Friends for dinner – french food at home

It has been some time since we had friends over for a nice dinner. After some planning, we finally managed to fix a date where our three lovely couple friends could join us. I spent some time pondering over the dinner menu, and finally came up with the following. It’s a mixture of different kinds of cuisines really. A little bit of spanish, a little western, but mostly french.

For appetiser, we decided to serve up some lovely Jambon Iberico that we had received from a lovely lady we stayed with in France. Jambon iberico comes from the black Iberian Pig. It is very expensive and hence not widely [...]

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Miso Cod @ Home

Most people enjoy a good Miso Cod despite the fact that it usually carries a fairly hefty price tag. And come on, what’s not to like about it? The moist flavour of the black cod steeped in miso that has just the right blend of sweetness and saltiness. Delicious.

I came across some nice cod (at a very good price) at a hokkaido fair and decided to try the dish out. It’s really simple. The only catch is that you do have to plan ahead as you need to marinate the fish in miso for 2-3 days, for the flavours to penetrate fully. The recipe is courtesy of [...]

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