kimchi making ~ take 1

i really love to eat kimchi .. so since ... so i decided try making them myself :D


the ingredients


get ready ~ cut the cabbage half


spread salt all over each leaf

salting process part 1 ~ I leave it for 1.5hours

salting process part 2 ~ turnover the cabbage so all area can be salted evenly. leave it for another 1.5hrs

during the salting process, I prepared the rest of the ingredients. being a housewife is really tough... chopping the onions is really saddening (i keep tearing ^^)

- on the 1st pic, i did not include chinese parsley. y? becos i forget to buy spring onion. so while doing this, i went to ntuc to buy spring onion, but oredi sold out. so i asked my aunt whether can use chinese parsley as substitute ~ she said OK :D

next, i mixed chili powder, chincalok with fish sause.... then i add on the rest of the ingredients and mixed them again with some sugar syrup

tada ~~~my kimchi paste is now ready *EGGCited*

the cabbage is salt-ed so i washed them 3times under running water. now u can see the cabbage has becomes soft

now i can spread kimchi paste onto the cabbage and remember on each and every pc of the leaf

oh yeah!!! kimchi is now almost ready :DDDDD

fridge u go.... for fermenting process.... very very *EGGcited* now... hope the fermentation is successful and my kimchi turns out well

before i end my post, i must really thanked my coll, Ms.Frances Tan for guiding me thru the process, bring me to buy the ingredients and gave me a link to learn from ^^

the link is here ~ really useful.

*praying that u turn well tmr*

yummy @ taipei ~ Jay Special 2

9/17 ~very Jay today hehe


this 1 is @ Danshui old street. as u can see on the poster, his fav are the wantons and drumstick. i dun tink he charges this restaurant for any ad fee hehe..


LF hv been talkg abt this b4 the trip and finally we gets to taste them

we ordered 2 sets only cos we are very full and heading to shilin nite market after this

smilling *ee*

LF, WL, Jo and *ee* ~ pic taken by waiter

how the restaurant look like in the past and now ~ pic taken by LF

yummy @ taipei ~ Jay Special 1

wat is Jay Special? haha...since LF is a fans of Jay so we are visiting a restaurant tat is invested by him.


nice entrance


and there's a live pig @ the entrace..hehe.. so funny

inside of the restaurant

we ordered these 2 sets.. isn't it obvious?

appetizer

sesame which we hv to smash ourselves

this is the best i can do

adding a brown sauce

hmmm.... look and smell good

ready to eat now

the pork is very juicy inside and crispy outside; not dry or hard at all.

the cute waiter is cleaning the pig's area

our green tea ice-cream as dessert

LF and *ee* taking a pic before leaving :D

the receipt is actually a plain paper with the amount only.. then i asked the waiter is there any kind of stamp to indicate this restaurant.. then he took out and stamp on the receipt ~ especially for LF to keep as a memorabilia.

yummy @ taipei ~ 飯糰

last dec, we went to tpe and feel in love with the 飯糰 @ 7-11. when i told *wl* how yummy is the 7-11's , she laughed @ me and tell me to try the real 飯糰. on 9/18 morning, b4 leaving for taipei zoo we were looking ard ximending area for breakfast (oh yeah!) and we found 1 push cart selling food and they hv 飯糰!


glutinous rice with preserved vege, crispy you tiao, pork flosss & egg. this is the real 飯糰!!


ready to eat!


inside view. do u know how yummy this is? very yummy *yum yum*

coconut jelly

i recently was introduced to eatg this coconut jelly by deb.... i've never seen this b4 and actually was quite excited.. hahaha... let's chk out wat's inside....


the packaging comes with a plastic spoon.. as u can see the coconut is mixed with jelly... and fyi the jelly is not made fm any sweet soup but fm the coconut juice itself.


the jelly hv strong taste of the coconut juice.... very refreshing

and not only tat... after eatg u can dry up the shell and use as container.. hehe..

thks *rain* for the abv pic

eden sanctuary

@ Rochester Park


i've heard of rochester park b4 but hv no idea ware is tis place.. until last sat..... which i went for an event hmmm from here which im being forced, i mean highly recommended by my fren tat i SHLD go. hahaha...... i mean... ya.....

outdoor

can bring a book and read here.... comfy sofa

this is a clinic beside this restaurant

so wat's this event abt?

is abt pairing of beer with food.... z zz...zzz.... so wat is is? is how every good food could be accompanied by a worthy drink. so there's total of 6 beers or we shld call it english ale for us to drink :)


part 1 of the food we eat - red wine chic wing, pizza n beef. all nice.

here's part 2 - eggplant, ravioli and wat is tat covered by tomato sauce... i cant remember oredi. eggplant looks not nice but taste good. the ravioli very thick but chef said if for real italian food, it shld be like tat. hehe....

hahaha... the restaurant name sounds familiar until Chef Clement whose the owner of this place said he used to hv another place @ Club Street which is called Eden Cafe. ahhhh... no wonder sounds familiar, i went there once ard last year Oct. hehe... he said tat place is oredi closed and he concentrate on this one @ Rochester Park.

chk out their website here. they served very healthy food and stuffs and I would like to go there again thou it's very ulu.