tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35923987632881179272023-11-16T22:18:44.418+11:00itaste FoodA blog that is all about Food.itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-80261657844517251062010-05-03T20:32:00.001+10:002010-05-04T09:33:07.068+10:00How to Cook Perfect Fried Dumplings with Frozen Dumplings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is wrong with frozen food? According to me there is nothing wrong with frozen food. It's convenient and keeps food from going off and its much healthier than takeaway. I always have a few packets of these frozen dumplings in my freezer for snacking or emergency dinner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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My favourite one is the Pork Dumplings with Chinese Cabbage. However be very cautious if you want to bring this for lunch. It has this strange almost unpleasant smell when it is cold. The smell does turn very appetising when it is throughly heated through. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The secret to cooking this delicious little dumpling is to add a small cup of cold water into the boiling water.<br />
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Add the dumpling into boiling water, stir constantly so they don't stick together. When it boils add a small cup of cold water and wait for it to boil again. The contrast of hot and cold water will stop the dumplings from over cooking and also gives the dumpling skin a nice texture. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUeGqyjF7cY2Mf_X7Yv6Pvt-4tykeuKtpDht048gRtfR7N2upH9Dj7MbhHovWjPkyKPFIII0jfllOEc0-uXpEdReR4afPs25ncDf7WbC1HfQpY2vnB-6HhX4n6Hx_D27dCNljOcuJBCk/s1600/IMG_0235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, on a bright and sunny day, I decided to look into my kettle. I was disgusted to find this black mouldy looking ring had formed inside my kettle. I had been boiling and drinking water from this kettle all this time and it had something growing inside. Please readers do not be too disturbed by my ugly kettle because if you look inside your own kettle, you will probably find the same thing. I don't know the reason behind it but thankfully I do have a solution. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">YaY to theme parties! Our theme parties usually consist of food, food and more food. Tonight was no exception. When Ms C* suggested Japanese Night, She smartly sold the idea to me by mentioning that it would be wonderful for my blog. And yes indeed it was! Now looking back at the photos, it makes my mouth water and my heart warm from remembering the happy memories. I would say yes in a heart beat next time without a thought of my blog... because I truly had a wonderful time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> There was alot of preparation because we wanted people to make their own sushi from the ingredients on the table. So we provided every imaginable fillings that we could think of that was Japanese. The girls went to buy the ingredients in the afternoon and I met up with them to prepare the filling. It was a team effort which consisted of chopping, peeling, frying, and simmering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We roasted our own rice, to make traditional roasted rice with green tea. The aroma is beautiful and is very popular in Japan. You can also purchase pre-made ones in Asian grocery stores. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After our successful dinner party, we headed into the lounge area and 'The married one' ( she is the only married one out of all of us) showed us DVDs of her wedding night. And we release a lot of happy tears. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sharing is caring, if you like this post why not share it with your friends.</div><div align="center"></div>itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-29960122990396171572010-04-26T14:07:00.003+10:002010-04-26T14:12:51.221+10:00Canton Noodle, Burwood and a not so good cafe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before I start writing about the food, I am going to apologise to my dear friend Spud. This horrible photos were taken before I had the photography lesson with you. So please excuse the flash (because its a big no no) and kindly look beyond the flaws.