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)

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

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

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

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)

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)