Yakisoba Pan!

Ah, time to EAT! My favorite pastime and hobby! LOLZ! 

Since I had some fried noodles left from the previous meal where I made some noodles for the Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki, I decided on that meal. I took it out from the fridge, heat it up and realized it's not enough to make me full! So what do I do? HAH, I decided to eat it with bread! 

Yakisoba + bread = Yakisoba pan!

I spread some okonomiyaki (or brown) sauce on the toasted bread and just put the yakisobapasta on top.

TaDa~ 

Yakisoba Recipe:

Noodles (use soba, but since I don't have them, I used pasta)

Onion

Garlic

Sliced Cabbage and Carrots (I don't have it :X)

Sliced Meat (I was too lazy XD )

Okonomiyaki Sauce (Or just use Brown Sauce)

Ketchup

Soy sauce

Paprika Powder

Black Pepper

Owkay, I know this is a very lazy yakisoba pan attempt. Next time I'll cook a better version when I have time to go shopping for ingredients. See ya!

じゃさよなら~!

Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki

Yo hai~ minna! How was your day today? ^-^

Me, I was feeling so relief after all my assignments and exams that I decided to cook something special to celebrate! Finally I have some free time to cook properly!

~ Hiroshima Style Okonomiyaki ~

Recipe: 

- For the base mixture

• Flour 
• Water
• Shredded Potato (bad idea, it sticks! I recommend not putting or use sweet potato instead)
• Chicken stock
• Salt
• Walkers Chips :X (but honestly Doritos taste better, I mean follow the proper instruction please, use Tenkatsu. Don't cheat like me XD )

- Fillings

• Chopped Cabbage / Lettuce
• Slices of meat (beef / pork / chicken / swrimp / fish)
• 1 Egg
• Noodles (I used pasta noodles)

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Instructions:

- Pour some base mixture in the pan and immediately put lettuce on top, followed by slices of meat. Then cover it with some base mixture and flip it. Cover the pan and let it cook for 5 mins at low flame. 

-At the other pan, fry an egg and break the yolk when it's 20% cooked. Then put some fried noodles on top when the egg is half cooked.

(Fried noodles were fried earlier with onion + okonomiyaki sauce + tomato sauce + soy sauce + teppanyaki sauce + whatever seasoning you want)

- Now back to the other pan. Take that earlier section and put it on top of the noodle egg portion. And then flip everything over!

It should look like this! Oh wait, it's a fail! Noodles are sticking out! D: need to push them back to hide then under the egg.

- Spread okonomiyaki sauce on top of the egg and squeeze some mayonaise (or thousand island sauce) on it. Then decorate with seaweed and a dash of paprika powder. 

TaDa~!

Looking good!

It's quite challenging to move it onto my plate... huhu...

It's finishing fast!

Yum Yum!

Even the neighbourhood cat wants a bite! 

Too bad I can't open my window any bigger than 3cm... I can't invite salem in. Poor Salem, he can only enjoy the free smell D: 

Oh well, more okonomiyaki for myself! :P 

Hope you've enjoyed my lousy simple recipe here~ ^-^

Chef Moena signing off~!

Moena's Omurice (｡'▽'｡)♡

- オムライス Omuraisu -

I was feeling a bit down today so I thought of making omurice to cheer myself up. I used 2 eggs for the omelette and I fried rice with ketchup, onions, hotdogs and other 'secret' ingedients, hehe. 

When the time comes for me to draw on my omurice, I was stunned! I don't have any ketchup that come in a squeeze bottle! Orz.... So, I ransacked my fridge and took out the thousand island dressing to draw on it.... Well, I don't know what to draw and the eyes turns out terrible because the tip of the bottle was so thick... I wanted to give up but then I remembered my baked beans left over from last night dinner. Aha! Mr. Panda slowly came into shape~

TaDA!

Pinky-chan wanted to take pics with panda-san.

(Pinky-chan is my pet who accompanies me everywhere! Even to classes ^-^)

 

Pinky: "Wahhh~" ❤

Oh no! Poor panda-san is going to be eaten alive! 

