Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Montreal Hookahs. Toronto Hookahs.
Ok, it's not what you think.
It was a rainy day in montreal, actually more than torrential rain that herded us indoors. Thanks to Maude, we landed in the best of places.... a small homey awesome little hookah bar on Rue St. Dennis.
Now I'm determined to find its equivalent in TO. It was the best smoking experience i've had.... so far.
Looks like i've already found my first one.
and second... wow this one is even better!
why don't i just share the whole map?
It was a rainy day in montreal, actually more than torrential rain that herded us indoors. Thanks to Maude, we landed in the best of places.... a small homey awesome little hookah bar on Rue St. Dennis.
Now I'm determined to find its equivalent in TO. It was the best smoking experience i've had.... so far.
Looks like i've already found my first one.
and second... wow this one is even better!
why don't i just share the whole map?
Paneer, my dear!
Ok, so I've always dreamed of a test kitchen, where better to start than indian food? (really? coz that's not easy).
I remember the time i made "cinnamon buns" when I was 10 years old... what a disaster. We didn't have any yeast at home at the time, but i figured, how needs yeast? It came out like the "doughy dolls" that you make at camp, except in cinnamon bun shape....my mom was so kind to still encourge me to cook..! yay mom.
So what have i made? Paneer, my dear!
and i think i added WAY to much lemon juice b/c the cheese tastes sour... I don't think that's supposed to happen. also it didn't drain very well -- althought perhaps it was bc i got lazy and didn't get a real cheese cloth. and also i used two percent milk. in retrospect, i really should've thought this through. what i thought would take 15 mins took almost two hours. plus clean up (still not done).
the "end product" is sitting on the kitchen counter...i keep it around thinking it'll get better with age. Ah, denial, what would i do without you?
What's next? I'm going to perfect it. it seems easy enough.
But what to do with paneer? Mutter.
Mutter paneer is one of my all time favourites. every since i had it at ghandi on queen w. honestly it was love at first eat -- and of course, it was ian who introduced me to it. (who else?)
What else with mutter paneer though. good as it may be, you can't eat it just by itself (although i probably could; mutter paneer to me is like raw cookie dough for most people: you shouldn't eat i just by itself, but you couldn't help it)
How about naan?
There are so many recipes.
And what else? Gol Guppi! I got this amazing recipe from Sharon. this girl should write a blog.
i'll let you know how it goes.
I remember the time i made "cinnamon buns" when I was 10 years old... what a disaster. We didn't have any yeast at home at the time, but i figured, how needs yeast? It came out like the "doughy dolls" that you make at camp, except in cinnamon bun shape....my mom was so kind to still encourge me to cook..! yay mom.
So what have i made? Paneer, my dear!
and i think i added WAY to much lemon juice b/c the cheese tastes sour... I don't think that's supposed to happen. also it didn't drain very well -- althought perhaps it was bc i got lazy and didn't get a real cheese cloth. and also i used two percent milk. in retrospect, i really should've thought this through. what i thought would take 15 mins took almost two hours. plus clean up (still not done).
the "end product" is sitting on the kitchen counter...i keep it around thinking it'll get better with age. Ah, denial, what would i do without you?
What's next? I'm going to perfect it. it seems easy enough.
But what to do with paneer? Mutter.
Mutter paneer is one of my all time favourites. every since i had it at ghandi on queen w. honestly it was love at first eat -- and of course, it was ian who introduced me to it. (who else?)
What else with mutter paneer though. good as it may be, you can't eat it just by itself (although i probably could; mutter paneer to me is like raw cookie dough for most people: you shouldn't eat i just by itself, but you couldn't help it)
How about naan?
There are so many recipes.
And what else? Gol Guppi! I got this amazing recipe from Sharon. this girl should write a blog.
i'll let you know how it goes.
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