NOODLES - NORTH HAMPTON, MA

Almost at the end of a row of cute little stores and shops, nestled on a corner of

North Hampton, MA  is an extremely fabulous quaint little restaurant. A bright orange
sign plastered above the entrance quiet appropriately reads: NOODLES
















(A tree was right in front of the place so I couldn't get a better shot! )

I only refrain from calling it a "noodle shop" because you can get salads and other things.
Noodles has simple and tasteful decor with sparsely placed pictures on its walls of different
bowls of noodle dishes.

Pork and Shrimp - Rice Noodles

The soup looked better when it was first brought to the table
but I knocked it around a bit before I thought, "Take A Picture!"

       Eyeball/Taste Ingredients

• Chicken Broth (Clear)
• Bean Spouts
• Shrimp
• Pork
• Rice Noodles (clear)
• Bok Choy
• Cilantro

Curry Chicken - Egg Noodles

        
Eyeball/Taste Ingredients

• Lime
• Chicken 
• Curry 
• Chicken Broth
• Coconut Milk
• Red Onion
• Fried Noodles
• Little Spicy

Try this place!!

On The Corner

The Four Hour Chef - Timothy Ferris

First off I found Timothy Ferris' writing to be a bit cluttered and jumbled. This guy likes to learn and has a big brain and way too much material to share. Just look at his blog! Off his success of The Four Hour Work Week and The four Hour Body I can't really blame the guy for trying to go write another book essentially using the concept of:

BREAK THE PROBLEM DOWN TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND.

Is there anything you can do more adapted to this concept than cooking?

Understanding is key, and then it's just a matter of physically doing it. In order to really grasp the
inner workings you have to break a problem apart to discover what it's components are comprised
of and see how they work together.

The rest of the book is an exercise in culinary mastery delivered in stages from simple to more complex.
For what appears to be a simple concept, this book has 600 pages!

The thing I found most helpful about The Four Hour Chef  other than the main concept was the way Ferris mastered writing recipes. The method was not only fascinating, but so much easier to read and understand than conventional steps and directions.

For the $9.99 Kindle Version I only found the value to be underwhelming because of my personal lack of taste in the author's writing style.

A comprehensive break down review of:  The Four Hour Chef


Rating: 7+

MOON DOG CAFE - CHESTER, VERMONT

An interesting ride through the back hills of southern Vermont yesterday brought us upon "Bessie," the cow. I guess she was making her way up the road after missing the now famous Strolling Of The Heifers Parade in Brattleboro the day before. Seeing a cow walking up the side of the road is still a little strange even in Vermont!  

We continued on up rural route 35 until we came to a little corner of the world called Chester. Certainly a quaint little town, or is it a village, where all 10 shops are nestled side by side in an isolated loop street cul de sac in front of the town common. Book store, jewelry store, leather shop, etc... a Vermont kinda mini mall if you will.

I'm not much for cafe's, but this place was a little something different. This was a gift toiletry emporium set inside a general store! Obviously, the flatlanders knew this was the place to stop on their way back to their big city life. The atmosphere was all quaint mosh Vermont, 

The Moon Dog Cafe

I'm tellin' ya this place was basically a general store with a little more upscale Vermont touristee nick naks, than I'm use to seeing. In the back hallway the most out-of-tune piano I've ever laid a finger on with an Art shop and a windowed closet shop called the Chocolatarian! Not much, but just enough to tickle your green mountain fancy!

There were no tye dye pychodelic food names on the menu. Just your standard every day run of the mill sandwiches and salads.







A Simple Menu

Nothing at all fancy about this menu.
Plain Jane but effective.


Menu -  Close Up

I chose the Roast Beef...I'm not even going to beat around the bush on this one. This was the BEST sandwich I have EVER had in my life, and that's like half a century's worth of eatin'!
  

The Sandwich

Roast Beef....With Vermont Cheddar and Horseradish Mayo.

• Home made bread
• Fresh tomatoes
• Fresh mixed greens
• Thick Roast Beef
• Thick Cheddar Cheese
• Toasted

I'm not exaggerating one bit about this sandwich! Fantastic! I could only eat half of it and saved the rest for today's lunch.


Dessert

 
























TPS Rating: +10