Tag Archives: sushi
Flag in-a-box: Mali
Still reeling from our beer festival debauchery both Yvan and I are feeling a little slower than usual. With beer *and* cider to order, an Android app, then setup nightmares and long serving hours the mess of a kitchen serves as an empty firkin storage before we head off to another beer festival in a […]
Stoplight Sushi
After finishing the old rice and quinoa for dinner, I finally got the opportunity to use the pre-roasted capsicum for an intended dish: stoplight sushi! Though the colours dulled, the natural sweetness and flavour is enhanced with roasting capsicum. The combination smoked mackerel, miso konnyaku, potato salad, peppery rocket, and roast capsicum was definitely an […]
Smoked Salmon & Avocado Uramaki
I haven’t made inside-out rolls in a while and it only occurred to me as I cut the full sheet of nori in half that perhaps it wasn’t large enough. Luckily the old memory was correct and they ended up a perfect size despite that nagging doubt. In a sort of contrast to the previous […]
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 […]
Another Random Makizushi
We’re finally able to harvest more radish in the vegetable bed – it’s a tiny one that looked larger viewing it aboveground. I think for the rest they may need another week. It’s another day that shouldn’t be spent sitting indoors, so I’ve made sushi again for on the go. This time all the items […]
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 […]
Random Crabstick Makizushi
Not exactly the most inspiring lunch in the world but pretty good for when you’re on the go. One thing I do like about makizushi is that it can be handled with just your fingers. With summer to disappear soon lunches like this are best enjoyed outside! Lunch contents: makizushi (crabstick, green onion, sesame seed, […]
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: […]