FOODlog #402: Birthday Lunch at Ole-Ole Bali Celebrated my birthday last week with the wife at Ole-Ole Bali. I've heard really good reviews of this place and been wanting to try their food. They have birthday treat deal of their Nasi Campur for free when you go on your birthday. So that's what I had and the dishes were spectacular. Absolutely no complaints and everything tasted so expertly done. From the rice, to the rendang and satay, to their seafood and sambal, every dish…
FOODlog #403: Fried Prawn Fritter I made this dish as prep for a taste test interview that I was going for. Its a new job that was presented with and I was to showcase my skills to land the job. This was my plan for my appetizer which is a prawn fritter that's light and fluffy and packed full of prawns. But I didn't present this dish at the end as it was a little too simple for the brief. Still it was a delicious appetizer and a simple one to make which I did get some…
FOODlog #404: Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) - Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) - 🌶️🇨🇳 This spicy Sichuan dish is such a popular dish outside China and rightly so. It's so delicious and easy to prepare with minimal ingredients and maximum flavor! Cooked by one of our other chef's at the café, this is one of the best dishes he's made so far. I'm even craving for it now as I finish writing this post. Man it was so delicious! Spicy, savory, meaty, so perfect with simple white rice. As like many other…
FOODlog #405: Sweet & Savory Crêpe Crêpe can be used for bother sweet and savory fillings. It's a versatile batter "pancake" that you can add in whatever you like. The texture is soft and fluffy and if its thinner or you cook it longer, it'll have a nice crispiness to it. Here I made a sweet and another savory dish using crêpe as the base. A fruit crêpe with mascarpone, fresh blueberries, honey, and some edible flowers. The savory one I made is an dish inspired by a Chinese…
FOODlog #406: 3-course Food Tasting A 3-course meal I prepared yesterday for a private dining test taste. It was an amazing experience yet challenging one cooking outside of the usual comfort zone of a familiar kitchen. I did manage to execute my dishes according to plan for the most part. More improvements and fine tunings to be made to perfect these dishes. Glad to have the opportunity to cook for people that love food and creating food as much as I do 🙏 - MAIN - 🐟🇫🇷🇯🇵 The…
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