• bokchoy
• egg
• minced beef
• tofu
• gochugaru
• garlic
• gochujjang
• freshly grounded black pepper

fresh from the stove

Today's dinner menu was Japanese Hamburger Steak with rice... and of couse I cook it just like I want. (I made a hambaagaa rice last July, yet it's different!)

This menu required me to make four dishes before served it as one. It took a while to cook because I only have an electric stove and a teflon pan.

Rice
I used medium small grained rice for this menu. The rice was brought by my dad when he came to Bali recently. It is an organic rice harvested from my dad's friend's backyard in Central Java. It's growth for personal consumption only and not for sale.

Hamburger Patty
This patty was made overnight premade). I made it with (approx) 100g lean ground beef, 1 medium size shiitake and some onion leaves chopped finely, 2 tbsp of cornstrach, 1 tsp of soy sauce, salt (to taste), and freshly ground blackpepper. The whole things were mixed and shaped into balls then pressed with my hands. It's about 1cm thick. I pan seared it with olive oil until it got really done (dark brown). As I put cornstrach in it, it will be tender no matter how long it being cooked (corn strach can be substituted with all purpose flour or bread crumbs).

Sauteed Vegetables
I'm running of vegetables and need to stock more of it tomorrow. So, I just take whatever left on my fridge. The sauteed vegetables side made of chopped baby long bean (abt 3 cm) and about 5 mm chopped onion leaves, celery stick, shiitake mushroom, and garlic. All of the ingredients were sauteed in teflon with a tsp of olive oil, in high heat. I added about a tsp of oyster sauce, soysauce, and freshly grounded blackpepper. Mixed it thoroughly and set aside.

 Hambaaga Sauce/Gravy
Onion is the main ingredients of this part. Finely chopped onion (both red and white) was sauteed with olive oil. I waited it until it got brown (caramelized). After that, I added some finely chopped garlic and shiitake mushroom and mixed it. Next, I put about 1 tbsp of corn starch and let the corn starch cooked. Longan honey, oyster sauce, and soy sauce were poured into the pan and mixed with the other ingredients. Finally I added some water and freshly grounded blackpepper. I stirred the ingredients and made sure no corn starch was mixed well and let it simmer. I poured the sauce all over the other sides and the Hambaagaa rice is ready to be enjoyed. 

Since I like it hot, I sprinkled some gochugaru (chili powder) on my set. Oishii!

sprinkled chili powder over the hambaagaa rice

it was my last night dinner...

















consist of a bit of:
* egg noodle
* egg
* diced beef
* bok choy
* dried bean curd sticks
* corn kernels
* Campbell's cream of chicken soup

seasoned with
* garlic
* fried shallot
* light olive oil
* freshly ground black pepper
* salt
* soy sauce
* oyster sauce

and i want to eat it again tonight as it's raining hard now.. :)

Today’s lunch: Chisa’s Japanese style fusion hamburger.

consist of:

• boiled carrot
• sautéed A. polytricha (tree-ear)
• sautéed green paprika (bell pepper)
  
• sunny side egg – 1/2 done
• long grain white rice
• hambaagaa sauce (consist of onion, scalion, beef stock, pepper, sugar, garlic, tomato, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and salt)
• hamburger (minced beef, sauteed onion and scalion, shiitake, garlic, salt, white egg, green chili -Capsicum annuum-, and Royco chicken cream soup –coz i don’t have milk/yoghurt and breadcrumbs-)

I’m not gonna write how to make it step by step. You could easily find the recipe out there. This dish is pretty (or maybe even very) popular.

Time to make my dinner… Ciao!

I’m so bad that after weeks neglecting this blog, I’m coming back with saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad news,,, I’m bloated. Yeap, gastritis, or gastroentritis, or whatever it named is striking back.

But it’s not that sad anyway. I cooked a bowl of soup to soothe my upset stomach.

It might look greasy, but it’s not that greasy. It’s just like Campbell’s chicken and rice, but instead of using diced chicken, i was using minced pork. It tasted good anyway. lol. I’m sharing the recipe here.

Ingredients:

• onion – minced
• garlic – minced
• shallot leaves - minced
• green tomatoes – diced
• shiitake – diced
• carrot – diced
• minced pork
• rice – cooked
• condensed beef broth
• oyster sauce, fish sauce, pepper
• vegetables oil

Cooking Steps:

1. Sautéed the onion on the pan with vegetables oil (i use a saucepan) until just about to turn brown.
2. Add the minced shallot leaves and stir them until onion is turn golden brown.
3. Add the other ingredients ( garlic, pork, tomatoes, shiitake, and carrot) and stir it until the pork turns color. By that time you gonna have a caramelized onion.
4. Add some condensed beef broth, oyster sauce, pepper, and fish sauce, then stir it again.
5. Heat it up then pour some water on it. Let it simmer for a moment and keep stir it occasionally.
6. Finally add some rice inside, stir it occasionally until simmer.
7. Taste it! Serve and enjoy it when you done with the tasting session. :D

I didn’t put the exact amount of the ingredients I used here. Just use your feeling. Feel free to add anything. Cooking is not about textbook. It’s about mixing ingredients to create something wonderful. So just enjoy it. :D

My soup has a rich flavor. I just love the taste of caramelized onion mixed with beef broth! And the great thing is it did help soothe my tummy.

even it’s hurt again now.. huahaha… i need more soup!!!

