Monday, May 31, 2010

The Good Food Month of May

May was definitely the Good Food Month for me. Involved in a food-run for a couple of friends who have a new bub, inspired by Masterchef on tv, visited an exotic Marrickville grocery shop are among some of the reasons why I ate so well in May. :)




So in May, there was
Soba in Dashi: This was a feel good meal because it tasted so healthy! Soba is so healthy as it is. The soup base was made from dashi stock with bonito flake, topped with tofu, nori strips and shitake mushrooms. I think I had this twice this month. :)
Bœuf Bourguignon: Ah! So french! This was one of the meals cooked up for the food-run. It boiled for hours and it was well worth it. Of course, some were kept for own consumption. It was a hearty and warming meal, especially having all the sauce mopped up with bread. Yum!
Sticky American Pork Ribs: Seeing it made on Masterchef, it just had to be tried because it looked so easy despite the many ingredients needed. It was fuss free and fingerlicking-falling-off-the-bone good!
Crêpe Suzette: One of the ingredients for the Pork Ribs was the rind of an orange. Not wanting to throw the rest of the orange away, I remembered having Crêpe Suzette in Paris when I travelled with my sis back in 2006. Mine was slightly chewy and it was not flambéed like how they do it in France. It was a good first effort.
Ginger Brulee Tart from Bourke St Bakery: A surprise dessert from Clem! :) It was delicious, mainly because I like things with ginger. It sounded like a weird combination but it was truly delicious!
Mangosteen: Mangosteen is my top fruit and these were bought for $1.25 each! In Malaysia, I will be secretly devouring about 1kg of them with my dad over the kitchen sink so that we can clean our hands in between each fruit. Oh how I miss it!

It was a Good Food Month for me! :)

2 comments:

Pattie said...

wow, what a month! looks like you guys have had plenty of practice for the next round of MKR. So shall we set a date?

Unknown said...

lol i'm keen to have the next round of MKR too but our weekends have been very busy this month :( hopefully things will settle down soon... btw the bouef bourginon that we made was cooked with the ultra-fresh stewing beef that i bought from glenmore meats. awesome produce they have there.