Having breakfast for dinner on Tuesday
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Having breakfast for dinner on Tuesday
Image by lotusutol
On Tuesday night I cooked a meal for 7 people. I haven’t cooked this much food since leaving my (large) family to come to Australia. Usually I cook for 1-2, at the most 3 people.
The Asian curry pastes and sauces take a while to prepare before cooking. The other parts of this dish, though as simple as hardboiling eggs, slicing raw cucumber or deep-frying dried ikan bilis (‘small fish’) need to be prepared in advance to avoid rushing.
I started preparing EVERYTHING at 5pm, and began cooking at 6.30pm, for a 7.30pm start! Whew… what a rush! Thank goodness my husband came home to help me!
The verdict: it was a hit with the gang! I enjoyed it too, because I haven’t had traditional Malaysian food for a while now, living in a mainly Caucasian country town.
I will improve my chicken curry though. It had absolutely no hint of fiery-ness = not enough chilli. More like chicken stew with Asian spices!!
— photo taken by hubby, my hands were very oily at that stage… and i was ravenous!
UPDATE: Submitted to Friday Food Fiesta (Breakfast week) as my all-time favourite breakfast.
I prefer savoury breakfast to sweet ones.
Sorry for using an old photo, but I don’t think I have any chance of having it here again for a while in Bunbury! =)
Burger/002/Brød & Vin/(Hot) Burger
Image by aha42 | tehaha
Place: Brød & Vin ( English: Bread & Wine)
Burger: (Hot) Burger
Points: 4.5 of 6
Reviewer: Me
Sizes: Only one and not stated but clearly 100g.
Menu description: None beyond name.
Nano review: I would not call it hot but absolutely spicy. Well, there was two slices of tough chili pepper one suddenly bites into, a bit unbalanced perhaps but I happened to like. The burger itself was a pleasant surprise! The cheese did not taste anything, but hey, then it did not do any harm either!
Others: This is a funny place… It is a Chinese place, guess you would not have guessed that from name and picture! It once was an Italian restaurant that gave up and some Chinese took over not changing name or interior! Cheap Chinese food in University area makes this a very popular place! But I find the Chinese food not very good (sorry anyone who find it good, I am being diplomatic even…). Still I am a well known customer here even prior to the arrival of this burger, why? Cheapest beer in town: 40 nok for 0.5l for not ‘just another lager’ but the local great pilsner Hansa! I do not care if they food poisoned a complete faculty, just keep that deal going here virtually on My Street! And now they got an alright burger! In Bergen on budget? Go here for burger and beer. Or just beer. And tell me, and I will drop by! Besides me Helge Jordal is a regular.
Serving time: Holy Burger! Had only one sip of that beer! Fantastic!
Website: None
Binary, would I consider having it again?: It will happen.
Shallots
Image by Denna Jones
I read a French food blog Рwww.chocolateandzucchini.com Рwhich is a great mix of social observation, food history and recipes. And in English too! In a recent post the author talked about a food article she was commissioned to write for R̩gal Magazine. She mentioned how she styled her food for the photos. Reading her entry reminded me of the unusual shallots (see other photos from Taj food store, Brighton) I recently bought in their self-tie bundle. Here they are just before I used them in a salad. This is exactly how the shallots were sold. No plastic wrap, no plastic container Рno nothing Рjust the shallots self-tied. Exactly as it should be!