P.S. I heard that onion may cause gas just like cabbage, broccoli, milk, and softdrink do. Also, PMS, excessive sodium (salt,) sodas, too much alcohol, too little protein in diet, and contraceptive pills are some of the most common causes of chronic stomach bloating. >.<

Setelah pulang kerja kemarin, Ai Tjen ngajakin aku bikin something di dapur lagi. Last week was the delicious home made pizza.... And yesterday.... bikin roti~~~~~~~~~ nyam!

Lain dengan minggu lalu yang aku ikut mengayak tepung, dll... Kemarin aku benar2 seperti bermain. I was just shape, fill, re-shape, and then put it on the tray... I don't even put it in the oven on my own, Tante Tjen did all the other things by herself!
Oh, btw, i did 1 more thing... I did grate the kraft cheddar and mix it with 3,5 tea spoonful of condensed milk.... :D

Filling rotinya bermacam-macam. Ada keju, keju susu, pisang, pisang keju, pisang keju susu, ham, ham keju, sosis, sosis keju, salami, salami keju, dan ada 1 khusus punyaku yg isinya ham+keju susu. Aneh y? keju susu kok dicampur ham... Biarin, yg penting ane doyan. Tapi kok sekarang ga bisa nemu tuh roti dimana y... Jangan2 udah dimakan ma yg laen? o.O

Ini beberapa roti yg aku bentuk sendiri sebelum di-glaze... Punyaku ukurannya mini.. *unyil*
Memang sengaja aku hanya memakai 20 s/d 30gr saja.


Setelah dipanggang selama kurang lebih 12 menit... voila!


Coba bandingkan dengan punya Tante Tjen yg bentuknya lebih besar (60gr adonan) dan rapi.

eh, ada yg udah dicuil separo tuh rotiny.. huehehehe....

soal rasa jangan ditanya... Uenak pol! Maknyuuuuuus dah...
Resepnya pake resep kuno, susunya... susu sapi murni, dan tanpa bahan pengawet. Rotinya coklat keemasan karena di-glaze dengan kuning telur.

Thanks, tante.....
Next time aku diajakin bikin2 yg lain y.. :)

Today's menu..
home made pizza..




..................lagi g mood nulis...
pokokny i'm happy bisa bake, roast, grill...
or even burn my meal inside the oven....................

Duck and Mushroom Rice
ingridients:
olive oil, onion, duck leg (cut into pieces), carrot, celery, garlic, mushroom (white mushroom and portobello), rice (white long-grain), chicken stock, water, pepper, black pepper, chicken bouillon.
tools: a cutting board, a knife, a skillet, and a spatula

nyum~

Today's creation with Mpok..
Chili Tuna Fusili

Ingredients:
Tuna in Chili Oil - 1 can (we use Ayam Brand's)
Onion - 50gr, sliced
Celery - 1 stick, cut 1cm long
White Mushroom (Button Mushroom) - 2pc, sliced
Portobello Mushroom - 2pc, sliced
Gouda cheese - 50gr, diced
fusili (or rotini) - 250gr
olive oil - 2 tbsp
salt - 1 tsp
chicken bouillon - to taste
black pepper - to taste

So, we cooked the pasta first into the boiled water with olive oil and salt. In the skillet, we cooked the tuna altogether with onion, mushrooms, and celery. We added some water and chicken bouillon.
Meanwhile, we dried the cooked pasta then put it in the skillet immediately. We don't want to eat a mushy pasta, so we make sure the pasta is not boiled too long.
After, we added the gouda cheese, chicken bouillion, and black pepper. We stirred it until it all mixed together, taste it. Then we served it (to be eaten by ourself.. lol).

here's the picture.
the chili tuna fusili in the skillet...

in my plate.. :D

it's yummy~

we couldn;t finish the whole thing. lol
some of it sit in the refrigerator now. I'll reheat then it eat tomorrow. (: (maybe for breakfast? if i could get up in the morning.. hahaha)

