Monthly Archives: October 2013

WHERE’S MY SOUFFLE, I ASKED FOR A SOUFFLE, WHERE IS IT.

Turns out yelling about souffles makes people think I’m drunk, which is pretty hilarious. Press* Food&Wine had a souffle special which I passed up for a bombe alaska, and since then I’ve been wishing I also had the souffle. I could always make one, but I’d probably fail miserably. A strawberry vanilla souffle does sound nice if I could pull it off, though.

In other news, I finally decided to test out preparing a squid. Since my visit to Peel St where they had crispy pork and squid Vietnamese style salad (which was amazing!!!), I’ve been craving squid. I thought it’d be difficult, but after watching a video on how to do it, it wasn’t so bad. It actually happened as the video said it would and it was quick, clean and simple! Since I have previously fried squid legs, this time it was the slow cook challenge. The oven was set to less than 100°C and the squid was cooked for 30mins with salt and olive oil in a bag. The end result was very tender squid – though it could have been a little more perfect to be totally melt in the mouth, but this was a great result regardless.

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BOMBE ALASKA

The real bombe alaska; flaming brandy! With a strawberry-raspberry sorbet centre of delicousness and goodness, pineapple and creme anglais. From Press* Food and Wine

I need to convince someone to sit with me at Peel St so I can grab some pictures from there too. Turns out crispy pork with squid is trending, l o l.

Reine’s Serendipitous Springtime

This spring has been spent sneezing, spending, and cooking! I still absolutely adore central markets and the farmers markets, and now go to both, because it’s fun and the produce is amazing.

There is great joy in unplanned purchasing (of ingredients mind you, not impulse buying!), so I end up with goodies like heirloom carrots and blood oranges to play with.

First up, to get the silliness out of the way, there are two neverfail ingredients that can help out in a pinch – the first, as you know, is bacon. The second, is tomato sauce. One day, I had no dinner prepared whatsoever, and managed to create a chicken, bacon, tomato pasta that was somewhat decent! >_> Free parsley also helps :)

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