Recent cooking ventures

Meals from last weekend

These look complicated but were all very easy to make.
Seared scallops
Ahi tuna
Ribeye steak
Salmon fillet, lobster tail, pancetta risotto
Lobster bisque (this one was time consuming and a pain to prepare)

Cookies

Checkerboard cookies

I wish i could make them as pretty as these :( i used the wrong coloured dough for the outermost shell

http://www.bakingobsession.com/2008/10/21/checkerboard-cookies/

Chocolate Matcha Poker Chip Cookies

:( i suck at rolling and whatnot

http://www.bakingobsession.com/2010/01/10/chocolate-matcha-poker-chip-cookies/

Summerlicious 2010

Went to quite a few restaurants for summerlicious this year. It was a little damaging to my wallet, but well worth it!

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Bigeye Tuna Tartare & Spicy Sopressata 
cracked olives, garlic grissini, arugula, lemon and Sicilian organic extra virgin olive oil

Oops, I'm contributing to the extinction of another species, but it was delicious

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Grilled Top Sirloin Fettina
charred onion, heirloom tomato and rocket salad with crumbled Gorgonzola

Nice, pounded down, well-done steak

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Chocolate Toffee Crunch Cheesecake
dulce de leche cream

Tasted a lot more like mousse than cheesecake.

Senses! Flowers

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charred Kobe flank steak and chilled soba noodle salad, pickled vegetables

This was delish! But we had our doubts that this was actually Kobe beef

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pan-roasted citrus free range chicken breast, citrus segments, summer sprout mix salad, citrus-honey-mustard dressing

The chicken was super tender, but a bit flavourless

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pan-seared bacon wrapped monkfish medallions, Vodka shiitake mushroom tomato sauce

good but not spectacular

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roasted new zealand lamb chops, charred vegetable tian tower, lemon thyme balsamic vinaigrette

Yum! the lamb was perfectly cooked and flavoured

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warm cherry crème brulee and flambéed cherries

less creme, more brulee coz its served on a plate

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peach tart with vanilla ice cream

peach tart was disappointing, tasted like mooncakes. icecream too =_=

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White Chocolate cheesecake

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ♥


(forgot to bring camera to Bymark, so dont have pics of that)

Far Niente

Panko Crusted Shrimp and Haddock Croquette
Corn, Tomato and Green Onion Salsa, Chili Caper Mayo

Delicious!!!! ♥ absolutely perfect. crispy on the outside and soft and smooth on the inside filled with haddock and potato

Far Niente

Grilled Top Sirloin Steak
Fontina Cheese and Truffled Sour Cream Baked Potato, Red Wine Jus

Overcooked on the first try. WAY way wayyyy too well-done. Had it redone to medium and was perfect.

Far Niente

Chocolate Espresso Ganache Tart
Chantilly Cream

Very chocolatey, must have used cayenne in the tart. again, good but nothing special

Biff's Bistro

Chicken liver parfait with Brent’s mustard

Not my starter, but it was pretty good

Biff's Bistro

Cured Albacore tuna with lentilles du Puy & preserved lemon

This was amazing. the parsley pesto sauce was absolutely divine, and perfect for dipping bread and everything else in.

Biff's Bistro

Gazpacho with shrimp hache & crème fraîche

Yum

Biff's Bistro

Roasted pork loin with fingerling potato & apple gastrique

Not mine, but it looks yummy

Biff's Bistro

Flatiron steak frites

Way too raw the first time. I sent it back but still a bit too raw, owell...

Biff's Bistro

Warm flourless chocolate torte with strawberries & Grand Marnier

Fluffy and crunchy chocolate bits ♥

Bakes Shrimps with Turkey Breast Scallopini and Mashed Potatoes

Turkey Spaghetti

Turkey Chili

Made turkey chili a while ago. Here's some pictures. :)

In progress.

And voila! I tend to put too much cayenne pepper so it gets too spicy but the spicier the better! ^^

Live Lobster

Live lobsters were on sale this weekend at my nearest grocery store. So, being the cheapskate that I am, I went to buy one. (still a good 10 bucks though)

The poor little thing was put into this box for me to take home.

 The poor little one... when it was still alive... I almost got too attached to kill it... might have just kept it as a pet in my pot or something...

But I did suck it up and became a murderer.... put it in head first... and wham its dead.... >< salt the water, about 1 tbsp per quart of water, bring to a boil, and then cook about 10-12 minutes.

There, he's pretty big. Looking at him makes me sad...

The lobby with garlic butter and Passion of Portugal 2008.

Look at the lovely lobster tail. Tastes delishous when sprayed with lemon and dipped in garlic butter!

Baked Chicken Drumsticks

Baked Chicken Drumsticks with long grain rice and grape tomatoes


Drumsticks are marinated in a blend of herbs and marinating soy sauce overnight, then baked at 350F for 50 minutes, flipped half way through.

I admit, the grape tomatoes are just there to make things look prettier, but they all taste pretty good together!