Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Bakso Goreng Kuah - Fried Chicken & Shrimp Balls in Broth 炸蝦雞波

Bakso Goreng Kuah - Fried Chicken & Shrimp Balls in Chicken Broth
I made these fried chicken and shrimp balls as an "accessory" to the handmade noodle feast we had last weekend. They're not yet as good as the ones we buy off the streets in Indonesia (I just don't know how they make those crispy-on-the-outside-yet-fluffy-and-airy-on-the-inside "meat" balls), but they were definitely good enough to satisfy my fried balls cravings. Pork would've been better, but since our helper eats with us and she doesn't eat pork, I made chicken ones instead.
個炸雞波其實係個印尼雞麵嘅配菜, 但係妹仔大過主人婆, 所以佢今日出先 XD 老老實實, 冇出面個D整得咁好食, 唔知佢地個D點整可以整到咁有口感嘅, 又彈牙㗎呢? 本來用豬肉肯定會好食D, 但係工人姐姐唔食得, 所以用左雞肉啦.

Bakso Goreng Kuah - Fried Chicken & Shrimp Balls in Chicken Broth
The recipe is adapted from Lidia's.

- 200 gr ground pork/chicken
- 200 gr small shrimp meat, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, 1 shallot, minced (and I didn't use green onion)
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp white pepper
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- 1 egg
- oil for frying


Lidia的食譜:
- 200gf 雞/豬肉
- 200gr 切碎的蝦肉
- 3 舊蒜頭, 1個紅蔥頭, 切碎
- 1 湯匙蠔油
- 4 湯匙魚露
- 2 湯匙胡椒
- 1 湯匙糖
- 2 湯匙生粉
- 一隻蛋
- 大量嘅油, 要嚟炸野

Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl, heat up oil in a frying pot, shape mixture using two tablespoon and fry until golden brown. I use store bought chicken stock for the broth, garnished with chopped scallion and crispy shallot.
攪均晒D野, 整熱D油, 唔好咁大火, 如果唔係出面燒焦裏面仲生.., 你可以用兩隻匙一交一替咁整D波波, 咁就唔使整到成手都係. 最後就煮雞湯, 攪掂!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Rolls 叮噹聲:神奇肉桂卷

Cinnamon Rolls
If you've been reading my blog, you know my baking skills. It's pretty minimal. I am bad at following recipes, and generally can't do more than muffins. What the heck, I can even screw up muffins. This is why I hardly try anything more complicated that mixing stuff in a bowl and dumping them into the oven. This was an exception.
大家有睇開我個Blog都知我唔係阿茂, 所以唔係咁識整餅. 我嘅極限就只係整鬆餅啦..就算整鬆餅, 我都試過賴野..

Back in my college days in Jakarta, I buy cinnamon rolls from Cinnabon from time to time. Sweet and sticky on the outside, fluffy and soft on the inside. I miss cinnamon rolls so much, I decided to do the unthinkable and try to make some myself. God help me.
細個係雅加達讀書時成日去Cinnabon 買肉桂卷食. 出面又甜同黏, 裏面就軟同鬆化. 真係另人好懷念. 我決定自己試整, 希望成功啦!

Cinnamon Rolls
I followed Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Rolls recipe, because...well, she always makes everything sound so doable and extremely yummy! How did it go?...
今次跟Pioneer Woman個食譜, 因為之前試過幾次都成功

I couldn't believe myself! I did it!
一路整我都唔相信會成功, 因為個樣同完成圖差好遠..但係一焗完, 嘩, 似模似樣!!
Cinnamon Rolls
Sweet, sticky, fragrant, buttery, golden brown, super yummy, not to mention extremely photogenic!
超好味, 大家如果得閑, 記得試吓

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Not Just Another Lunch 住家菜之-最好味既越式炸蛋同焦糖雪糕

During the Easter weekend, we set aside a day for a potluck/takeaway/cooking/eating/whatever lunch at my humble dung hole :D
復活節既另一個攪作, 就係開左個住家菜party, 大家自攜食物/飲料去我極細既屋企開party
Just Another Lunch at My Place
We ate, we took photos (mostly of the food and the baby, food bloggers often forget to take people photos), we talked (a lot) about 3D porn, we tried to play with baby Marcus who was at his crankiest (uh oh!), we forgot that we had booze and cake, there was something Hello Kitty (this is Hong Kong after all!), we had to walk sideways a lot because of the space (or lack thereof heheheh), in short, we had a lot of fun!
我地又食又影(主要係影野食同傲B. 一眾美食博客既弊病, 就係唔記得影人..). 個日我地不斷重温3D肉蒲團既劇情, 又睇吓邊個抱傲B會令到佢喊(小朋友怕生保). 玩到我地唔記開酒飲同o另個蛋糕出黎切...雖然空間有限, 好彩大家都玩得好開心!!! (而我[SC]就另左盒 Monopoly Deal出黎, 可惜大家都係太忙..)

