Yogurt Eggs

It seemed so hard to play with molecular cooking that I simply shoved my molecluar kits in the closet until recently.  Yogurt seemed like an interesting ingredient to play with as it was rich in calcium and could form a film easily.  A bit of honey was added into plain yougurt to make it tastier and then a ravioli was made by placing a tablespoon of yogurt into the setting bath.  The ravioli was cooked for 3 minutes and rinsed in cold water.   I accompanied it with some fresh orange segments and drizzled some honey over it. 

Chinese Salmon vs Western Salmon

At the restaurant, we initially cooked the salmon at 38 degrees but customers kept complaining that it was cold and the fish was raw.  At last, we found that at 10 degrees higher, customers liked the dish a lot and found the salmon very silky.  From time to time, my home guests enjoy this simple dish of slow cooked salmon with olive oil and a lemon zest cooked at 38 degrees and it doesnt feel raw or cold when served as a western dish

Chinese Sous Vide

We've all read a lot about sous viding in western cooking.  So why not try it with Chinese cooking?  I got a hold of a really nice piece of pork belly the other day and marinated it with some five spice powder, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic and ginger.  After a night of marination, it was slow cooked for 9 hours.  We used the juices to cook it with chinese radishes and chinese bean curd sheet.  The result was an amazing succulent tender pork belly that melted in our mouths.

My first creations

Perfect eggs for Simon's breakfast.  The eggesd were cooked at 63 degrees for an hour.  Having tried many different sauces for perfect eggs, I finally find that simple is best.  Simple stir fried aspargus with a lightly seared parma ham with the perfectly cooked eggs sitting on top. 

At last a blog for my food

I never thought of creating a blog for my cooking creations until Yim gave me this thought.  Cooking has also been one of my favourite passions and I've always enjoyed creating interesting dishes.  One of my very first experiments was abalone.  It seemed so difficult to cook dried abalones and so I started cooking South African abalones which were affordable a few years ago.  I then took the challenge to make Japanese abalone and the conclusion to a good abalone was simple.  A good quality abalone is fail proof.  And so it's simple - good quality food always create great dishe!