Nordic Cuisine

Some of the nice Nordic cuisines that we had the privilege to taste.

One of those (I do mean one of those! For those of you who might be interested to know what else we have tried may find them here or here.) we have tried in Iceland is Whale meat and we have tried it at a seafood restaurant called Thrir Frakkar

Whale Sashimi (also salmon)

Whale steak!! very nice, although it was seasoned so much that I could not taste any whale flavour. I think sashimi was better.

As for Finland, we went to the NJK's yacht club restaurant to taste some of delicate Finnish reindeer

Food at Zurich

Last week were TOOLS EUROPE and ICMT and they were held at ETH Zurich. While we most ate at the conferences, we went to try some "local" cuisine when possible... here are some photos of the food we have had...

One of the lunches "I" have had at ETH was SUSHI!!

One of the meals we have tried outside conference is the traditional fondue and rabbit raclette... I have to say though the waiters in the restaurant we went to called Swiss Chuchi had very very very BAD ATTITUDE!!!

Sausages (veal, beef, pork, chicken...) are the local food we have also tried... the way is to dip into loads of mustard and ketchup hahahaha....
Although not a Swiss cuisine, kebap (kebab) is also a fairly local dish. Again there are veal, beef, pork and chicken as meat... I actually found them to be better than the ones back at home...

Easter Weekend

A round of applause is needed to all sections who contributed the fabulous dinner at Easter weekend!! Well done to all sections!!

Pasta sauce using Venison

We have made pasta sauce according to Jamie's idea of using chopped tomatoes and herbs. This time though we tried venison mince, bought from the Wolvercote Farmers' Market and it tasted pretty nice. ^_^

西炒飯

Earlier this week we tried another "蘋果" recipe - 西炒飯. It is very easy and tastes good too (I think anyway ^_^) !

Roast Sea Trout with spinach, orange and crushed new potatoes

We have tried another Gary Rhodes' recipe. This time it is the Roast Sea Trout with spinach, orange and crushed new potatoes.

It looked okay and tasted not bad. Although the orange sause was a bit different, the potatoes was definitely one of the best I have made - smashing! This meal went perfectly with a glass a white wine!

Sea bass fillets with tomato and olive oil

A recipe I have found from the telegraph other than the fact we also cooked rice and used chopped onion as well!! According to the recipe the portion supposed to serve 4!!! (and guess how many it really served?)

印尼炒飯

Yesterday I dashed out on my bike into the horrible weather to do grocery for dinner, and
Last night we have made 印尼炒飯 (without 印尼蝦醬).


Not too bad I say...

Lime, coriander and coconut pan fried salmon

A dish we made tonight with salmon fillet, coconut milk, lemon grass and chilli....


Not bad I think... although next time we should try using fresh coriander to add a bit more colours to it ^_^

Tomato Soup, Pasta and Homemade Meatballs

We have tried some homemade meatball (肉丸) (not 肉球 ^_^) tonight...


Meatball or Meatball?!

It is a healthy dish, meat cooked separately from the soup, the soup is all veggie with only a bit of oil.

My first moussaka

Here is my first homemade moussaka (μουσακάς) ^_^.


Before being baked....

After being baked...

Certainly looked ok and tasted fine... although I would prefer the aubergines to be thinner and smaller....

The Big Question is... How was mine compared to the one I had in Cyprus??

1st Wedding Anniversary

At our 1st wedding anniversary we have home-cooked the following for dinner

pan-fried sea bass with smoked bacon and caper cabbage (link)
served with
Asparagus risotto (link)

For wine we have black tower rose wine.

Beef & Guinness Pie

DSC05311.JPG, originally uploaded by Wendy.Chang.

This had got to be the best meal whilst at Belfast! Cubes of prime beef cooked in Guinness with a pastry crust top... from Crown Liquor Saloon. Very Nice!! I was completely stuffed afterwards (with 2 pints of Guiness!!)

Apple Crumble

My first homemade apple crumble...
I should really tried homemade custard (just like I said before)


now I know what is in it I think...!!!

From flour, sugar and butter .... to bread crumbs...
over peeled, cored and pieced apples

After 45 minutes... voila!!

I think it looked okay with 鳥牌 custard!!
Although I should really use cooking apples next time...
Just A BIT TOO SWEET!!

My Lunch

While SOMEONE was having a nice CHRISTMAS LUNCH.... I have made myself I nice 茶餐廳快餐 kakakakaka

Bread AND Butter Pudding

My first homemade bread AND butter pudding.... I should try homemade custard next time hahaha


Waiting.........Waiting.........(to be baked)

Baked.... Waiting..... Waiting (for 鳥牌 custard)

Served!!

Dragon's mum 親自下廚

本來要去小舅家烤肉... but Dragon's mum 說會親自下廚! 所以我們也留在家裡吃晚飯

As you can see... Dragon is not helping at all!! 後來還出鎚 kakaka!!

Bytheway 這道清菜是我炒的!!

包春捲

今天我們到阿嬤家包春捲, 以下圖為證.

Dragon did hers and came out square like .... how weird!!

阿嬤在旁指點(介入)... fortunately mine turned out to be the right shape
(a bit squashed in width I suppose haha)

超讚的拉麵

Yesterday, Dragon's mum 炮製 two bowls of ramen with 貢丸!!


一個字 --- 爽

Mark's Graduation Celebration

We went to Zizzi in Leamington for Mark's graduation celebration!! The food was not terribly good and the overal it was a good dinner ^_^ Congratulation Mark!!