Woah, thousand island dressing taste really good with the omelette and fried rice, you all should try it 

\（´∀`）/

 とてもおいしいよ!

White Day - Kansai Style?

Happy White Day minna! Well, I have a special post for today. Ah, unfortunately, it's not about white chocolate, though it's still about food XD It's my latest creation dish!!! ヽ(^◇^)/

+ Kansai Style Okonomiyaki + 

Ingredients: 

 - Batter -

1 cup flour

1 1/4 cup water

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cube chicken stock (well, I don't have any dashi and have no idea where to get it) 

Shredded sweet potato (ok, I admit, it's supposed to be yam powder but I don't have any)

? sugar (no need! because the sweet potato will make it sweet :)

 ~> Mix these first to form the batter.

- Filling -

Sliced Cabbage

Sliced Leek

1 fish fillet stick, chopped in small cubes

1 egg (for each unit)

Doritos (I cheated, was supposed to use Tenkasu if you have it, or u could fry the batter in oil to get it, but the lazy me couldn't bother the extra work ;P )

- Toppings - 

BBQ / Brown Sauce (because I have no okonomiyaki sauce)

Salad Cream (I recommend mix it with Mayonaise)

Seaweed, cut into small strips

Katsuo bushi / Bonito Flakes (I wish I have some, it makes such good smell)

Ingredients~ some of them are missing from this pic though ^^"

 Mix them together when u want to fry. This mixture only contain 10 soup spoon of batter + enough vegetable to make a thick mixture. The rest? Keep in fridge for next meal!

Woah, looking good! The hardest part is to flip it over, and also to move it to my plate. I broke some of it D:

 After you flip it over, put some BBQ brown okonomiyaki sauce and let it cook for a moment. When it's almost done, put mayonaise & seaweed for the topping, and Bonito flakes if you have them.

完了だ ! It's done!

It shrinks so fast! （●＾д＾●）

  nyum nyum nyum, all for myself! (´ ω ｀=)

美味しいです!!! 

TOO DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It was gone within 5 mins :X 

It was better than my expectations! Wow, I'm glad that I still have some in the fridge for my next meal!

It's really enjoyable to cook this, and even more enjoyable to eat it! hehe~!

Feel free to try this recipe~!

Another Day in March

My meal for today~ 

Beetroot soup... but it actually taste like corn soup, I have no idea why =.=

Ingredients: Garlic, onion, meat, soy sauce, sugar, salt, beetroot (preserved in vinegar).

I was frying leek + carrot + onion + garlic vegetable dish to have it with rice. But when I opened the fridge to get the leftover rice, there was pasta instead of rice in my container... i actually forgot I finished the rice few days ago >.< rice takes too long to cook, I didn't want my dish to get cold so I fried the plain pasta noodles with pesto, mixed herbs, paprika powder together with some soy sauce and a small pinch of sugar. The taste is mild, so it goes really well with my salty vege dish!

Well well, enough about food :p I shall reveal some of my adventure log~

These pics are from my htc phone:

Spring has come~!!!! 

This is the amazing scenery outside my school hall!

It feels like ages since I last cam whore with my htc so here it is~! (´･ω･)

 This was taken 2 days ago. Before I went out and after I came home.

Oh yea, that day I went to BMW's Mini Cooper Plant

Heart of Mini~! 

I didn't get any pics inside the factory because it's not allowed. It's their intellectual property after all so I'd have to respect that. 

Another day, another post!

Moena, signing off~!

Pancake Fever

Yes, it's another pancake post!

This time it's

~ Oatmeal Pancakes ~

Ingredients:
1) Milk
2) Oatmeal Flour
3) Salt
Just estimate it, I don't have the exact amount :P

Methods:
Fry the batter until it's golden brown & flip it to the other side. Then put cheese, egg, & ham on the well cooked surface while waiting for the bottom to cook. When you think the bottom is almost done, flip the pancake in to half (or into a square) and let it there for awhile to let the egg cook. I like the egg yolk partially uncooked~

 With mozerella cheese

 With Cheddar cheese

Yum Yum!

It's supper filling, most probably due to the high cholesterol eggs :X

Tummy satisfied Moena signing off :D ~!

