talking to a peachy peach about a fishy fish

so lets to talk seafoodd because there is alot of it here. the place i'm working at is covered with it an to be perfectly honest i think it is delicious. so the main dish i'm in love with is the seared bass. it has olive oil mashed potatoes, a saute of capers and tomatoes, and a fish fumet cream sauce with clams(booyah). there is also a seared tuna with wilted spinach purple poato chips and whole grain mustard beef stock sauce that is rich but awsome. the seafood ristotto with nut crusted seared prawns, sauted shrimp, mussels and pesto is worth having at least five times. overall italians love fish. it has been all over every menu at every cafe i've gone too. the best place in town is seafood only(i plan on going there it si just very expensive). so get on the boat because even though the ocean scares the bejeesus out of me i love what it has to offer.

swim

p.s. someone tell greenday that can sing about working class heros when they shed their make-up and give all thier money away.

p.p.s music to kick in europe by:

hot water music & alkaline trio split
brother ali & bk one mixtape
aesop rock - 'coffee', 'numb to the guns', 'night light'
minor threat - 'out of step'
high on fire- 'razor hoof'
t.i. - 'you know what it is'
ghostface killah - 'fishscale'

C.R.E.A.M.

Canard rules everything around me get the liver... foie foie foie gras ya'll. so this is technically a food blog(and secretly an outlet for my depression, lonliness, and self absorption) i guess i should tell you a little about the restaurant that i work at. first, it's the shit! the food is awesome and the chef has the focus of a buddhist monk and when bothered with trivial things like ticket times he shrugs his shoulders and keps moving at whatever pace he feels necessary(i.e. awesome). the first thing i have to talk about is the foie gras that is raining from the sky on the menu. we have this dish that is a small greens salad tossed with olive oil and carrots, celery, and zucchini ribbons. on top of that is quickly sauted rabbit loin; but the kicker, the crown, the coup d'eta is the house smoked paper thin sliced foie gras that is ever so carefully placed on; and when it hits the heat it melts and becomes something so incredably delictable that i creamed my jeans and salivated in my mouth. just to sweeten the deal around the plate is a vinagrette of balsalmico, olive oil, melon and strawberry gelee that give it the just enough sweetness to be one of the best things i've ever eaten. on top of that is foie gras two ways: a foie gras terrineand sauteed foie gras with beef sugo, with a port sauce and roasted and bruleed fig(booyah!). the other new thing i've run into is a percolater. this is a machine that keeps water moving at a certain temperature for whatever amount of time. so we take any meat(in this case veal cheeks) place them in an a sealed bag and let them cook for about 4 hours. now this is something i use to be againse and i'm not fully converted. the tenderness is pretty amazing but it lacks the flavor of a good old fashioned braise. however; to make up for that it placed on top of potato puree, seard polenta cakes, and surrounded by beef demiglace and beef tounge meat and that makes up for a lot of lose flavor. in short the food i'm making is amazing(as a 2 star michelin restaurant) should be and i'm learning a lot. i'll keep you posted on food epiphanies and continue to bore with the stupid thoughts in my head.

peace

p.s. george michael and robbie williams are still very cool here.

question

so i have to unleash this thought somewhere and no one that i work with understood what i was talking about. the red hot chili peppers are very popular here and i hear them on the radio pretty much everyday. sometimes late at night i find myself imaging what the classic rock and oldies stations will play when i am bit older and i have come to this conclusion. the red hot chili peppers are the aerosmith of our generation. now i don't say this with excitement because aerosmith is my second worst band of al time second only to the eagles or fleetwood mac dependent on the day. so i guess what i'm asking is does anyone agree. i mean look at it they are almost 20 years strong(the chili peppers that is) and everytime they release an album it gets less and less rock and more and more pussy ballad stuff. compare slowride to pink and bloodsexsugarmagic to whatever that crap single is that is out now. both bands have endured some random hardship and niether will die. the only difference is flea, he's the x factor and i only asy that because he was in the big lebowski and it was nothing short of brilliant. anyway, i had to let it out because all the guys i work with had to say was how awesome both bansd were and realized that i may trapped in my own peronal musical hell.

una

yo

so let me explaina difference in america and europe to all you folks(even though there are probably only two of you). all countries have their version of the late night eating spot. in the U.S. we have our mediterraean places and diners, which i hold a special place in my heart for and by no reason am i trying to bring thier reputation down. however; across the bathtub in italy they also have their late night spot. it's called a piadinerie. a piadine for those who don't know is a thin pizza folded in half like a sandwich. the great thing is from about noon till about 4 in the morn you can get one. and this is not some greasy drunk food to combat a looming hangover or overfill yuor stomach after too many bong rips; no this is daily made pizza dough filled with amazing trimmings. the one i had a couple of nights at 2 in the morning after some delicious pints had mozzorela from less than 10 miles away, tomatoes so fresh even alabamians have to say 'goddamn', fresh ham made in house, and basil; and the kicker was it was served to me by some 50 year old grandmother puffing cigarettes and making me look like a greenhorn in the kitchen. the experience does no end there because after that you stand around outsidde and the eurotrash are gathering like zombies in the thriller video, and once fed they kick into full gear. there are hands swinging and folks yelling it truly is amazing. so while i love a good texas cheese steak i may just had one of the best food experiences of my life and it only cost 5 dollars.

uno

Pronto Pronto

it has been a bumpy start guys. the genuises at alitalia lost my baggage and it has yet to turn up. the only upside to that is i got to buy some awesome eurotrash clothing, once it arrives though it will be good because i will be able to load some of the amzing photos i've taken. anyways, the food is amzing. i started the trip with an awesome meal at balthazar in new york. we had some brandade, oysters, mussels, beef stroganoff, and macaroni gratin. the food accross the drink is even better. i crowned the trip with lardo as soon as i arrived in milan. other than that i've had the usual fair of pizza and pasta; oddly enough here both were better than olive garden and pizza hut combined...i don't know that's crazy. today was cool because i got to see a live eel have it skin peeled off which was bad for the eel good for the hungry. i've got to run work does not get dome by cooks writing things for strangers.ù

uno

believe in the narwahl

About damn time

so my trip starts tomorrow and i've got to say i'm excited. however, there are more important matters at hand. all of you need to go buy this months' national geographic. there is an in depth article about narwahals the most magical creature on the planet. it is a whale with a unicorn's horn. food and eurotrash are cool, but nothing is cooler than a narwhal and that's gods truth. anyway, expect more stuff about food after this believe in the narwhal.

-one