Friday, May 30, 2008

May 30th: Combination Fried Rice with sunny side up

Decided to do some combination and found beef, chicken, shrimp, and peas in the fridge practically begging me to be part of the masterpiece tonight. First off, I started frying some shallots to build up the aroma.


Then, seasoned chicken breast were added


Chicken breast were removed and beef was next



Shrimp was next on the list and then peas


Finally, when everything is sated and done, the final result looks like this:



A close-up of the FIFA timepiece that I received today as a gift by a very close friend.



This last dish was created yesterday. I was lucky to take a picture of it before the rest got the chance to inhale all of it. I call it The Red Sun Fried Wanton..........I really need to work on the names.




Bon Appetit !!!!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

May 27th: Oriental Home cooking

After dining out at the Japanese restaurant the day before, we decided to go Oriental. I went hunting in the fridge looking for ingredients and found pork ribs, shrimps, frozen pizza, socks, frozen peas and other unidentified items.

After spending whole day deciding on the menu, we came out with :

Sweet sour deep-fried ribs with cucumber and pineapple

Seaweed with fish cake egg-drop soup


Last and not least, introducing the Drunken Sea Dragon. Here are the before and after it took a sauna session.


The meal was satisfying and enjoyable. Maybe it was way better than what we had last night that made it pleasurable.

Bon Appetit !!!!

May 26th: Dining out on Memorial Day

It's was Memorial Day and decided to dine out. Too much time spent in the kitchen is unhealthy to the male reproductive organs, and so they say !!! You will never know that one day someone decided to cut off your testicles while you're making an omelet.

The food was so-so, not great. The Japanese rice they used is not sticky enough and it came apart when picked up with chopsticks. It's totally unacceptable when the rice came apart left and right and worst of all, it disintegrate when dip in the wasabi/soy sauce. It's like eating porridge from that point on. But to start off, we had salad, Miso soup and Green tea....your typical Japanese appetizer.


and side of really green Seaweed. We decided to name it the Hulk Seaweed.


I have to give an "A" for effort though. The first dish came with fire on the side and I'm quite impressed. It made up for the taste and honestly, it did ! Here's a picture of the Roll of Fire


Next, we had some roll that were deep fried and actually regretted ordering it just because it got too many ingredients rolled into on, making it a battlefield for our taste buds.


Last and final dish, we had Unagi and crab sushi. I was expecting fresh crab meat legs but it turns out that those were the crab meats where you can find it in the frozen section of your local Asian grocery store. What a rip-off !!!!! The unagi was soggy and dull. I was a little bit mean with the comments but the truth need to be told.


At least we were full but not as satisfied. Usually I can eat a whole lot more but the rice they used really filled me up. It was overpriced and I doubt there will be a second visit. School was out and lesson learnt.

Bon Appetit !!!!

May 20th: Pork chop served with buttery garlicky rice

As of May 20th, this dish is one of my creation using my own recipe.

Introducing Pork Chop served with butter garlic rice and a side of salad.


A little close-up will do no harm.



Bon Appetit !!!!

May 9th: Sea Dragon Tempura Royal Udon

Well, I've decided to serve Udon tonight because the weather is cold outside and it's pouring wet. Nothing like a warm soup Udon served with tempura Sea Dragon, eggplant, beancurd, and some pink Japanese fish cake of some sort.


And of course, my Mud have to be in the picture to stamp the time and date.


Bon Appetit !!!!

May 6th: Official launch of Rice Cooker Cafe (RCC)

Here are some masterpieces I created, along with my favorite timepiece.

First off, we have Occo Bocco created on May 5th, 2008. Slowly pan fried with carrots and sesame seed.



Of course, this is what is left of it



Bon Appetit !!!!