Tag: soup

Asia fine dining (continued!)

Apart from local, traditional treats, there are a few excellent recommendations I would like to share during my recent trip away. Now bear with me, I’m really hungover… Robuchon a Galera at Hotel Lisboa – Joel Robuchon being one of my favorite chefs… this was one of the places...

Hong Kong… Kowloon Hong Kong…

…I like Hong Kong… I have a spare moment at work (mind you, it’s already 8pm Thursday evening before the Easter long weekend) to blog about some of the amazing Chinese food that I dearly miss so much in Sydney. It doesn’t even compare – not even close! Wonton noodles at...

2am call for soup

I got home from work at around 2am last night, and really felt like a warm chinese soup after a 16 hour day… without a lot of sleep in the past week. I’ve been getting flu like symptoms all week and I really wanted to get better before I fly to HK on Tuesday. Anyway, like a true maniac, I...

Chilled Tofu Salad

My low-cal office lunch for yesterday: Chilled Tofu and Wakame Salad Ingredients: Silken Tofu (ready to eat out of the pack) Wakame (soaked) Corn Kernels Edamame beans (boiled and shelled) 1 tbsp Soy or Tamari 1 tsp Mirin 1 tsp Rice vinegar Yuzu and Japanese sesame dressing (Drizzle to taste) For some...

Restaurant Arras

The great reviews were well-deserved. Due to so many newly opened restaurants failing in recently, we can probably see why Arras delayed their opening date for months. They obviously wanted to get everything right – and so they did! Amuse Bouche: Pork Rillette with caper puree   “Cucumber...

Chicken soup… not so much for the soul

More diet recipes… I know it’s getting boring. This post was suppose to be about the elaborate mudcrab I was going to cook on Valentines day (including video footage of me bitterly stabbing a poor crustacean) , but alas, some plans just fall through like sand between my fingers. You were...

Salad Nicoise

My packed lunch at the office today ~ with minimum calories and carbs. My version of the Nicoise: 3 fillets of tuna (I love the Italian variety from Callipo) Ox heart tomatos, sliced diagonally 1 boiled egg Purple Shiso leaves, finely shreaded Mesculin Salad Leaves Wafu style Japanese salad dressing...

My variation of Borscht

“Hot borscht, the kind most popular in the majority of cultures is a hearty soup with many common optional ingredients, depending on the cuisine, including various vegetables (beans, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, potatoes, onions, or tomatoes), mushrooms, and meats (chicken, pork, or beef). It is...

the(sydney)magazine Food Hall of Fame

the(sydney)magazine Food Hall of Fame Awards honour local food industry luminaries. This year’s dinner will reunite four of Banc brightest stars – Justin North (Becasse), Matthew Kemp (Restaurant Balzac), Warren Turnbull (Assiette) and Colin Fassnidge (Four in Hand). Food Hall of Fame...

Christine Manfield

Got a table at Universal restaurant tomorrow, which I’m very excited about!   smoked ocean trout, smoked eel and pomelo salad   Asparagus and lotus root tempura, samphire and wasabi avocado   spiced quail, tamarind and longan salad   steamed spanner crab pancakes in spiced coconut soup ...
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