30 March 2010

Frogs! Durian Crêpes, Chicken Crêpes, Fried rice and Inarizushi.

Frogs:
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The prep work:
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Two frogs, chopped into calves/feet, thighs, bellies, and front legs.  Pan-fried.
Sauce: truffle butter with garlic, cilantro, chives.

Chicken crêpe salad with roasted tomato-pepper coulis:
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Salad: red greens, cilantro, scallion, carrot.
Crepes: tomato sauce and whole wheat-dredged chicken breasts.
Sauce: White onion, yellow/orange bell peppers, roma tomatoes, garlic, basil.

Durian crêpes:
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Filling: Durian pulp, whipped cream cheese

Fried rice:
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Brown rice, carrot, celery, cilantro, egg.
Garnish: pickled carrots and beets, salsa verde.

Inarizushi:
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Deep-fried tofu pouches.
Stuffing: brown rice, cilantro, pickled carrots and beets, pan-fried whole wheat-dredged chicken breast.

26 March 2010

Miso/Sandwich. Cendol. Eggs.

Tempeh Roll-Up with Miso:
Tempeh Roll with Miso
Tempeh Roll Sandwich
Fried potato pasta shell (potatoes, flour, salt, egg white).
Tempeh: shrimp stock, tempeh, kaeshi.
Garnish: cilantro, yogurt, salsa verde, tobikko, pickled carrot and beet.
Miso: shrimp stock, miso, sriracha, scallion, cilantro.

Cendol*:
Cendol
*Parts purchased as a set at the Double Dragon.
Pandan noodles, salted coconut milk, palm sugar syrup. Served with ice and soy milk.

Green eggs and lamb with tempeh hashbrown:
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Hashbrown with caramelized tempeh and shiitake cream sauce.
Over-easy eggs.
Shiitakes and lamb leg braised in mushroom broth with salsa verde.

Eggs with tomato sauce and roasted vegetables:
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Sides: Olive oil roasted carrots and smashed potatoes.
Sauces: (1) Beet tomato sauce with reduced mushroom broth and truffle butter. (2) Cold shiitake cream sauce.

Pandan Fluff Quenelles from Pandan Rummies:
Pandan Fluff

Bonus shot: our kitchen (and Jeremy!)
Kitchen

Coming soon: Durian.

24 March 2010

Bahn Mi's. Snacks. Cold Mushroom Sauce. Pandan Rummies. French Toast.

Tempeh Lambwich:
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Seaweed mayo, yogurt, pickled carrots and beets, sriracha.
Leg of lamb and tempeh braised in kaeshi and shiitake stock.

Potato Wedge Snack:
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Pan-fried potato dough triangles, coconut milk, pineapple.
Sauce: soy sauce, yogurt, sambal oelek, balsamic port reduction.

Blackened chicken with roasted potatoes/vegetables and cold shiitake sauce:
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Vegetables: broccoli, carrots.
Sauce: shiitakes, onion, cream, duck stock, lime juice.

Pandan Rummies:
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Pineapple-infused vodka, spiced rum, yogurt, pandan extract.

Soft-shell Bahn Mi:
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Seaweed mayo, sriracha, pickled carrots and beets, celery leaf.
Leg of lamb and chicken truffle shiso pâté.

Red Lentils with Pineapple:
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Red lentils, pineapple, coconut milk, garam masala.

Almond French Toast with  Red Lentils and Plum Yogurt Sauce:
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French toast: Baguette, soy milk, egg, instant coffee, almond extract, nutmeg, sucanat.
Sauce: Yogurt, coconut milk, homemade vinegared plum sauce.

21 March 2010

Lamb leg. Sumac miso. Omelettes. Pâté. Okara gnocchi. Wings. Chix crêpes. & Cado shake.

Leg of lamb with smashed potatoes and roasted vegetables:
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Lamb:  rub (mustard, lingonberry jam, fresh thyme, maple syrup, tomato paste, purple yam jam), garlic cloves.
Sauce: cream reduction with caramelized tomato paste, brandy, mustard, chives.

