Monthly Archive for November, 2006

Teriyaki Shrimp over Brown Rice (20 Mins)

I’ve been on a bit of a bell pepper craze lately. Here’s another quickie meal idea.

Ingredients

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Thai Chicken & Vegetable Stir-fry

Recipe to come soon.

Bell Peppers
Bell peppers

Carrots
Carrots

 
Brilliant colors…

Garlic and Ginger
You gotta have the garlic and ginger

Chicken
Marinaded chicken pieces…

Chicken
Good stuff.

Chinese Style Beef Soup

My parents made this alot when I was a kid. Just put some Beef (Stew Cut), Carrots, Tomatoes, and Potatoes (1 hour before serving for the potatoes) into a slow cooker. 3-4 hours later, you’ll be feeling warm and cozy.

Beef
Beef
The Beef

Carrots
The Carrots

Soup
The Wait

Soup
Good for the Boston Winter days…

Soup
Worth a second look

Quickie Dinner - Pork, Green Beans, Rice

A good combination for a quick to prepare dinner can consisted of almost anything, but tonight I’ve chosen pan-fried pork chops, boiled green beans, and wild rice pilaf. The boiled green beans and wild rice pilaf are rather simple, so I won’t go into those. But do make sure you cut off the two ends of the green bean stalk before cooking, the Chinese restaurant way is to use the back of a spoon.

Pan-Fried Pork Chops

  • Boneless Rib Eye Pork Chops (cut into 1/4″thickness and pounded with back of knife for tenderness)
  • Pinches of Kosher salt and fresh grounded pepper
  • Pinches of Breadcrumb (with or without seasoning)

Lay the chopped pork chops on a flat surface, sprinkle on kosher salt and fresh grounded pepper. Those two spices will bring out the taste of the pork chops. Then, very lightly coat the pork chops with breadcrubm. Turn pork chops over and repeat.

Pan fried the pork chops until golden brown and serve right away.

Images

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Laurel Grill & Bar in Boston

Laurel Grill & Bar, Boston (map)

Fancy restaurant in the heart of Boston. Too bad the service and the food stank. I went here with a bunch of good friends (party of 20+) to celebrate a birthday, and was greatly disappointed with the lack of service, poor food quality, and crappy restaurant ambience.

Don’t get me wrong, the people I went with were fantastic. But the whole dinner lasted 3 hours. It literally took at an hour to get our food. Even the simplest task of keeping water cups full was unaccomplished, completely atrocious for a fancy restaurant in the city of Boston.

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Japanese Showcase 日食

I’ll be hosting a Platinum Chef Showcase tonight for the Davis Sq. crowd. It should be an awesome one since Japanese Cuisine is the official theme.

Menu

  • Udon Noodle Bowl (w/ shredded chicken, fish cakes, napa cabbage, green onions)
  • Shrimp Tempura, Sweet Potato Tempura
  • DIY Sushi Rolls (California, tuna, etc…)
  • Asian Pears as Desert

Pictures (See all photos)

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Udon Bowl

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Fixings for Sushi

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Frying up some Sweet Potato Tempura

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Another Satisfied Customer

Japanese Sushi

I’m gonna have a few friends over for dinner this coming Wednesday, and one of the main dishes will be Make Your Own Sushi. I will provide the ingredients, and the guests will be able to choose what goes into their sushi rolls.

One of the most important element of great tasting sushi is the Sushi Rice itself. I found a pretty decent recipe here. And here are a couple of articles on making sushi rolls and sushi.

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