Spicy mackerel
We do not often eat spicy food, but this spicy mackerel still helped me easily and quickly finish two bowls of steamed rice. If you like it very spicy, you can use tiny (Thai) chilies, which are often very hot. If you like it even hotter, I think tabasco pepper sauce or cayenne pepper also go well with this Vietnamese dish. (Though most Vietnamese people don't know of tabasco pepper and cayenne). King mackerel is very lean and, if not cooked into a good dish, it is not so palatable to eat. In general, I like fish more than meat, so ...
Toasted bell peppers and green olive salad
In the past, when I didn't like the taste and flavor of bell peppers, until I learned to cook them myself in a proper way and I became a fan of bell peppers. I hardly eat them raw (like eating an apple), but when they are chopped and mixed in salad, I really appreciate the freshness, juiciness and crispiness of those small bits. When cooked in stew dishes, their taste is so palatable and easy to eat. My sister used to refuse any dish with bell peppers, but then I cooked her some pasta dishes with bell peppers and she ...
Chocolate cake, raspberry and ginger chocolate mousse
This cake and mousse is just perfect. I love the way this dessert is presented. This is another first experience of mine with using ring mold to make dessert. To remove the mold after the mousse set, I used the blow torch to warm up the ring mold from outside just a little bit, then I could pull the ring up easily. I always love the combination of raspberry and chocolate. Not only the combination of taste but also the marriage of the two classic colors made me fall deeply in love with this dessert. The recipe can be found here. Related posts:Apple, ...
Sweet potato chips
Sweet potato chips - it's hard to stop eating these once you start. There's only one way to set limit to the amount of chips I eat is to cook just one or two sweet potatoes. Normally two sweet potatoes makes enough chips for two persons. I do not often make deep-fried foods. But on these days, the temperature in Hanoi drops and people are feeling the early winter, we suddenly crave for some snack like these chips. It is very simple to make sweet potato chips. Just peel the sweet potatoes, wash and cut into very thin slices, the thinner the ...
Beef burger
I seldom eat fast food at fast food restaurants. The only one that I go to more often than the others is Subway, where the meals are supposed to be healthier and that I can choose what I want to add to the sandwich. I remember I've eaten burgers just only a few times at McDonald and Burger King. They were not so fancy to mel. Until I watched Kitchen Nightmare hosted by chef Gordon Ramsay and seeing him making beef burger, I was so inspired to make a real homemade burger. What I like is that I can substitute part ...