First Try

Paella , a Spanish dish...It kinds of risotto of the Italian. I cooked this dish with luncheon meat and peas and you can said I added a Chinese twist to it.Paella mostly cooked with seafoods. Overall the cooking style is almost the same with risotto and it is up to you on what ingredients

to add in.

Chicken Dish......

This dish is pan fried chicken breast with mashed potatoes drizzle with mustard infused pan sauce

Home made cappuccino and espresso

Salmon Dish

A leftover salmon in a fridge, potatoes in the storage.....it means lunch. Salmon leftover will not be fresh so herbs oregano will spice it up, salt and pepper to taste. Pan fried is the easiest way to go. Sauce I used balsamic vinegar reduction with added stock for taste.(suppose butter sauce is better taste and presentation but well A filling lunch :)

Craving

This morning I craved for meat I means huge craving. This is my lunch I cooked steaks and potatoes with gravy.

My Lunch and My new toy

Last weekend I bought a new toy : Krups Expresso Machine..it was so fun o play with it.Making own latte, expresso and cappucino. The machine does look it tad bit complicated but it just wih a few turns here and there you can save some money buying coffee from the cafe and it may taste better to as you can make coffee that suits your own taste.The pictures above shows the machine and the cappucino i make my own.

Last picture is the lunch I make consisted of pan fried dory fillets with spinach and onions.Sprinkled with parmesan cheese do make the dish taste deeper as dory fish itself taste sweet but other then that dory fish really lacks the deeper undertaste to make it stands out from other finned relatives. Overall a filling lunch I should said

Missing in action

Hi ,its been so long I havent updated this blog but mind you I havent stop cooking...it is part of me bored and part of me having a photography withdrawing syndrome. But after this while my spirit rekindles and plus my affection for coffee have increased when i starting cooking so you will getting some extra info on coffee aparts from food in this blog.Keeps in touch everyone

Pasta Lunch

Just back from Langkawi holiday, totally worth the trip in my opinion. Starting working today, so I make a simple lunch from my normal staple ; spaghetti. I cooked with mushrooms, quails meat, chicken stock, basil. Very simple dish to make, once spaghetti cooked until al dente, simmer it with chicken stock with quails meat and mushrooms, add basil, salt and pepper for seasoning.Reduced stock to concentrate the taste and serve.You can replaced mushroom and quails meat with anything you like for example mussels, clams, prawns and chicken as to be said anything you like.

Fried Chicken Attempt

This morning I used some leftover chicken breast and cut into cubes to fry.I used just flour, eggs, salt and pepper to cook this dish. Very simple. Once done I used chopped parsley as garnish and used mustard and garlic chillies as dipping sauce for the fried chicken.Thinking of making caramelized onions as side dish but I am too lazy :)

My New Little Project

The Menu :

Starter & Entree :
Salmon carpaccio
Salad with vinaigrette dressing
Poached egg in butter sauce
Sauteed scallops in vinaigrette
Pan fried scallops with balsamic vinegar reduction
Sauteed prawns in garlic butter serve with goat cheese and bread
Gazpacho (chilled soup)
Asparagus soup
Mushroom soup
Broccoli soup
Cauliflower soup
Risotto

First course and Second Course :
Quails Stew
Pan fried Quails with red wine vinaigrette reduction
Lamb steak with pan sauce
Sirlion steak with mashed potato,salads and grilled tomatoes
Roast beef with sauteed vegetables
Porkchop
Pan fried salmon in butter sauce
Cod fillet with mustard infused butter sauce
Pan fried cod fillet with scallop in white wine reduction
Seafood Spaghetti
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Roasted Chicken breast with stuffings

Dessert :
Fried mozarella
Creme Brulee
Assorted cheese platter
Panna cotta

This rough menu will be my pet project starting on end of April, I will cook all this dishes on the menu and post in this blog.In process I will refined and rewrite this menu and each time I cooked the dish I will cross it off.Meantime this blog will have little update but I will occasionally post some food pic as well.