Tau Yu Bak (Braised Pork)

I enjoy having friends over for a meal because that's when I get to try out new dishes (risking the fact that it may turn out real bad!). I decided to try braised pork because I've never really tried it but really like the taste and the fact I could add in mushrooms and tofu and basically anything that goes with the dish.

I altered the recipe I found on the net and when marinating the pork I overdosed it with pepper!!!!! (So I had to quickly give it a rinse and pray that the dish will turn out fine!)



Ingredients:

600g Pork Belly

Marination:

1 1/2 Garlic Bulb (smashed with the skin on)
3 Tbsp Dark sweet soy sauce
1 Tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp of pepper

Oil for cooking
2 Star Anise
2 small cinnamon sticks
1 tsp sugar (to taste)
Water to boil

Chinese mushrooms (soaked/optional)

1) Marinate pork belly (leave in long strips) with the marination over night or for a few hours before cooking.

2) Heat up oil in pot
Fry star anise, cinnamon sticks till fragrant

3) Add in marinated pork to brown

4) Add in one cup of water and bring to boil

5) Let it simmer for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours
If gravy is drying out, just add more water. Likewise if meat is not tender enough, just add water and simmer for a longer time.

6) (optional) Add in mushrooms after 1/2 hour or simmer

7) Add sugar in the last hour and anything else to your taste

8) To serve, cut pork into slices and add gravy to the dish. Garnish with spring onion. Served hot with rice.

Summer's here

You can smell summer, you can taste it and by the number of people outside at the beach you know summer is here!

This is how packed the Bondi to Bronte walk is on Sunday! Everyone was everywhere, beaches was filled up, ice cream shops were packed! It was such a lovely sunny day you wouldn't want to be anywhere but OUTSIDE!


Although I've only done this walk ONCE I really enjoyed it because of the beautiful view and looking out towards the sea. It can get really packed which makes it sometimes annoying having to dodge people =)

Ramen Kan

I was brought to this place in China town after church one day & fell in love with the Ramen here. It's located upstairs hidden away & gets very busy quickly!


Takoyaki: Very tasty and great texture, definately beats the ones I've had back in Auckland


Tonkasu Ramen: Love thier Ramen, the soup, the simplicity of it all


Besides Ramen, they also do Don Bouri, other side dishes & a few nice drinks such as ice coffee & green tea milk.

Address:
Level 1, 90 Hay Street, Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney
+61 (02) 9211 6677

Sinma Laksa House

Simple lunch today after church at Sinma, not a bad place to go to for a range of Singaporean & Malaysian food =p

Hainainese Chicken rice: The chicken was not very tender & the rice was alright


Fried carrot cake: Not bad but not as tasty as the ones I used to have back in Singapore!


3/391 Anzac Parade Kingsford, NSW
(02) 9313 7663