If any observers would have noticed, October is punctuated by beer event that has become a regular annual ritual. It’s been its lucky third time in existence, and once again ‘home’ is a conveniently located hotel (same one every year so far!) for most of that week. The first year I was rather organized and packed a huge ‘road trip’ lunch (it’s not exactly far from home; but the UK is not exactly expansive) but I’ve not followed through afterwards. Besides being at a hotel for a few days my liver’s working overdrive during this event so I doubt I’d be in the right state to be cooking anything either!
Despite this it’s been a fairly varied month – from slow roast beef ribs, an extraordinary scotch egg, to normal but tasty ‘regulars’ like bibimbap and curry.
This month would of been good to forage for mushrooms but it didn’t seem like there was enough time; perhaps next year (or grow some kit ones perhaps)
Week 89
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- Deadlines loom at the start of this month but no way will this lunch be skipped.. Piri piri squid is haphazardly bundled with pesto runner beans, soy shiitake and a Russian-inspired potato salad
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- I am starting to think my ‘simple’ lunch isn’t so simple. Noodles today with shredded crabstick, chilli ginger carrot, spring onion, BBQ mackerel, salad leaves, ramen egg and soy simmered shiitake
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- Shoyu ramen today but the egg dribbled most of the liquids into the top tier.. Bento problems..
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- I don’t think I’ve come across a more colourful green curry in a restaurant. Nor something with a high vegetable/protein ratio that is tastier. Except “bistro a la maison”.. Lunch is seafood green curry, tomato and soy simmered shiitake.
Week 90
Major deadline alert! Lunch is exceedingly basic today and eaten late too.. Roast autumnal veggies with spices, rocket and BBQ piri piri chicken. My stomach is fine but I think my brain is having a meltdown
A single entry this week – it’s a rather important beery event..
Hopefully, perhaps a scheme to furiously cook huge batches (think osechi) next year might be the best way to tackle the handicaps of this period.
Week 91
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- So worn out from last week, I’d need a week to recover from my ‘break’! Lunch was roast spiced veggies, tomato, pesto kale, chilli garlic prawns, spicy soy hijiki & carrot and steamed broad beans. Viva la fridge!
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- A treat today: lamb! Lunch is kale gomae-ae, soft boiled egg, carrot & spring onion kimpira, home made pickled cucumber, tomato, grilled lamb steak
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- A little spartan today and a little whiffy… Lunch is steamed beans, pickled cucumber, crabstick jeon, tomato and kimchee onigiri
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- Noodles: fast food of champions! Crabstick, steamed beans, soft boiled egg, soy shiitake, prawns and spinach leaves
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- A chilli and ginger chicken broth though I forgot the spring onions and nori
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- Somewhat inspired by KFC – Korean Fried Chicken, that is.. Spiced chicken with steamed beans, soy hijiki & carrot and gamja jorim
Week 92
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A bit of a fridge clear out today. Lunch is gamja jorim
, sesame seasoned beans, ginger & soy eggplant, soft boiled egg, tomato, garlic carrot and makizushi (crabstick, carrot and pickled cucumber) I should try to get something else other than crabstick; the current brand in my local shop kinda sucks
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- And now for a nap; feeling tired or perhaps it’s a carb coma. Lunch is pickled cucumber, tomato, teriyaki salmon, raw carrot, bean salad and ginger eggplant
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- Noriben time! Just salmon and nori with tomato, meat balls, ginger eggplant, beans goma-ae and crab stick fritters
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- Oh my, it was all worth it! And no complaints about the egg consistency. Lunch is ginger eggplant, tomato, crabstick fritters and black pudding pickled scotch egg on rocket
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- A replacement to the sight of a sunny day; this gets my appetite going..
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- Soy shiitake, spring onions, garlic eggplant, beans namul, stir fry carrot, Korean-style chilli beef, and a soft boiled egg: yuus, it’s bibimbap time!
Week 93
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- It has been one of those moments when, as you contemplate going vegetarian, you take the first bite that you go “nah”. Lunch is slow roasted beef ribs with a sticky, whiskey sauce and veggie sides of chilli mango salad and sesame-seasoned beans. It’s both a good thing and a bad thing my box limits my portions
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- Looks like I’m getting complacent, hopefully I’ll use more veg tomorrow. Lunch is grilled chicken thigh, root vegetable (carrot, celeriac & beetroot) remoulade, tomato and pickled cucumber
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- That’s better: more veggies. Pescatarian today with green bean namul, ginger eggplant, celeriac & carrot mustard namasu, tomato and garlic chilli prawns
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- Garlic-tastic, though I don’t think my colleagues would agree. Lunch is steamed broccoli, garlic caper butter sardines, tomato, root veggie remoulade and garlic chilli eggplant. Looks like the remoulade has been fully tinted by the beetroot
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- An autumnal feast of colour and flavour, though I did cheat with the takikomi gohan as I didn’t want all of the rice seasoned. Lunch is baby potato garlic ‘chips’, carrot & celeriac namasu, green bean namul, spicy grilled chicken thigh with whiskey BBQ sauce , tomatoes and pickled radish ‘chrysanthemum’ together with cheater’s takikomi gohan (seasoned shiitake, carrot and baby broad beans)
