September 10, 2007
Food, Food and More Food
Sorry folks,
I know it's been a while but somehow I haven't been feeling the mood to write.
Anyway I was reading the NYTimes online and I saw this article about Ikea-hackers. Sounds like a new hobby for me :) given that I am a total sucker when it comes to Ikea and I never walk out empty-handed. NEVER. Check out this blog for some tips on Ikea-hacking.
Otherwise, I haven't been up to much. Just work and some softball and some cooking. I made a pretty yummy dinner two Sundays ago - pork chops with a honey mustard and thyme dressing, a vegetable tart and a peach cobbler for dessert. And then last night it was beef karubi (just a fancy-schmancy name for short ribs) with a sugar-soy marinade and angelhair pasta with shitake mushrooms and seaweed. Obviously I was trying to go for the fusion angle, haha.
I'm not sure if the pasta was successful (I prefer the mentaiko pasta and the anchovy pasta that I made previously) but the pork chops, the vegetable tart and the beef are definite keepers. The vegetable tart is especially easy even for those without an oven; you just need one of those toaster ovens. The peach cobbler I'm going to trade in for a crumble recipe since I realised that it's crumble that I was trying to make and not cobbler - crumble has a crispy topping whereas cobbler has a chewier, cake-like topping. I'd put up photos if not for the fact that the ones I took didn't look very appetising! Recipes available on request.
Next thing on my to-cook list is jjim tak. It's a spicy chicken stew with tang hoon that I had in Korea and it's super delicious. An acquaintance in Seoul was kind enough to email me a recipe for it so hopefully it works out well :)
Off to run errands!
Posted by scrabbyfoo at September 10, 2007 12:12 PM