http://food-adventure.net my food adventure Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:05:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Part of exploration with breakfast I could not ignore the fact that mushrooms where my favourite ingredient to a successful breakfast. All the places I had encountered did mushrooms in some way or other and I really wanted to experiment. Getting decent mushrooms is hard. Anyone that knows anything about mushrooms ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=39 I rarely have breakfast myself. It is rare that I wake up early enough to prepare an early morning meal during the weekdays. So on the weekends I tend to try make at least an effort to have breakfast in the morning. I have become fairly bored of eggs and ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=36 That is today's question. Lately I have been craving for some steamed or boiled Choy Sum just like they make it in the Chinese restaurant. While they may charge $10 Dollars for this simple dish I was not in the mind to folk over the 1000% markup for this dish (Hope ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=33 I hate the fact that I cannot make the same fish sauce my mother makes. Its either too weak or strong, never perfect. Vietnamese Fish Sauce (VSF) is largely a mix of Water, Concentrated Fish Sauce, Sugar and Lemon/Lime Juice. This is roughly similar to the fish sauce made by the ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=31 You can tell a lot about a cook by looking at their tools and today I am going to talk about knives. While I am young and have not been cooking for a long time, I do know a few things about knives. First and foremost they are dangerous. Having been ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=27 Its strange writing now, after such a long vacation from blogging. While i have been busy writing other things I have neglected this section of my life and now when I have decided to finally come back to this site and continue to contribute I find it difficult to select ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=26 After a very long hiatus I am back. Its been a long 6 months, having to move out, find new work and working my arse off for the last 6 months but having no time for anything else really sucks. So I finally quit to the dismay of my girlfriend. Hope ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=25 Now cooking a slab of meat is not hard, what is hard about it is cooking it perfectly. To me cooking a steak is like cooking a piece meat can be the most difficult thing any cook/chef can do. It is about balance, perfecting the right amount of heat and ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=24 The most amazing thing about eggs is that they are so versatile. There are so many things you can do with them and add them too. Yet you can have them on there own since there are so many ways to cook them.There are a so many combinations of recipes ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=23 This is one of my favourite recipes when it comes too left over pork. It's great for a quick lunch snack and really is easy to prepare. Also the cooking time is reduced because you are using frozen peas. The best think about this recipe is the amount of work ... http://food-adventure.net/?p=21