Eating in a box

Another old post I've been meaning to put out. It's a quick corn frittata breakfast bento box I packed for work this was one of those under 300 calorie meals. Eggs, Fresh Corn off the cob, shallots, percorino romano cheese, butter, milk, salt pepper and a bit of paprika. I made this dish right at the beginning of summer and picked up the corn from the farmers market. The corn was unbelievably sweet (you would have thought I added sugar to the mix). It was a perfect protein breakfast didn't leave me hungry later. This recipe came from an issue of Cooking Light and I couldn't think of any corners to cut here's the recipe that I have from my notes. Actually I think there was some parsley but I skipped it since I didn't have any on hand but I think it was only for show. Corn Frittata with Pecorino Romano Cheese 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels (about 2 ears) 1/3 cup diced shallots 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 1/2 teaspoon fr...

This is actually a post that's been sitting in the queue for quite some time. A while back we had a Taiwanese potluck where everyone brought a food favorite from Taiwan. I didn't have a favorite food so I said I'd make whatever someone wanted. One of my wife's friends had a real hankering for Da Chang Mian Xian (大腸麵線 also called Mee Sua), a Taiwanese vermicelli street food dish, I of course open my big mouth and say: "sure how hard could it be to make?" (famous last words). Surely there was a recipe or something to go on. As it turns out this no there's wasn't a recipe to go on. Fortunately this was something I had tried before, my wife took me back in 2012 to visit her favorite Mian Xian  restaurant (Ah Zong Mian Xian 阿宗麵線) when we were visiting her old university stomping grounds.  All I remember from this place were a few things: 1) it was really hot outside 2) there was no where to sit so everyone was standing around (ok a few chairs) 3) th...

Greetings from Down Under! I'm on temporary assignment in Australia (next two years) and we're finally settling into our new place. This is my very first use of the new kitchen. A simple bento box from what I could find at the local grocery store. Nothing fancy I'm afraid. I'm just glad I got to cook I'll confess I cheated this time around. I don't have any spices or really anything in the kitchen other than flake sea salt for seasoning. This chicken came pre-spatchcocked and pre-marinaded. I will say it was very convenient. From what I could tell (the label was sparce on details) the marinade was made of oil, garlic, onion, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper (maybe a bit of tarragon) and lemon and thickened with mayo. $13 AUD about $10 USD... (sigh) everything is very expensive here. This was my first experience in cooking with a convection oven. It browned the chicken quite well but the outside was achieving a golden brown faster than the internal t...

Happy Chinese New Year!

One of the many things on my foodie bucket list was to dine at a 3 Michelin star restaurant. I had my chance a few years ago on our trip to Las Vegas but at time we only had only stumbled upon Robuchon and there was only a day left and there were no places on the reservation list. After recounting our trip to my friend, he asked "OMG did you go to Joel Robuchon? I had the brioche from the bread cart and nearly cried". Since then I had been plotted my return to Las Vegas just to try this restaurant. I had no idea what to expect out of my experience at a three star Michelin star restaurant. I only knew that the food would be top notch and I was told that the service was a completely different level of experience. We had an idea when my wife asked the maître d' "can I...." his reply before she finished was "Yes of course! we never say no!". The bread cart was quite a site. Usually you get a bread basket, if you're lucky it contained a couple o...

Happy Holidays all! (Display made entirely out of roses at the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas. )

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! (Not the greatest of pictures. We had hotpot with friends and family that couldn't make it home this year.)