Tin Hau is located at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Showing posts with label Seafood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seafood. Show all posts
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Ladies who lunch: Tin Hau
The Mandarin has always been consistent in not forgetting my birthday every year and most times i get a GC for a meal at Paseo Uno. This time, I got one from Tin Hau and it was expiring by the end of November. Not one to waste good food, I called my girl Rae to come and have lunch with me. All my GC said was "Jade Set lunch for 2" so neither of us knew what to expect.
We started with a crab claw served with jellyfish with chili and coriander. I really enjoyed this!
I THINK this was sea cucumber- something I always feel iffy about eating. It almost tastes like mushrooms, btu with a weird consistency. It's not bad but definitely a texture you need to acquire. This was served with mushrooms that were really big and meaty!
Little lobsters with a cheese sauce (the waiter said) seemed a bit off at a CHinese restaurant but good nonetheless)
Baby bokchoy in this crab sauce. Veggies for the day!
My newest favorite flavor nowadas is lemongrass so I really enjoyed this lemongrass gelee with bits of honeydew and passion fruit. It was so refreshing!
A fried taro puff for 2nd dessert. Good but really oily!
With my lunch date Rachel. Here's hoping our five year "ladies who lunch" plan happens!
Tin Hau is located at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Tin Hau is located at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Kitschen Chaos: Stuffed Tomatoes
This is actually part of yesterday’s Kitchen Chaos but I thought I’d save it for today because yesterday’s post was getting too long already.
As I was saying, I am still not used to having to excessively think about a menu because of dietary restrictions but ever since I started dating Abdul, I have been careful about pork (at least when he’s eating over) and now one of my best friend’s has gone all pesco-veg on me. It’s all good, it helps me get creative and invent new recipes!
So, stuffed tomatoes. It actually started with “I think I’ll make stuffed tomatoes” I picked up the tomatoes, and wondered “What can I stuff them with?” I scanned the seafood counter, spotted the crab meat and just grabbed some before I could change my mind. I picked up a few other things to mix with it and that was that. Recipe Below:
Tomatoes stuffed with Crabmeat (again, measurements are more or less accurate. Adjust to your taste)
1/4 k. crab meat, 200g fresh button mushrooms, diced (canned mushrooms are shit. They should not even be called mushrooms anymore), 1/3 c. crumbled feta cheese, 3/4 c. caramelized onions, 2 Tbs garlic, 1/2 bar cream cheese, juice of 1/2 lemon, about 15 basil leaves, ripped up quickly (it doesn’t need to look pretty), 1/3 cup breadcrumbs, 10 medium sized tomatoes, rock salt and freshly ground pepper to taste (freshly ground pepper makes a difference!) 1/2 c. grated cheddar cheese, 1/4 c. fresh grated parmesan.
1. Chop onions, mushrooms and garlic and set aside.
2. Fry onions and deglaze several times to bring flavors out (I added, salt, pepper, a bit of cayenne pepper and oregano to the onions)
3. Mix together cream cheese, caramelized onions, garlic, feta, mushrooms, crab meat, lemon juice, breadcrumbs and basil in a bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. This unappetizing looking stuffing is actually really good!
4. Cut of the tops of the tomatoes and scoop all the seeds out until the tomato is hollow. Stuff with the crab meat goodness.
5. Top with cheddar and parmesan cheese. Pile it on high, don’t be shy!
6. Bake at 350C until cheese is slightly toasted, about 15 minutes.
Now eat them before they get cold!
As I was saying, I am still not used to having to excessively think about a menu because of dietary restrictions but ever since I started dating Abdul, I have been careful about pork (at least when he’s eating over) and now one of my best friend’s has gone all pesco-veg on me. It’s all good, it helps me get creative and invent new recipes!
So, stuffed tomatoes. It actually started with “I think I’ll make stuffed tomatoes” I picked up the tomatoes, and wondered “What can I stuff them with?” I scanned the seafood counter, spotted the crab meat and just grabbed some before I could change my mind. I picked up a few other things to mix with it and that was that. Recipe Below:
Tomatoes stuffed with Crabmeat (again, measurements are more or less accurate. Adjust to your taste)
1/4 k. crab meat, 200g fresh button mushrooms, diced (canned mushrooms are shit. They should not even be called mushrooms anymore), 1/3 c. crumbled feta cheese, 3/4 c. caramelized onions, 2 Tbs garlic, 1/2 bar cream cheese, juice of 1/2 lemon, about 15 basil leaves, ripped up quickly (it doesn’t need to look pretty), 1/3 cup breadcrumbs, 10 medium sized tomatoes, rock salt and freshly ground pepper to taste (freshly ground pepper makes a difference!) 1/2 c. grated cheddar cheese, 1/4 c. fresh grated parmesan.
