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tamagoyaki
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Jun. 8th, 2007 @ 02:11 pm
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So I felt really bored and a bit guilty for not making anything this week, so I put an attempt together to end the week off with something home-made.
Sadly, I didn't really have anything I could make except tamagoyaki. Which is quite good, but a bit plain for my tastes. Happily, you can dress it up with anything you'd like --- it's basically like a rolled omelet --- I just didn't have any meats or veggies on hand (SPINACH?) that I would have wanted to put inside mine.
I also ended up putting too much salt in mine, so my first attempt is really just too salty for me to eat. It honestly would have turned out very good if not for the... overbearing salty flavor. I don't think I can stand it, even with a glass of juice. XD
Anyway, tamagoyaki is a nice Japanese breakfast meal. It can also be packed into an obento for a small snack on the side. I didn't take any pictures of my attempt, so here's an image I pulled off of google:
( Tamagoyaki )mood:  busy music: Happa-tai - Yatta! |
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challenge: curry rice, part 1!
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Jun. 3rd, 2007 @ 08:57 pm
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Okay, before I start talking about curry and rice, I finally got my bentos and supplies back from Carissa. :) My Chi Chai Monchan box was disgusting, though. It had a bit of fuzzy mold in it. I washed it clean, but I'm not quite sure if it's safe to eat out of, still. I just posted on bentolunch asking ways to kill the mold and make sure it's completely dead, so I hope to be eating out of that box again soon. It's too adorable to go to waste. :(
I'll have pictures of my supplies and boxes when they dry out. I'm too lazy to hand-dry them.
Anyway, onto the cooking challenge! Japanese dry curry. I'm not making the stew-type curry, because that would take too long and I am much too impatient to chop up so many ingredients. I suppose I could try making the stew-type some other day, though, when I'm not feeling so lazy.
The recipe is here: http://www.justhungry.com/japanese-dry-curry
I will be preparing the ingredients and heating the wok in a little bit. :)mood:  calm |
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challenge: pad thai, part 3!
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May. 29th, 2007 @ 09:53 pm
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Pad thai again. This time the sauce was a success: used chicken boullion spice instead of the red pepper spice that we had. Didn't use as much sugar, but kind of overdid it with the vinegar again. The fish sauce had a bit of sweetness to it, so it was good that I just sprinkled a bit of sugar in instead of dumping in a large spoonful.
Uh... Soaked the noodles, chopped up some garlic at last minute, handful of bean sprouts, 4 large shrimp, 1 large egg, scallions/green onion.
Defrosted/chopped/washed everything, and soaked the noodles.
First attempt was total failure. I heated the wok up to smoky hot like chez pim said, but didn't know to turn down the heat. I dumped some oil in and threw in the garlic; they were burned almost instantly. I threw in some water to cool down the wok and that just caused a whole bunch of water vapor to go up into my face. It was sooo freaky, and all the smoke went into my eyes, almost blinding me for a little bit. I had to turn the stove off and run it under the sink for a few minutes.
My mom came over to help the second time, and stir-fried the veggies and garnishes while she put the noodles bubbling in another pot --- which is what someone suggested to me when I came back to read the comments to the post I made in bentolunch on LJ.
The second try came out decently, though the noodles were still a bit stiff in some spots (where they had been folded, probably), and I ended up with a lot of egg and bean sprouts left over.
I don't think I'm going to be making this for tomorrow, I'll just heat up some rice and leftovers to put into my bento tomorrow before my mom wakes up. :S I need to learn how to properly use the wok before I try making something with it again --- which is a bit sad, because most of the recipes I want to try call for using it.
Bah! Sandwiches and leftover rice for me now.
Awesome pad thai recipe posted by one of the people:
http://community.livejournal.com/bentolunch/1080145.html?thread=9067601#t9067601
:) I'm going to have to try their variant after I learn how to use the wok.
Rice tomorrow, then~ And if not, icky school lunch again.mood: busy music: The Hush Sound - We Intertwined |
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challenge: pad thai, part 1!
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May. 28th, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
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Okay, I was talking about making pad thai yesterday. :) I'm still very determined to make it for tomorrow, even if I don't have all of the ingredients (tamarind). I'm a bit disappointed that I will have to switch out tamarind for white vinegar --- I think that it will take away some of the texture from the noodles. If tomorrow's lunch turns out well, then I think I shall persuade my mom to buy a jar of tamarind paste so that I can make some authentic pad thai for myself over the summer.
About to whip up some of the sauce right now to use tomorrow morning when I wake up. Going to do it right now so I can just start up the wok and soak my noodles right when I get up tomorrow morning. I had wanted to make some tonight, but I wasn't sure if it would refrigerate/reheat well.
Also, I love this blog: http://chezpim.typepad.com/
Pad thai recipe here: http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/2007/01/pad_thai_for_be.html
Awesome. I'm just a bit sad that I won't have any snacks tomorrow if it fills up my entire bento box --- Carissa still has my snack bento as well as my tupperware-ish bento.
More tomorrow. <3mood:  awake |
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first post!
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May. 24th, 2007 @ 09:01 pm
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This is the first post of my bento blog. ♥
I do not have a picture of bento #1 or #2, how sad. )': Bento #1 was a rather pathetic attempt, two riceballs filled with tuna and wrapped with nori on a bed of lettuce. The decorations did not stay in place, the riceballs sucked quite badly. I had to buy cafeteria food after downing half of my first riceball.
Bento #2 was made earlier last week, while I was scraping for time in the morning. It had a sandwich sliced diagonally, with deli sliced turkey, provolone cheese, and spicy mustard inside. The decorations I made were a nori teddy bear face, a nori star, and two wiener flowers. I did have the camera, but the memory card was full so I couldn't snap a picture of it before school.
Moving on to the bento I completed today.
♥ M E N U ♥
* zephyrhills half-pint water bottle
* thai-style beefy wraps
* pack of preserved tofu with seasonings
Please excuse the slightly bad-quality photo. My digital camera does not shoot as sharply as I would like it to, and I was a bit too lazy to sharpen the image up after adjusting layers and resizing it on Photoshop.
Anyway, the beefy wraps were slightly adapted from a recipe on Cooking Cute. They were quite good, says Carissa. I think I could have put more fish sauce to improve the kick from the seasoning I put on the flour tortillas. (I had one roll, then traded the rest of my bento for Carissa's sandwich while proclaiming the godly status of her mom's orgasmic sandwichs. D:)
I hardly touched my bottle of water, I went to buy a can of orangeade because I was in the mood for a bit of flavor that lunch. However, the half-pint bottles that Zephyrhills produces are quite cute, and good for a bento pack. It is also a nice amount of water for one lunch. I found that I didn't even finish my bottle when I had packed one the last time I brought a bento to school.
I didn't eat the pack of preserved tofu either, though I think it would have gone quite well with the wraps. My dad's friend brought a large pack of them over from China, and I found that they were in cute little bento-sized packets. ♥ They're quite yummy and flavorful as a snack, so I shall pack one again when I have a bento with the majority of it being a less flavorful food.
I found that the wraps were quite large and took up all of the room in my bento --- even the room I had wanted to save for perhaps a stick of edamame or two. :( I shall make use of my removable divider for that bento box eventually, though I think I shall use my Chi Chai Monchan bento for tomorrow's meal --- I will probably be packing Yakisoba. Mm!
( Thai-Style Beefy Wraps )
I shall post photos of my bento collection tomorrow or Saturday when I have time. ♥ Entry coming tomorrow!mood:  bouncy music: hoshi no koe - through the years and far away |
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