Mezze

It's a lovely restaurant located behind Victoria Station along the Sprint Highway. Well the food was quite delicious. Except I didn't like the appetizer which was the Pork Rillette and Costillas. It was rather dry and hard to chew. However, mom's chicken was quite the catch. I love the way they marinated it. Yum!

Costillas, bread with pork meat spread

Pork Rillette - pork ribs but it was rather hard to chew

Tenderlion - beef served with wedges, red wine sauce and white cream sauce.

Mezze House salad

pasta Con Formaggio and Pungi - Angle hair with mushroom and a bit of chess. It tasted like Aglio Olio

Spatchcock Chichken - Well marinated and delicious with a bite. It'll leave you wanting for more

Dessert, Panna Cota - Vanilla ice-cream with hazelnut syrup. It's a to die for.

Tang Yuan

Or as 21 december 2010 Startwo calles it Green Tea Dumpling with black sesame.

ingredients:
90g glutinous rice flour
80g water
10g shortening
1/2tsp green tea powder

Filling:
30g black sesame paste
15g castor sugar

10g butter
1/8-1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cold water

tea soup:

600ml water
35g sugar
2 sachets green tea

To prepare filling:
Combine black sesame paste, sugar, btter, salt and water in a small bowl. Mix until holds together. Take a tiny portion and press well together to form a very tiny ball. Leave aside the balls of filling.

Instructions:

1)Place glutinous rice flour, tapioca flour and green tea powder in a mixing bowl. add shortening and make a well in the centre. Gradually add water and mix into a soft and pliable dough.

2)Divide dough into equal portions and set aside covered with a peice of clingfilm.

3)Take a portion of green tead dough and make a small dent in the centre. Add a ball of black sesame seeds filling. Wrap up neatly and roll into a round ball od tang yuan.

4)Bring a pot of water to the bowl. Drop the balls of tang yuan into the water and bring to a boil. When the dough balls float, remoce them with a slotted spoon.

5)Put them into a basin of cold water. Allow to steep in the cold water while preparing the tea soup. (Note, do not keep it too long in the cold water as it would be ineadible.)

To make the tea soup:

1)Boil water and sugar in a small saucepot. Once the sugar dissolves drop in the sachets of green tea. Allow to steep for two minutes.

2)Discard the tea bags and drop the balls of cooked tang yuan into the syrup.

Granola Bar (serves 5-6)

Ingredients:
250oats
45g chopped pecans
115g chopped almonds
75g raisins
50g dried cranberries
75g sunglower seeds
100g brown sugar
160ml maple syrup
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
1 tbsp vanilla extract
75 ml oil

Methos:
1)In a large bowl, combine the oats, pecans, almonds, raisins, dried cranberries and sunflower seeds

2)In another bowl, mix brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla extract and oil




3)Next, combine all the ingredients together. Place the granola mix on a baking tray covered with baking papaer. Bake the granola at 300°F (150°C) for 30-40 minutes.
4)Break the granola into bars and store it in an airtight container.

Pasta zanmai

pasta with unagi egg with mushroom sauce


pasta with terriyaki chicken, egg and mushroom sauce

Some ebiko dish, I know, I'm terrbiyl for not remembering it T.T

Overall, the food in pasta zanmai is a MUST try, it's worth it. Don't expect to find any sashimi dishes over there because their speciality is pasta.


From Hagen Dazs

Blueberry muffin recipe

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon baking powder

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

1/3 cup milk

1 cup fresh blueberries

Topping:

1/2 cup white sugar

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup butter, cubed

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

1) Preheat over to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)

2) Combine 1 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking power. Place the vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries.

3)Fill muffins cup right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.

4) To make the topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter and 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

Bake for 20 - 25 minutes in the oven or until done.

Note: This isn't my recipe, got it of from the Internet. credits goes to the creator of it.

Culinary category B (1.15p.m-2.15p.m)

Eunice and my creation

Pj Hilton

Since they had a promotion, dad decided to take mom and I to eat japanese at Pj Hilton. In my opinion, the japanese restaurant called Sushi Tomo at SS2 is more delicious than Pj Hilton.

They're so call 'pizzz'. It's made out of seaweed -which is at the bottom- with rice, tomato, oinions and i think chicken.

There were suppose to be more, but I really forgot to take pictures until half way through the meal.