Now we take a short detour into the realm of proper food as we briefly glance through some of the main courses of Saveur Art @ ION Orchard, Singapore. I know this
is supposedly a blog on snacks and drinks, but the main point of
my blog was simply to showcase creativity and new concepts in food, at least
from my perspective. I chose the theme of snacks and drinks only because I
realised that people tend to get creative with most things except for
the main courses... probably a reflection of how people still stay
within their comfort zones for the staples, even if they may feel free
to innovate with the optionals.
The main courses were each amazingly good, but relatively less exotic in my opinion. The only more unusual thing I wanted to highlight was the barley risotto in the mangalica pork belly dish. Crunchy hazelnuts, wild mushrooms, crisp black fungus, and possibly some complementary oil accompanied the smooth but chewy barley, making for an awesome woody and earthy experience with a medley of textures, like a walk in a misty mystical forest. (With wild boar and goose running around to boot ahahaha... *reference to the pork belly and foie gras.) Even the overall colours fit in with the theme. You can see the risotto to the right in this picture of the dish.
I won't be commenting on the rest of the main course pictures, so I'll
just post the menu and title the rest of the images. The two dishes I
speak of are highlighted with an amber dot (which I added) to the left
of the menu entry.
That's all for today. We'll move on to the desserts next time!
Amazing video too... it's the opening for the animated feature, with English translation of the lyrics in the top left of the video. It even depicts a clear forest theme in keeping with the lyrics, although I guess the theme towards the latter half was rather more intense than misty or mystical heh.
Song Geeking
The numbers in the lyrics - 3, 25, 15, 21, 23 and 1 - are a numerical code for C-Y-O-U-W-A. You get them by mapping them to the numerical order of the English letters in the alphabet, like C is the third alphabet, and A is the first. Cyouwa is one of the methods of transliterating the song's title Chouwa.
Also, the chorus, which is the part with the rapid and unrelenting tempo and yodel-like trilling, is sung backwards in Japanese. No, not back-masking... sung backwards.
For instance,
The main courses were each amazingly good, but relatively less exotic in my opinion. The only more unusual thing I wanted to highlight was the barley risotto in the mangalica pork belly dish. Crunchy hazelnuts, wild mushrooms, crisp black fungus, and possibly some complementary oil accompanied the smooth but chewy barley, making for an awesome woody and earthy experience with a medley of textures, like a walk in a misty mystical forest. (With wild boar and goose running around to boot ahahaha... *reference to the pork belly and foie gras.) Even the overall colours fit in with the theme. You can see the risotto to the right in this picture of the dish.
Pork Belly
Foie gras in Mangalica Pork Belly
Buttermilk-Poached Chicken
~~~
And a song for the misty mystical forest...Amazing video too... it's the opening for the animated feature, with English translation of the lyrics in the top left of the video. It even depicts a clear forest theme in keeping with the lyrics, although I guess the theme towards the latter half was rather more intense than misty or mystical heh.
Chouwa Oto ~with reflection~
by KOKIA
[Opening Theme of Gin'iro no Kami no Agito (Origin: Spirits of the Past)]
The numbers in the lyrics - 3, 25, 15, 21, 23 and 1 - are a numerical code for C-Y-O-U-W-A. You get them by mapping them to the numerical order of the English letters in the alphabet, like C is the third alphabet, and A is the first. Cyouwa is one of the methods of transliterating the song's title Chouwa.
Also, the chorus, which is the part with the rapid and unrelenting tempo and yodel-like trilling, is sung backwards in Japanese. No, not back-masking... sung backwards.
For instance,
"rurekuteshieka wokitonakayada onirokokonoshi tawa"
was actually:
"watashi no kokoro ni odayaka na toki wo kaeshite kureru"
Amazing huh?
~ end of geeking ~
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