Peking Duck with pancakes
by peejeej on November 23rd, 2010
A week ago we got some Peking duck supplies at a local Asian supermarket. Boneless pre-prepped Peking duck, pancakes and hoisin sauce.
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St. Anny, Rotterdam – food shopping
by peejeej on July 7th, 2010
It has been a while since we bought some snacks from St. Anny in Rotterdam. We were in the neighbourhood scored some Chinese roasted pork at May Fung went by St. Anny’s and got these goodies.
Fried Cha siu bao. We never seen or had these before. The outside is nice and crispy and the inside has the soft firm texture of my scones. The bread seems slightly sweet which goes well with the cha siu filling. Will definitely buy these again.
On the left, Ham sui kok a fried glutinous rice ball filled with meat and vegetables. I’m guessing this one only has pork. These didn’t have that much filling, but they were fine none the less.
On the right is a Chinese chicken pie, it’s about the size of my index fingers and thumbs making a circle. It’s flat like a cookie, has a crumbly top (like pie crust) and a flaky puffpastry like bottom. It’s filled with a chicken, onion and corn mix. A nice little snack for when you aren’t too hungry.
Valentine sweeties
by peejeej on February 15th, 2010
We normally don’t go out of our way on valentines, but we just couldn’t pass on this lovely box of sweetness from Lof der Zoetheid.
Dim Daily Take away
by peejeej on December 8th, 2009
Last sunday we went for some Dim Daily take away. Our favorite restaurant was closed so we went for the next option. It had been a while since we had food from Dim Daily. Don’t think we’ll be having the same from them again.
We ordered beef ho fan (rice stick noodles), ngau yuk kau (beef dim sum) and a pork dim sum wrapped in bean curd sheet. It was a bit of a let down. The rice sticks were fine. The thin strips of beef were nice and tender, but they had a not very pleasant stock like flavor. Not the deep luscious soy flavor we’re used to. The beef dim sum was nice, the pork dim sum was pretty bland.
It’s a shame, we used to visit Dim Daily regularly a couple of years ago. They also do sushi, but for sushi I’d rather go elsewhere.
Sushi ya take away Maastricht
by peejeej on October 4th, 2009
We spent a week in Maastricht and had a chance to pig out on some yummy foods. After a bit of shopping we brought home some Sushi Ya sushi. I had the set on the left containing: 2 tuna maki, 2 salmon maki, 2 california maki, 2 tempura shrimp maki and 2 spicy tuna maki. Apart from the spicy tuna maki everything was very nice. It’s a shame though that the rice was a bit cold, room temperature rice is so much nicer. The BF’s set had 2 tuna nigiri, 2 salmon nigiri, 3 tuna maki and 3 salmon maki. All goooood. <3
Jalapeno Poppers
by peejeej on September 11th, 2009
I recently learned about Jalapeno Poppers and later found them at a local food/non-food wholesale store. I have to say the idea of the poppers was better than the taste. Will finish the bag one day, but won’t buy them again. The crispy outer layer is nice, the jalopeno was okayish and the cheese rather bland. These Jalapeno Poppers consist of jalapeno halves stuffed with Cheddar cheese and coated in a crispy batter.
Supermarket sushi
by peejeej on August 20th, 2009
Had supermarket sushi for lunch. Don’t often buy it, because it’s always a bit of a disappointment. This one wasn’t an exception. Eventough I took it out of the fridge well in advance, the rice was still too cold and hard. The wasabi didn’t pack enough punch and the salmon in the rice balls, tasted like smoked salmon.
Must refrain from buying supermarket sushi. Must must, eventough the sushi craving gets bad.
Last Friday and Sunday dishes
by peejeej on August 10th, 2009
The photo’s I made of my latest cooking experiments didn’t turn out very well unfortunately, but I still want to share them.
Last friday I made veggi puffs. I pre-baked ready-made puff pastry for 15 minutes. I let this cool and pan fried slices of aubergine/eggplant and slightly colored strips of peppers in a pan. To complete the veggi puff, I turned around the puff pastry and spread on a thin layer of onion/tomato relish as a base. This I topped with semi dried tomatoes, marinated artichoke, strips of red pepper, the slices of eggplant and torn cured ham.
Back into the oven for about 10 minutes and finish with mozzarella and arugula.
Sunday morning I used left over raw puff pastry to make spinach and feta rolls. Stir fry a bit of wild spinach with some garlic powder and a little dash of water. In a bowl, mash feta cheese together with some oregano, salt and pepper. Take long strip of puff pastry, top with feta and spinach (make sure the spinach isn’t too wet) and roll. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes.
This was so surprisingly good! The oregano really brought out the feta. It’s a shame I didn’t have more puff pastry.
Sunday was super lazy dinner. Stir fried wild spinach with garlic, soy sauce and oyster sauce with rice and ready made char siu. We got the char siu from a shop in Rotterdam where they roast the pork themselves and you can buy it fresh out of the oven. They also have crisply roasted pork belly *drool*, roasted duck, roasted chicken, ready made sweet and sour pork, so much goodness!
Birthday munchies
by peejeej on July 24th, 2009
For my 30th birthday we bought some yummy stuff at Koekela. Most of what we got didn’t survive long enough for me to take pictures.
We got, 3 pieces of carrot cake, 2 pieces of truffle cake, 4 pecan squares, 2 caramel slices, 2 fudge brownies, 1 blondie and 1 fudge browny with hazelnuts.
Everything was so delicious, I can’t really pick a favourite so I won’t :p.
