KFC but better

Say whaaat? Does anything beat KFC? Actually, yes. My brother and I went to Newtown tonight and stopped by a gyoza place after watching The Wind Rises (Miyazaki's final movie). There, we had Tebasaki chicken wings. Tebasaki is spicy and sweet sauce,the chicken itself is deep fried, then coated with the sauce, 7 spices and sesame seeds. Cookingwithdog has a recipe on youtube.

While the tebasaki chicken wings were quite a competition for best fried chicken (KFC's spicy wings are too good....), back a couple of months ago, Sal and I made a healthier version. Baked, not fried! This was from NQN's website.

From cookkk

Not on Diet

Because today's feature is brioche. Those who watch My Kitchen Rules will notice one of the judges- Manu, is French. His criticism of dishes is usually one of two things: Not enough sauce/non existing sauce/ not good enough sauce, and/or not enough butter/ cream. We all know French chefs love their sauces and their butter. Look at French Iron Chef, Sakai- his dishes tend to be simple, but always accompanied by a rich buttery or creamy sauce. Julia Child loves her butter too.

Which I can totally understand. I was shocked to discover FL's home has no butter.

From baKEE

Brioche consists of high amounts of egg and butter, creating a crumbly and rich texture, made the same way as most breads.

Coffee, Cheese, Cream

Because no one's left comments, so I'm going to put up the ultimate un-appetizing picture up for today's cover photo.

From baKEE

Bird poo for you. And yes, my fancy purple striped socks, gotta love colourful socks.

Choux à la crème

This food has astounded me for quite a while now. I first made it in high school, during one of the earlier years when food tech was one of the classes we could take. I remember food tech classes pretty distinctly, even now- who I partnered, what we made, what failed and why. If only my memory serves me this well for everything...

From baKEE

Why is it, that with these ingredients alone, this choux pastry can form hollow puffs after baking? Where is the raising agent?? It is possible to make cake that raises without baking powder or soda, but that usually involves whipping the mixture (or in most cases, egg whites) to incorporate air into it before baking.

Simple Luxury

So these days, work lunches consist of a can of tuna, corn thins, and... that's it. Plus green tea. Dinner is usually steamed dumplings from a packet in the freezer. It's an improvement from, say, instant noodles, and I realised I can actually eat the same food for over a week without getting bored. That is the degree of can't-be-botherness I've reached, but hunger does trump laziness eventually (I had run out of tuna AND corn thins), and after one particularly trying day at work, it was time to do some grocery shopping. Instead of getting the usual 1L Connoisseur ice cream tub, I decided to go for something a little fancy.

From cookkk

My mum requested cream cheese. I originally bought a couple of packs for a cheesecake which I never made and she's been slowly making her way into the block... bought another double pack. One can never have too little cream cheese. It's like butter, but better. No wait, I did not just say that. What can possibly be better than butter??

My First Post

From baKEE

Happy valentine's day. I spent mine with food (surprise surprise). Imagine sitting at the table, a box of crackers in front of you... and a wheel of Triple Cream Brie. Can't get any more romantic than that- especially when you don't have to share it.

 So I'm not doing too well with my resolution. It's already mid February and this is my first post of the year. Deadlines are seriously needed for the world to go round, because otherwise, people like myself will never get anything done, however! This blog post is specially dedicated to Sal, who absolutely insisted that what we made today is worthy of a blog post, and what better way to start on a resolution than to present: homemade Ultimate BLT.