Pancake Day Minna~!

TODAY - 21 Feb 2012 (Tuesday) is Pancake Day!!! Hohoho, what a good day with an excuse to make something delicious to eat! Yeah, I'm supposed to be fasting, but..... oh well, had to skip today :X The official fast starts tomorrow actually, I started on Sunday because I have something important to pray for.

Okay, here's my recipe: 

1) 200g flour

2) 700ml milk

3) 100g sugar

4) 2 eggs

5) 1/2 teaspoon salt

I got the recipe from my flatmate & modified it. The original recipe doesn't comes with sugar or salt so you can actually neglect it. I actually doubled her original recipe & add sugar + salt because I like strong taste >w<

You can put more batter to make it thick or put less to allow it to become crispy.   

The verdict: This pancake is really soft if u do the thick version! fuwa~ fuwa~ (´∀｀) But the down side is, it stick to the pan easily, unlike other recipe which requires butter, this doesn't. Anyways, just put a little bit of oil before cooking will prevent it. & make sure u cook with low flame because it can burn easily.

Cooking the crispy version

Crispy version ready to be eaten!

Wait! Need to add more flavours to it first :3 MAYO!

And CHEESE~!!!

Finally fold them together~! And it's ready to be eaten!

This is the thicker version. My favorite combination is:

Chocolate + Peanut butter or 

Peanut butter + Honey !!!

My very tired look. I think I ate too much pancakes @_@" 

I think the cheese & mayonaise one is the best~! 

Owkay, now I'm ready for fasting tomorrow~ JYI, it's Ash Wednesday tomorrow, the beginning of Lent season. Normally on Ash Wednesday we bring palm crosses to church to burn them into ash & mark them on our forehead. I personally have never attended Ash Wednesday before, the first time I heard about it was a year ago and I missed the opportunity to attend it. This year I didn't have my palm crosses from last year with me, and our pastor actually ask us to do it at home by ourselves? O.O *fire hazard* I'll skip the ashes... I'll go with fasting. Seriously I have never fasted during lent season. But I'll start this year. 

The fast will go on for 40 days and from what I understand, we choose something we like and not do it. It could be meat, a meal, a game, facebook, alcohol or anything you are willing to give up. However on Sunday we don't fast. 

My choice would be a meal. Dinner & water when the sun goes down. I'm not sure if I'm able to do it >_< Anyways the most important thing is the heart and spirit. I came across this passage last night, Jeremiah 14:12 says "Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings, I will not accept them..." 

So, it's the heart that counts~! Jeremiah 17:10 "I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind..."

Fasting actually helps us to focus and draw our attention to our creator, somehow eating food makes us sleepy (yea, especially during afternoon classes! :P). I've tried fasting for praying purpose yesterday, there seems to be some feeling like the feeling of adrenaline rush in the body? For sure I know my body was growling and making lots of noise =w= I EAT A LOT & I ENJOY EATING :X so by depriving my body of good food at dinner time for 40 days seems very tough.. well i'll just give it a try. I tell myself to fall with an apple and only a glass of water if I can't stand it. I think it's a good opportunity for me to learn to fast and connect with the Holy Spirit to learn more about God. Transformation needed to happen before great wonders can be seen. Like how Jesus fasted for 40 days in the desert before his public ministry going out to heal people. Anyways, do you know miracle healings DO happen today in church? I've always heard of it because one of my friend who works in the church sees it occasionally though it's rare. I haven't really witness one myself, but if I do, I'll definitely share it. I'm always very skeptical and always think of scientific explanation for things, so I would like to see it with my own eyes! And I know God is trying to tell me my gift is in healing, but I still have no idea what it means? Could be the healing of heart? Maybe I'm supposed to be a counselling teacher? I can't imagine myself healing the sick or praying for the blind to see. I'm not ready and not courageous enough. If it really happens, probably I'll be too shock and I'll faint on the spot!

Moena  *tummy full with pancakes* signing off~!

Brunch~ What to do with potatoes going bad soon?

