Saturday, May 5, 2012

Braised Abalone/焖鲍鱼



在韩国, 一直以来,鲍鱼都被视为珍品。但,随着商业化的大量培养,价格已比较大众化。。。
Abalone have long been a valuable food source for humans, traditionally it is considered a luxury item. However, the availability of commercially farmed abalone has allowed more common consumption in Korea.


Ingredients:
10 medium abalones
20 ginkgo
1/2 onion,coarsely  chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
1  Tsp soy bean sauce
3 Tsp Korean white wine ( 청주)
1 corn syrup
pepper powder
salt
cooking oil

Method:
1. Remove the abalones from the shell , cut away the intestines of the abalones. Wash and drain the shell & abalones.

2. Using the tip of the knife, score the surface of the body diagonally in a diamond pattern.

3. Heat the fry pan, add in little oil & pinch of salt for frying the ginkgo for 2-3 minutes.


4. Put the chopped onion, minced garlic, soy bean sauce, wine and corn  syrup in a cooking pot, boil it.

5. Heat oil in another fry pan. Fry the abalones,sprinkle a pinch of pepper powder , fry it for about 2 minutes.

6. Put the fried abalones in the boiling sauce and simmer over medium heat.

7. Place the abalones on the shells again and garnish with ginkgo , red & yellow  bell pepper

Friday, May 4, 2012

Mini Sausage Bread/ 迷你香肠面包


These are the mini Sausage Bread that I baked...

Ingredient (A):
bread flour 500g
milk powder 2 Tsp
yeast 2 tsp
salt 1 tsp
sugar 50g

Ingredient (B):
2 eggs
lukewarm water 200ml


Ingredient (C):
Butter 120g (  for me, I used grape oil 120g)

Filling:
Mini sausages

Egg wash ( for brushing the surface of the bread):
1 yolk , milk 1 Tsp

Method:
1. Mix (A) till well blended.

2. Add(B) and knead to form a dough.

3. Mix (C), continue to knead to form a smooth and elastic dough.

4. Cover dough with a damp cloth. Let it proves for 1 hr 30 minutes or till it doubles in size.

5. Punch out the air.

6. Divide the dough into 2 portions and let it rests for 15 min.

7. Flatten and roll out the dough into a big,thin rectangle or round dough respectively. Use the round cutter to cut out the dough, small round dough.

8. Put the sausage on the surface of the dough and pleat up the sides and seal. Brush with egg wash.


9. Rest for another 30 minutes.

10. Preheat the oven for 5 min.

11. Bake for 15-20 min  or till golden brown colour, at 180 degree C.

12. Remove from the oven.

P/s: If you have the bread machine, then put all the ingredients in the machine at the same time. In case for my machine, it will take 1 hr & 23 min to process.Once you take out the dough from the machine,  start from the process no (5)

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Franchise Expo ( mainly for snacks) 2012

 In Korea, food delivery service is very good, I doubt whether I can crown it as the best in the world. When you are at home, you just need to dial the phone number and order the food ( even one bowl of noodle or one set of burger), it will be delivered to you within 20 or 30 minutes, without extra service charges. Among them, the delivery service from the Chinese restaurant is the best, you can order it at anywhere,e.g at the garden,park or even seaside,etc.
I went to the Franchise Expo 2012 on the 27th of Apr, here are some of the pictures that I took...
The above picture is the  Boneless Fried chicken, wrap it with the vegetables when you eat.
 
                                                 Boneless yogurt chicken

                                        Fried chicken with red pepper sauce

                                             Garlic,biscuit fried chicken

                                                          Fried chicken

                                              Honey,garlic fried chicken

                                                   Original biscuit fried chicken

Hamburgers

                                                   Rice steamed cakes

                                               Rice pancakes

                                            Glutinous rice cakes
                                     
                                                Rice cakes
                                           
                                                      Rice pancakes  

                              
                                    Sweet potatoes,barley sprout,fruit rice cakes


                                                  Rice pancakes
                                             
                                                    Rice pancakes
                                         
                                                   Rice waffer
                                               
                                     Korean traditional cakes " Manchu"


                                            Korean traditional cakes ": Manchu"    
                                                     Ice dessert
                                                    Rice cakes


                                                      Chocolates
                                                          Chocolates

                                                         Chocolates

                                                         Chocolates
                                                         
                                                          Chocolates
                                             
                                                        Chocolates

                                                      Chocolates

                                                       Chocolates
                                                     Ice cream

                                                        Ice cream

                                                      Ice cream

                                              Korean fried rice cakes "Tok-bok-gi"

Hot fried chicken & shrimp fried chicken

                              
                                          Hardroll spaghetti

                                                    Pizza

                                                           noodles

                                              " Shabu-shabu"

                                              "Shabu-shabu"


                                              Rice & noodles for "take out"

Monday, April 30, 2012

Coffee Expo 2012 in Korea

 I went to the COEX in Seoul for coffee Expo 2012 on 27th Apr, this is the antique collection by James.
This is the Coffee Roster in 1890 from Germany
 This is the Coffee Bean Grinder

 
 This is used for making the milk in cream form.
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Coffee cups
 Coffee cups, etc
Coffee cups, etc
Coffee cups
 Coffee beans
 Coffee from Kenya
 Boxes for" take out coffee"
Coffee beans roasting machine for commercial use
  Antique coffee beans grinder from France
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 Coffee beans roasting machine for commercial use
 Coffee beans grinder in 1879 from USA
  Collection from Middle East countries from 1850 to 1900
Collection from Middle East countries from 1850 to 1900
Antique coffee beans grinder from France
 Coffee cups
Home espresso machine
 Home espresso machine
On the  right, for outdoor use, can  be folded  : put the paper filter on it for filtering the coffee