Sunday, February 27, 2011

清菜+粗飯+柱侯豬軟骨

最近兩星期嘅 weekdays 多數係「獨居」,煮食自然完全只需要啱我口味,好爽!我係非常追捧每天「五色」蔬果飲食嘅人,亦盡量少食高升糖指數嘅澱粉類。

近年自己已經無咗失驚無神掛住港式食物嘅情況,亦無刻意晌居處同埋周邊城市找尋中式食材醬料嘅商舖,當然,路過碰到的話,價錢合理亦會購買 :)

上年尾回港臨走前兩日,貢入灣仔橫街一間蚊型超市作最後「衝刺」,當然有所斬獲。當時一心要買蒜蓉辣椒醬,咁啱柱候醬晌隔籬,於是買咗人生第一罌柱候醬!而開齋菜式係跟阿銀嘅麵醬柱侯豬軟骨..... 我無麵豉醬而阿銀提議我用日本dark miso,不過我亦無 dark miso,所以索性落多些少柱候醬算數;雖然味道層次無咁豐富,我已經心足,好味!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

西班牙第一包

實在好耐冇整包,起碼兩年!近呢兩個月另一半斷斷續續哦我話想食自家包...... 趁住天氣開始回暖,順應「民意」整咗提子包。因為我唔食提子乾,咗一忽出嚟唔落。

新鮮出爐.....

無得話我落得唔夠多提子乾嘞啩!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

小嘟咀

呢個係我嘅姨甥女,而家佢已經讀中三,高過我.....

細個嗰時佢係非常跟我,因為我同我家姐住得好近(步行兩分鐘),我一有時間就會過去同佢玩同佢一齊睇書,佢好鍾意聽我講古仔,同一故事百聽不厭......

上年12月返香港時我同佢一齊整 tiramisu,好多步驟係我講佢做,頭頭是道喎!又見過佢晌街度照顧細佢三年嘅眼瞓細佬..... 同三姨(我細妹)蹺住手一齊行街..... 英文會話水準好好同 uncle B 對答如流兼唔會怕醜..... 佢真係大個女勒!

我不嬲都覺得唔少父母(一廂情願地)認為自己嘅兒女聰明好樣可愛,不過呢次我自己都難免此弊,覺得自己個(姨甥)女小時了了,大果然佳!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

野米撈

基本「飯底」係四分三速食米 (parboiled rice)、四分一野米..... 再加烚熟短度四季豆、baby carrot、baby 蠔菇、火腿粒粒......

晌歐洲好多唔同牌子呢類分好份量嘅「袋裝米」賣,用個煲加水就煮到。當然啲米同一般香港人鍾意食嘅質感好唔同又冇「飯味」。我其實麻麻地鍾意食黏性大嘅飯,有咬口粒粒分明嘅比較啱我,所以呢款我覺得唔錯,纖維又多喎!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

野蘭野蘭我愛您之一

今季跑出第一名野生地生蘭 Orchis collina, Fan-lipped orchid

上年晌相同地點都見過佢,不過係遲少少。

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

味之謎

曾幾何時西多士被我認定為美食..... 應該係十歲上下..... 今時今日再食,已經不再有當日嘅雀躍~

最美最好嘅,唔通只有在回憶中?

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Sabor de antes 古早風味!當真?


又係我貪新鮮..... 上星期晌「嘉落幅」見到佢,冇「奶油」唔試下......


上面係我烘焙時常用嘅冇鹽牛油......

古早味新嘢都係冇鹽,等我整下包先得~

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Monday, January 10, 2011

Too many good food choices, too little time and capacity....

Before we left for HK, I had an ambitious plan to eat as much good Chinese food as I could. Well..... it turned out that we tried out some good restaurants but it's far far away from my target set beforehand. I got constant stomach ache during my last week there (will be explained in another blog entry) and I simply could not eat much, in fact, I did not have much appetite. One of the remarkable things was, Bart had managed to have some kind of mango desserts almost everyday. He definitely is crazy about mangoes and my elder sister bought him some fresh mangoes to bring home.

Sunday, January 09, 2011

Totally not my cup of tea or coffee

Well, HK style Milk Tea has never been my favorite. I was a 'Hot Black Tea w/Lemon Slices' person when I lived in HK. A change of heart after I moved to Europe and I became a coffee person. My daily breakfast has been a cup of cappuccino for many years.