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Canton Noodle is one of my family's favorite eatery. It's great value for money, the serving is always huge and the taste is always pretty good. Mr ITF and I met up with two of my high school friends, lady Gu Gu and Ms U for dinner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When you are seated, the waitress would usually put down several menus on the table. Unless your familiar with this place, it would usually take you a good 10-15 minute to go through all the menus plus the menus that is stuck all over the walls. We notice there was a new menu consisting of only set menus. It was written in Chinese, so I asked the waitress if we could have an English menu. Unfortunately they don't but fortunately we had one person who could read Chinese, which was Mr ITF. So he translated the whole set menu for us! Since we had only four people we choose the 4-people menu which cost a total of $88.80. It consisted of a shallot and ginger crab, 8 pcs of curry puff or 8 pcs of vegetarian spring roll, three dishes of your choice from the set menu and rice. We added noodles for our crab which was an extra $8.00.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I adore Spring Rolls especially vegetarian spring rolls. So I picked the vegetarian spring rolls without a second thought at the puff pastry. The spring rolls were really good except it was a tad oily and if they had drained it a bit longer, it would have been perfect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have always picked this dish when I come. This dish have never disappointed us. As you can see from the photo, the serving is huge and it is unbelievable value at just $12.80. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I realise the photo does not do any justice for this dish and it is 101% my fault. It is a beautiful dish and you could end up having 2-3 bowls of rice because of the sauce.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this because it is simple and healthy. Its hard to recreate this dish at home because you need alot of wok power (i.e. strong fire and lots of tossing power). The name Black Fungus sounds a bit wrong but it is really healthy for you and apparently lowers high blood pressure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After our wonderful dinner, we wanted to find a nice cafe to just sit and mingle more. There is so many eateries on Burwood Rd, so if one eatery is busy, you can just casually stroll to the next available one. That is what we did and we stumbled upon Caffe Gasparo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We sat down and quickly ordered our drinks and desserts. I asked the waitress if they had Vanilla Latte before I ordered my drink. Mr ITF had a Ice Chocolate, Ms U had a strawberry Milkshake, and Lady Gu Gu had a Chamomile tea. Mr ITF and I picked the Creme Brulee because we are both a huge fan of it and Lady Gu Gu and Ms U picked the Blueberry cheesecake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we mingled, our drinks came very quickly. I had a sip of my Vanilla Latte and realise straight away they had forgotten to put the Vanilla essence in. So I told the waitress and she was apologetic and quickly fixed it. When the Vanilla Latte came back, I took another sip and straight away I knew they put alot of sugar into my latte and zero vanilla essense. My friends saw my annoyed look and remarked that their drinks were less than drinkable as well. The only person who didn't have any compaints was Lady Gu Gu because she ordered a Chamomile tea. I felt annoyed that I had to complain again so I didn't and I just didn't touch it again. (my untouched latte speaks a thousand words ;p) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Canton Noodle House</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">45 Burwood Road, Burwood, NSW 2134</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tel: (02) 97447833</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fax: (02) 97441433</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Open 7 days :10.30 am - 9.45 pm </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Caffe Gasparo</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">130 Burwood Road, Burwood, NSW 2134</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tel: (02) 97447371</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Monday - Saturday: 8.00 am - 10.30 pm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday: 9.00 am - 10.30 pm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sharing is caring, if you like this post why not share it with your friends.</div><div align="center"></div>itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-46038414784113063672010-04-19T21:47:00.001+10:002010-04-19T22:47:46.486+10:00No Effort Dinner Parties! aka HOT POT or Korean BBQ!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How do you organise a dinner party without sweating it out in the kitchen all day long? The answer is Hot Pot or Korean BBQ. It is super easy to buy the ingredients and to prepare the materials. It is also fun for the dinner guests as they get to cook and eat what they want. Stop slaving away in the kitchen and try these out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this pan to death. I found it at a Korean grocery shop and I rave on about it to my friends. Its non-stick and really easy to clean. It's also great if your watching your weight, because the pan has been designed like the George Freeman Grill where it is slanted so the oil from the meat drips out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chilli BBQ marinade goes really well with chicken or pork. I have tried it with beef but it doesn't taste as good as chicken or pork. