It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:22 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 115 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:16 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:17 pm
Posts: 2469
I am getting hungry!! It's 10:15 PM here. lol Looks great!
Nice lunch too. Yumm. Thanks!


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:47 am 
Online
ADMIN
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Posts: 56973
Location: Pomeroy's Wine Bar
In Singapore they are only ever available for breakfast... but yes it would be a nice lunch.

I have watched them prepare for next day's cooking.... making balls of the dough and leaving them in a big plastic bowl... ready for the breakfast trade. Later in the day not available... other than the odd place might have a few "left overs" and they are not very nice other than straight off the hot-plate (they go soggy). However... later in the day/evening... they fire up the hot plate again and make "Murtabaks"... which are the same thing only with a substantial filling...

From Wikepedia
Quote:
In Malaysia, where it is called "murtabak", it is sold in Indian Muslim restaurants and stalls, and usually includes minced mutton, along with garlic, egg and onion, and is eaten with curry gravy, sliced cucumber, onions and tomato sauce. Murtabak also usually includes mutton in Yemen. In Indonesia, particularly Jakarta and other cities, it is called "martabak", and has two versions: a sweet one, and a savory one with egg and meat. Lately, vegetarian murtabaks and other forms of murtabaks with chicken and other stuffings exist and can be found in many Indian Muslim restaurants in Singapore, most famous being those restaurants facing the Sultan Mosque near Arab Street.

BBM :)
That is the VERY PLACE I was having breakfast most days in Singapore. Zan Zan Restaurant and Victory Restaurant are two I have visited since 1994.... there is at least one other... also good... but I don't know the name.

The Singapore meal shown in photo above is in Victory Restaurant.

_________________
Image Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:53 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:17 pm
Posts: 2469
Coming from Philly, I am very big into Italian food. Then later came along the French Restaurants and smaller Bistro's - so got into that too. But, I am really lacking in Indian, Thai, Chinese, etc. types of food.
That will be one of my New Year resolutions I think. Thanks for the PUSH... I needed it.
Am into baking now too. Love that.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:58 am 
Online
ADMIN
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Posts: 56973
Location: Pomeroy's Wine Bar
I like Asian food. NZ and Australia have for years absorbed Asian immigrants... and so there is a lot of Asian cuisine.

I will say.... the sort of food we get as a "Westernised" version of various Asian foods (which is great)... is not quite the same as you get on the streets in Asia. Chinese restaurants here (for example) serve more exotic dishes... I guess it is the "banquet" stuff... rather than the everyday food of each country.


And Indian Food.... is almost traditional British food now. It is very popular in UK.

_________________
Image Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2014 8:34 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sat May 03, 2014 7:20 am
Posts: 3
My favorite summer drink, mango lassi, made from yogurt and mangos:






Edit Rumpole
Youtube posts use code too


Code:
[youtube]N95cyb_Lswg[/youtube]


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:04 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:16 pm
Posts: 1158
http://sciencenordic.com/bacteria-can-w ... ears-sleep

Bacteria can wake up in your kitchen after a thousand years of sleep
January 5, 2015 - 06:05
Do you ever cook too much rice or pasta and save the remains for another day? Then you should watch out for this little critter. The bacteria can have been dormant for over a millennium – only to be energised back to life when you prepare your dinner.

More at link with pictures


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:06 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:44 pm
Posts: 140
New Cooking toy:

Sous Vide Immersion Circulator

Image

Got this as a Xmas gift, and have been cooking steaks, chops & chicken with it.
You can cook food to an exact temperature (to rare, med rare, med, done, well done) every time. So far, everything I cooked this was delicious: juicy and tender.

To use it, you put the food item into a zip-lock bag, push out the air by submerging it into the water filled pot, then seal the bag and cook it in water preheated to the required temperature. For meat, after it's done, you sear it in a pan for about a minute each side. It takes anywhere from forty minutes to a few hours to cook this way, depending on what you're making. But the HUGE advantage is that the food will not overcook. Even if you leave it in the pot for 12 hours or more, it will remain the same degree of done-ness and tenderness.

Chefs at gourmet restaurants have been using industrial sous vide cookers for years. They pre-cook steaks before lunch or dinner-time rush, and have them ready to plate minutes after receiving an order.

I tried this prepping-ahead method with a 2-inch thick sirloin steak yesterday, immersing it in the water pot at 11:00 am, at 135-degrees F for medium-rare. I left it there until 6:00 pm, and it was perfectly medium-rare and juicy after searing and serving.

My next experiment will be to slow-cook tougher grades of meat, and see how that works.

_________________
The problem with putting two and two together
is that sometimes you get four,
and sometimes you get twenty-two.
-Dashiell Hammett


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:16 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:44 pm
Posts: 140
More Sous Vide:

Convinced more then ever it's a great cooking tool.

