take 4 - stir fry rice noodle with fish sauce (veggie version)

sep 26, 2023 (tue)............make a 4th attempt

benchmark video (you tuber singsingkitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mly9qQxz58

introduction

- it is a popular traditional breakfast (but with much simple ingredients)

- ingredients is highly flexible (usually depends on whatever available in your fridge)

- my parents used to do a stir fried rice noodles (little prawns, bbq pork, pickled veggie) which is my favorite

main ingredients

- rice noodles

- 3 color bell pepper

- carrot (you can replace it with meat/ seafood and make non veggie version)

- egg

- bean sprout

- shallot

- chinese celery/ chinese chives (replaced by spring onion coz i cant find it here)

- salt

- oyster sauce

- fish sauce

- maggi/ soy sauce

1998 cafe - asian food ingredient

sourced another place to order asian food ingredient...............personal prefer this one than jolly notts coz closer to nottingham town centre and important of all respond to my whatsapp enquiry

1) shrimp (£12.00)

-size : 1kg

-country of origin : south america

-bought from : 1998 cafe (take.app link in her fb)

-purchase date : sep 19, 2023 (tue)

-pick up date in 1998 cafe : sep 23, 2023 (sat)

take 4 - tomato potato soup by pressure cooker (veggie version)

sep 22, 2023 (fri).............take 4th attempt to cook this soup

benchmark video (you tuber sing sing kitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTaYnJek5lQ&t=145s

introduction

- a very commonly cooked quick soup in hong kong

- usually added with slices of pork

- but this is a veggie version

main ingredients

- tomato (i used 3 types - 1 x beef tomato, 1 x sugardrop tomato and 1 x vine ripened tomato <-- optional)

- potato

- carrot

- ginger

- onion (can be replaced by meat and change to non veggie version)

used rubber bar runner

i plan to set up a mini bar area.............therefore need a couple of items..............bar runner is 1 of them

1) used rubber bar runner (£9.95 + £3.35)

-brand : stella artois

-color : black

-size : 60cm x 13cm

-bought from : ebay

-selling merchant : pubbaraccessories

-purchase date : sep 17, 2023 (sun)

-delivery date : sep 22, 2023 (fri)

*runner in very good condition...........only spot 1 minor imperfection on the fine rubber gold line

germany leverkusen (sep 17 - 20, 2023)

spent few days in leverkusen..............mainly around staying hotel

conqueror virtual challenges

i signed up 2 virtual challenges (inca trail and nakesendo trail) with conqueror mobile apps on aug 31, 2023

kinda motivation to do more exercises in the form of walking, running, cycling etc...........you can manual post the finished miles into the apps or connect to a fitness apps (mapped/ accepted fitness apps : starva, fitbit, google fit, garmin, runkeeper, underarmour connected fitness, adidas running) and auto sync the distance every midnight to conqueror apps

1) inca trail - 26.2miles/ 42km

- virtual bib

take 2 - mixed veggie in foil with fermented black bean sauce

sep 11, 2023 (mon).............took 2nd attempt to nail this dish

inspired video (you tuber america test's kitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvewOTTvjc&t=167s

introduction

- it is totally an invented dish of mine.............inspired by bake cod in foil video

- purpose to maximize utilizing oven while i am busy with the hob (coz i am a very slooooow cook😆)

- indeed more straight forward/ sensible way is stir fry if your hob/ stove has capacity

main ingredients

- 1/2 bag mix veggie (i like the mushroom stir fry from m&s)

- 2 cloves garlic

- 1/2 tablespoon fermented black bean sauce

- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce

morris dance 2023

sep 9, 2023 (sat) went to watch joint morris organizations regional day of dance...............a total of 10 teams participated this year

*Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins.

take 2 - stir fry cucumber with prawns

sep 9, 2023 (sat).............made a 2nd attempt after watching a le cordon bleu chef video recommending to remove seeds of cucumber in order to give better taste

introduction

- my parents cook this quick dish on and off

main ingredients

- cucumber

- prawns <-- better buy prawns that are with shell then deshell, taste better

- oyster sauce

- salt

supermkt shopping (2nd 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) butter short bread - coronation edition (£6.00)

-size : 450g

-country of origin : uk 
-bought from : m&s

-purchase date : apr 1, 2023 (sat)