Eating out somewhere new

[mtbc]

On a recent visit to Edinburgh, R. and I chose Edinburgh Street Food (ESF) for lunch, on our way to the botanic garden. ESF features diverse vendors around an eating area. Initially, I was unimpressed: very much, oh, they reinvented the food court. Admittedly, I am a fan of food courts: they tend to be cheaper than restaurants and allow people their separate choices. Anyhow, it turned out that one can order online from any combination of the vendors in one transaction, providing one's table number, then the food appears in due course, delivered to the table in somewhat random order. So, much nicer than queueing then waiting at multiple counters. The Polish vendor was decent and, across the vendors I noticed, the prices seemed reasonable. R.'s Peruvian food was adequate but they undercooked the rice.

Comments

[thewayne]

I hate undercooked rice.

I made some rice pudding Tuesday night, and due to bad planning by me, the rice sat in cold water for half an hour before cooking. And it was absolutely not al dente at all! I was very pleased by that discovery, I thought that I needed to adjust cooking time/water qty/temperature to get rid of the crunchy aspect. Turns out I just needed to consider a soak.

[mtbc]

Ah yes, R. who is into Asian cookery so has many thoughts about rice, would indeed agree that a presoak is a big change.

[thewayne]

Well, considering where R is from, would definitely be an expert!