What did we eat?
我地究竟食左的咩呢?
Just Another Lunch at My Place
I made some simple food...
我整左D"簡單"菜..

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Shrimp paste grilled chicken wings,
蝦醬焗雞翼

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Chunky kering tempe (soybean cake in palm sugar, herbs & spices),
椰糖香草豆餅(印尼菜)

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Fu yu (fermented bean curd) grilled pork neck,
腐乳焗豬頸肉

Just Another Lunch at My Place
My helper's vegetable fritters,
工人姐姐整的炸雜菜餅(印尼菜)

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Sambal terong (eggplant in Indonesian spicy chilli paste),
參峇茄子(印尼菜)

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Beef rawon (Indonesian beef stew),
牛肉窩 (印尼菜)

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Spicy, sweet and sour pickled pineapple, jicama & sweet potato.
雜菜沙律 (印尼菜)

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Jen made these absolutely delicious Vietnamese Scotch Eggs!
呀JEN整的勁好食越式炸蛋

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Perfectly cooked egg in flavorful, juicy on the inside, crispy on the outside pork "shell". SC said this is the best egg dish he's ever had, and nagged me every few minutes to get the recipe from Jen. Heheheh.
糖心蛋加外面焗到脆晒既豬肉包住, 我覺得真係好好食, 求呀JEN提供食譜

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Gary made salted caramel ice cream. It's a perfection! SC said this is the best ice cream he's ever had! Trust be, he is not just being nice (I don't think he's capable of "just being nice". Heheheh)
Gary大哥既自家焦糖雪糕, 真係正到冇朋友..係我食過最好食既雪糕, 可惜第二啖已經冇左味(條脷麻醉左..)下次要一路食一路飲黑咖啡黎清清味蕾

Just Another Lunch at My Place
HK Epicurus brought these Hello Kitty sweets to bribe baby Marcus! How clever of him! Baby Marcus didn't cry when he said hello. Cheeky cheeky smart Kelv :D
HK Epicurus 買左包hello kitty糖黎賄賂傲B, 傲B真係冇喊....

And because I'm just the most ridiculously stupid host ever, I forgot to take out these deliciousness to share...
被遺忘左既熊仔蛋糕, 多謝Jason!
Just Another Lunch at My Place
Super cute polar bear cake from Jason,

Just Another Lunch at My Place
Beer and mint choco chip ice cream from Fran,
被遺忘左既啤酒同雪糕

Just Another Lunch at My Place
...and a bottle of rose from e*ting! I can't promise that we can keep this for next time...
被遺忘左既酒...

It was a lot of fun, we shall do it again soon!
幾時再有哩D party...好期待ing

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Super Easy Savoury Bread Pudding Breakfast 整一個快過去廁所的早餐 - 麵包布丁

Savory Bread Pudding Breakfast
Something tasty and easy for a lazy weekend :)
Just the way I like it.
周末乜都唔想做, 但係又肚餓, 可以點?
一個又好味, 又容易整既麵包布丁

Savory Bread Pudding Breakfast
Recipe 
- 2 slices of bread, buttered generously, torn into pieces
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 chicken frank, sliced
- 1/2 cup cheese (I used cheddar)
- salt, pepper, nutmeg

食譜
- 2塊麵包, 搽滿牛油, 再"mit"爛佢去一細塊一細塊
- 2隻蛋, 打左佢
- 1/2 杯奶
- 1 條腸仔, 切細佢
- 1/2 杯芝士 (我用車打的)
- 鹽, 胡椒, 肉豆蔻

Heat up oven to 200C, pour everything except half of the cheese into a baking dish, top with the rest of the cheese, bake until the top's golden brown. I ate mine with tabasco and peppermint tea.
預熱個焗爐去200, 倒晒D野去個烤碟(除左芝士), 將D芝士放係面, 焗到個面金黃色為止
我自己鐘意加D辣椒仔同沖杯荼黎食, 正

Feel free to spice up yours, your way ;)

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Tastifying A Bland Takeaway Fried Rice - 人生無take 2, 炒飯就有...XDDD

Cranking Up Bland Takeaways
"When can I eat stuff like this, papa?"
"爸爸, 我叫時食得炒飯呀?:("

Remember the bland fried rice we had the other day?
大家仲記唔記得琴日Blog個齋鋪黃金炒飯?
Vegetarian Chinese Food - Tsuen Wan
It was so bland, we decided that there's no point wasting calories eating it, so we took it home.
因為個味太淡, 我地個日都冇乜點食, 打包返左屋企

And we tastified it.
炒飯有take 2開始
Cranking Up Bland Takeaways
I added minced garlic, thinly sliced shallot, lots of minced pork (uh huh!), fish sauce, salt, and pepper, topped with crispy shallot...and...
我加左D蒜頭碎, 乾紅蔥, 好多好多豬肉碎(要同個廚講返對唔住, 我咁攪佢個飯XDD), 魚露, 鹽, 胡椒....

Cranking Up Bland Takeaways
Hello, TASTY!
個take 2 左既炒飯即刻立體晒..