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have made Korean BBQ marinde from scratch and it taste very similar to the purchased ones but it does take effort and I am blogging about a no effort dinner party so I just bought the marinade.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I love using sesame oil with salt and pepper as a dipping sauce. Just don't marinade the meat and cook it in the pan and dip it into the sesame oil. It's my favourite way of having Korean BBQ. Make sure you cook lots of rice for your guests and put it in the middle of the table. Eat this like San Choy Bow by using the lettuce as a bowl and add rice, meat, straw mushroom and your favourite dipping sauce. <br />
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The weather is getting cooler and Hot Pot is the perfect way to keep warm. I was able to purchase everything from one chinese grocery store. So my tip for anyone who wants to have hotpot is to find the biggest Chinese grocery store you can find and everything that is listed here should be in stock. <br />
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Caring is sharing, if you like this post why not share it with your friends.itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-36395029160842616332010-04-12T12:31:00.001+10:002010-04-12T12:32:22.144+10:00Dear Readers, if you have been reading this blog, you would have notice an absence in new postings. It's not because my creative juices have stopped flowing but it's because of my dilemma of how I should prioritise my jobs. I teach, tutor and blog and each job requires a lot of preparation and planning. I am very passionate about all my jobs and I may have overworked myself in trying to perfect everything. I made the decision to give myself a break in blogging for two weeks. I want to sit back and reflect on why I started blogging in the first place. I never ever want to feel like this is a chore. In a week's time, I will start my hobby again and I hope when I come back, you will sense a refresh me!itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-90041187050131075152010-03-29T16:38:00.003+11:002010-03-29T16:49:04.371+11:00I heart MKR and Veronica and Shadi!<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I never like following the recipes rigorously step by step. It's not because I don't respect the chef who created the dish but it's much more interesting and fulfilling to add your own touch to the dish. Veronica and Shadi were recently featured on Better Homes and Garden and I fell in love with their grilled Mediterranean vegetable and haloumi salad. So I decided to recreate it with ITF own special touch. Another reason for tampering with the recipe is the fact that I didn't have the haloumi cheese, the red onion and the balsamic vinegar. The dish turned out fine and I am sure Chef Veronica and Shadi would have been proud of my version.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<strong>(with ITF's own special touch)</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;">- 2 medium eggplants, sliced lengthways 1cm thick </div>- Salt flakes <br />
- 2 zucchinis, sliced thinly lengthways <br />
- 1 yellow capsicum halved and sliced <br />
- 1 white onion halved and thickly sliced <br />
- 500 g Japanese pumpkins, peeled and thinly sliced (or any type of pumpkins)<br />
- 4 cloves garlic sliced. <br />
- 100g cheddar cheese(or any type of your favourite cheese)<br />
- 2 tablespoons caramelised balsamic vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)<br />
- Cracked black pepper <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Baklava was my favourite dessert out of all the sweets. I don't know if this was homemade or purchased from a store but it was really fresh. The pastry was crispy and it had just the right amount of sweetness with the beautiful addition of rosewater.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were so many varieties. I had to restrain myself to have only one mochi because I knew they would fill me up pretty quickly because it is mainly made from rice flour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Chilean Swiss Roll was very popular and I actually didn't get to have a piece. :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were so many Vietnamese spring rolls and they were so much better then the ones you get at the restaurants. Each spring roll was stuffed with stuffing. I can't even recall the number of spring rolls I stuffed into my mouth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Lebanese fried rice is very different to the fried rice I am use