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Frugal Spicy Salmon Maki
“I’ll work from home tomorrow” – Yvan’s words yesterday made me think that my preparation was all in vain. I had almost finished cooking some oven-roasted eggplants (the smaller ‘sausage shaped’ variety) in the frypan for a ginger eggplant sidedish and had kicked off the rice cooker. With the weather lately playing winter catch-up, the […]
Roast Chicken Thigh & Kimpira
I rarely use the oven, but this place has two: a main oven and a smaller ‘plate warmer’ sized one. Seeing that I don’t like the idea of cooking small batches in a normal sized oven I found this was a perfect opportunity. With seasoned chicken thighs, I made slits over the skin-side and placed […]
Boiled Eggs & Bacon
Not quite ‘green eggs and ham’ – I prefer more variety for lunch. This is twinned with my ‘eggplant and lumpia’ lunch. I had an orange capsicum I intended to make into a peri peri sauce base, so I whole-roasted it and peeled the skin. As I struggled to think up a more interesting item […]
Simmered Dishes
I have been slowly increasing the amount of side dishes I make so I can have them on-hand for lunches. While Yvan took away smoked salmon sushi I left mine more simple. Reading up the varieties of capsicum, though the green type has the best nutrition it isn’t as sweet so I made a compromise […]
Vegetarian Makizushi
I wanted to see if I could construct a makizushi that had lots of flavour, but I think the result was too odd even for my tastes. If it wasn’t for the lumpia this bento would of been vegetarian, so just imagine that it is. Top tier contents: vegetarian makizushi (roast capsicum, pickled jalepeno, spring […]
Double Crabstick Makizushi
I didn’t quite plan well in advance for this lunch – and Yvan’s doesn’t look too much different from this too. One thing I do know is there are some things we need to use, and so they are fodder when I’m out of ideas and am in the mood for makizushi. Top tier contents: […]
Healthy & Balanced
I’ve run out of white rice for now, so I have gone the healthy route: brown. I don’t really like the texture of brown rice unless it was paired with something saucy or strong flavoured, but going a more healthy route might be best considering all the springrolls I go through! Lunch contents: half a […]
Squid Rice
Finally used up the squid cutoffs that weren’t used for a past marinara – simmered in a sweet soy seasoning with kombu (for tsukudani). A few leftovers and there’s a hearty lunch! Lunch contents: beef and parsnip croquette, steamed broccoli, steamed edamame and carrot, red onion tempura, cherry tomato, spring onion and sesame seed tamagoyaki, […]
Plum Mon Makizushi
When I was given a copy of The Encyclopedia of Sushi Rolls one of the first things that captured me were the ‘mon’ rolls. I’ve always been envious that family crests exist for some people around the world, in particular the simple elegance of the mon. When I committed to do this roll, I needlessly […]
Salmon Pig Sushi
A look through a book like Hana Sushi really inspires me to do more difficult makizushi, but to find the appropriate ingredients which complement each other and to act as a palette is somewhat a daunting task. The amusing thing is that there is no pork in this lunch at all – the pink of […]