蒸水蛋

 是完美的蒸水蛋!

磨菇荷蘭豆妙燒牛肉 / stir fry of roast beef, mushrooms, mangetout

又係炒隔夜餸嘅時間啦, 之前roast beef都食剩唔少, 所以我諗加啲磨菇落去炒應該幾好, 因為磨菇會出水, 咁啲肉就冇咁乾啦, 再加啲老公最愛吃的荷蘭豆, 炒埋一大喋, 又搞拈一餐啦!!

自家製魚蛋 / homemade fish balls

係完全失敗的, 一啲都唔爽, 仲有啲'林', 我估係我落咗太多水, 又冇'dak'啲魚肉, 希望下次好啲啦

老公炒飯 / Mr Chen's fried rice

佢炒飯唔落鼓油, 怪人

Dinner for Mr and Mrs To

Wishing newly wedded Mr and Mrs To many many happiness for the years to come!!!

I hope my photographer can improve his photography skills soon.


Menu
Cherry tomatoes and mushrooms bruschetta with mozzarella cheese and basil
Scallops and mushrooms risotto
Roast beef with potatoes, onions, carrots
Tiramisu

回鍋肉

其實我係用之前食剩嘅紅燒肉,嚟炒呢個回鍋肉, 加啲葱姜蒜辣椒和青椒, 好辣好好味呢!

羗葱蒸三文魚腩 / Steamed salmon with ginger and spring onions

Spaghetti Bolognese

Apparently I got some tomato sauce leftover from my homemade pizza earlier, so I made this Spaghetti Bolognese.  Yum!!

Homemade pizza

I used to not understand why people having all the fuss to make a pizza at home.
But as a matter of kill time, which is my everyday routine now, I made this pizza last Friday.
I used Delia's recipe to make the pizza dough.
I used the technique I learned from cooking school to make the tomato sauce.
Added pepperoni and mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, and some jalapenos peppers because I like everything hot, the pizza was surprisingly tasty, it's worth all the effort!!!

Japanese cheese cake

OMG!!! this is the most tastiest cake I have ever made!!!   again it is my first time.  Recipe from here, but I added 1 tsp of cornflour too.   The good thing about this recipe is she didn't use a lot of sugar and cheese as compare to others' recipes, which is the healthier way that I like!!

The cake was really wonderful.  See the texture!!!  It looks and tastes exactly like those bought ones from Hong Kong!!!

红烧肉 / Braised pork belly

I was making this 红烧肉 again.  I have followed my own recipe and finally achieved some consistency.  Practice makes perfect!!!

麻辣水煮鱼 (monk fish)

之前係billingsgate fish market買了一大條monk fish，超抵, 只係£9， 如果係waitrose, 我估只買到半條。 呢啲淡淡肉嘅魚, 蒸佢會好奇怪, 炸??!! 我間屋係唔炸嘢架! 上次煮tomyum monkfish已經好崎呢, 响我冇乜準備下, 今次我用盡我雪櫃裏已有嘅菜, 做咗一個少油版嘅水煮魚!

我用嘅才料有
粉絲
豆腐puff
Roman lettuce
Garden peas
Parsley

Ok 係有啲怪, 尤其係最後嗰三樣, 其實我都想有多啲誠意, 但呢邊超市星期日六點就關門, 所以買唔到嘢煮呢餐即興飯, 仲有我用咗12隻chillies, 好多花椒，蒜頭, 姜, 沖頭, 豆板醬, 紹興酒, 及最重要嘅油, 煮好後個樣都算OK啦, 上面係冇一層油, 要食油出街食啦!!

Recipe reference:
http://www.meishichina.com/Eat/RMenu/200711/26599.html

冬瓜瑤柱冬菇雞湯

Fried Udon with Satay Chicken, cabbage and mushroom

Yes I m cooking fried Udon again :-p
Chicken breasts pieces are marinated with satay sauce, soy sauce, salt, sugar, pepper and corn flour.
Veg added are mushrooms and my all time favorite sweetheart cabbage!
Nice!

Butternut squash soup

Here is butternut squash soup to go with the walnut bread I made (u can see it in my previous post).  However, I forgot I was making western soup so I added too much water :-S  ruined.

 

Walnut bread

This is my first time making walnut bread.  I followed this recipe from the Internet.
http://dailydelicious.blogspot.com/2011/04/pain-aux-noix-walnut-bread-my-new.html

As u can see, I did it successfully and it tastes so good.   Next time I will add a bit of cheese then they will be just like the ones selling in Sogo bakery shop in Hong Kong.  I love their cheese bread very very much!!! 