to eating. There were alot of ingredients in the fried rice. I could see noodles, sultanas, potato, meat and green peas. It was very unusual but one of my colleague said the dish was very authentic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Vietnamese Jelly is very different to the jellies that I would usually eat. The texture is much more firm and it doesn't melt in your mouth. I actually didn't want anyone to eat it because it looked so beautiful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCzwhlYZ96So_dQI1qqS8DvVb8TqKSVHThDdRorvcqiIJl5PInYbMGJxpnkaVMC0KuyXc15Ok_EK6rLNWPDhkHnjv0VgoW0btqhtO0R8d4hyphenhyphenN1bId4-Fuk1_ItLDoFX8o0sP0cPpnAVc/s1600/IMG_0200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCzwhlYZ96So_dQI1qqS8DvVb8TqKSVHThDdRorvcqiIJl5PInYbMGJxpnkaVMC0KuyXc15Ok_EK6rLNWPDhkHnjv0VgoW0btqhtO0R8d4hyphenhyphenN1bId4-Fuk1_ItLDoFX8o0sP0cPpnAVc/s320/IMG_0200.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Palestinian Dish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was so full I couldn't even eat dinner that night. The event was a huge success and I am still licking my lips thinking about all those delicious food. It's amazing how food can bring all kinds of people together. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I wasn't able to ask the students the name of some of the dishes. If anyone knows, it be great to inform me and everyone else.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sharing is caring, If you like this post why not share it with your friends.</div>itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-46336047846115169002010-03-22T16:42:00.002+11:002010-03-22T16:48:50.211+11:00How an Ugly Toad turned into a Charming PrinceIf you love anything pastry and anything steak, then you will love this combination of steak with puff pastry. It's quick and easy to make and its one of my new favourite comfort food. I came across this idea one night when I looked into my fridge to see what I was going to cook for dinner. I had the steak and mushroom in the fridge and I could have simply cooked a steak with mushroom gravy but it seemed so boring and typical. That's when I remembered I had a packet of leftover puff pastry in the fridge. Perfect! And dinner will be ready in less than 20 minutes...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So why the silly title! Well, I was going to name it as simply 'Cheesy Steak with Puff Pastry', until this silly title came into my head while I was cooking this dish. Hopefully as you read along, you will agree with my thinking. </div><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How an Ugly Toad turned into a Charming Prince</div>Serve 1<br />
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• 1 steak<br />
• 1 – 2 tablespoon of cheese<br />
• Melted butter<br />
• Salt and Pepper<br />
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Mushroom Gravy<br />
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• 50 g of Mushroom<br />
• 1 tablespoon of Sherry or Wine<br />
• ½ teaspoon of Chicken Powder<br />
• ½ - ¾ cup of water<br />
• 1 teaspoon of corn flour<br />
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</div>2. Butter the puff pastry on the sides. Sprinkle salt and pepper in the centre and then add the cheese. (All these can be done while the steak is being pan fried).<br />
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</div>itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-64240134563319656942010-03-18T14:54:00.006+11:002010-03-19T14:30:32.220+11:00A weekend of Alice in WonderlandAs a Gen Y, I fit into the category of no money, no saving and no planning. However with a bunch of my Gen Y friends, a few spare change, a wedding dress, a bit of planning and a whole bucket of imagination, we managed to transform our weekend into a fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A special mention to Miss C*, who volunteered her place for our Alice in Wonderland Set. She also assigned our characters and with the help of Mrs M* transformed the place into our fantasy world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI50AjW1X3aTdaWzNF5pmai-ErTMDFmjUqdGbE-__IOYYqgk0iC9Sc5YWY6AZarBHKt-PZu60lYonVN4caynTrOCdWLoooQ0AQg76rwbjMEVAj7Vmydpfk6mZZM8mhdcOLwu8QvhjNsuY/s1600-h/IMG_9821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI50AjW1X3aTdaWzNF5pmai-ErTMDFmjUqdGbE-__IOYYqgk0iC9Sc5YWY6AZarBHKt-PZu60lYonVN4caynTrOCdWLoooQ0AQg76rwbjMEVAj7Vmydpfk6mZZM8mhdcOLwu8QvhjNsuY/s320/IMG_9821.JPG" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyone want tea?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJzWizKWv999m3_bjwURKnYbuCJ7Vp2ZCMmetO4nz1gCQgF8NIBQGLe1RKSzTzuAwdUvgb-qXLLNdEj59LL3IeDnKiNZxO-xGMvhBIhCuT9n0wcaxdWkxwzHnoxQGKJU3_7jaXtBhsOQ/s1600-h/IMG_9763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJzWizKWv999m3_bjwURKnYbuCJ7Vp2ZCMmetO4nz1gCQgF8NIBQGLe1RKSzTzuAwdUvgb-qXLLNdEj59LL3IeDnKiNZxO-xGMvhBIhCuT9n0wcaxdWkxwzHnoxQGKJU3_7jaXtBhsOQ/s320/IMG_9763.JPG" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Why the mosquito net?