Angel Food Cake with Strawberries

I have a big sweet tooth, I mean, you can even call me an ant. If I don't have to worry about weight problem or health, I can eat only sweet stuffs.

So when I'm in a good mood, I eat dessert to celebrate my life; if I'm in pain or sadness, I eat dessert to cheer myself up.

Strawberries, ice cream, Angel Food Cake~~ All these combined together makes me feel better, no, much much better :-)

Cold Cucumber Side-dish

Cold Cucumber Side-dish

Summer is coming soon.
Sometimes in hot days, I don't have appetite for food, but something sour and a little spicy can always give me good appetite easily.

Here are two flavor but four different cutting way of the cold cucumber side-dish. Me personally like the fourth the best, cuz it's the easiest way to prep and it's what my mom always did since I was a kid.

The first two were only seasoned with sugar and salt. The last two were seasoned with salt, soy sauce, vinegar, Doubanjiang and crushed garlic cloves (just put the garlic cloves between cutting board and knife, press the knife-- which your knife is not perpendicular to the cutting board, it's put flat as the cutting board is, until the garlic cloves got crushed. And it's how you make the cucumbers into the way in the 4th picture)

Tuna & Tofu Salad

Tuna & Tofu Salad

Ingredients:
Tuna
Tofu
Mixed Salad Leaves
Dashi ( Japanese broth)
Soy Sauce
Shichimi Togarashi ( A Japanese spice mixture )  
Sugar
Salad Dressing



Cut tuna and tofu into cubes ( about 0.3-0.5 inches per side ).

Put tofu cubes into dashi, cook it over low heat for 10 minutes.

Put tuna cubes into a bowl, then add some soy sauce, a pinch of sugar and Shichimi to season the tuna. ( about 10 minutes as well )

Scoop up the tofu cubes from the dashi, then put them in a plate to cool down.

Put mixed salad leaves, tuna and tofu all together on a plate, add some salad dressing (whatever you like works. I used Asian Sesame Dressing)

Enjoy it~~

Gao-Sheng Spareribs (高昇排骨)

Gao-Sheng Spareribs

( 高昇排骨 )


This is a Chinese dish, which is called Gao-Sheng Spareribs. Gao-Sheng means promotion. Why it has a such interesting name? Let me tell you the recipe, then you will understand.


Ingredients:
Spareribs
Soy Sauce
Sugar
Vinegar
Rice Wine
Water
Olive Oil
Garlic & Ginger



Fill a pot with oil until it is 2-5 inches deep (depends on the amount and size of spareribs you cook, so as long as the oil can cover the ribs, then it's enough). Turn to medium-high heat. Cook pork until golden brown.
( The other way is to boil a pot of water, then put the spareribs in, and cook them until all the dirty blood all comes out )

Get the spareribs out, and put them aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add the garlic and ginger, stir until fragrant. Add the spareribs in, then add rice wine, vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce in. Cook the sauce and spareribs for about 5-8 minutes and transfer to a bowl.

Then, enjoy this dish~~~~

The most important thing is the proportion.
Rice wine : Vinegar : Sugar : Soy sauce = 1:2:3:4
Now you understand why it is called Promotion Spareribs. :)
I don't write it as Tbsp or tbsp is because it depends on how much your spareribs you use, like today I only cooked 6 small pieces of spareribs, so i only added 1.5tbsp rice wine, 3tbsp vinegar, 4.5 tbsp sugar and 6tbsp soy sauce. If you cook much more than me, you can add some water in as well, that way will cook easily.


P.S.
The vinegar in this recipe I strongly suggest to use the dark color vinegar ( in Chinese, it's called 烏醋 )

Steamed Egg Custard, Rice with Tea, Salad (Chawanmushi/茶碗蒸し, Ochazuke/茶漬け, Salad)

Chawanmushi, Ochazuke, and Salad

I love Asian food a lot, Japanese is definitely in my top 3 when I want to spoil myself with some good food.
Made this meal few weeks ago, cost me only about $10. I'm so happy I know how to cook, it does save a lot of money!

Salmon with caper cream sauce

Salmon with caper cream sauce, Asparagus, Corn salsa

I usually cook either authentic Asian meals or fusion Asian style, but sometimes I'm in a mood to have something like steak or pasta or like this meal.

( Still lazy to write recipe. LOL)

Tuna Tartare

Tuna Tartare & Salad

Lately I'm so lazy and not in the mood to write recipe or any longer descriptions. I'll write more when I feel better for sure. But when will that be......?