Miso Cured Skirt Steak

(Credit : I first read of this recipe from the book “The Japanese Grill” by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat) The idea is so simple and elegant, I loved it straight away. Take a tough but flavourful  steak cut, smear a dark miso all over it. Wait. One day....

Gyu Don. Blow Torch Recipe.

I am extremely happy with this. Yes, I am serious. This recipe can be done without a stove, Without an oven. Just a blowtorch. Yup. This lovely bowl of Gyu Don can be done, with just a blow torch. This is a technique I first witnessed being executed by the sushi chefs...

Steak. Four minutes, five tips, six steps.

A steak, seared to perfection in its own fat, beautifully browned spuds (i.e. potatoes), topped with delicious beef “crackling”, served with a red wine sauce. You can do this, in thirty minutes. And you can manage this on a Monday night, to reward yourself...

DIY Sous Vide (with recipe for lemongrass skirt steak)

Its not as hard as you think! This recipe is easy!  Two obstacles stand in the way of the home cook trying use the sous vide technique : 1. The sous vide machine itself (at least a few hundred dollars). 2. Vacuum packing (another few hundreds) This post shows how I...

Fun with Beef Hor Fun

Hor Fun FunThis is something I should probably leave to the professionals. The good guys at any of the many Tze Char stalls that dot our land. Its good, cheap and fuss-free. But I always wanted to try it. To get that prefect, charred, delicious Hor Fun at home....
Fusion Duck Breast and Fried Bee Hoon

Fusion Duck Breast and Fried Bee Hoon

This one was an interesting experiment. What is the best thing to do with Duck? A duck breast is a beautiful thing. But it poses some challenges. It tends to be a little stringy. It renders an amazing quality of fat, which you do not wanna waste. It can yield...