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgGvMJzgaRKj4c4CNtgdDsmh9BbiYSMpwzBpiefffEpIO5yx-_V1YRWhDe3gKnNRESawUfeNshFF5kvwoW-3YPXQ5ykPlUdtr7yKb9ncb_Ck94ROLLV_BEJiX8Ik7AcX4CQq_iVwE7As/s1600-h/IMG_9765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgGvMJzgaRKj4c4CNtgdDsmh9BbiYSMpwzBpiefffEpIO5yx-_V1YRWhDe3gKnNRESawUfeNshFF5kvwoW-3YPXQ5ykPlUdtr7yKb9ncb_Ck94ROLLV_BEJiX8Ik7AcX4CQq_iVwE7As/s320/IMG_9765.JPG" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our characters:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Miss ITF - Alice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Mrs M* - White Queen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Miss C* - Mad Hatter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Miss K* - White Rabbit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Miss KK - Cheshire Cat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Mr T* - Red Queen's Solider</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Mr S* - Tweedledee or Tweedledum </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. Miss L* - Red Queen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. Mr M* - ??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>As I sit here reminiscing my night as Alice, I realize I had lived through a night of adventures in Wonderland. Here's how the story goes:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</div><div style="text-align: left;">Alice travels to an unknown place called Wonderland (i.e. Menai). As she arrives at the destination, she's see a nice neighborhood with lots of pretty gardens. Her first adventure was to fight the Jabberwock (the food), the Red Queens Pet. She had to slice, wash, marinate and pan-fried the Jabberwock. Alice had a lot of obstacles while trying to kill the Jabberwock. Tweedledee or Tweedledum kept on opening the fridge and being in the way and the Red Queen's Solider kept on intoxicating her with his oyster shots. At one point, Alice felt lost and confused (intoxicated) and thanks to the help of Mad Hatter, she was back on track. </div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was a lot of work but with the help of Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, White Queen and the Cheshire Cat, they were able to conquer and kill the Jabberwock in time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The end.</div><br />
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<div>We went and watch the movie Alice in Wonderland in 3D the next day. I have to say our fantasy world was so much better then the movie. Now, if only I can apply the same level of enthusiasm to my real world...</div><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Jabberwock</span></strong><br />
1. Caramel Nut Popcorn<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Oyster Shooter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEBO2PqnpcVLMzEaaz67W9nBwRtVm-SGRumGXKJFG1jaO9lQABNY35hNlMYO1mpa2UrN7n-Xx2etxoHvL-JT1j-aud_T6dNHpLpiCc4uTXfJ5vVIBj-Mb_av1tIISZwMY64lqHhYjs-8/s1600-h/IMG_9846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEBO2PqnpcVLMzEaaz67W9nBwRtVm-SGRumGXKJFG1jaO9lQABNY35hNlMYO1mpa2UrN7n-Xx2etxoHvL-JT1j-aud_T6dNHpLpiCc4uTXfJ5vVIBj-Mb_av1tIISZwMY64lqHhYjs-8/s320/IMG_9846.JPG" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oyster Shooter</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- </span>a dash of tabasco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- one oyster</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 1 tbl of tomato juice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- a dash of salt and pepper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- a squeeze of lemon juice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- vodka to your liking</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Add all the ingredients into a shot glass. To get the full taste, bite the oyster before you swallow the whole shot. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">3. Lychee and Vodka </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxw2ETA6ND6lcB0M8Q3YdXl3bMG1rt7r_9blBtEOFpxGkh4DXuIXjsEbROzqjU2KB2TxGmo_yAicoBnaIVZa8DCvLUt3d4JYWiZ3lurJaKOvOQChVTszrPBRQJVIh4JCqZj-hm4v7s9U/s1600-h/IMG_9820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxw2ETA6ND6lcB0M8Q3YdXl3bMG1rt7r_9blBtEOFpxGkh4DXuIXjsEbROzqjU2KB2TxGmo_yAicoBnaIVZa8DCvLUt3d4JYWiZ3lurJaKOvOQChVTszrPBRQJVIh4JCqZj-hm4v7s9U/s320/IMG_9820.JPG" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lychee and vodka</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div align="left"><strong><em>Lychee and Vodka</em></strong> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Miss C* </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- </span>One 230g can of lychee with syrup<br />
