I set up the Christmas tree on Friday night. It’s lid up and decorated with ornaments. Though I have injured my shoulder/back/thigh when I was lifting the heavy armchair (the brown chair as seen on the picture below) in preparation for tonight’s party.
Update: The dinner was a hit. It went well into 2am. We did [...]
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05Dec06It has been 3 weeks since I left Vancouver. Thanks god I missed all the rain and snow. (Sorry folks in Vancouver). There hasn’t been a day in France where I had a bad meal.
The food in France is exceptional. Just about anywhere in the town you can find good food, shall I thank the [...]
Butternut Squash Soup
05Nov06Butternut Squash Soup
1 medium butternut squash (about 2 1/4 pounds)
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger, optional
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 cups chicken broth
1-2 cups water, as needed
Salt and pepper to taste
Sour cream and parsley for garnish
Cut squash in half lengthwise, and scoop out [...]
Mini Ham and Cheese Quiche
05Nov06Mini Ham and Cheese Quiche
Ingredients (serves 3):
12 x 2″ crust (get the pre-made Tenderflake crust from Safeway)
1 pack of maple-leaf pre-made bacon (100g)
3 eggs
250ml whipping cream + 100ml 2% slim milk
100g Gruyère cheese, grated
salt and pepper
Instructions:
Pour the grated Gruyère cheese into a big bowl, then add the milk/cream, and the [...]
The infamous “Coca-cola Chicken Wings”
Ingredients:
One lbs chicken wings
One can of regular cola (355 mL)
70 ml of soya sauce
Steps:
1. Marinate the chicken wings for 30 minutes with two tbs of soya sauce, two tbs of Chinese cooking wine (can be substituted with Brandy), white pepper, salt and sugar.
2. Sauté chicken wings with two- [...]
Katherine and the 3 other sous chiefs spent 4 hours preparing for this. It turned out it’s worth every single minute of it. The rice is juicy and seafood is sweet and tender.
Recipe
Quick Skillet Paella
1 pound extra-large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
8 ounces chorizo [...]
Braised Rice with Chicken and Asparagus
Chinese Steamed Rice with Dried Scallops, Mushrooms, and Chicken
Ingredients
3 dried scallops
3 dried mushrooms
1/4 lbs of sweet peas
1/2 lbs skinless shredded chicken breasts
1 serving of rice
Instructions
Marinate chicken with 2 tbsps of chinese cooking wine, 2 tbsps of soya sauce, some white pepper, and some sesame oil [...]
Homemade Spicy Sausage Penne
11Sep06Homemade Spicy Sausage Penne
Ingreidents:
Spicy Italian Sausage from Granville Island.
Fresh Penne also from Granville Island.
Organic Snow peas in a BC farm.
Butternut Squash sauce with a hint of curry.
First, boil the penne + snow peas (separately) with a hint of salt and set aside.
Then, pan-fry sausage, set aside. Cook up the butternut squash sauce [...]
Geschnetzeltes – German Stew
05Sep06In German: Geschnetzeltes!
My friends from Berlin were trying to do something homemade on the Labour Day long weekend. What a plesant suprise it was. Geschnetzeltes is a lot better than the english description – Beef Stew in a white cream sauce. Perfect for a cold winter night.
Ease: 3/5
Ingredients:
500 g Sliced beef
Sour Cream
Fresh Cream
Chives
Green onion
Butter
Sauted beef [...]
Gnocchi Butternut Squash Recipe
12Jul06Gnocchi Butternut Squash Receipe
I created this new recipe with frozen butternut squash dice, bouillabaisse, and shrimps all slowly cooked and then put in the gnocchi at the very end. It was fan-tast-ic! My way to open up a Gnocchimobile on the street!
I went to the Water St cafe during the DineOut Vancouver [...]
Ahi Tuna Salad @ the Watermark Restaurant
This very chic and minimalistic restaurant, housed in the west coast architecture of wood and glass on the Kitsilano beach in Vancouver. Equally surprising, it’s the high quality Ahi Tuna and potato salad on the menu. The Ahi Tuna is grilled to perfection with just [...]
Best Dessert / Dessert Art @ Ganache, Yaletown
The pastry Master Mr. Peter Fong’s rendition of art. The newly wedded created just about the most creative cake I have seen in Vancouver. The Strawberry Flamobase on the bottom left on the above image is like a canvas of a young budding artist [...]
Homemade Ham & Cheese Quiche
02May06Quiche Recipe:
Ingredients (serves 3):
1 9″ crust (get the pre-made Tenderflake crust from Safeway)
1 pack of maple-leaf pre-made bacon (100g)
3 eggs
250ml whipping cream + 100ml 2% skimmed milk
100g Gruyère cheese, grated
salt and pepper
Steps:
Pour the grated Gruyère cheese into a big bowl, then add the milk/cream, and the beaten up eggs, and salt and [...]
Roasted Chicken Recipe
Instructions:
1) Marinate the chicken overnight
2) Preheat oven to 450F for 15 mins. Once chicken is in, lower temperature to 375F.
3) For the first 15 mins breast downwards, then turn the chicken over and bake for 1.5 hrs.
Preparation for chicken:
Clean the chicken, pat dry with kitchen paper towel. Take [...]
This is a great recipe for pot-luck if you want to impress your friends and jazz it up with clam.
Serves 6 for appetizers or 4 for main course. To make Mark’s Spaghetti with Brooklyn White Clam Sauce, follow the same recipe, omitting the tomatoes.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon salt, plus more for seasoning
1 pound dried spaghetti or linguine
1/4 [...]
Grilled Teriyaki Steak
03Nov04Grilled Teriyaki Steak with Tomoto Pasta
Ingredients
1/2 lbs New York striploin
1 serving of pasta
2 Fresh Tomatoes chopped
2 tbps Teriyaki sauce
Instructions
Marinate steak with salt and pepper, add 2 tbps of Teriyaki sauce.
Boil a pot of big water. Cook pasta.
Add 4 tbps of oil on saucepan. Add chopped garlic until turn golden. Add chopped tomatoes until bring back [...]
This rack of lamb was a creation I did to my family 2 christmas ago. It was a great hit.
Crusted with dijon and fresh herbs, oven-roasted, served with Japanese soy beans and mushroom risotto.
Italian style home-made lasagna
07Nov03Homemade Lasagna
Ingredients:
300 g of lean ground beef
3 bottle of tomato sauce
30 g of mozzarella
3 boiled eggs
5 onions
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