magic of thailand 2023

jun 25, 2023 (sun) went to thai festival................entrance fee £5/ adult...............parking £5

lucky to have sunny weather that afternoon............lots of locals picnic on the green watching show performance

small circulator fan

wanna buy a small fan for long time coz difficult to find nmic................thought i find 1 in amazon.............but i was wrong 

1) ohyama woozoo circulator fan (£23.65)

-brand : ohyama/ woozoo series

-color : white
-country of manufacturing : china😖

-bought from : amazon uk

-selling merchant : price-less uk

-purchase date : jun 17, 2023 (sat)

-self pick up point : amazon locker in morrisons supermarket

-pick up date : jun 20, 2023 (tue)

take 2 - oven baked cashew

jun 3, 2023 (sat).............take a 2nd attempt to make some roasted cashew

benchmark blog (cook1cook) : https://cook1cook.com/recipe/49622

introduction

- it can be snack with drink

- also can be ingredient of some asian dishes

main ingredients

- cashew

- salt

take 7 - 'show me your love' rice

apr 15, 2023 (sat).............unexpected taking 7 attempts............coz tried different cooking ways

benchmark video (you tuber kerry's kitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMg2Q6mNMRU&t=402s

pork marinate benchmark video (you tuber職人吹水) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKgvCpYqboo&t=399s

introduction

- behind the gimmick name, it is indeed diced pork in thick sweet corn sauce with rice

- it is a very typical lunch option in cha chaan teng (hong kong style cafe) in hong kong

- in general, we have 2 different ways of cooking the sauce - clear sauce and creamy white sauce (add butter and flour)

- this recipe goes for natural clear style using fresh sweet corn coz personal persistence and dun like richness/ overwhelming taste bring by butter

- the gimmick name comes from pronunciation, sweet corn diced meat in cantonese sounds like 'show me your love'

main ingredients (2 servings)

- pork ~200g (i use pork shoulder steak from costco)

- 1 x sweet corn

- egg

- salt

- bonito dashi stock powder (optional)

20230415 nottingham old market square

apr 15, 2023 (sat) in nottingham old market square

take 3 - dried scallop tofu soup

apr 14, 2023 (fri).............made a 3rd attempt

benchmark video (you tuber kerry's kitchen) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO7t49dBZ34

introduction

- one of popular soup in hong kong's chinese restaurant

- style of soup is adding corn starch to thicken texture (western use cream to achieve the same)

- easy to cook

main ingredients

- dried scallop

- prawns

- dried mushroom (fresh mushroom is also fine)

- tofu

- vegetable stems

- egg

- spring onion

- garlic

- bonito dashi stock powder (optional)

- salt

- white pepper powder

- sesame oil

- shaohsing chinese cooking rice wine (made in taiwan)

supermkt shopping (1st 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) hellmann's mayonnaise (net £2.50)

-volume : 750ml

-country of origin : not specified 
-bought from : waitrose & partners

-purchase date : sep 23, 2022 (fri)

costco (3rd post)

capture only price changes/ new items bought from costco

1) brita filter (net £19.90) <-- normal market price £30

-packing : 1 box 6 packs

-country of origin : uk

-bought from : costco

-purchase date : jan 21, 2023 (sat)

take 3 - baked cod in foil

mar 23, 2023 (thu).............this time twisted a bit.............replaced leeks (in the video) by enoki mushroom

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

introduction

- wanna try cooking western dishes

- easy to cook..............prefer baked in foil than deep fried

main ingredients

- cod (or any of your preferred fish fillet)

- carrot

- enoki mushroom (optional, video use leeks)

- black pepper

- salt

brussels sprouts with bacon

mar 20, 2023 (mon).............cook brussels sprouts for 3 times................but 1st time to pair it with bacon

benchmark video (you tuber chef jean-pierre) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBKz-waq0U4&t=134s

introduction

- brussels sprouts is very popular here

- in the beginning, i hesitate to cook it coz they are hard in texture and dun know how to make it soft

- until one local shared how she dealt with it

main ingredients

- brussels sprouts

- diced bacon

- garlic

- shallot

- black pepper

- balsamic vinegar

- sugar