mussels in white wine sauce

aug 20, 2022 (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

main ingredients

- mussel (this pack ~1kg)

- white wine (2 cups)

- smoked bacon/ speck

- shallot

- garlic (4 cloves)

- fennel

- butter

- parsley

take 3 - oven baked salmon fillet

aug 18, 2022 (thu).............make a 3rd attempt to cook a very quick dinner with short preparation time

introduction

 - it is a very easy to cook western dish

main ingredients

- salmon fillet

- sea salt & seaweed

- black pepper

take 2 - tomato with scramble egg

aug 17, 2022 (wed).............make a 2nd attempt.........but this time cook in scrambled egg...............just so happen come across a you tube video.............i like the reason why she fries tomatoes 1st

benchmark video (you tuber pailin's kitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1zNReGst9c&t=339s)

introduction

- it is a typical household dish in hong kong/ china

- kids love it

- almost each family will have her own way/ style in cooking this dish

- mine will use at least 2 different varieties of tomato (please dun use salad tomato which is not suitable for this dish)

- in order to give the natural citrus and sweetness flavor............i will buy good quality tomato (find the right variety) with vine, in bright red color

main ingredients

- sugardrop tomatoes <-- my fav tomatoes species

- large vine tomatoes

- 2 x eggs

- brown sugar

mcarthur glen outlet

aug 11, 2022 (thu) went to mcarthur glen outlet

1) jumper (£17.5)

-retail shop : next
-country of manufacturing : turkey

-bought from : mcarthur glen outlet

-purchase date : aug 11, 2022 (thu)

take 2 - oven baked salmon fillet with potatoes

aug 10, 2022 (wed).............make a 2nd attempt to cook a very quick dinner with short preparation time

introduction

 - it is a very easy to cook western dish

main ingredients

- salmon fillet

- potatoes

- black pepper

stir fry chinese leaf with dried scallop

aug 09, 2022 (tue).............cook an easy dish

introduction

- it is kind of premium dish because dried scallop can be expensive (depend on country of origin, grading and size)

main ingredients

- chinese leaf

- dried scallop (from japan) <-- may not be so easy to find here

- oyster sauce (but tonight i skip it coz want something light seasoning)

- salt

take 2 - japanese style potato salad

aug 07, 2022 (sun).............wanna make a 2nd attempt

introduction

- it is a typical household appetizer in japan............most hong kongers love japanese food............and travel to japan very often..............japan is our 2nd home lol

- i bet each japanese family will have her own way/ style in making this dish

main ingredients

- potatoes

- mayonnaise

- egg

- wasabi (can be replaced by raw onion)

- onion <-- optional (give sweetness)

- carrot <-- optional (give color)

- cucumber <-- optional (give color, freshness and texture)

pan fried mashed potato meat patty

jul 27, 2022 (wed).............prepare my dinner according to a video in you tube............he is one of my fav you tubers 

benchmark video (you tuber職人吹水) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH1iY1Tuqv8

introduction

- meat patty is a popular dish in hong kong..............it has lots of combination varieties eg minced pork patty with preserved fish is very famous............some combination can be very creative

main ingredients

- minced meat (pork/ beef)............this time i use beef

- potato

- 3 color sweet bell pepper

- onion

- egg

- white pepper powder

- black pepper powder

- soy sauce

- oyster sauce

- corn starch (pork)/ bread crumbs (beef)

stir fry broccoli with dried scallop

jul 25, 2022 (mon).............cook an easy dish

introduction

- it is kind of premium dish because dried scallop can be expensive (depend on country of origin, grading and size)

main ingredients

- broccoli

- dried scallop (from japan) <-- may not be so easy to find here

- oyster sauce

- salt

- shaohsing chinese cooking rice wine (made in taiwan)

hong kong style stir fry spaghetti

jul 23, 2022 (sat).............replicate a dish which i saw on you tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExzxA6nNgfs&t=649s)

introduction

- the main differences between hong kong style and western style are :

i) not adding salt into the boiling water when cooking spaghetti

ii) add soya sauce and oyster sauce when stir fry spaghetti

iii) spaghetti in hong kong style typically less al dente

main ingredients

- 3 color sweet bell pepper

- coriander

- spaghetti

- butter

- soy sauce

- oyster sauce