Friday, January 31, 2014

Cooking Lab - Golden Chives w Prawns (韮黃蝦仁炒蛋)(黃金ニラと海老の塩炒 め)

Golden Chives (韮黃) combines the flavors of garlic and traditional chive, but with a milder and sweeter taste.

Light...flavour...simple~


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Golden Chives with scramble eggs & prawns.
A super easy dish to make.


Ingredients:

- Golden Chives 1 bunch
- Cooked Large Tiger Prawns x 5
- Eggs x 2
- Cooking Rice Wine
- Salt & Pepper


Instructions:

1. Heat pan on high heat, toss in the prawns to add colours. Remove.

2. Add the Golden Chives to the pan and quickly stir-fry for about 1 minute. 

3. Pour in the beaten eggs and let it run to cover the golden chives.

4. Return the prawns to the pan.

5. Sprinkle some salt and add a dash of cooking wine.

6. Season with salt and cracked black pepper.


A bit more delicate than your average green garlic chives. If you don't like strong garlic taste, this chive is for you.

Very versatile, tender, mild and sweet. Good ingredient to any salad, stir-fry, dumpling & soup.


An easy prawn & golden chive stir fry.

Note: if I chopped each ingredients into finer pieces, they can be used as dumpling filling :)


This served really well as a side dish and goes well with sake (Japanese rice wine).

Cooking - Aburi Seafood Sushi Platter (花開富貴御喜錦繡壽司)

After two late nights of festivities ... and feasts ... we are not used to a quiet Saturday morning by ourselves...

This morning is a perfect chance for me to play with my new sushi-making toy!!!

從除夕到大年初一,餐餐都吃得很豐盛,也吃得很「營養」... 所以...


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大年初二的淸淡花式壽司
輕午餐:日式鐡火卷襯炙烤鮭魚干貝
 
A light lunch platter with Sushi Maki Rolls and Aburi Salmon & Scallops. 

Preparing Sushi Rice:
Using Tableland Gomokuzushi Vegetable Mix (五目ずしの素) 302g $6.99.

看看我這盤自行亂做的壽司料理製作過程:
My new Sushi Toy!! A cheating device but guarantee to make precise and beautiful sushi rolls every time!!

I was hooked when I saw the demonstrations, so blinded by the convenience, I bought a set home. Today is the day I am going to see if it works that well!!! We shall see..,
1. Tightly pack Sushi rice into the mould.
2. Place the lid on top and gently push down.
3. Remove the lid and wrap each individual rice roll with seaweed.
There~~ don't they look perfect?

You can use individual seaweed sheet to wrap around them or alternatively you can use bacon stripes or prosciutto as wrappings.

Think it as a craft project, the choices are limitless! 
All done!! 

Hmm... They looked quite plain ... Now for a dress-up!!

本來是做到這𥚃結束,因為小鐡火卷也都做出來了。原本是簡單吃吃就想出去逛逛街,但Picky P 不願只吃無料的壽司。

我說免費壽司就是「無料」。唉,拗不過他,看看有什麼好康的來搭配..,
好啦,有我最愛的鮭魚肚生魚片和超級特大的日本空運來澳的頂級扇貝肉。

這些生吃就可以,但偏偏他喜歡吃炙烤味。還得多一道手續。

就是這樣火烤的唷!
炙烤干貝和淋上明太子醬的炙烤鮭魚肚,兩者都呈現鮮嫩多汁的口感。自己一個人解決這一盤也都不是問題!
Eating raw fish is considers lucky during the Chinese New Year. It represents a wish for more wealth~~ Well, that is good ..because I just love my sashimi fish!

用鮮花陪襯擺盤,使這道輕午餐搖身一變精緻了些。
Fresh large cooked tiger prawn!~~
彈牙的大干貝,一口吃,真的很滿足𠆢!
好啦,這篇的主角本來是這些壽司卷,現在被鮭魚跟干貝搶去風頭,只能默默的做配角了。
干貝,鮭魚,甜蝦 滿足味蕾。會不會太奢侈了點?

幸福Express!~~

New Year Spread

Today is the first day of the Year of Horse - a time destined for fast victories, unexpected adventures and surprising romance~

It's a day to munch on all the lucky food & snacks!! It is all about increasing good fortune ~~
  
新年一到,許多應景的年節食品都會在我家出現....


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鴻運當頭吉星照
瑞果呈祥閣家歡 
Tray of togetherness - an assortment of treats to offer guests.

It is customary to invite family and friends over to celebrate the New Year. 
 

過年的水果有蘋果,蘋音同平,表示平安。

Serving sweets bring a sweet life in the new year.





Longans to bring many sons. 







Thursday, January 30, 2014

Cooking Lab - 'Lucky-Break' Cake (大年初一: 鴻運當頭吉發糕)

發糕發錢!!

A fortune telling cake - just like fortune cookie, except without proverbs or jumble of words.

This 'Lucky-Break' cake will only make an appearance during Chinese New Year. So it's like a speciality cake that you can have once a year.

So how can you tell your fortune for the year? Like Forrest Gump says 'Life is like a box of chocolate, you will never know what you will get.' Same rule applies to the Lucky-Break cake.

發糕是年節時應景的傳統美食-寓意發財和步步高昇。

過年時期,代表發財的發糕也要做些,吃些來應景。


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祝大家:

恭賀新禧 大團圓
喜上眉梢 好運連
發達亨通 無極限
財源廣進 慶豐年
As the name suggests 'Lucky-Break' cake is all about the lucky break you will get for the rest of the year.

You should try your hand on making one of the Lucky-Break cake on the Lunar New Year. You good fortune forecast depended on how deep and big the breaks (or cracks) are. 

發糕的外型像朵花,字義有「發」之意,發糕裂縫愈開,表示來年財富愈多。


在布丁杯𥚃墊上紙模。
發糕有沒有發,關係著新的一年會不會“發”~
看到這個黑糖發糕開口笑 - 我笑得比他還開心咧!

這發糕發的漂亮,發的如出水芙蓉。
新年時來自製發糕,據說發糕的裂縫越大,這年便加發大財。

龍行四海 壽齊天
飛黃騰達 展歡顔
鳳鳴九霄 鴻圖現
舞鳳飛龍 福祿全