- vodka to your liking<br />
- ice shaving or ice cubes<br />
- blender</div><br />
<div align="left">Pour can of lychee with all of its syrup into the blender and add vodka and ice cubes. Start the blender for one minute. Easy!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sharing is caring, if you like this post why not share it with your friends?</div></div>itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-1370998084057806902010-03-16T18:45:00.000+11:002010-03-16T18:52:51.162+11:00Massive Sushi and Guinness World RecordSo why did I put Sushi and Guinness World Record in the same sentence. As you all know sushi is a delicacy from Japan, it's a little rectangular rice ball with some type of topping on top of the rice. You're meant to put the whole sushi into your mouth and savor the flavours of the rice and the topping. However at this particular restaurant, it is almost impossible to put the whole sushi into your mouth. Being the food nerd, I research the Guinness World Record to see if they have found the biggest sushi served at a restaurant. Unfortunately there wasn't such a title which made me sound like a complete loser. <br />
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Anyhow, you get the idea that this restaurant serves 'massive' sushi. When I made the booking, I had to preorder as there was only one chef working tonight. That was not a big problem for me, as I have eaten here numerous times and remember the menu front to back and back to front.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To show I mean serious business, I bought a ruler to measure the sushi. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The scallop sushi has three super fresh scallops sliced in half and wrapped with the nori seaweed. It so massive, you can't even see the rice.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Cuttlefish sushi is one of my favourite because the chef slices the cuttlefish really finely and there is a lot of it. They hardly have this in stock and we were very lucky to get the two because when we went back to order for seconds they said there were none left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No, I haven't done a typo, it's a thin roll according to their standards. Once you have this, you can not go back to normal sushi.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Drum roll for this great masterpiece. The soft shell crab is fried when ordered and the combination of the different types of vegetables plus the fish roe and the crunchy soft shell crab is mesmerising to my taste buds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>By the end of the meal, we were all really stuffed to the bone. However we couldn't leave unless we have the homemade ice-cream. The texture is more icy then creamy and green tea and the sticky date was our favourite. <br />
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I would usually end my post with the line 'Sharing is Caring...'. However on this special occasion, I can't reveal the address on my blog. The restaurant is a very small place and the chef takes huge pride in his creation. He would usually have only one turn over per night and often turn customers away if they have not reserved a table. I like to respect his values and so If you email me for the address of this restaurant, I will email you back.itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-82178191051957205712010-03-16T17:23:00.000+11:002010-03-16T17:23:36.442+11:00Lots of yellow grass and food @ Launceston, Tasmania Day 2<div style="text-align: center;"></div>It's a beautiful day, and it was an exciting day for me because my friend left this day for me to take the girls out to eat the best of the best in Launceston. So after many nights (exaggerated a little bit) of research, I was disappointed to find nothing much. People don't seem to blog about the food in Launceston, they talk about the views, the water, the mountains and the fresh air but how about the food!<br />
So with only one 'must go' restaurant, I started to panic about where I was going to take the girls for the rest of the day. The girls were kind, and suggested we go back to Charles St in Launceston because there was a lot of café on that street. So with my head down, we headed to Charles St and settle at a posh looking café named ELAIA. <br />
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First things first, we get our caffeine hit, and my latest caffeine hit is a vanilla latte. Thanks to my colleague who introduce this drink to me, I am now addicted. It's sweetly flavoured with a hint of vanilla so you don't even need to add sugar. <br />
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My friend ordered a caramel milkshake and it came out looking like milk with a squirt of caramel. We stared at it thinking they forgot to shake the milk and looked at the 'milkshake' in confusion. I went to check the menu again, and it turns out, the name of the drink is called 'caramel flavoured milk'.</div><br />
