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>> mohinga? this i must have. if there's a national dish, would it be this? >> yes, you look at the sometimes. these are indian, these are chinese, but mohinga is a local thing. it's fish paste with rice or noodles and sometimes we put in some crispies, like fried beans, and these are some coriander leaves. >> yeah. >> lime. >> sprinkle some in here. >> good textures. particularly in the light of obama's recent visit, these are interesting times. significant changes for the first time in 50 years. >> yes. one thing that's quite significant. you take a look around, all kinds of people, all age ...

In an old wood stone oven. in another corner, the heartening slap of fresh bread, pressed against the clay wall. and of course, eggs bob and spin in the magical broth of spices and herbs. correct me if i'm wrong, if there is a national dish, would it be this? >> well, take a look at this. this is indian, this is chinese. this is a local thing, and popular in the city, but also in the rural areas, too. a fish paste with rice. sometimes we put in some crispies like fried beans. these are leaves and lime. >> sprinkle some in here. hm, good texture. >> particularly in light of obama's recent visit...

An accidental food writer years ago when i gave a party, when i was still living in new york. for a friend of mine. i was working at vogue and a friend of mine was leaving the magazine. i threw a party in his honor. i didn't realize how exotic the stuff i served at parties was. like ham biscuits and pim ento cheese sandwiches and devilled eggs which apparently nobody in the room had ever seen, chasing the trays around. new york cocktail parties usually feature dried-up sticks of satay. a snow pea piped with some intelligible fish paste. so the people were anticipate to see all that stuff. ther...

Jonathon, you are a filthy foreigner. does this pb and j bashing appeal to your job stealing sensibility? >> yes. peanut butter and overtly racist. we didn't have it growing up in britain in the 1800's. so therefore it is overtly anti-british and i don't like it. but it all goes back to oregon. they are so organic. these portland restaurants that want to sort everything locally. what is more racist than that? they won't buy their chickens from columbia or mexico. that's racist. >> shopping local is racist. >> exactly. >> did you have nutella. >> we had marmite. >> and fish paste and he grew up...

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