Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Popiah party, St Kilda art market
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Mum decided to whip up some popiah...
Took alot of effort on her part!
Kudos to her~
I got to eat some mouth watering "hometown" food!
Finally on Sun,
Ney finally gave in to my request
to visit St Kilda Art Market :P
hehe
We parked pretty far so we had to walk a little..
Upon which,
I discovered very nice little houses along St Kilda,
however,
my camera bailed out on me
so not many shots taken!
Had light lunch at Vibes,(Jean the menu changed, so disappointing)
Ney's choc mousse
Some marinated chicken strips with foccacia
Finally the art market...
Bought a few cute items :P
Monday, February 18, 2008
Rosti Challange
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Recently,
many friends have spontaneously tried making Rosti.
For Vday,
out of boredom...
However,
it was met with much failure.
Therefore,
inspired by their enthusiasm,
I've decided to try my hand at making Rosti.
A little history about Rosti: -(Wikipedia)
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It was originally a common breakfast eaten by farmers, but today is eaten all over Switzerland.
Many Swiss people consider rösti a national dish.
Rösti is made with potatoes which are grated
and depending on the frying technique,
possibly mixed with some butter or fat, or fried in oil later.
The grated potatoes are shaped inside of the frying pan.
They are most often shallow fried but can also be baked in the oven.
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Ingredients: (Serves 2)
3 Medium sized potatoes
Salt
Pepper
1/2 Egg
1 tbsp Cornflour
Butter & Olive oil
(for frying)
Spring onion (optional)
Sour cream (optional)
Mustard (optional)
Here's what I did.
Step 1: Parboiled potatoes in salt water
the night before for 10mins
(potatoes should be slightly cooked and kinda raw still)
Allow it to cool,
then refrigerate.
Step 2:
Peel skin (should come off easily)
Grate with your largest grater(as below).
Step 3:
Add in cornflour, egg, salt and pepper.
Use fork to gently mix.
Step 5:
Melt butter and olive oil in pan.
(relatively huge amount)
Add in potato mixture, spread out
and gently press down.
Step 6:
Cook for ~8mins on medium heat,
wait till bubbles on surface to slightly subside.
Slide rosti onto plate,
flip plate onto pan to brown the other side.
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Viola!
Rosti!
Serve immediately with sour cream,
spring onion and mustard :P
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Dinner @ Shoya
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Been there with Jaz the last time,
since Ney likes Jap as well,
so we splurged :P
The excuse,
Pre-anni & Vday.
Scallop & crabmeat with monk fish liver sauce,tempura style
Urchin with scrambled eggs atop fish roe
Wagyu tarte
Braised duck with spices
Assorted sashimi
Scallop and poached salmon atop Jap raddish
Wagyu steak with special sauce
Wagyu ribs with raddish in Shoya sauce
Chicken and mushroom rice
Black sesame mochi
Chocolate mousse
Indulgent duo.
Set us back $205 :P
Pardon the dish names..
can't rem exactly what its called.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Valentine's Day
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Our seventh,
in a blink of an eye.
Amazed how fast time passes.
Anyway this year,
since it was Angel's BD as well,
we,
decided to make something together.
Bought a pack of green tea & orange peel truffles
from Muji.
Brought it back,
so Ney and I,
made truffles,
step by step before goin out for dinner.
Abit confusing at first.
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Step one:
Melt white choc.
Step two:
Add in "pure cream"
- 45% milk fat and above
Step three:Mix it quickly till it resembles mayo.
Step four:
Cool in ice water.
Then add orange peel.
Mix.
Step five:
Roll mixture into balls.
Step six:
Mix green tea powder with icing sugar.
Roll individual balls.
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Viola!
Green tea and orange peel truffles.
Finally on Sun,
Had light lunch at Vibes,
Ney's choc mousse
Some marinated chicken strips with foccacia
Finally the art market...
Scallop & crabmeat with monk fish liver sauce,
Braised duck with spices
Assorted sashimi
Black sesame mochi
Step six:
