FOODlog #412: Lemon & Garlic Chicken with Broccoli Medley For Staff Meal dinner tonight I made a medley of broccoli items that consist of a soup and roasted broccoli paired together with a simple lemon garlic & Thyme oven roasted chicken. For the chicken, I used boneless chicken thighs and marinated it with lemon zest, lemon juice, minced garlic, and fresh thyme, seasoned with salt and black pepper. I then roasted it in an oven together with some baby eryngi mushrooms at 250…
FOODlog #413: Century Scotch Egg A dish that combines East & West food ideas making it a mashup of creativity that dances on your palate. It starts with the star of the dish, a locally farmed and produced Century Duck Egg that is crafted to perfection without any off-putting after taste but a creamy center and concentrated egg flavors. Then it's encased in a chicken mince meatball/sausage recipe of mine that gives this dish that familiar scotch egg look and at the same time…
FOODlog #414: Meatball Stroganoff One of the better meals I made so far at my new work place. Something in my comfort zone and something I like making - meatballs. For this one I used minced chicken to make the meatballs and it turned out so delicious. Probably even better than beef that I usually use to make meatballs. I started off with sautéing onions and garlic with salt until they soften and get fragrant. Then I let it cool before mixing it in with the mince meat,…
FOODlog #415: Mango Duck Lompe A dish inspired by a Chinese dish popular in Sarawak Kuching called - Mango Duck This interpretation incorporates some European food making it such a great dish overall. 🥔 Lompe is the pastry for this dish that's made with potatoes and flour. It's soft fluffy and pan fried lightly to get a toasty crisp exterior. 🧄A light layer of Garlic Confit Aioli to add some body to the bite topped with 🔥🦆 a slice of smoked Duck that's blowtorch before…
FOODlog #416: Whole Steamed Fish & Chicken Chinese New Year Themed Staff Meal 2024 - For a Chinese New Year themed dinner, I cooked for the staff a surf & turf steamed whole fish and whole chicken. For the fish I used Barramundi and butterflied it, removing the spine of the fish then seasoned it with salt and steamed it for 10 minutes with slices on ginger on top and Scallions at the bottom. After it was steamed, removed the ginger and placed freshly julienne ginger and…
FOODlog #417: Mutton Kabsah Rice Had this meal the other day cooked by the other chef at the bar. She's really good at making delicious curries and Malay cuisine. She made Kabsah rice that had spices like Cinnamon, Cardamom, star anise and cloves together with a spice mix she made and steamed the rice till all the flavors from the spices infused into the rice. It also had an amazing yellow hue making it such a vibrant looking rice dish. It paired with mutton and potato curry…
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