Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Good Ole Vienna.
My Store
Gabriele's store
Only in Europe would they advertise tidy underwear on masculine manikins
I love these beautiful statues found at random corners and walls of buildings, even outlet stores.
Side aisles of the shopping mall. “Beauties” of the olden days, forget p90x and insanity, I need to gain more meat and chub!
Generic tourist...
Looks like christmas all over again…
Feels like San Francisco again!
i scared him. ;) I bribed him with money.
“Vienna is Different.”
That’s what Markus, one of the school directors said. And Vienna really is different, in some ways good some ways bad; the cons and pros will come along as my blogs develop.
Food: (I swear, this blog isn’t going to be flooded with food. ;P)
“Hot Dog” Vienna style. This baby—made from Vienna’s BEST hotdog stand in front of the Opera House--is a long crusty roll, poked into a thick pointed metal stick filled with ketchup and mustard and finished off with the grilled sausage that fills in the rest of the space in that bun. One bite satisfies my hunger and need for meat, which I haven’t had much of because Europeans consumes an over excess amount of carbs -____-“
When I hear “wiener schnitzel” I think of the American fast food hotdog stand. How come no one told me it wiener schnitzel is actually a delicious floured deep fried chicken/pork dish? Seriously, I had no frick`n idea what wiener schnitzel was until today!
I call this soup “Ramen soup” because the broth tastes like cup noodle with some slightly crunchy balls, it came with my order.
The wiener schnitzel itself reminds me of the Japanese katsu dishes you can get from L&L, except the recipe does not call for planko breadcrumbs. I know I know, this dish totally contradicts my statement that I haven’t consumed much meat…
Food: (I swear, this blog isn’t going to be flooded with food. ;P)
“Hot Dog” Vienna style. This baby—made from Vienna’s BEST hotdog stand in front of the Opera House--is a long crusty roll, poked into a thick pointed metal stick filled with ketchup and mustard and finished off with the grilled sausage that fills in the rest of the space in that bun. One bite satisfies my hunger and need for meat, which I haven’t had much of because Europeans consumes an over excess amount of carbs -____-“
When I hear “wiener schnitzel” I think of the American fast food hotdog stand. How come no one told me it wiener schnitzel is actually a delicious floured deep fried chicken/pork dish? Seriously, I had no frick`n idea what wiener schnitzel was until today!
I call this soup “Ramen soup” because the broth tastes like cup noodle with some slightly crunchy balls, it came with my order. The wiener schnitzel itself reminds me of the Japanese katsu dishes you can get from L&L, except the recipe does not call for planko breadcrumbs. I know I know, this dish totally contradicts my statement that I haven’t consumed much meat…
Monday, January 23, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
>48 hours
1. Money Exchange:
The first thing I did and perhaps the only thing I didn’t look forward to, exchanging $1.35 for every 1€ :(
2. The streets
Location: Vienna, Austria aka Best town to live in worldwide 1/20/11
It’s funny to walk around a town that’s not filled with pick-up trucks, “import” cars (Ahem**Civics), and bright colored cars. The streets of Vienna are filled with sophisticated European cars that are conservatively colored and have the appearance of higher class culture. Not only are the cars classy, the exterior architecture of many buildings are very vintage and old fashion—made of blocks and stones instead of iron and metal. Even now, I still don’t feel like I’m in Europe, just a city filled with older vintage buildings found in San Francisco but I’m sure I’ll start notices more differences as the day come by.
3. “Family”:
Our “host mom” Lore is so energetic and nice! I’m so glad she speaks English very well. Actually, I’m glad that practically everyone in Vienna speaks at least SOME English :D
4. U-Bahn 1/20/11
Did you know that Vienna is one of the easiest town to get around simply through the U-Bahn (U-underground; Bahn= transportation) transportation? Vienna is one of the most cleverly devised transportation to help citizens get around . . . unfortunately for me and my roommates we got lost for an hour trying to find our way around this big town. HAHA. Way to prove the system wrong right? ;)
5. A Taste of Vienna
Time to fatten up with these Carbs!! D:
1/18/12
Dinner with Lore: On our first night Lore fed us a yummy vegetable soup with bread rolls, side meat, canned beans, and canned beats. The soup tasted just like chicken soup! Although, it was a bit more saltedly concentrated but it was a perfect combination with the crusty bread roll and tenderly cooked meat. Tasted just like roasted meat you would put in a French dip sandwich. My roommates and I decided we weren’t big fans of the pickled beans or beats.
Location: Naschmarkt, Vienna, Austria
The Naschmarkt is suppose to be one of the biggest and oldest market of its type. It was smaller than a thought, just about 2 rows of food stores/restaurants but one thing I found peculiarly interesting is that the Naschmarkt has about 4/5 ASIAN restaurant/grocery stores, even Phό shops! (Which is where we found the Asian guy that spoke german in an Asian accent HAHA!) I really want to see if there is a difference in the Phό styles, but I’ll wait till I’m REALLY desperate for Asian food to give it a shot. :]
I wanted to try a weinersnitzel, but I realize maybe its not work the 11€ it costs; instead I got a sandwich. & I don’t know why but I always end up with the slushy vegetarian stuff like that garden burger from JCW’s, but trust me, this one actually had fish in it! I was kind of disappointed because the fish didn’t taste like ANYTHING! It was kind of like sticking a slice of tasteless cheese between some greens and yummy crusty bread :/ But perhaps it was that weird looking green sauce that made the sandwich frick`n delicious!!!