1. Chop onions, mushrooms and garlic and set aside.
2. Fry onions and deglaze several times to bring flavors out (I added, salt, pepper, a bit of cayenne pepper and oregano to the onions)
3. Mix together cream cheese, caramelized onions, garlic, feta, mushrooms, crab meat, lemon juice, breadcrumbs and basil in a bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. This unappetizing looking stuffing is actually really good!
4. Cut of the tops of the tomatoes and scoop all the seeds out until the tomato is hollow. Stuff with the crab meat goodness.
5. Top with cheddar and parmesan cheese. Pile it on high, don’t be shy!
6. Bake at 350C until cheese is slightly toasted, about 15 minutes.
Now eat them before they get cold!
Kitschen Chaos: Spaghetti alla vongole
Welcome to my first post on Kitschen experimentation!
So, Originally, I was supposed to spend the holiday (Inauguration of our new President!) working and helping my boyfriend clean his studio, but then I ended up planning to make dinner and inviting over Sarah and Banj.
I was going to make pasta form scratch but impending girly time of the month makes me very lazy/cranky so I went with regular dry spaghetti noodles. Also, since Sarah decided to go pesco-veg, my once easy to create menus now take more careful planning.
Let me tell you that I am not a big fan of seafood. I don’t hate it, but I will take a nice juicy medium steak any day over shellfish, so cooking with no meat or poultry is definitely a challenge for me.
I decided to make Spaghetti alla vongole, which I found out later on-as I was cooking it-is apparently my boyfriend, Abdul’s favorite pasta dish. I mean, really? Talk about pressure. As for the Tomatoes stuffed with crab meat, It was kind of a “quick what should I stuff the tomatoes with” moment at the supermarket that led me to this invented recipe. Enoy and tell me what you think if you actually try it!
Spaghetti alla Vongole (please take note that my measurements may or may not be on point-I cook accdording to taste)
500g Spaghetti Noodles, 2 Tbs olive oil, 3 Tbs chopped garlic, 1/2 c chopped onions, 1Tbs chili flakes, 1kilo fresh clams, 1 1/2 c white wine, 2 sprigs rosemary (chopped), 1 nob butter, salt and pepper to taste
1. Cook spaghetti according to instructions on packet and reserve 1 cup of pasta water.
2. In a deep pan, saute onions, garlic, rosemary and chili flakes on low heat for a few minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Add clams and white wine and allow to cook on high heat until clams open up (about
5-8 minutes) Add butter.
4. Before adding pasta, check sauce. Add salt and pepper if necessary. Then add spaghetti and toss.
Ta-dah! Easy Peasy!
Now Italian tradition says no cheese. But you don’t need to listen to them. I added half a cup of fresh parmesan before serving, and put more on the table.
Enjoy! I’ll blog about the tomatoes tomorrow!
So, Originally, I was supposed to spend the holiday (Inauguration of our new President!) working and helping my boyfriend clean his studio, but then I ended up planning to make dinner and inviting over Sarah and Banj.
I was going to make pasta form scratch but impending girly time of the month makes me very lazy/cranky so I went with regular dry spaghetti noodles. Also, since Sarah decided to go pesco-veg, my once easy to create menus now take more careful planning.
Let me tell you that I am not a big fan of seafood. I don’t hate it, but I will take a nice juicy medium steak any day over shellfish, so cooking with no meat or poultry is definitely a challenge for me.
I decided to make Spaghetti alla vongole, which I found out later on-as I was cooking it-is apparently my boyfriend, Abdul’s favorite pasta dish. I mean, really? Talk about pressure. As for the Tomatoes stuffed with crab meat, It was kind of a “quick what should I stuff the tomatoes with” moment at the supermarket that led me to this invented recipe. Enoy and tell me what you think if you actually try it!
Spaghetti alla Vongole (please take note that my measurements may or may not be on point-I cook accdording to taste)
500g Spaghetti Noodles, 2 Tbs olive oil, 3 Tbs chopped garlic, 1/2 c chopped onions, 1Tbs chili flakes, 1kilo fresh clams, 1 1/2 c white wine, 2 sprigs rosemary (chopped), 1 nob butter, salt and pepper to taste
1. Cook spaghetti according to instructions on packet and reserve 1 cup of pasta water.
2. In a deep pan, saute onions, garlic, rosemary and chili flakes on low heat for a few minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Add clams and white wine and allow to cook on high heat until clams open up (about
5-8 minutes) Add butter.
4. Before adding pasta, check sauce. Add salt and pepper if necessary. Then add spaghetti and toss.
Ta-dah! Easy Peasy!
Now Italian tradition says no cheese. But you don’t need to listen to them. I added half a cup of fresh parmesan before serving, and put more on the table.
Enjoy! I’ll blog about the tomatoes tomorrow!
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