I was starved and really need to feed. I run to the kitchen and found there is rice in the rice cooker. Sweet! My flatmate cook for me too... Then, I open my refrigerator.. not much there, but i have kimchi, dried shrimp (the tiny one), and pork sausages... Ok, that's all enough to cook a portion (my portion) of kimchi fried rice. So I chopped a bit of garlic and onion, sauteed in medium heat it with the diced sausages and dried shrimp, add the rice, stirred it, add the kimchi and chicken bouillon, stirred it again... Voila.. the fried rice kimchi is ready.. :)

i<3kimchi.. :D

In the middle of reading Parodi by Samuel Mulia, I got an IM from Mpok... It popped up in my screen and roughly said "We still have a chunk of pork, what we gonna do with it? Stewed it with sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)?"
Hmm... I think that's gonna be nice since i haven't eat Babi Kecap (stewed pork with sweet soy sauce) for a year.
But by the time the pork ready to cook, we changed our mind. Since we have packages of instant seasoning that really really ready to use, we just pick rendang (Indonesian chili and coconut sauce) to compliment the pork. Also, we add shiitake mushroom inside the pan (so the mushroom wouldn't sit too long in the fridge, waiting to be cooked).
After about 3/4hr, the pork rendang is ready to eat... :)

About the rice, it's 3.xx yuan per 500gr (bought at Carefour). It's the best deal we could find as we like the long-grain white rice (and it's Thai, since we can't find Indonesian one). But, I'll check again.. not so sure about it. Maybe there are cheaper Thai long-grain white rice. Who knows...

Last night I went to Rotary Club of Shanghai 90th Anniversary Gala Dinner. It's not just another birthday party. It was a duo piano concert and gala dinner opened by a champagne reception and sparkled with raffle tickets and silent auction for fund raising. In the middle of the event was a Rotary Club of Shanghai history movie clip. The movie clip was more than great. I love that clip. It's not just another boring clip. I can't describe it by words. One should see by him/herself.

The event held in Ballroom A, 10th Floor at the Renaissance Hotel Zhongshan Park. The reception started on 6:30pm. Champagne, orange juice, cola, and canapes are everywhere. The admission fee for this event is 800RMB per person (but, once again, I joined for free as the Shanghai RC gave some free tickets for Rotaractors and Interactors). Renaissance Hotel itself (I believe) is part of the Marriott Hotel Group.



The duo piano concert was so nice. The music was alluring. I love those songs, especially the one I familiar with like Jambalaya, Over The Rainbow, Theme and Variations, and some other musics.
Here is the music list.


Last but not least, the foods. The foods were so delicious. The salmon was melting inside my mouth, the soup was very tasty, moreover, the beef was cooked perfectly; juicy and very tender. The dessert (ivory blanc satin chocolate mousse griottines cherry) was kind of heavy for me. I prefer something other light and refreshing after that kind of dinner. It'd taste better if I wasn't that full, and the griottines cherries tasted like medicine pills (it's too bitter for me, well, maybe the liquor is too strong).
Here the picture of the menu, followed by the foods picture.



Last but not least.. Shum's creation... :D She took the picture with her Nikon D50, and me? only using a pocket camera. lol


Such an unforgettable night...
Wish the recital was longer...

It's been about a month that I couldn't cook because the stove in my flat was broken. My landlord came on the Nov 1st to collect my nov-jan rent fee, then he asked is that any problem within the house. I mentioned about the stove. It's not the gas (because I still can enjoy the hot water). He managed to call the gas company to fix the problem. In less than 15 minutes, a person from the gas company came to check and fix the stove. I didn't know what he did, but the repairing process was done in a flash. Voila.. it works again!
It cost about 270RMB, i don't quite remember as the landlord paid the bill.

The next two days, I cooked a duck soup. It has duck meat (of course!) - duck leg, sauteed onion, smashed and finely chopped garlic, potato, pumpkin, carrot, celery, and dried shrimps (the tiny size one), also seasonings (ground coriander seeds, chicken bouillon, ground black and white pepper). For the final touch, I sprinkled some fried crunchy bacon and self-made crouton.

Put a crouton on it was a mistake. I didn't the wet mushy crouton. I finished the crouton immediately and began to enjoy the soup. The soup, without the crouton, was delicious.

I can't wait to cook another dishes. :)

These are some other Hong Kong delicacies I tried.


I also went to the Modern Toilet Restaurant at Causeway Bay Hong Kong (after a tiresome day at the Ocean Park) for dinner. Imho, the foods are OK. It's not a fine dining; and this extraordinary restaurant is emphasizing on selling experience rather than the foods itself. Everything inside the restaurant are resembling classic modern toilet/bath.

Ntine and me order a kiwi flavored shaved ice. The portion was incredibly huge. We were struggling to eat it up. Another group of for were ordered the same ice, but they couldn't finish it.. not even a half. We finally finished it by sucked up the syrup and set aside the ice on the tray. They put milk pudding on the bottom of the bowl (or children chamber?). If you didn't dig it up, you can't find it for sure!
We spent about 145HKD on the restaurant and get 20% discount on the next visit. Since both of us can't visit HK within two months, we just gave the receipt to Vera. Guess she'll spend her dollar later at that restaurant. :)

the pictures talk more..



it's an afternoon - evening delight...
on Mon, Oct 5th, 2009..
the Lan Fong Yuan's delicacies are delicious.
I'd definitely go back just for pampering my tongue..