Miso-sumac soup with chicken and vegetables:
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Garnish: carrot, celery, shiitake, chicken, scallion, shiso, sautéed potato noodles.
Liquid: chicken stock, sumac, miso.

Caramelized onion and mushroom-brie omelettes with hashbrown and adobo pineapple:
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Omelette contents: caramelized onion, mushroom brie.
Sauce: beet-tomato sauce.
Hashbrown: carrot, gruyère, potato.
Pineapple sauce: yogurt, coconut milk, adobo sauce, chili threads.

Shiso truffle chicken pâté:
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Pâté: Chicken leg meat, shiso, cream, truffle oil, S/P.
Sauce: wasabi mustard.


Okara gnocchi:
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Gnocchi: okara (soybean pulp), flour, egg white, salt.
Beet-tomato sauce, gruyère.

Buffalo wings: (Alton Brown Style)
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Frank's hot sauce, garlic, butter, chicken wings.

Chicken crêpes:
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Crepes, okara/sumac-dredged chicken breast, tomato-beet sauce.
Garnish: gruyère, scallions.

Avocado shake:
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Avocado, soy milk, golden syrup, coffee, ice.

19 March 2010

Braised Pork Potato Pierogi, Brownie Crème Brulée, & Dredged Chicken.

Braised Pork-Stuffed Potato Pierogi with Yogurt Sauce:
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Dough: potatoes, bread flour, salt
Stuffing: braised pork butt, caramelized onions
Sauce: Yogurt, wasabi mustard, soy sauce, salsa verde, shiso, scallion

Crème Brulée with Brownie Center:
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Okara-Sumac-Dredged Chicken Breast with Potato Noodles and Chicken Tomato Sauce:
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Chicken: Breast pounded and dredged in dehydrated okara, dehydrated red onion, sumac.
Noodles: Potatoes, flour.
Sauce: Chicken glace, leftover beet/tomato sauce.

18 March 2010

Gnocchi. Tortas. Stock. Eggs. Buffalo Tofu. Panda bread.

Gnocchi with pickled-pepper beet tomato sauce and roasted broccoli:
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Gnocchi, roasted broccoli, gruyère.
Sauce: beet, tomato, pickled peppers, olives, capers, achiote verde, chicken glace, onions, garlic, balsamic.

Pork butt tortas:
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Braised pork butt then marinated with juices, chalula and caramelized onions.
Garnish: lettuce, seaweed mayo, white onion, salsa verde, lime, chalula.

The braised pork butt:
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Gnocchi with Cheese Sauce:
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Squishy potato gnocchi.
Sauce: garlic, pasta water, aged goat cheese, emmentaler, gruyere, paprika, dried basil.
Garnish: scallions, sumac.
The squishy old extremely tasty potatoes for gnocchi:
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Chicken stock for chicken glace:
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Egg with bolognaise and hash brown:
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Hash brown, egg, sauce from Mom, aged goat cheese.

Truffle Buffalo Tofu:
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Dry-seared tofu.
Sauce: truffle butter, Frank's hot sauce, honey.
Garnish: shiso.

Panda perdu with grapefruit fig sauce:
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Panda bread French toast: soy milk, egg, cream, kahlua, lemon zest, cinnamon, nutmeg.
Sauce: grapefruit juice, rehydrated fig, maple syrup, cream cheese, cherry juice.

Panda bread, following this recipe:
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11 March 2010

Musubi. Spam. Eggs. Pandan cake. & Granola.

Spam musubi:
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One for here; one to go:
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Wrap: nori
Rice: Nishiki rice, simple syrup, rice wine vinegar
Filling: furikake, shiso, spam glazed with soy sauce and piloncillo

Scrambled eggs with crepes:
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Scrambled eggs with red onion, crepe, crepe chiffonade
Garnish: egg yolk, sriracha, salsa verde

Seared spam on bread:
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Egg in a nest:
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Toast with egg
Garnish: gruyère, chalula

Pandan cake:
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Cake: pandan butter genoise
Frostings: hazelnut and chocolate French buttercreams

Granola with plain yogurt:
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