Japanese @ Home

Hong Kong-ers just love Japanese food…  Sushi joints, japanese styled buffets, Yakitori shops…  You’re bound to see a queue in front of these restaurants!

Of course, I’m no exception.  Japanese food seems to be healthier, is always beautifully presented, and with such a variety of flavours (Raw=Sashimi, Fried=Tempura, Steamed=Chawanmushi, etc), what’s not to like!?

So, I set about creating a home-made Japanese menu!

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And so, I decided that the main would be TEMPURA PRAWN!

Which turns out to be much harder than I thought…

Of course, some “Green”, or rather, “White” is needed for a balanced diet.   Tofu with sesame dressing!

And here’s some protein!  Grilled mackerel!

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So anyway, back to the Tempura Prawns..

So, how did I make the above?  For the tempura prawns, first step…

Covering the prawns with batter.  Which I self-made with Tapioca Starch and Flour.  Of course, if you’re lazy, or want better results, you can always go the easy route and just buy some “Tempura batter”!

A second easy step…  Deep-frying!

As for the grilled mackerel, this was just simply done by pan-frying it…  The tofu is really the easiest.  Just buy some ready-to-eat tofu, dress with some “roasted seasame sauce” which you can find in all supermarkets, and that’s it!

Oh, but cooking must include some failures.  Here’s one..  A way over-steamed Chawanmushi!

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So that’s it!  Instead of queing at all those japanese restaurants for hours on end, why not try a Japanese dinner at home?

Creative Japanese!

I took a long hiatus from writing cause well, life was kept busy in Hong Kong. But I’m back now, and gosh, I have so many many nice foods to share with all foodies! So! Stay tuned for more restaurant food, and in addition, my upcoming culinary creations! Yes, I’m going to write about cooking too, cause it’s also about food…… 😀

Now… For my 1st reutn post! I honestly forgot which Japanese place this was, but it was really good!  So if someone can tell from the photos, do remind me please!!!

Now, even though I forgot which restaurant it is, I do remember the taste!  The above is a “new” Tuna Tataki!  With a hint of mustard and wasabi mayo to add some zest, this was a burst of flavour in a mouthful!  Not to say, it looks really pretty too!

Now, what’s this?  This is a risotto and crab-meat ball!  Poke it open, and the just-right warm rice with crab-meat oozes out!  Topped with a little truffle sour cream…  Mmmm….!  Very very creative, and I must say, not bad at all!

Now finally, the dessert!  Looks just like any other bland swiss roll, right?  But nooo…  The cream inside is strawberry flavoured!  Soft strawberry cream with a heavenly sponge cake, this marks a perfect end to a really good Japanese dinner!

美味しい !!!

情人節，為大家介紹一間唔使食貴貴menu, 又好好味的日本餐廳！

食物為主，相信大家睇到副相，厚切salmon sashimi 睇樣都知有幾fresh la!

接下來，有 tuna tataki!  醬油，加埋蔥蓉，姜蓉，紅蘿蔔蓉，好好味啊！

 

最後，日本餐廳又點少得壽司呢？手握壽司，師傅的技巧 + 新鮮食材，這間餐廳值得推介！！！

情人節就去試下喇！（只限 Vancouver 人士，因爲這間叫 Ajisai， 係 加拿大。。    :P)