Orange Scallop

Okay, time for some scallops! I bougth frozen scallops a while ago. I wish I could have fresh scallops, but I guess frozen scallops were good enough. thyme-seasoned pan-seared sea scallop, with triple sec (orange liquor) reduction, crispy bacon and cold mango slices I was planning on using fresh oranges, but it turned out that the oranges were invaded by greenish-grey mold (probably Penicillium italicum- heh). I have half a bottle of triple sec...

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Pork Mozzarella Croquette

Had sudden craving for melty mozzarella cheeze. Yep, just like the ones on top of pizza. Before I came to know cheeses better, I always thought that mozzarella was a magic cheese. During my childhood times, what we called 'cheese' is limited to sliced processed cheese, and the only cheese available in the market was produced by Kraft. It made me wonder why those processed cheese won't turn out like those on top of pizza, and now I know why. Someone...

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Skew skew skew!

It's graduation time again. Tons of my good friends left the college, and it makes me so sad. I'm especially sad that my foodies friends are gone :'( Now I have to find people who like to eat and cook.... >.< The end of semester also means cleaning up my fridge. I still have quite a lot of meat in the fridge, so I have to start using them every day so I have nothing left in the fridge. I wouldn't want to eat meat that has been stored for 3...

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Green Tea Caviar

As far as I am concerned, I am so very excited with spherification. I know, I know. I'm like 7 years late, but who cares? Just for additional information, spherification of liquids creates a product that has texture similar to caviar, and thus they are often called 'faux caviar'. So I tried using orange juice at first. I've seen people blogging saying that you have to increase the pH if it's too low, but curiosity always comes first. It failed miserably,...

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Shuriken?

I bought this last week. They're called estrellitas (which I think means little stars), but no matter how I look at them, they look like tiny shuriken... or it's just me and my wild imagination. Estrellitas with meatballs and ham in tomato soup Okay, they don't look that wonderful. I still don't have a sense on soup presentation, especially when the soup is not homogenous like this. Normally I'd just add some garnish like parsley on soups. I haven't...

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Pasta Days

I can't agree better that the easiest food to cook for a college student is pasta. With ready-made sauces available in various flavors, it doesn't take you more than 15 minutes to prepare a simple pasta dish. Orzo with meatballs and green onions in Bertolli's tomato vodka sauce Very useful during exam period. Cook the pasta and dump everything into the pre-made sauce on a pan, heat it for 5-10 minutes and voi...

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Penne penne penne...

I need to start reducing all the food ingredients in my apartment because I'll be moving to southern Illinois for internship this summer. Well, a box of pasta won't rot that easily, but I figure that I need to reduce as many meat products in the freezer as possible. Penne tossed with sun dried tomato and ground beef, ricotta cheese, thyme, Italian parsley, and ground Parmesan cheese Honestly, I don't think it looks THAT appetizing, but...

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Good Breakfast, Good Day

Nowadays I can barely make it to cook myself a good breakfast. Every single spare moment I have, I'd rather spend it by sleeping. It's been rather tiring lately :( - easy over egg (flower shaped) - sauer kraut - broccoli and cheese - pan fried bacon - tomato ketchup Took me about 20 minutes to prepare everything. I was too lazy to use two different pans for the egg and the bacon, so I did the egg first, then the bacon. I suddenly remembered...

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Onion Head

 I used to like Onion Head emotes a lot. They're really cute :3 Looking at them make my mind at peace~...

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