2024年4月24日 星期三

take 2 - stir fried prawn with shell in tomato sauce

apr 22, 2024 (mon).............made 2nd attempt

benchmark video 
i) you tuber (singsingkitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4OhB04z0JY&t=318s


introduction
- this is 1 on hong konger dishes to serve guest or during big festive family feast
-oceanic favour of shrimp is the personality of this dish
- savory and sweet sour sauce coated on the shell of prawn brings up your appetite

main ingredients
- 7 x shrimps (better with head and shell............but i can only find deheaded raw shell prawns)
- 1 clove garlic
- few shallot
- spring onion
- pinch of rice wine

2024年4月12日 星期五

take 12 - korean spicy soft tofu stew (sundubu jjigae)

apr 11, 2024 (thu).............made a 12th attempt

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introduction
- it is one of korean signature home cooked dishes


main ingredients
- ~250g beef (seafood or pork is even a popular match)
- ~300g silk tofu
- 1/4 pc x onion
- some mushroom
- spring onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon korean red chili paste (gochujang, must use korean origin)
- 1 teaspoon korean red chili powder (must use korean origin chili powder)
- egg
- sesame oil

2024年3月24日 星期日

dehumidifier

feel flat sheet humid and some dampen smell inside house...............besides, i dun have a tumble dryer..............therefore bought a dehumidifier this year

1) dehumidifier (net £239.25 + £9.99)
-original price : £319 (promo offer ie ~25% discounted)
-brand : ebac
-model : 3650e
-color : white
-size : 50h x 32.5w x 27.5d cm
-weight : 13kg
-spec : 18l
-min operating temp : 3°c
-max operating temp : 35°c
-warranty : 5 years (till mar 27, 2029)
-bought from : ebac (online)
-country of manufacturing : uk
-purchase date : mar 17, 2024 (sun)
-delivery date : mar 23, 2024 (sat)

2024年3月19日 星期二

take 4 - korean bibimbap (veggie version)

mar 18, 2024 (mon).............made a 4th attempt

benchmark video 
i) you tuber (chung's kitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9_FPyLT2Y


introduction
- it is one of korean signature dishes
- usually with either pork or beef..............but i would like to make a veggie version
- it is quite a time consuming dish to cook


main ingredients
- bean sprouts
- carrot
- courgette
- turnip
- spinach
- egg
- sesame seed
- honey
- sesame oil
- korean spicy powder (replaced by japanese spicy powder coz available)
- fish sauce
- rice
- garlic

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

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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