2024年3月17日 星期日

take 4 - thai style steam mussels

mar 16, 2024 (sat).............made 4th attempt

benchmark video 
i) you tuber (pailin's kitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEfQqHvUIrA


introduction
- an incident triggers me to explore new way to cook mussels coz i usually cook with white wine sauce
- then ran into a thai steam mussel video..............after 2 trials, found another better video

main ingredients
- 1kg mussels
- 3-4 stems x lemongrass
- 5 x kaffir lime leave
- 6-7 x galangal
- 1/4 cup onion/ shallot
- 3 cloves garlic
- 3-4 thai chilli
- 1 cup cherry tomato
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 cup chicken/ pork stock (replaced by water + oyster sauce + sugar)

- 1 cup thai basil
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 1/2 cup tomato

- 1-2 tablespoon lime juice

2024年3月8日 星期五

take 2 - pork & fresh pineapple with black bean sauce

mar 8, 2024 (thu).............made a 2nd attempt

benchmark video 
i) nil

introduction
- some asian dishes add fresh seasonal fruit into stir fry
- pineapple is a popular choice eg pinapple fried rice, stir fry beef slices with pineapple, sour & sweet pork nuggets
- this time, i pick the easiest dish.............adding pineapple when stir fry pork
- because pork here generally carries an unpleasant flavor (in my taste).............therefore i twist the traditional cooking way by adding fermented black bean sauce...........that strong black bean sauce will fully cover the unpleasant flavor from pork
- hence if pork in your region does not have unpleasant smell.............you can skip fermented black bean sauce and stay with more original flavor of each ingredient

main ingredients
- 1/4 x fresh pineapple (you can use canned pineapple)
- pork (beef is commonly used as well)
- 1/4 x red bell pepper
- 1/4 x green bell pepper
- some onion
- 2 teaspoon black fermented bean sauce
- garlic

2024年3月3日 星期日

zaap thai market - thai food stuff

found another source that can buy thai food stuff

1) tofuking beancurd - firm (@£1.80)
-size : 600g
-country of origin : uk
-bought from : zaap thai market
-purchase date : mar 2, 2024 (sat)

2024年3月2日 星期六

take 4 - sweet green bean soup by pressure cooker

mar 1, 2024 (fri).............made 4th attempt

introduction
- it is one of popular sweet soups for hongkongers
- you can totally adjust thickness, sweetness and taste by adjusting portion of each ingredient

main ingredients
- 3/4 cup x green bean 
- kelp
- cane sugar (replaced by brown sugar coz available)
- dried tangerine peel
- ruta/ rue (skip coz unable to buy here)

2024年2月27日 星期二

take 2 - shrimp with stir fried vermicelli

feb 26, 2024 (mon).............made 2nd attempt

benchmark video 
i) you tuber (dream chef home) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGX98jypn5E


introduction
- shrimp is always a good friend to vermicelli/ thin type rice vermicelli
- you can play around with seasoning to make it asian country specific.............eg add in lime juice, fish sauce, chili to make it thai/ vietnam style cuisine 
- i picked a taiwan you tuber........so this recipe is more taiwanese style (not spicy, focus on taste of soy sauce and balance sour flavor from black vinegar)

main ingredients
- 7-10 x shrimps (mine is no head)
- shrimp head/ shell <-- best to have shrimp head coz tomalley contains delicious/ distinct taste and creamy texture
- 100g x vermicelli (you can use glass noodle)
- garlic
- onion (replaced by shallot coz available)
- bits of bell pepper (optional only giving color to the dish) 
- bits of carrot (optional only giving color to the dish)
- chinese celery (skip coz i cant find it here)
- spring onion/ cilantro

2024年2月22日 星期四

take 3 - korean rolled omelette (gyeran mari)

feb 21, 2024 (wed).............make a 3rd attempt

benchmark blog (chung's k food) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFHW-0P0w4o

introduction
- one of popular side homemade dishes in korea
- very easy to prepare

main ingredients (1 person serving)
- 2 x eggs
- bit of onion (optional)
- bit of carrots (optional, give color to the dish)
- 1 stalk x green onion
- pinch of salt

2024年2月13日 星期二

supermkt shopping (4th post)

this is to record purchase of stuff from supermarkets.............to compare price difference if any.............you can judge yourselves whether food stuff here is expensive than your home country

1) asparagus tips (£2.00)
-size : 125g
-country of origin : peru
-bought from : morrisons
-purchase date : nov 20, 2023 (mon)

2024年2月4日 星期日

mussels in white wine sauce with spaghetti

feb 3, 2024 (sat).............replicate a dish from you tube video and cook this not easy to fail seafood dish

benchmark video (you tuber bob's your uncle) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Et6EGvZ_Y&t=316s

introduction
- hong kongers love eating seafood and lots of seafood variety is available there
- there is a belgium restaurant (frites) famous for mussels in hong kong............choices of cooking in white wine, beer, laksa etc
- i personally prefer white wine
- last time cooked mussel without pasta...............this time cook spaghetti altogether in 1 go (just lazy :p)

main ingredients
- mussel (this pack ~1kg)
- white wine (2 cups)
- smoked bacon/ speck
- shallot
- garlic (4 cloves)
- fennel
- butter
- parsley
- pasta of your choice (i follow tradition and use spaghetti)

2024年2月2日 星期五

sleeping mat & bag

wanna stay warm reading book/ surfing internet without switching on heating

1) medium sleeping mat (member price £79.00)
-brand : exped
-series : versa
-color : navy blue
-size : 183 x 52 x 8cm
-packed dimension : 28 x 14cm
-spec : 2r
-bought from : go outdoors (online)
-country of manufacturing : taiwan
-purchase date : jan 13, 2024 (sat)
-delivery date : jan 16, 2024 (tue)

2024年1月28日 星期日

take 3 - taiwanese braised beef noodle soup

jan 27, 2024 (sat).............made a 3rd attempt

benchmark video 
i) you tuber (dream chef home) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZCfJWXBsBk
ii) you tuber (yuzu mama serves dishes) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxVTWhBkj0 <-- suits sweet tooth

introduction
- it is a very signature taiwanese dish............loads of restaurants specialized selling beef noodle soup alone in taiwan
- normally in 3 different beef noodle choices : clear stew, braised and spicy braised
- braised beef noodle soup is strong flavor dish
- each shop or home cooked beef noodle soup has its own style and recipe

main ingredients
- ~500g beef cut (authentic to use beef shin...........short ribs/ beef skirt/ ox cheek also acceptable)
- 1/2 pc x onion
- spring onion
- 4-5 slices x ginger
- 4-5 cloves x  garlic
- 1 tablespoon (add more if you like hot and spicy) spicy chili & garlic paste
- small rock sugar
- 4 tablespoon x soy sauce
- 3 tablespoon x rice wine (i use shaohsing cooking rice wine coz available)
- noodle
- greens (i use siu tong choi............but supermarket named it pak choi)