Comments on: Buddha’s Day 2007 http://tummyrumbles.com/2007/05/buddhas-day-2007.html ...satisfying the internal growl Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mellie http://tummyrumbles.com/2007/05/buddhas-day-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-2885 mellie Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:59:00 +0000 http://tummyrumblesblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/buddhas-day-2007/#comment-2885 Hey there solvent_d - thank you so much for providing some wonderful information. You are not being a stickler for details, you are just more informed than I ;-) <br/><br/>You know, I think I could forgo a lot of meat dishes, but if I had to cut out onions, garlic, ginger etc., I would be a very unhappy girl ;-) Hey there solvent_d – thank you so much for providing some wonderful information. You are not being a stickler for details, you are just more informed than I ;-)

You know, I think I could forgo a lot of meat dishes, but if I had to cut out onions, garlic, ginger etc., I would be a very unhappy girl ;-)

]]> By: Moodie Foodie http://tummyrumbles.com/2007/05/buddhas-day-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-2884 Moodie Foodie Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:05:00 +0000 http://tummyrumblesblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/buddhas-day-2007/#comment-2884 Thanks for all the info guys (or girls). Much appreciated! Thanks for all the info guys (or girls). Much appreciated!

]]> By: solvent_d http://tummyrumbles.com/2007/05/buddhas-day-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-2883 solvent_d Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:51:00 +0000 http://tummyrumblesblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/buddhas-day-2007/#comment-2883 i forgot to mention that one of the reasons vegetarian laksa usually doesn't compare to other laksas is that, well, as Noodle suggested: it's difficult to get beef without beef. much of laksa (lemak) cannot be replicated in a buddhist vegetarian manner largely because of the latter's lack of the key ingredient, shrimp. not to mention, even basics like garlic, and (i'm quite sure) onions.<br/><br/>buddhist vegetarian meals are more often for affectation purposes, meant only to *look* like the original 'flesh-based' dishes. so really any comparative remarks made in this entry isn't so much a case of apple against apple, but apple against orange.<br/><br/>(sorry to be a stickler for details, but seeing as how i did grow up in a part-buddhist household...) i forgot to mention that one of the reasons vegetarian laksa usually doesn’t compare to other laksas is that, well, as Noodle suggested: it’s difficult to get beef without beef. much of laksa (lemak) cannot be replicated in a buddhist vegetarian manner largely because of the latter’s lack of the key ingredient, shrimp. not to mention, even basics like garlic, and (i’m quite sure) onions.

buddhist vegetarian meals are more often for affectation purposes, meant only to *look* like the original ‘flesh-based’ dishes. so really any comparative remarks made in this entry isn’t so much a case of apple against apple, but apple against orange.

(sorry to be a stickler for details, but seeing as how i did grow up in a part-buddhist household…)

]]> By: solvent_d http://tummyrumbles.com/2007/05/buddhas-day-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-2882 solvent_d Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:21:00 +0000 http://tummyrumblesblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/buddhas-day-2007/#comment-2882 actually, the dessert you have is called Chendol. Ice Kachang is a similar dessert that's topped with a mountain of ice shaving, laced with various types of colored syrups. there usually is sweet corn, palm seeds, red beans, etc at the bottom for discovery.<br/><br/>chendol is typified by the green starched jelly/noodle thing (which i think is called chendol as well) that you've captured in your photo. actually, the dessert you have is called Chendol. Ice Kachang is a similar dessert that’s topped with a mountain of ice shaving, laced with various types of colored syrups. there usually is sweet corn, palm seeds, red beans, etc at the bottom for discovery.

chendol is typified by the green starched jelly/noodle thing (which i think is called chendol as well) that you’ve captured in your photo.

]]> By: mellie http://tummyrumbles.com/2007/05/buddhas-day-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-2881 mellie Tue, 29 May 2007 03:00:00 +0000 http://tummyrumblesblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/buddhas-day-2007/#comment-2881 Hiya m's nemesis - ooh, sorry to hear you had a head cold (I feel your pain as I'm suffering one right now!). Don't worry, it'll be on again next year, and I'm sure bigger and better :-) Hiya m’s nemesis – ooh, sorry to hear you had a head cold (I feel your pain as I’m suffering one right now!). Don’t worry, it’ll be on again next year, and I’m sure bigger and better :-)

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