbucks blueberry coffeecakes and muffins ! And French pastries ! Whatever that is supposed to mean.
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: 408-248-4500
And after, met up for lunchee with the fam.
Hi, I'm Zacky. Aren't I the cutest baby in the world ?
Terrible pic of me, but Zacky is so cute !
Can you say SZECHUAN SPICE ? Lots of lamb and beef.
Fish and tofu soup
Every time I would eat, lil Zacky would stop whatever he was doing and give me a serious look. It was SOOOOO cute ! Aw, he takes food seriously; he must take after auntie !
Excellent restaurant. Sorry, can't help you with the names of the dishes because my mom ordered everything.
Szechuan Era Restaurant
10971 N. Wolfe Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 873-8628
My fam. Love you all ! Bro - Huang, Mom, Pops, Sister - Sue, Zacky, me, and Raffy (Bro-in-law Rick is taking the pic)
And of course, afterwards we had to get tea at Fantasia. A couple of my favorites.
Zhenzhu Cafe
Zhenzhu chamai nyunai
Zee family again
Fantasia Coffee & Tea
10933 N Wolfe Rd # 120
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 865-1689
(I used to work here, btw... oh like 10+ years ago? OMG I am getting old. JK JK !)
For dinner, I ended up cooking a simple and traditional 3-course meal for a couple friends who have immensely helped me out by taking care of Ginger, as well as a couple other friends.
First course was a Velouté Dubarry (cauliflower puree soup) with lots of cayenne - yes, very untraditional. ;) Second course was Striped sea-bass with a beurre blanc, potato purée (cannelled of course), asparagus and cherry tomatoes. Third course, I made my brownie recipe that I had been working on for quite awhile, and crème anglaise. Ah the butter and chocolate are 100000x better in France. I didn't like my brownies here, but the others enjoyed them. =) It was nice to be able to see my family and close friends in such a short period of time.
Until August, j'espere !
Ginger
They do serve excellent coffee. They also take there time with it and make cute designs in the foam.
Something I noticed were the pastries. They had things labeled like "French financiers" and "French pastries" which clearly were nothing close to what they were labeled. Am I weird for being annoyed with that? I mean the financier was a hard, square, brick. And I even told the barista ringing up my hot chocolate what a real financier is. Am I a food snob now? Really, they are desecrating what a financier really is ! Or maybe because I am just so in love with real, French financiers. Sigh. Oh and I have to disagree with Wikipedia on financiers being light. I make them with a lot of butter. And Eric Kayser probably puts 1.5x more butter than I do. I don't think I have had a light financier in Paris... yet... ummm... ok... Anyway, skip the pastries there. The blueberry muffin sucks. Sorry Barefoot - you got the coffee down but you ain't got nothing on Starbucks blueberry coffeecakes and muffins ! And French pastries ! Whatever that is supposed to mean.
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
5237 Stevens Creek Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: 408-248-4500
And after, met up for lunchee with the fam.
Hi, I'm Zacky. Aren't I the cutest baby in the world ?
Terrible pic of me, but Zacky is so cute !
Can you say SZECHUAN SPICE ? Lots of lamb and beef.
Fish and tofu soup
Every time I would eat, lil Zacky would stop whatever he was doing and give me a serious look. It was SOOOOO cute ! Aw, he takes food seriously; he must take after auntie !
Excellent restaurant. Sorry, can't help you with the names of the dishes because my mom ordered everything.
Szechuan Era Restaurant
10971 N. Wolfe Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 873-8628
My fam. Love you all ! Bro - Huang, Mom, Pops, Sister - Sue, Zacky, me, and Raffy (Bro-in-law Rick is taking the pic)
And of course, afterwards we had to get tea at Fantasia. A couple of my favorites.
Zhenzhu Cafe
Zhenzhu chamai nyunai
Zee family again
Fantasia Coffee & Tea
10933 N Wolfe Rd # 120
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 865-1689
(I used to work here, btw... oh like 10+ years ago? OMG I am getting old. JK JK !)
For dinner, I ended up cooking a simple and traditional 3-course meal for a couple friends who have immensely helped me out by taking care of Ginger, as well as a couple other friends.
First course was a Velouté Dubarry (cauliflower puree soup) with lots of cayenne - yes, very untraditional. ;) Second course was Striped sea-bass with a beurre blanc, potato purée (cannelled of course), asparagus and cherry tomatoes. Third course, I made my brownie recipe that I had been working on for quite awhile, and crème anglaise. Ah the butter and chocolate are 100000x better in France. I didn't like my brownies here, but the others enjoyed them. =) It was nice to be able to see my family and close friends in such a short period of time.
Until August, j'espere !
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