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After oooing and umming for a while, we settled for chicken breast salad, handmade ricotta gnocchi, and special carno pizza to share. </div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The winner was the chicken breast salad. I like how everything was cooked separately (the corn was charred, the walnut was roasted and honey flavoured and the chicken was marinated and pan-fried), yet the ingredients combined so nicely and the dressing made from balsamic and mayo was the best. To make this at home would be alot of effort, so it was worth every penny.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a day of sight seeing, it was dinner time. 5 hungry little birdies headed straight to the 'must go' restaurant. When we entered the restaurant, I knew I broke the number 1 rule of being a food blogger. That is, making a booking or reservation for a place that has been raved about. The restaurant was full, half giving up I asked the waitress if there was any tables for tonight. Lucky enough there was one table at 8:30 pm. I booked it straight away and with one and a half hours to kill, I informed my hungry birdies that it will be worth the wait. </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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We ordered Oyster shooter with palm sugar vinaigrette and homemade sliced bread as starters, handmade basil pasta and Tasmanian Cray & seafood platter as mains, and slow roasted baby vegetables and steamed vegetables as sides. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We polished the bread within seconds and we were glad we did because we needed it as a base for the oyster shooter. When the oyster shooter came, we were all very excited to take it as a shot together. However we spend the next 5 minute figuring out how to take the whole thing in with the oyster without choking on the vinaigrette. The vinaigrette with the palm sugar was perfectly balanced but they were just too generous with the serving. So we sip half the amount of vinaigrette before we took it as a shot but by then we were so overwhelm by the vinaigrette we didn't enjoy the oyster.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Food came out very quickly and soon our table was filled with food. Tasmania is so generous with their serving, our eyes dropped when we saw the seafood platter. Did I mention on the menu the Crayfish & seafood platter was for 2 people! Everything was really fresh and cooked nicely. The prawns were unbelievably sweet and I absolutely adored the smoked salmon. The fish can be grilled, crumbed or battered and we chose grilled to see how fresh the fish was. There were at least 4 types of grilled fish on the platter and there was so much on the platter we couldn't finish it in the end. The Crayfish (aka lobster in our eyes) can be cooked in four different ways, we chose 'Thermador' because we never heard or tried it before. The waitress informed us Thermador contains mustard, white wine and cheese. The crayfish with Thermador was really nice and the sauce didn't overpower the flavour of the crayfish. I would definitely try this at home with my cooked lobsters next time. The homemade basil pasta was nicely flavoured but unfortunately the pasta was not al dente so we didn't enjoy it as much.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got a little surprise in our steamed greens, an extra basil pasta. The roasted vegetables were really sweet. We thought they might have blasted the vegetables with honey or sugar before they roasted it. None of us like the roasted mushroom infused with honey, I think i prefer my mushroom savory. </div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-43113358452910692742010-03-13T12:01:00.000+11:002010-03-16T19:12:56.128+11:00Lots of yellow grass and food @ Launceston, Tasmania Day 1The ticket was cheap, us girls were all kinda free. So why not? was our motto. However during our trip we had a lot more why yes moments.<br />
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Firstly, our friend missed the flight which is really no big deal unless our friend (who was left behind in Sydney) was the one who planned our whole trip and booked the tours. Lucky our friend managed to book a flight straight away and was able to meet up with us in 3 hours. So we arrived in Launceston, hungry and no idea where to head next. So we went to pick up our hired car which we have booked over the internet already. Disaster strikes again, Thirfty the company we went through apparently did not reserve a car for us. The worse thing was not the fact that we had no hired car but the lady looked at us four girls and suggested a solution, “We have a 3 seater, would you like to take it?” “Er, no thank you” was our reply. So we desperately tried other companies and somehow we managed to book a car through Budget and everything seem to be back on schedule. Our friend kindly text us our first stop, which was Tantpourtant, a lovely little café in Launceston. When we arrived it was almost 4 o’clock, so they didn’t have much variety left and they were not able to provide salad with the pies. Nevertheless we settled for a mushroom + spinach pie and a smoked salmon pie.<br />
