I use them mainly in fried rice.
Concerning the tin cans, years ago the joke was "they are made from recycled Korean ships, and the cans will later be recycled into FIAT cars"
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Concerning the tin cans, years ago the joke was "they are made from recycled Korean ships, and the cans will later be recycled into FIAT cars"
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Do they have a good texture? I like (what I think of as) Japanese style fried rice, with the veg mix you have there, but have been dissatisfied when I tried to make it with frozen veg. No crunch and little of the fresh flavor.
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I use the mix vegetables can as above, easily available in most supermarkets here. As base for the fried rice we use the INDOFOOD brand ready mix.
They come in 2 versions, regular and spicy (Pedas). Note : for some reason it seems to be unavailable since 2 or 3 weeks.
We add some bacon and green long beans.
Makes a nice Nasi Goreng.
If you use the peas as accompagnment for meat or steak, they tend to be a bit too sweet to my taste, so I add salt.
Other way is to fry them a little bit in a pan, with butter.
Frozen green veg ? Forget it, they all look fluorescent green like they have been grown near a nuclear powerplant !
I use the mix vegetables can as above, easily available in most supermarkets here. As base for the fried rice we use the INDOFOOD brand ready mix.
They come in 2 versions, regular and spicy (Pedas). Note : for some reason it seems to be unavailable since 2 or 3 weeks.
We add some bacon and green long beans.
Makes a nice Nasi Goreng.
If you use the peas as accompagnment for meat or steak, they tend to be a bit too sweet to my taste, so I add salt.
Other way is to fry them a little bit in a pan, with butter.
Loogxury, when I was a lad ...............
I'll agree with canned vs frozen, I believe the canned variety is pressure cooked or whatever before canning but ready mixed base for nasi goreng? Blasphemy I say.
Hahaha....
In fact the Miss doesn't eat fried rice (or nasi goreng as it is called here..), it is just one of those occasional lazy lunch time food for me.
Have probably eaten over a ton of fried rice for lunch at work over the years in the region
Bug never ever touched the ready mix, pour hot water noodles !
Pork medaillon with mushroom sauce (mushroom, cream, chicken stock), and boiled small potatoes.
Meat slightly overcooked, but nice taste and tender. Sauce spot on.
And not difficult, the biggest job being the sauce. Normal, it's the sauce that brings all the flavour to this dish.
Recipe in English :
Meat slightly overcooked, but nice taste and tender. Sauce spot on.
And not difficult, the biggest job being the sauce. Normal, it's the sauce that brings all the flavour to this dish.
Recipe in English :
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Korean barbecue tonight. Pork, beef, various types of kimchi, and I'm allowing myself a San Miguel after 4 months of sobriety.
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That looks wonderful. Where did you get all the side dishes?
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K Mart in Grand Wijaya Center. They have a fantastic deli full of 'banchan'.
This, bulgogi and a few other things were the local food I ate when I worked / lived in Busan. But I always stayed clear of kimchi....
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I get that it's an acquired taste. Surely it's the fermented flavors, and not the spiciness? In any case, kimchi has the power to render hangovers obsolete. A few bites during a night of drinking, and you'll be as right as rain the next day.
Yes, it's the "flavor" as you call it.
Hangovers.... good old days, I was only 33 and yes there were plenty all nigthers in the (in)famous "Texas street" bars every week.
When the US Navy was in.town it was pure madness.
My first contact with Asia, fell in love and nearly got married ..... But I decided 33 was way too young, and the job came first.
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OOOH I might have to put this page on ignore, you are all making me salivate with hunger.
I have been non-stop since 7 am this morning & just finished now, no time nor energy to cook a dratted thing- thankfully I saw fit to order a food delivery in earlier... now I just need to get from office to kitchen without falling asleep en route.
I have been non-stop since 7 am this morning & just finished now, no time nor energy to cook a dratted thing- thankfully I saw fit to order a food delivery in earlier... now I just need to get from office to kitchen without falling asleep en route.
I admit that being both "retired" has it's advantages !
Dinner at our usual French place.
Ricard, pork rillettes, salmon, chocolate mousse, red wine...
Pensioners life....it take many years to get there, but it is worth it !
Anyway, it's not like one has many choices, so better make the best out of it while it last !
Ricard, pork rillettes, salmon, chocolate mousse, red wine...
Pensioners life....it take many years to get there, but it is worth it !
Anyway, it's not like one has many choices, so better make the best out of it while it last !
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That all looks delicious.
I was kind of retired for about 19 months- I was going batshit crazy with boredom. Luckily for me I am back up to top-speed of being busy, however it leaves me little to no time in the kitchen.
The plan for this weekend is for me to fit cooking some steaks into my schedule at some point- if I don't hubby will incinerate them on the bbq.
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**Point of note for anyone who is into bread - Grandpas bakery check them out on Tokopedia.
Their English muffins are delicious & their bread doesn't tend to be overloaded with sugar.
Well, I feared that a bit before retiring. Specially as I really liked my job, the travelling and lifestyle that went with it. But after 8 years in HKG (my last posting), being 64, fed up with the HKG madness (and the Chinese..), pushing my body a bit hard with partying, I had 3 rather serious warning from nature that I should calm down.
Having start working at 15, my target was to retire at 65 (round number, half a century...), but 3 warnings was enough, I didn't want to push my luck.
And as my Missus was in the same mindset after 15 y in HKG, we decided to switch to the next phase in life.
Was offered a job in China, and one in Australia a few months after being here, but I turned them down.
Seeing all the Covid madness in other places, retiring here in Bali was my best decision since 20 years.
But I have a friend, same job, same career, retired a year after me, settled down in Seoul in a flat, and after 1 year couldn't stand it anymore. He is now back on a project in the UK at 67....
And another one, German, who kept going till 70 !
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