Beef Noodle Soup

Another good way to use leftovers.

French Toast

Stale bread, really...

Corn Bread

It is easily to make, but...














is it really bread and not cake???

Sichuan Pepper Salt

Toast some Sichuan peppercorns with sea salt to make a spice salt...

















to spice up some left over roast chicken.

Roast Beef Fried Rice

Leftovers are for fried rice.

Chicken Sandwich

Leftovers are great for panini.

Frenchie

Looking a little soft and pale...










But after half an hour in the special tanning salon... Tan and buff!

Roast Beef

Yes, it is a cheap cut, but it can still be tasty
















Particulary with a good wine sauce and the fixings.

Roasting a Chicken

Split Chicken cooks quicker













But then the poor thing is missing a leg...













Because I was eating it!

Big Dumplings

Made













Cooked

I Ran Out of Bread...

...But found potato pancake even better tasting.

Spa for Short Ribs

Get some colour...













Bath in a hot spring sauna













And voila! Nice and soft and tan!

Out of Season Fish

Not a lot of fresh fish this time of the year so Basa has to do...

Border Crossing

Like last Wednesday but with sweet flour sauce and sasame sauce instead of Korean hot bean sauce. Crossing the border from Korea into Northern China.

Gravlax from Last Summer

Frozen for months, still pretty good though.

Baguette

Last time it was round so this time I go skinny.

Still Some Fruits of Last Summer In The Freezer

A Cut of Beef Rarely Used Anywhere But in Chinese Cuisines

Salted Port, Tofu, Mustard Green Soup

A beautiful soup, but the season is a little wrong.

Pork and Scallion with Korean Hot Sauce

Before













After

Finally I can knead again

Just a basic Tuscan loaf.

Material for Tea

Scones should be round and laughing.

Fujiya Makes Excellent Takeout Sushi

But as Muroi Shigeru said about sushi in Vancouver in general: too much rice. Well, at least these rice tastes good.

My Potato Pancakes Turned Green

...by the olive oil. Still tastes great though.

A Very Old Fashion Dish

Baked Oyster "Omelette"

Lovely and Crispy

Don't these oysters look just tasty?

Puffing

Thick pancakes are better

Nice Looking Dinner

Fried oysters, barbecue short rib and fish ball and LuoBo soup--food for the world traveller.

Total Lack of Imagination

Potato "omelette" on last night's rice: the confusion upon waking.

Goat, Stewed, Um...

Looks nice but lacking something...














Ah, there they are...














Finished product.

Quick and Easy; Chicken and Mushroom

Not Claming Up

Looking kind of neat...










Then it got brutally abused...








But it in the end it got all tasty!

Dinner of Brutality

This poor piece of meat has been enegetically beaten and...












fired.










It is then further abused with daal.