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</div>Even though they were reheated in the micowave, the filling of the pies were still very moist and I thought it was rather strange that the pies looked and tasted like a quiche but was named a pie.<br />
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</div>Maybe I was very hungry but during my moment of scoffing down the smoke salmon pie, the leek in the pie got caught in my throat. So I would have prefered the leek to be chopped more finely. <br />
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We decided to be fancy and order organic drinks, and it was not bad but I prefer the ‘real’ ginger beer and the 'real' lemon, lime & bitter. <br />
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</div>itaste Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265994098112817005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3592398763288117927.post-57034466181092045022010-03-10T18:50:00.000+11:002010-03-10T23:27:30.144+11:00Tomato baked Pork with Rice<div style="text-align: left;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xJGMIAruRdSnm6J-NLxIlmp1AxMD_5NQRK_suyKjFGVBCBNCbiLXBN0_GXiDX1vjQh4df33Nbp8Z7sgrYlxGqHWY6SRFij2J196dUqdaJG9O19Jt34N3KrvWI4CdVue-aAxSTq-f3og/s1600-h/IMG_9747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xJGMIAruRdSnm6J-NLxIlmp1AxMD_5NQRK_suyKjFGVBCBNCbiLXBN0_GXiDX1vjQh4df33Nbp8Z7sgrYlxGqHWY6SRFij2J196dUqdaJG9O19Jt34N3KrvWI4CdVue-aAxSTq-f3og/s320/IMG_9747.JPG" vt="true" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">I love going to this particular restaurant in Parramatta for my serve of tomato baked Pork chop with rice. Unfortunately their pork is extremely fatty and thick with flour coating and so for health reasons I decided to try and cook this dish at home with healthier alternatives. I have tried to recreate this dish many times and it always seems to be missing something in flavour. I tried different types of tomato and I tried different types of tomato sauce but I never seem to be able to hit that right note of flavour. Until last week Mr ITF came across a friend who kindly told him what the secret ingredient was. Believe it or not, it is simply milk. It made a world of difference and the balance of tanginess and richness was just right. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Do you ever wonder why the meat dishes at your favourite chinese restaurants is always so tender and flavoursome? Well, for a start the meat is marinated for at least a night and it is tender because they use some type of meat tenderiser. So I would usually marinate the meat overnight and it makes such a big difference compared to meat that has only been marinated for two hours. To tenderise the meat I use baking soda to cut the enzyme. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">So readers, what will you be eating for dinner tonight?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><strong><em>Tomato Baked Pork with Rice</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Serves 4 (in my case 2 because I love it so much)</span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 1 enshallot or 1 small onion, sliced</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 1 clove of garlic, sliced</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 1 stalk of shallot, chopped </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 2 tomato (or 1 can tomato)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 2 tablespoon (tbl) of sugar</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 2 tablespoon (tbl) of soy sauce</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 1 tablespoon (tbl) of chicken salt</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 1 teaspoon (tsp) of baking soda</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 1 cup of skim/full cream milk </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• 2- 3 cups of cooked rice</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">• Shredded cheese (as much or as little as you like)<span id="goog_1268201436021"></span><span id="goog_1268201436019"></span><span id="goog_1268201436017"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">1. Marinate the pork with 1 tbl of sugar, soy sauce and chicken salt. Add the baking soda and half of the sliced garlic. Let it marinate for as long as time allows. </span><br />
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