This time in HK, I tried to have some other breakfast options most of the time but I could not help to have cappuccino from time to time..... Big big disappointment.... We tried Delifrance, Starbucks, Pacific Coffee as well as Habitu and they all sell 'goldfish bowl' size cappuccino. That was not the worst part..... They simply give too little coffee and too much milk. I talked to the guy behind the counter in Habitu Wanchai Gloucester Road branch and he told me the truth, majority of their customers prefer that kind of size and taste. I wonder, where can I get a decent cappuccino as it should be in HK if I do not want to go to a hotel? And would I really get a 'real' cappuccino in a hotel?

p.s. My writing pad is not functioning well with Windows 7.0...... Probably I have to buy a new one.... sigh......

Thursday, December 09, 2010

鴉瓜

嚟咗歐洲十年幾,一路都係飲瓶裝水,無他,我覺得水喉水好大陣味!一般歐洲嘅瓶水多數係「礦泉水」﹔蒸餾水(無試過飲唔飲得)係用嚟放入熨斗、車嘅水箱、增濕機.....等等度用。

我哋住呢區晌西班牙至硬水區之內,因此我哋裝咗一個  limescale prevention device 晌主喉,減低家電如熱水爐、洗衣機、洗碗碟機...... 內部喉管因硬水加熱後引致 limescale 積聚而壞機嘅可能。幫我裝呢個東東嘅英國佬 David 都係住晌呢個小區,賣花梗要讚花香喇:佢就咁飲水喉水兼且佢屋企電水壺因此唔需要常常 descale。其實個 device 係軟化唔晒啲「硬嘢」嘅,因為我仍然要久不久 descale 電熱水壺、espresso 機、同熨斗、洗衫時仍有落 Calgon(一半建議份量)、洗碗碟機都係用 Calgon tablets....... 不過我都係無直接飲水喉水........

直至四個月前,我發覺飲瓶裝水實在製造太多膠垃圾!(都製造咗十年多)於是....... 我晌 hypermarket 買咗個 Brita 濾水壺...... 我同麻煩開始飲水喉水嘞~ 而我煲水沖茶、整咖啡同熨衫都係用 Brita 濾咗嘅水..... 經過雙重處理,真係無乜 limescale buildup,至少我都幾個月唔駛 descale。而因飲水而製造嘅膠垃圾亦減少至一個月一個濾芯,自己都覺得無咁對唔住地球先生~

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

¿翻撻抽濕機?

地中海氣侯:夏季乾煎;冬季濕寒~夏天有需要勤力的話,一日洗三轉啲衫都乾! 冬天哩..... 放屋外的話,可能四日之後摸上手都仲覺得係濕嘅..... 唔通要重溫十幾年前晌香港:成 rack 衫隊入房開行抽濕機?No, no, no, please.......

一個要經常出差嘅男人嘅卑微老婆嘅自私聖誕願望:拜託今年唔好似上年咁連續落多日雨!要落就落一日勁嘅之後一日好天吖!唔該!

Friday, December 03, 2010

Panna Cotta



曾經係我家「例甜」...... 不過某人實在太鍾意食呢啲35% fat 以上嘅甜品而個米芝蓮只漲不消(係荷包就正極),而家唔可以咁常整!
p.s. 砂糖 & dark rum 怕醜冇入鏡 ;)

Thursday, December 02, 2010

再來Ø12cm

可能受節慶消費魔音催眠,無喇喇買個只夠煎一隻蛋嘅 pan 仔,要搵日剪彩開齋先得~不過都應該係2011年嘅事嚕.....

Sunday, November 28, 2010

檳Brunch

身痕試下「粉紅香檳」


泡泡泡泡泡........


食哩....Iberico pork sausages、bacon toast、chanterelle and chive omelette on ham and cheese toast

Friday, November 26, 2010

雞飯侍候

連續兩次食完兔肉之後果日肚仔都唔老黎,唔通係 Revenge of the Rabbit?

p.s. 雞皮影完相後被執走~

Thursday, November 25, 2010

我愛迷您模

買咗個 Ø 12cm springform cake tin,至啱整二人份一次「清袋」!

又係芝士凍餅,呵呵..... 材料簡單又容易嘛!不過今次分兩日食,少食真滋味 :D

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

千揀萬揀

希望無揀到個爛燈盞......

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Tea 在深秋下午時

肥死算數 ^oo^ Croissant 同 pain au chocolat 都係急凍貨色,不過都好正!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

戇犬四窟

   
   
   

狡兔有三窟,小麻煩就有多一個窿路......

趁 B 坐晌地下起爐時捐上大脾打餅覺覺豬...... 呢隻傻狗又嗲又識歎!