Would You Eat A Deep Fried Mince Pie?!

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Steve

So it’s that time of the year again, the central heating has been on full blast for weeks, the kids will be off school, some parts of the UK have already had a light dusting of snow and like it or not you’re going to be offered mince pies at every social function that you attend from now until the new year!

However I was just reading The Guardian’s Food Blog and discovered young chef Ashley Palmer-Watts’s creation. Whilst I’m definitely in the pro mince pie camp I’m not sure that deep frying it would add that extra something! Either way it’s all part of a big competition for charity so you can actually bid for the deep fried mince pie!

A christmas gift with a twist for someone perhaps… Is there any christmas food that you think would taste better deep fried?!

Photo credit: The Guardian’s Food Blog

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New restaurants || Week 43

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Stephen

What’s new in your neighborhood this week?
Here are just a few of the brand new spots we’ve added to e-Resistible during the week.

See what else is new by entering your postcode at e-Resistible and checking who delivers to you!

Curry Express SE1 (132 Weston Street, London SE1 4XE) Indian
Bella Pizza C-T (6 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB ) Pizza & Pasta
Dong Hai (139 Tennison Road, London SE25 5NF) Chinese, Thai
Imperial Spices (East Finchley, 470 Long Lane, London N2 8JL) Indian
Pizza on Demand BR3 (Camden Town, Hampstead Road , London NW1 7JE) Pizza, Pasta, Salads

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New restaurants || Week 42

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Stephen

What’s new in your neighborhood this week? Here are just a few of the brand new spots we’ve added to E-resistible during the week.

See what else is new by entering your postcode at E-resistible and checking who delivers to you!

Spice Kitchen 2 (44A Newlands park, London SE26 5NF) This Indian restaurant based in South London offers an endless menu capable to satisfy almost any hunger on earth. They offer a wide range of curry dishes, plus some classic british food. Check out their seafood specialties…thumbs up!
Mega Bite (Selly Park, 1052 Pershore Road, Birmingham B29 7PX) A paradise for late night appetites, Mega Bite propose highly convenient meal deals and special offers on their pizzas, kebabs, wraps and chicken dishes.
Super Pizza (90 St. Marys Road, Southampton SO14 0AH) These guys took the pizzas and made them fit to the british habits like no others. Tasteful and freshly baked pizzas are waiting for you in Pershore Road.
Passage to India (232 Gipsy Road, London SE27 9RB) Indian specialties including great selection of typical starters, tandoori delicacies and a wide choice of special vegetarian dishes.
Wok Inn (Camden Town, Hampstead Road , London NW1 7JE) Some true wok masters are working here. If you want to try one of the best rices dishes in town, don’t miss Wok Inn, chinese restaurant based in North London.

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Beer: a 10000 years love story

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Stephen

Beer is one of the most common and eldest alcoholic beverage in the world.

How it is done

It is produced by fermentation with strains of ”Saccharomyces cerevisiae” or “Saccharomycescarlsbergensis” (hence the name of a famous Danish beer brand) or sugar derived from barley malt. Barley malt is germinated and dried. Other ingredients are also widely used, however: wheat, cornand rice, usually in combination with malt. Other plants that are used are the roots of cassava, millet and sorghum in Africa, potato in Brazil, and agave in Mexico.To produce beer, malt is soaked in hot water, which - thanks to the action of certain enzymes in the malt itself and because of germination - converts the starches to fermentable sugars.

After it can be flavored with herbs, fruit or more commonly with the hops. It then uses a yeast that starts the fermentation and leads to the formation of alcohol, withcarbon dioxide (which is mostly removed) and other wastes resulting from the anaerobic respiration of yeast.

In this process, different ingredients are used: the production method and type of yeast can be used to classify beer into ale, lager or spontaneously fermented beers.

History

The history of beer is closely linked to that of its ingredients, as well as technological advances that made this drink the beverage that we know today. The first cereal crops, including barleyand spelled (one variety of wheat), were documented in 8000 BC in Mesopotamia.

Thanks to this great representation created by Maggie we attempt to reconstruct a map of the existing different types of beer.

Enjoy!

via Visual.ly

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Advertisements vs Real Food!

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Stephen

Hi folks!

Who never went to McDonalds? Who never had that bad feeling of disappointment after devouring the meal? Well, today we show you one of the reasons why it happens.

It’s a pretty simple psychological trick, triggered by the fabolous advertising pictures of the food offered by the biggest fast food chains of the world.

You see the the pictures on the street and you can almost smell on those delicious, mouthwatering, luring hot meals . The magic continues while you enter the shop and you make your purchase. Then there is a first unconscious disappointment coming up at the sight of the actual state of the dish you just bought. But since it takes a while to get rid of the image you still have in your mind, the real consciousness raising arrives when the food reach your stomach.

This is why we advise to go for local, independent and quality takeaways. You don’t have the mass produced food, and the restaurant owner relies only on his skills to get the quality food to you.

Here you are some evident examples of quite noticeable difference between the pictures on the displays and what you get in your dish. Have fun!

Found on Visual.ly

We at E-resistible prefer the authentic takeaway food. We are entrepreneurs who support the real entrepreneurs of the food industry: the restaurant owners and their customers, who like the food they propose because they can trust them.

Stop being mislead from dazzling banners and poster at the bus stop.
Get your real takeaway from real local restaurants going to e-Resistible and inserting your postcode!

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The Battle of Oranges, Ivrea, Italy

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Stephen

Reading through the sad news about the violence of the protests in Rome during the past days, I remembered a much better kind of guerrilla, with no blood (well, not much) and no rage: the Battle of Oranges in Ivrea, in Italy.

