A Full Belly

hmii?: mustard

How Much Is Inside Mustard? "A staple of summertime living, French's classic yellow mustard is the only suitable companion to hot dogs. However, while other websites delve into the buns 8-pack vs. frank 10-pack controversy, here at How Much is Inside, we wondered, how many hot dogs can you dress with one bottle of Mustard? On Friday night, we decided to find out." I heart you Rob Cockerham, you man of science, you.

fast food chains in malaysia

Big US fast food chains like McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut and Burger King have all sorts of awesome products and promotions in other countries, and Huai Bin of the infamous Malaysian blog sixthseal.com does a great job of keeping track of the ones available in his neck of the woods. My favorite product names are the KFC Tom Yam Crunch, Starbucks Coffee Jelly Frappucino, McDonald's Prosperity Burger Chicken and Prosperity Desserts, Pizza Hut Ocean Tempura King Prawn, Bubur Ayam McD (McDonald's Chicken Porridge), and the KFC Curry Crunch.

rion's mercats de barcelona

Mercats de Barcelona. My friend and favorite photoblogger Rion Nakaya was in Barcelona recently and wandered through one of the city's many markets with her camera. There are lots of other gorgeous photosets on her site; of the many food-related ones my favorite is of Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market.

wine ordering tips from waiter rant

Waiter Rant: How to order wine without looking like an asshole. "25. Merlot is a perfectly good wine. Don’t believe all that “Sideways” crap. God I hate that movie!" [via The Girl Who Ate Everything]

new york magazine's 101 restaurants

Where to eat in 2006: New York Magazine's 101 Best Restaurants. Written by Adam Platt, Le Bernardin takes 1 and AFB fave Momofuku comes in at a respectable 101, with 99 great places to eat in between. Platt's introduction explains both the method used to select the restaurants and what each of the stars in New York Magazine's new review system mean.

food calendars that don't suck

2006 Foodie Calendars. Slashfood's short but sweet list of food calendars that don't suck. Get Dog Food: Play With Your Food for dog lovers and food lovers alike! *cough, cough*

out of this world

Ready for dinner on Mars? Alain Ducasse's company was one of two tasked by the European Space Agency to develop delicious recipes for astronauts to prepare on long duration space missions. "The menus were all based on nine main ingredients that ESA envisions could be grown in greenhouses of future colonies on Mars or other planets. The nine must comprise at least 40% of the final diet, while the remaining (up to) 60% could be additional vegetables, herbs, oil, butter, salt, pepper, sugar and other seasoning brought from Earth." Guess this means I won't be going into space till the science of fake meat has advanced a considerable deal.

eater's 2005 roundup

The Year In Eater, 2005. Of the new restaurants listed, I've only been to Cookshop (for Thanksgiving, recommend it highly), and would like to check out Fatty Crab, The Modern and Gusto. My 2005 standbys were the same as 2004's (Grand Sichuan (the St Mark's branch), New Green Bo and Crif*Dog) with one addition (Momofuku, home of the most heavenly pork buns and chicken wings), all but the newest a place where a full meal will set you back the same as a dessert at most of the places mentioned on Eater. I love my cheap eats, what can I say?

fake dotcom era entrees

Five terrible fake entrees from the dotcom era. My personal favorite is #3: "Polenta cash register, filled with walnut-barley rice pyramids, lightly dusted with Tang® ($67)"

blak is the new coke

Coca-Cola offering coffee-infused 'Blak' drink. Launching in France this month and other markets including the US later this year, "Coca-Cola Blak will be a mid-calorie drink, similar to Coca-Cola C2, which was launched in April 2004 and contains half the sugar, calories and carbohydrates of regular colas. The formula for the new beverage is expected to vary based on local tastes."

They recently phased out Vanilla Coke and Diet Vanilla Coke in the US and should be shipping their replacements, Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, to stores right about now. Fancy shmancy flavors but I'll stick to Classic, thank you very much. [via Pop Culture Junk Mail]