Taste of London 2007

Antony Worrall Thompson were doing the Pork burger thing (I did not remember the name well... ) but I did remember something like this was said "anymore people like to have more gordon!! leave your business card for the auction of gordon's testicle!!" That was hilarious!!

Me thoroughly enjoying the pork burger thing!! Cost me 8 crowns (4 pounds) - Actually did not cost me anything to buy that haha but it cost quite a bit to get into the venue!!

Gordon Ramsay was on the main stage performing his skill (had to pay more to get into the front row ^_^) but at least I was there hahaha...should have shouted "Bo**ocks!!" as it was the kind of languages associated with the f-word hahahaha

Stuart Gillies was there too!! And the salmon there was real good!! YUM!

Frittata Omelette with Sausage, Cheddar Cheese and a Tomato and Yoghurt Salsa (with a pinch of sugar)

We have followed the recipe of Frittata Omelette with Sausage, Cheddar Cheese and a Tomato and Yoghurt Salsa, but we have added a pinch of sugar to our yoghurt... GOOD!!

Sesame Oil...

First time seeing sesame oil offered in a HK tea house like sugar and salt...

Curry for Magha Puja (in progress)

Curry for Magha Puja (in progress), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Me and Denise spent the evening "contemplating" this curry... (trust me it is masaman curry) but there are just too much in it... it turned out to be ok (I reckoned we brought more food than anyone else this time due to this big pot of curry...) it lasted till my lunch on Monday!! (probably dinner on Monday for Denise kakakaka)...

making lunch, dinner, lunch and dinner almost ready (using a new pot kakaka)

making lunch, dinner, lunch and dinner almost ready (using a new pot kakaka), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

When you are on your own... you can make lunch, dinner, lunch and dinner at the same time... If you know what I mean??

Peppers with Shank (用老抽)

Peppers with Shank (用老抽), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

This was definitely a good experience... Peppers with Shank 用老抽炒!!

Cheese with rice and chicken (using dog bowl haha)

Cheese with rice and chicken (using dog bowl haha), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

A nice dish to have as we have invited Denis to come around our place for a casual dinner!! (A little secret: He HAD A LOT!!) hahahaha

That's what I called 火鍋!!

That's what I called 火鍋!!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

It was a great meal.... Too full!! Thanks everyone for the food!! Just hoped I did not have a sore throat, damn!!

After Gee's (toast with chocolate spread - much better!!)

After Gee's (toast with chocolate spread - much better!!), originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Although we dined at the posh restaurant Gee's (was not THAT GREAT actually) on Valentines'... the best part was going back home and have a couple of slices of toasts YUM!!

Pancake for breaky yeah!

Pancake for breaky yeah!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Nothing beats the odd pancake(s) for breakfast with a warm mug of coffee hahaha

九大鬼(簋) hahaha

九大鬼(簋) hahaha, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

It was an EXCELLENT meal!! I am still stuffed now!! 九大鬼 wor!! Early celebration you might say!! We shall go to RHUL and see if we can 偷師 haha

Pasta and Cheese!!

Pasta and Cheese!!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Great one... I was completely stuffed!! I think I am getting used to this haha

Braised Chicken With Celeriac

image from Epicurious

Err... we had this dish today and it looked just like this one (or there abouts) hahaha

お好み焼き or 御好燒!!

お好み焼き!!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

This is お好み焼き (Osaka-style apparently) from Abeno Too... it was very nice. Glad we ordered a large one!!

枝豆

I do not remember if I have ever tried these so called 枝豆 before... but they actually tasted better than I have imagined since they are very "hairy"... This restaurant we were at incidentally is called Edamame (枝豆) and this dish is their signature....not a bad place .... although I would not go there to have regular dinner (it is not the cheapest venue and I felt a lot of the food were deep fried -- or we have ordered too much of it -- and it might just give people the wrong impression of what Japanese food is all about -- I am not saying I know anything about what it really is!!)... quote from their web site it said that it serves "authentic home cooked style Japanese food"....

枝豆, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

入夥酒

This was our 入夥酒 and the food was delicious... a lot of work has been done to get everything sorted over the week and to make "入夥" actually possible.... plus the meal was of a high standard as usual!!

入夥酒, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

A lunch for four!!

Today we went to have lunch at McDonalds and I could not help but to take a photo of the junks we are having!!! Gosh I was still full during dinner (it will be even worse if I say we went to a steak house tonight!!)... now it is around bed time and I am still stuffed!!

A lunch for four!!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

A big nice cake for dessert!!

This is a massive cake I have had for lunch today.... I think I have stuffed my face again aaahhh..... Incidentally I actually have 3 meals a day while at conference (healthier I suppose).....

A big nice cake for dessert!!, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Breakfast at Ancaster

It was a full english breakfast at All Hands... it was not too bad... let's see what Gala Dinner was like tonight umm....

Breakfast at Ancaster, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Thai Food at Nottingham

I thought I was going to have my dinner at the meeting tonight (Tapas Buffet)... I did have some and it was not terribly nice... however the CancerGrid people with the MRC (i think) decided to have Thai food tonight and this is what you get: gaeng khiao wan gai with lots of kao-niaw with a glass of red wine hohohohoho!!!

Umm just for the record... we were having Thai food when the Thai PM was "overthrown in army coup"...umm....

Thai Food at Nottingham, originally uploaded by peterwong1228.

Mango Tree

Went to mango tree for lunch and I have to say it is not THAT great other then this dessert.