I had the chance to participate to the crazy event 3 years ago in that city, Ivrea, a pretty small town in Piedmont, with a long historic tradition.

The Historic Carnival of Ivrea (that’s how it is officially named) is a carnival event institutionalized around 1808 on the basis of ancient neighborhood festivals. It has taken place almost without interruptions since then. This makes it virtually the carnival with the oldest roots of the world (other more famous events have been restored only recently).

The Carnival of Ivrea is mainly characterized by the complex ceremonial folklore and historic legends full of evocations. All of the people who want to participate without taking part to the fight must wear red, all the others are considered potential enemies, i.e. targets for their fire power!

Next edition will take place on the 21st-22nd of February, 2012.

Check out the official website for more detailed information!

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New restaurants || Week 41

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Stephen

What’s new in your neighborhood this week? Here are just a few of the brand new spots we’ve added to E-resistible during the week.

See what else is new by entering your postcode at E-resistible and checking who delivers to you!

Rayyan’s (Rayyan House, 251 Cranbrook Road, Ilford IG1 4TG) This indian restaurant in Ilford offers an intimate atmosphere, supported by friendly staff. Great food for a small price. Our favourite menu section is the tandoori sizzling dishes one. Highly recommended.
Lantern House (Broomhill, 494 Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2QA) Very good noodles can be found here. This Sheffield chinese restaurant offers a special selection of spicy dishes from different chinese regional cuisines. Great menu, authentic food.
Fernando’s Pizza (205 Whitham Road, Sheffield S10 2SP) Their amazing meal deals can satisfy anybody’s hunger. Freshly baked pizzas and tasty burgers (check out the Special Burger!) are waiting for you.
Cinnamon (134 High Street, Canvey Island SS8 7SL) One of the finest indian restaurants around, they condensed all of our indian food dreams in their “recommended dishes” list, from Tikka Masala to Chingri Mirchi.
Yummy Pizza (53 Whitley Street, Reading RG2 0EG) With a simple and short menu with a limited number of quality dishes, this pizzeria in Reading is worth a try. Tex-mex style appetizers are always a good match with pizzas.

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Double Happiness!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Stephen

I’ve planned a perfect friday night in advance. Just for me. After an exhausting week at work dealing with plenty of people and issues, I really can’t wait to enjoy a nerdy night on my own, to compensate and relax. Then I will be ready for social relations… dinners and brunchs on Saturday and Sunday…but today I refused any kind of invitations.

There will be just me, a few beers, a great chinese takeaway and a long night with my PS3 and the new PES 2012. I will definitely conquer the world with Gloucester City !

I can already tell what I am going to eat, since I am super loyal customer of Gourmet San here in Cheltenham. It is an amazing chinese restaurant on Bath road, ranking at the top in its category on E-resistible. I always use it from my mobile since we have an amazing web app (and I am so lazy when I’m sitting on my couch that I don’t even want to go to grab my laptop from the bedroom…).

Double Happiness house special. Absolutely mouth-watering:

A delicious egg fried rice base,
topped with a mix of chicken and duck
served with a boiling-hot pot of curry sauce.

The meat is cooked just right, perfectly crispy yet always tender. Rice is not over-boiled like in many other places and it’s very tasty. Then my love, the curry, add its unique flavour to the dish, bringing me to heaven. This menu is just a great value for money, you can get all of that for just £5 ! Your just need to live in Cheltenham…

Have a good weekend folks!

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Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann: Food Play

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Stephen

Didn’t your mother teach not to play with food?

Well, some guys out there didn’t really get the message, but after seeing what their output is like, we won’t scold them anymore for the waste.

Elffers and Freymann are these “infamous” chefs from New York who made a profession out of their passion.

In fact the two are the writers of over 12 books related to food art and its derivatives.

They show people how to create amazingly cute animals and several human like kid favorite characters out of everyday fruits and vegetables.

It is proven to be an effective way to convince kids to eat healthy foods that they might not like, by simply turning them into toys that children can play with while they get a nutritional boost.

Many thanks to WilloToons for the great pics.

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This week’s restaurants

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Stephen

What’s new in your neighborhood this week? Here are just a few of the brand new spots we’ve added to E-resistible during the week.

See what else is new by entering your postcode at E-resistible and checking who delivers to you!

Paya (270A Brixton Hill, London SW2 1HP) This chinese restaurant based in Brixton offers very good chinese meals for a convenient price. They also serve a wide choice of vegetarian and Thai dishes, which can be delivered to your home within 30 minutes from your order.
Rajdhani Late Night (21A Bevois Valley Road, Southampton SO14 0JP) The Rajdhani is an interesting indian restaurant whose menu spans from biryani dishes to kebabs. Check out their tandoori cooked specials for new sensational tastes!
Neds Noodle Bar (Unit 3, Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon SS14 1EB) This quality noodle bar is a new concept of chinese restaurant that we like a lot. They guarantee the origin and the quality of their ingredients for their customers in Basildon.
Cinnamon (134 High Street, Canvey Island SS8 7SL) One of the finest indian delis in Essex, Cinnamon restaurant mixes indian and english cuisines in their menu, in order to make sure to accomodate every kind of guests. Their set menus offer a great price for quality.
Yummy Pizza (53 Whitley Street, Reading RG2 0EG) Freshly baked soft and tasty pizzas are prepared with love by Yummy Pizza’s “pizzaioli”. They offer also starters and desserts, creating a perfect environment for events like birthdays or dinners with colleagues. Free delivery to your door!

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