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The 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread - Part II - Don't quote pics!
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It had to be done!
Durian : the strangest smelling fruit known to man:eek:
I nervously tried it only to find I liked it.
Strangely creamy, fleshy and rich. Couldn't eat a lot of it but it is very nice.
I think I'm officially accepted here now:D
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Saturdat night out, into South London Suburbs, a restaurant vying for Michelin recognition.. The service, delivery and taste were excellent... Not sure if it;s Michelin star quality.
Fish, beef and chocolate and ice cream...... Let the side down by having a Bavatian beer... LOL
But, super yummy0 -
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the beer revolu wrote: »While I liked the durian, the post durian burps are another matter altogether!
Do tell!
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Home made pizza and garlic bread tonight.
20140608_203857 by Pulsar_vzr, on Flickr
20140608_210623 by Pulsar_vzr, on Flickr 0 -
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recipes please!
For the pizza base, I just follow Jamie Oliver's dough recipe found here: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/recipe/pizza-dough I didn't have tipo flour so just used Odlums strong flour, worked out fine.
I halve the ingredients as I find that there is just too much dough with the measurements in his recipe but it's fantastic and works every time.
One thing to note - he mentions in the recipe to leave the dough rise in a warm hot place, I tend to use the hot press with a damp cloth over the mixing bowl but sometimes, I preheat the oven (60ish degrees) and then put the dough in and turn off the oven. This will help the dough raise
While the dough is raising, pre heat the oven (if you have the dough raising in one, use another!!) to 180 degrees. I make the tomato base, tend to just chop up a few tomatoes and put them into a sauce pan with garlic and reduce it down, I add a little tomato puree and basil. Then let it cool or simmer.
I then chop up all my ingredients, tonight, was mainly stuff that was in the fridge for the past few days (anything I could get my hands on basically)
- Pepperoni
- Olives
- Mushroom
- Parma ham
- Mozzarella ball
- Mozzarella cheese
- Pineapple
When the dough has raised, kneed it out and break off a little bit into a ball, using a rolling pin start to spread it out into the size of your tray (depending on if you want a thin or thick base, you'll need to experiment with the amounts - we tend to like thin bases so try to stretch it out as much as you can!) Lash on the tomato sauce and then add your toppings, don't add too much as it can be hard to cook - speaking from experience
For the garlic bread, we don't have a second pizza tray yet so I just spread it out loosely on a baking tray, I used garlic butter in a tub (you can get this from Lidl), I put this into the oven for a minute and then took it out so that the butter was spreadable, spread it all over within an inch of the edge and then lashed on loads of mozzarella cheese.
Into the oven for around 10 minutes - just keep your eye on it, you should be able to gauge when it's ready as the cheese will start to brown.
When ready, take out, cut up and enjoy!
I'm stuffed, still have enough for dinner tomorrow night and I love cold left over pizza!
Here are a pic of the pizza before it went into the oven:
20140608_204025 by Pulsar_vzr, on Flickr 0 -
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Gloomtastic! wrote: »Do tell!
It's just that the flavour is great going down but the burps are really just the smell of durian without the flavour - not so nice.
Also, the burps smell very strongly for anyone near you!0 -
Last hawker centre breakfast:(
Chwee Kueh. I love these for breakfast but I've always liked spicy for breakfast.
And here's a shot of stacks of chwee Kueh ready to go in the huge steamer.
Prata Roti
Prawn noodles with pork.
We also had some fried carrot cake.
Couldn't resist a few shots in the supermarket.
Some curiously marketed frozen tuna.(you'll need to click on image to see clearly)
And the soy sauce aisle
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the beer revolu wrote: »
Couldn't resist a few shots in the supermarket.
My secret guilty pleasure. Foreign supermarkets. I don't dare tell anyone because they would think I was mad but when I go abroad it is the food markets I want to go to first and then I could happily spend the rest of my holiday in the supermarket.
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My secret guilty pleasure. Foreign supermarkets. I don't dare tell anyone because they would think I was mad but when I go abroad it is the food markets I want to go to first and then I could happily spend the rest of my holiday in the supermarket.
Me too! I also love going into Eastern European supermarkets here in Ireland because the various smells remind me so much of Prague and Budapest.
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My secret guilty pleasure. Foreign supermarkets. I don't dare tell anyone because they would think I was mad but when I go abroad it is the food markets I want to go to first and then I could happily spend the rest of my holiday in the supermarket.
I don't think you're alone with that habit round here. I love seeing what brands are the same, what brands are different, what veg they have, the different cuts of meat etc. I also enjoy comparing prices. I love local markets but I enjoy supermarkets just as much.0 -
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My secret guilty pleasure. Foreign supermarkets. I don't dare tell anyone because they would think I was mad but when I go abroad it is the food markets I want to go to first and then I could happily spend the rest of my holiday in the supermarket.
I love doing this! Whenever I'm on a work trip to Africa I always to try plan for a bit of time to visit a local supermarket, I tend to come home with strange and wonderful things in my suitcase. My favourites are the spice mix for tea (similar to Indian chai) from Tanzania and the blindingly hot chilli oil (in an eye dropper bottle) from Rwanda.0 -
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My secret guilty pleasure. Foreign supermarkets. I don't dare tell anyone because they would think I was mad but when I go abroad it is the food markets I want to go to first and then I could happily spend the rest of my holiday in the supermarket.
Looks like we are all kindred spirits here. If you are feeling withdrawal symptoms I recommend you head out to Musgraves Cash and Carry in Ballymun. It's like a different world. You don't need a VAT card to browse....... 0 -
Gloomtastic! wrote: »Looks like we are all kindred spirits here. If you are feeling withdrawal symptoms I recommend you head out to Musgraves Cash and Carry in Ballymun. It's like a different world. You don't need a VAT card to browse.......
I have Musgraves cards for Cork, Limerick and Galway. Is it worth doing Dublin too? 0 -
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The last supper::mad:
Chilli crab again. I love this dish:D
Sea cucumber with shiitake mushrooms (any points there for weird food?).
There was also a tofu dish that didn't photographed.
I might have mad a bit of a mess:o:o:o
So that's all folks!
Thanks for sharing my culinary Singapore (and a bit of Bali) adventure.
(apologies for using this thread for breakfast, lunch, dinner and random postings but I thought it best to keep it all in one thread)
In UK for a couple of days.
Normal sercvice will resume soon.0
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