I think I've been watching too much of youtube's Cooking with the Dog (Francis)...I've been concocting a lot of Japanese food in the kitchen lately. Not that I complain...we love Jap Tabemono anyway.
For now I'm gonna go to dreamland, will write something decent when I awake.
Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a bowl. :) Enjoy!
I've stressed some posts ago that the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. This is another attempt to prove that the saying is true. Yesterday, I cooked a popular dish from his other home, Singapore. Yes, though coming from the Hainan region of China, this dish is most popular as a Singapore specialty.The e is however, a big difference with the Singaporean version and its ubiquitous ginger-garlic chilli sauce, as its Hainanese counterpart; black pepper crab and chilli crab in many Chinese seafood stalls.
Normally, the recipe is for a whole chicken but I used breasts instead. Since we are cutting down on fat, I removed the skin before serving the meat. I used a lot of green and red chillies to hubby's delight.
The kids also enjoy this dish a lot. The taste resembles a childhood favorite of mine as well. Arroz caldo (Filipino congee) sans the egg.
As if it isn't enough yet, I packed him a bentou of it for work today.
Salmon roe (ikura) for sushi is prepared by soaking them in soy sauce and Japanese rice wine (sake). The process helps in removing the strong fishy flavor and makes the texture of the roe smoother and lighter. Each individual roe remains swollen, lightens up in color, and the texture becomes more enjoyable to the palate.
If you think that the taste of the roe is too overpowering, just add quail eggs and cucumber slices to neutralize the flavor.
Since the salmon roe are immersed in soy sauce, one does not need to add more later on. A little wasabi enhances the sweet flavors from the richness of the roe.
This type of sushi is a bit easier to prepare than the others since you make the shape like a battle ship :D not the usual round form.
Click here for recipe.
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"An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different."
Oscar Wilde
Hubby and I love late night shows. In English, that is. Back home we would watch marathons of our favorite shows...at that time that would mean Friends, Buffy, Charmed, Spin City and so on...
That habit hasn't changed until now. We would still watch late at night but this time with the inclusion of Japanese and Korean telenovelas, animes, Japanese movies and other trilogies and movies we watched as kids. We have included other favorites as well...Ugly Betty, Smallville, How I met your mother and a lot more but we still watch Friends and Spin City. We love Spin City with Michael J. Fox was the lead role but Charlie Sheen's era has laughable moments too.
Episode above "The Gambler" was when Paul, Stuart and Carter rope reformed gambler Charlie into their poker night, and are responsible for his subsequent gambling bender. Earlier in the story, Charlie received football gift from the Mayor. It was signed by a famous player (name slipped my mind) and is worth about 15,000$ but at the end of the story was revealed to be actually 20,000$. Charlie almost sell the ball in order to finance his gambling...
In this same episode, Caitlin tries to teach the mayor to be more self-sufficient until they find him a maid. She however became attached to the idea of teaching the mayor the ropes of maintaining his home...or self.
Just like many episodes, I like the twist wherein Charlie walks away from gambling and chose to simply turn around. The show has actually lots of such scenes which hubby and I enjoy watching...
Oh, late nights like this are perfect with popcorn or shrimp crackers...the kids would stay with us only to munch.