Location: Pizzeria (literally across my apartment), Vienna, Austria
One of the administrators at the AAIE keeps saying, “Vienna is Different.” And it definitely is! This Pizza Restaurant is hopelessly romantic with its “candlelight” setting filled with… peacocks and random figures and paintings? I’m the type of person to be obsessed with crusty bakery and this pizza crust was absolutely perfect! I wasn’t too fond of the corn and interestingly the bread that held everything was pretty thin, half the thickness of the bread you get at Little Caesars. The pizza, topped with salami, ham, cheese, mushroom and corn (yes corn!) was well worth the 6€ in size and quality.
6. Social life with some strangers?
Yeah, we did it . . . The Viennese culture makes socializing such a casual thing. Often times I have seen elder guys in about their twenties sit around just enjoying a bottle of beer or so, I didn’t quite expect anyone to talk with us. It’s also awesome to talk to foreigners because it actually makes me feel more comfortable to know that we’re approachable but it’s somewhat scary not knowing what to expect from them. We ended up going to a nice bar/lounge with the two guys and enjoyed some nice drinks. I regret not having my camera, but it was a nice lounge with delicious drinks.
The first thing I did and perhaps the only thing I didn’t look forward to, exchanging $1.35 for every 1€ :(
2. The streets
Location: Vienna, Austria aka Best town to live in worldwide 1/20/11
It’s funny to walk around a town that’s not filled with pick-up trucks, “import” cars (Ahem**Civics), and bright colored cars. The streets of Vienna are filled with sophisticated European cars that are conservatively colored and have the appearance of higher class culture. Not only are the cars classy, the exterior architecture of many buildings are very vintage and old fashion—made of blocks and stones instead of iron and metal. Even now, I still don’t feel like I’m in Europe, just a city filled with older vintage buildings found in San Francisco but I’m sure I’ll start notices more differences as the day come by.
3. “Family”:
Our “host mom” Lore is so energetic and nice! I’m so glad she speaks English very well. Actually, I’m glad that practically everyone in Vienna speaks at least SOME English :D
4. U-Bahn 1/20/11
Did you know that Vienna is one of the easiest town to get around simply through the U-Bahn (U-underground; Bahn= transportation) transportation? Vienna is one of the most cleverly devised transportation to help citizens get around . . . unfortunately for me and my roommates we got lost for an hour trying to find our way around this big town. HAHA. Way to prove the system wrong right? ;)
5. A Taste of Vienna
Time to fatten up with these Carbs!! D:
1/18/12
Dinner with Lore: On our first night Lore fed us a yummy vegetable soup with bread rolls, side meat, canned beans, and canned beats. The soup tasted just like chicken soup! Although, it was a bit more saltedly concentrated but it was a perfect combination with the crusty bread roll and tenderly cooked meat. Tasted just like roasted meat you would put in a French dip sandwich. My roommates and I decided we weren’t big fans of the pickled beans or beats.
Location: Naschmarkt, Vienna, Austria
The Naschmarkt is suppose to be one of the biggest and oldest market of its type. It was smaller than a thought, just about 2 rows of food stores/restaurants but one thing I found peculiarly interesting is that the Naschmarkt has about 4/5 ASIAN restaurant/grocery stores, even Phό shops! (Which is where we found the Asian guy that spoke german in an Asian accent HAHA!) I really want to see if there is a difference in the Phό styles, but I’ll wait till I’m REALLY desperate for Asian food to give it a shot. :]
I wanted to try a weinersnitzel, but I realize maybe its not work the 11€ it costs; instead I got a sandwich. & I don’t know why but I always end up with the slushy vegetarian stuff like that garden burger from JCW’s, but trust me, this one actually had fish in it! I was kind of disappointed because the fish didn’t taste like ANYTHING! It was kind of like sticking a slice of tasteless cheese between some greens and yummy crusty bread :/ But perhaps it was that weird looking green sauce that made the sandwich frick`n delicious!!!
Location: Pizzeria (literally across my apartment), Vienna, Austria
One of the administrators at the AAIE keeps saying, “Vienna is Different.” And it definitely is! This Pizza Restaurant is hopelessly romantic with its “candlelight” setting filled with… peacocks and random figures and paintings? I’m the type of person to be obsessed with crusty bakery and this pizza crust was absolutely perfect! I wasn’t too fond of the corn and interestingly the bread that held everything was pretty thin, half the thickness of the bread you get at Little Caesars. The pizza, topped with salami, ham, cheese, mushroom and corn (yes corn!) was well worth the 6€ in size and quality.
6. Social life with some strangers?
Yeah, we did it . . . The Viennese culture makes socializing such a casual thing. Often times I have seen elder guys in about their twenties sit around just enjoying a bottle of beer or so, I didn’t quite expect anyone to talk with us. It’s also awesome to talk to foreigners because it actually makes me feel more comfortable to know that we’re approachable but it’s somewhat scary not knowing what to expect from them. We ended up going to a nice bar/lounge with the two guys and enjoyed some nice drinks. I regret not having my camera, but it was a nice lounge with delicious drinks.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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