Homemade soy milk / 自家製豆漿

螞蟻上樹

Was at friend's house last week, and they have ordered this dish "螞蟻上樹" from a Chinese take away.  Well it is not the typical Chinese take away for western people, it is a very authentic Chinese take away specialize in Northern Chinese dishes (at least to a HK people like me I see it this way).   I have seen this "螞蟻上樹" before on menus but I never ordered it coz I absolutely don't know what it is.  In English translation, the name will become "Ants on the tree" .   What a funny name!!!  Well my husband explained to me that mince are the "ants" and the vermicelli are the "trees"!!!!!  Basically it is stir fried vermicelli with mince and chillies bean sauce.  I love it very much.  I love everything with vermicelli!!!    OK with a bit of research from the Internet, I followed this recipe and made this at home last nite.  yum!!!

西芹炒帶子 / Stir fried scallops with celery

The scallops are bought from billingsgate fish market this morning, £6 for 12, though they are not very large, but they are pretty fresh and sweet as usual. I fried them with lots of shallots, coz I ran out of garlic haha. Anyway it tastes really good. I didn't add in a lot of seasonings, just a little salt and sugar, we want the original seafood flavor!!!

黄瓜炒雞蛋 / Stir fried cucumber with eggs

breakfast for Suzanne

小籠包
涼拌芹菜

椰菜豬肉包子

粽 (this is for myself mostly haha)

椰菜豬肉包子

homegrown mangetout & green peas / 自家種的荷蘭豆和青豆

Here is our first harvest!!!

排飽和提子飽

這是我第二次做麵飽, 做了排飽和圓的提子飽, 好味過上次做的腸仔飽很多, 第二天吃都很軟, 好了, 可以再做啲難度高啲嘅, 但係賣相仍需努力, 現在的還是很羞

Recipe from http://janechew.blogspot.com/2011/05/65.html

羗葱蒸石班 / Steamed garoupa with spring onions and ginger

My new toy has arrived!!!

This is a Kenwood food processor.  I have been thinking for months which model I should buy and which functions I really need.  This one seems ok,  can't wait to cook a lot of different dishes!!!! so excited!!!

青瓜粉絲煮尤魚 / cucmber and vermicelli cooked with squid

 

這個菜很簡單, 但好清甜好好味, 以前啊媽煮嘅時候會用蝦, 要留住青瓜和蝦本身嘅甜味, 煮嘅時候放啲蒜溶, 少少鹽糖就夠啦, 這次我用尤魚, 再加啲粉絲, 好好味好夏天嘅菜!!

Sweet potato balls

When I was in Hong Kong I loved to eat Japanese potato croquettes (日式薯餅).   They have many different versions, curry & potatoes and pumpkin are my fav.

I want to make them here but I don't like to do deep fried cooking at home.  I just hate the mess, oil sticks to every where and the smell which never goes away.

I watched Rachel Allen the other day on TV, she coated chicken pieces with egg, flour and breadcrumbs, and baked them in the oven with a drizzle of oil on the baking tray.   She created the same crispy taste but without all the oil and the fuss.

So I tried that using sweet potatoes and made them as sweet potato balls.   It was very easy, just prepare the sweet potato mash, form them into ball shape, coated with flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.   Add a bit of oil into the baking tray, place the balls in, then bake for 30 mins!!!  yum!!!

I know they look very ugly, but the technique does work!!! It makes a crispy coating without doing deep fried!!!  So I will do it again, in a nicer and small shape!!! :-)

Cold noodles and shredded chicken with sesame dressing / 麻醬雞絲拌麵

I made this to Mr Chen coz I thought he must like this northern Chinese dish, but he DIDN'T!!! 

He said how come the noodles are cold :-S

Anyway, I love it a lot.  I shredded the chicken by hand, actually half of a chicken is used, marinated them with salt, and some sesame oil when they are still warm.   Then I prepared the noodles.   Coz I was too lazy to drive all the way to Chinese supermarket so I bought a pack of dried udon from Waitrose.   Again, I don't think they are real udon but just I guess their quality shouldn't be bad so I use them as cold noodles.   With sesame dressing, and some cumbers, it is a very nice starter cold dish.  Except I realized I prepared too much ingredients and it ended up the portion is far too big for two people even as main course :-S