My Eating Experience in HK!

This is a very outdated post. Looks like my memories of Hong Kong from a couple of months ago revolve around the dining table only but I just have to share them. Feast your eyes on these mouthwatering dishes! Enjoy!

My first dinner: Roast Pork, Roast Duck and Steamed Chicken.

Look at the steamed rice; the bowl is as large as the plate of steamed chicken.


However, after dinner (and after all the shopping) we were still peckish. We had this radish cake entre for supper. This restaurant can be found near the 'Ladies Market' in Kowloon.

Our mains for supper: Curry fishballs (with squid and radish) and...

... 'roti canai'! Seriously, I was a bit amused *it was really crisp too!*

Our mango desserts for supper! Yummilicious! This one is a mango and glutinous rice ball dessert.

Mango with pomelo dessert.
*Seriously, these were to die for! I recommend them!*

Yum Cha Breakfast! This 'chan thang' was just down the road from our hotel on 'Si Yau Kai'. I always order this - plain 'chee cheong fun'.

'Yau char kuai' wrapped in chee cheong fun *this was so yummy! The 'yau char kuai' was still crispy and it was stuffed with spring onions and shrimp*

More stuff during dim sum: 'Lau sa pau' (top dish) and a plate of ginger and sesame dessert (sorry, I cannot exactly recall what it was called).

'Lau sa pau' - really 'lau' out (i.e. the filling was literally leaking out; it was hot too!)

This one was an interesting dish. I was craving for proper red bean buns and they only served this. It is some form of fried pau with red bean filling. It was good, though. I wish I had more!

The 'pau' was crispy and surprisingly not as oily as I imagined it to be *yum!*

Proper 'tau fu fah' at Yuen Long, with the ceramic bowls and spoons in a tiny shop! I should have had another bowl! It was so good. You could choose to add brown sugar syrup or normal syrup.

Clay pot chicken and mushroom rice! Totally awesome for a cold night.

We enjoyed the mango desserts so much that we decided to return on our last night for supper. Red bean dessert (top left); Mango dessert with glutinous rice balls, again (top right); Mango dessert spread which includes a custard pudding in the middle (bottom tray).

*If only I could be back in HK right now for a weekend feast. Wouldn't that be fantastic?*

Ratatouille- where's the rat?

The movie which inspired many others to make the dish!

Referring to the previous post of our French theme, here's a recipe to my Ratatouille (very much based on Julia Child's and other random reads)

Both zucchinis and eggplant were salted and left to stand for 30 minutes. This technique drains out the water content in these vegetables.

Recipe which serves 4 (entree-size based on my judgment)
1/2 red onion
2 1/2 zucchinis
2 1/2 capsicums
2 Lebanese eggplant
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup fresh basil, roughly chopped
Salt and pepper to taste, olive oil too

1. Saute the eggplants and zucchinis lightly, doing it one layer at a time on a pan. Set aside.
2. Fry the red onions and capsicums. Season to taste.
3. Add in tomatoes. Simmer until the juices evaporate.
4. In the pot/ casserole dish (which I do not have), layer the vegetables and let simmer for 30 minutes ensuring the vegetables do not burn.
5. Stir in basil at the end before serving.

Two very similar pictures, because I am still experimenting! At the same time, I really dislike taking photos during the dark at my place. The lightbulb does not help too. Can I blame the camera too? =P

note: Apparently the flavours develop overnight making it a more intense flavoured dish. I did not have any leftovers to prove it personally, but will definitely make this dish again.

Bonjour~~

To celebrate a housemate's 26th birthday (shh...he better not read this!), we decided to organise our own version of Masterchef with a French theme. We attempted to do a three course meal, and I had the responsibility of preparing the main course (which I am truly lousy in). When we were busy preparing in the small kitchen of ours, it felt like a team challenge =)

The irony of it, my prepared dish was ratatouille and it looked more of an entree than a main. On the other hand, the entree of salade de riz had a portion size of a main! It wasn't the only thing we did wrong or to best describe our meal, my housemates made adaptations/improvements e.g. the rice salad had a slight fusion adaptation (note: soy sauce for colouring?!!)to it.

Clafoutis au chocolat et baies mélangées, a rather dense chocolate cake to me. The amusing thing again, this recipe is very different from other clafoutis recipe I have known. It didn't have flour in it and other further adaptations to its original recipe.  

French was such a wrong theme for us to start with, however, we had an amazing night entertaining ourselves with the "adaptations" and laughter. We also had the company of Doctor Parnassus and Percy Jackson.

Happy Birthday, dear housemate and friend of mine.

Home cook dinner

1. Lotus Root with Pork soup -
Ingredient: pork ribs,red dates,peanut, scallop and water

2. Stir Fried broccoli -
Ingredient: broccoli and minced garlic



3. Fried Meat Shreds with Egg Gravy (the color will look nice if the egg is yellow after cook..)
Ingredient : pork, Chinese mushroom, Chinese sausage, young Ginger, red chilling and eggs

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