I was really hungry after cleaning my room so I made myself some cheesy wedges~ 

Wuu... ok i know it doesn't look like wedges at all, more like fries ^^" 

Story behind the fries goes like that:

I bought 2.5kg of potatoes for £1 (yes I'm very kedekut, will only buy it when it's on sale XD)

There's too much of them for 1 person to finish within 1 week (expiry date is very near, obviously with products on sale). Most of them went into the curry, some when into frying with vegetables and some went to baked potatoes....

But there were still lots of them left!!!! 

OMG... they're going bad soon! I don't like to waste food!

What I did:

Peel all of them, cut them into thin sticks, cook them awhile by boiling them on the stove for 15 mins with salt. Then, let them cool and put them into the freezer~ Now I have my supply of fries :)

This morning afternoon I took them out and fried them in the frying pan with olive oil, salt, and paprika powder. I added a slice of cheese on top, and some soft cheese with garlic+onion+spices at the side....

おいしい~! :D~

Curry Udon カレー うどん

Well, with the leftover curry, I altered the taste and added some vege to make Kare Udon!

From the the leftover, I added a bit of water and more tomato ketchup & shoyu to bring the taste to a more sweetened but less spicy. Then I added more onions, leek, carrots, broccoli, and lettuce (doesn't go so well). Took out the vege and then cook the udon so that there is enough room for all these. Everything look so mushy but it's delicious!

My tummy is satisfied! >v<

Thinking bout it, I never really follow recipe instructions, i was too lazy XD I'll just read the list of ingredients and then start cooking whatever I can find in the fridge! And then I'll open my cupboard of ingredients, smell it, and then simply mix and match weird stuffs into it the pot until it taste good! Btw, this dish consist of a bit of wochester sauce, white + black pepper, paprika, chicken stock, sugar, balsamic vinegar and... I don't really remember already ^^"

Valentine's Day Breakfast - Sweet & Spicy Strawberry Curry

It's winter now so a spicy + sweet strawberry curry with a heart shaped bread could warm me up when I'm feeling terribly sad on a valentine's day.

It seriously smells of strawberry....

My verdict: DELICIOUS!!!!

I'm not a fan of strawberry, but the curry recipe requires yogurt. Well, the only yogurt I have in the fridge was a strawberry yogurt... SO, that's how it ended up like tat! ^^"

And, i had a hot chocolate to go with it. Chocolates makes u feel better if u're feeling sad. I was on the verge of tears, that's y i'm not taking a pic of myself with the curry even though i'm all dressed up n ready for class. Well, it's not because I'm alone or far away from loved ones. Oh well, save the sad stories, enjoy the curry :)

I'm gonna bring some chocolate sweets to school to give out to my girl friends. 

This was edited from the manga page into a wallpaper by Liena. Lovely~!

picture credit to: http://www.animepaper.net/art/99623/inoue-orihime-vector

Wishes from Kirameki's Headmaid ♥ Airin ♥

~Happy Valentine's Day~

Chap Goh Meh 2012

It's Chap Goh Meh festival today (6 Feb 2012), marking the 15th Day, the last day of Chinese New Year celebration. Some say it was the Chinese's valentine's day. Normally on this day there would also be a feast with good food. Ok, I only remember about the food part. There would be 'Tang Yuan' for desserts which symbolises unity, a dessert taking on such occasion. I was not with my family so I kinda felt left out. As my valentine was busy with his new Mac Book and was too tired to wait for me for a chat due to me having classes, I took this as an opportunity, think positive and went exploring at the shops around the streets after my class, in search of something special to cook. Well well, look what I found!

Udon! In fresh packs! Not the instant noodle types. It's only 2 pounds with 3 individual packets inside, comes with seasonings! 

The individual packets. I ate one of them already when I took this pic :3

This is the result! I even bought some leeks, chopped some carrots and celery to go with it. It was delicious!

And some grilled chickens in case I'm still hungry. 

Well, I think 1 packet of udon is too much for dinner. I forgot Udon is quite filling. I didn't get to finish my chicken drumstick. At least I get to eat something special and nice this chap goh meh~! Though I miss okasan's cooking, kiu nyuk, and tang yuan. That's all folks~!

Food loving Moena, signing off~! :D~