I tried a tough-cut of meat - two inch thick chuck steak - and immersion cooked it for 30 hours. Put it in at noon on Tuesday, was ready by dinner-time Wednesday. Was as juicy and tender as Filet Mignon! (mild exaggeration :84 )

Also Sous Vided frozen vacuum sealed packages of halibut and swordfish. That way didn't have to mess with zip-lock bags. It was relatively quick: just dropped the sealed packages into the water pot; 70 minutes from frozen to perfectly cooked, plus a minute searing of the filets each side.

_________________
The problem with putting two and two together
is that sometimes you get four,
and sometimes you get twenty-two.
-Dashiell Hammett


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:08 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:00 pm
Posts: 451
Location: Ohio
:smoke gum lozenges are not cutting it prepping food for weekend guests. This is a white knuckle night :doh

Lined cake sheets w parchment to flash freeze fresh fruits for sangria and citrus wedges for white wine spritzers, have lemon & berry infused vodkas, marinated meats, vegi platters :95

:87 :87 Hope everyone has a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend :87 :87


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:18 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu May 22, 2014 6:19 pm
Posts: 2914
Thank JJ. I'll look at vmix right now while I'm thinking if it.

I love sauces so that is defiantly a plus.

A good (whatever time of day you are here) to everyone :69

_________________
If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. Where else will you find peace if not within you? __ Papaji


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:53 pm 
Online
ADMIN
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Posts: 56973
Location: Pomeroy's Wine Bar
Hi all :28

As usual I went out grocery shopping today (Saturday)...

We had a "mission" to buy two Frozen Canadian Lobsters... a special we saw last week "2 for $20"

I LOVE lobster (crayfish) but have not treated myself in years.

I balked at the price.... they were small and so probably would require "one each" as a meal, but today decided "what the hell" $20 is a lot cheaper than a meal (for 2) out at a restaurant. But.....

The plot thickens!
The damned supermarket went and uped the price this week to $30 :59

I did "have words" with a shop assistant who told me that the manager had received other similar complaints.... but "price ita stays!!"

We looked for alternative, but local crayfish not in any shops at the moment.. so gave in and paid the $30 :wall

They certainly LOOK nice..... :cool

Spoiler:
Image

_________________
Image Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:19 pm 
Online
ADMIN
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Posts: 56973
Location: Pomeroy's Wine Bar
The B52´s - Rock Lobster (Official Music Video)


_________________
Image Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:44 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:15 am
Posts: 50
Location: South Florida
Those look so delish! Corn on the cob too?? Enjoy!


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:40 pm 
Online
ADMIN
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Posts: 56973
Location: Pomeroy's Wine Bar
THX JJ

They were delish!!! :)

Just had some green salad and a bits of french bread. My own concoction "Thousand Island Dressing"

(I was right about them being small.. not much there beyond tail and claws, so one each was a reasonable sized portion)

_________________
Image Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:28 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:15 am
Posts: 50
Location: South Florida
Perfect!! Sounds like a great treat for the two of you. I have some tails in freezer from an Omaha steak gift three years ago...I wonder if I should dare defrost them.

I heard about www.cousinsmainelobster.com on shark tank. May try the lobster roll kit sometime!


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:51 am 
Online
ADMIN
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Posts: 56973
Location: Pomeroy's Wine Bar
I'd rather somebody else did all the messing about and just gave me the tail meat.. and large claw meat.

Messing about getting meat out of shell is a novelty that wears thin :)

_________________
Image Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 12:05 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:00 pm
Posts: 451
Location: Ohio
Lol Rumple back in the day worked at a place called Wagon Wheel (froggie might know it) Rte 18 Wareham and their claim to fame was 'twin lobsters' or all you can eat fried seafood for $9.95. That's where I learned the smaller 1.25-1.5lb lobsters are actually the best for meat as once they get to 3.lb or so it requires a commercial process to efficiently break them up.

Getting meat from legs & body is definitely a skill best learned as a kid. We usually serve with corn & baby red potatoes. Along the way family insisted not dinner without spinach artichoke dip in bread bowl.
Which is hardest part to make since spinach must be defrosted & squeezed dry, then sqeeze & chop artichokes to add to knorrs dry vegi dip with 1/2c ea mayo, sour cream & shredded parmesan into prepared round bread w/ insides torn apart & toasted w dip.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:15 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:27 pm
Posts: 6256
Location: Beautiful South Florida
LR, that spinach dip sounds delish.

_________________
Image
Image


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:40 pm 
Online
ADMIN
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:30 pm
Posts: 56973
Location: Pomeroy's Wine Bar
I agree dip sounds nice... but... " spinach must be defrosted...." You Yanks do know about fresh stuff? Raw. Cook it yourself? :roll

I do have some spinach (in stock as it were)... gonna make my own recipe vegetarian Lasagna at some stage.

(BTW if FOOD chat carries on.. we do have a sub forum and threads for food chat.....)

_________________
Image Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:04 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:27 pm
Posts: 6256
Location: Beautiful South Florida
Some of us do. I hate frozen spinach, but love it raw and cooked fresh.

_________________
Image
Image


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 115 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 78 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group