Austin Bush

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Run, don’t walk, to @wtfbangkok, NOW, where @lifecw is making bifana, Portugal’s famous braised pork sandwich, and serving vinho verde. Deliciousness guaranteed. 🇵🇹

After a few weeks away this is my first Thai meal made by Thai people for Thai people and... wow. MSG is a helluva thing, isn’t it?

Missed cooking/wishing I were in Portugal: alheira com caça, Portuguese game sausage w taters, greens n a fried egg. 🇵🇹

Back in Bangkok, had some leftover crispy pork belly from @mookrob_klangkrung, made phat kaphrao. 😎

Just over two weeks and, guys, I don’t think @newbalance is up to the task of accommodating my exxxtreme lifestyle. #Chacos, I was just kidding about that other stuff I said, are we cool?

The final and by far least photogenic dish of this trip: gome besiga, collard greens braised w beef. One of my fave dishes so far and perfect on a cold, rainy day. Bye, 🇪🇹!

It’s my last day in Ethiopia, and nearly every breakfast in Addis Ababa has been taken at Enrico Pastry. Are the makiatos exceptional? Not really. The millefoglie and boxegna (cream puffs) amazing? Nope. But it’s the city’s oldest patisserie, and I love the old school, Italian atmosphere, a nice break from chaos outside. 🇪🇹

Today’s assignment: shooting an injera factory for @taste. I forgot to take pics of it w my phone, but whipped it out when the neighbor showed me his berbere grinding zone. After the shoot, the very nice owner invited me into her home and to her amazing Ethiopian New Year spread. Among other things there was doro wot (sort of a chicken curry), dulet (raw, minced offal — super tasty) and an auntie was feeding me raw chunks of beef by hand. 🇪🇹

HAPPY ETHIOPIAN NEW YEAR 🇪🇹

Taking a well deserved break from Ethiopian food for a meal. Yemen is just across the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, so I’m guessing this is pretty real? It was pretty tasty. And this being the half (!) portion, pretty big. 🇪🇹

Last shot at covering tej bet, bars that serve honey wine, for @latimesfood, and finally made some progress. Although you can’t see the details here — the beakers of orange honey wine, the drunk man who kept saying “YES,” the woman who insisted I take her photo while breast feeding, the man w the rooster — this image conveys the general vibe of these insane bars. And the pics I got w my real cam are solid. Whew. 🇪🇹

Shooting trad-style Ethiopian coffee today, and this is the setup one sees just about everywhere on the streets of Addis Ababa. The grass on the ground is supposed to convey freshness while the incense just smells good! The eye roll comes almost certainly as a result of all my dumb questions. 🙄 🇪🇹

TV

March 02, 2008 in blog

Recently the Dutch television programme The Taste of Life was in Bangkok. I took them around town for a day, and even feature in part of the show! Apparently the video can be seen here, but I'm on the road and have yet to find a connection fast enough to accommodate streaming video. If you're blessed with amble bandwith take a look and let me know how silly I look.