Delicate and delicious Japanese!

Relished some amazing Japanese food recently at Gogyo. Super super ramen, lotus flower and cheese dip and excellent skewers. 

Gogyo kogashi miso (burnt miso)... smoky, oily and not for everyone!

 Lotus flowers with cheese dip, named boringly but visually stunning

 Skewers... delish!

 Food that appeals to sense of smell, sense of sight and sense of taste 

- got to hand it to the Japanese

 Nice and hot and garlicy and flavourful 'kuro' with chewy noodles

Definitely an experience worth repeating!!

Gogyo,
3020 International Finance Centre,
8 Finance Street
Central, Hong Kong

Nuts about peanut butter

My latest foodession (portmanteau)? Peanut butter!

Peanut butter makes everything taste better - every possible thing! Peanut butter on a spoon, peanut butter on apples, peanut butter on crackers.. yum yum yum!!

What is your most recent foodession??

Amazing February

What a month February has been! 

The month of the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) was full of holidays, celebration, activity, crazy race against time to meet deadlines, family, friends, travel, sleep deficit, unpredictable weather and of course, good food! If this is an indication of what the rest of the year is going to be like then all I can say is, bring-it-on!

The month started with a long weekend and we celebrated our first Spring Festival, trying to do all things local. It was amazing. We felt like tourists as we moved from one activity to another and explored parts of Hong Kong we hadn't even heard of earlier. It felt like a real holiday and home felt like a hotel - just a place to take a shower and sleep.

Super spicy numbing peanuts

Vegetarian chicken at the 10,000 Buddhas monastery  

Relaxing after a long day with some wine and spicy lemon prawns at Enoteca

The month ended with a week long holiday when Vishal's family visited 'Asia's World City'. It was awesome. Finally, after 14 months of marrying into the family, I had a chance to spend time with everybody, and show them my city. Although it's a bit of a cliche, I really don't know how the week went by.

Coconut ice cream in a coconut at The Venetian, Macau

Salmon salad at Main Street USA, Stanley Promenade

The month ended with a work trip to Singapore - a city I've been in love with ever since I visited it in 2005. It was so nice to finally see and feel the sun, coming from the dull and grey HK winter! The trip allowed me time to walk around the city and revive old memories and also to meet friends. I met a friend after eight years and she mentioned how she enjoyed reading my blog posts - hence this post right after coming back home. Thank you Bharti - this post is for you. 

 A fruity welcome at the Sheraton, Singapore

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf after months, Orchard Road, Singapore

When I had last visited Singapore, I was not particularly impressed by Little India and wondered why Indians in Singapore wax eloquent about it. This time around, I could truly appreciate the place when I saw row upon row of Indian restaurants offering up every sort of Indian cuisine from every region possible. Now, I can't wait to go back to Singapore to go to Komala or Jaggi's or Murugan for their super soft idlis (never thought I would be looking forward to Indian food at a foreign destination but as they say, never say never!).

Chutneys ready and waiting for some of the softest idlis I've ever eaten, Murugan Idli

Little India!!

Action packed February was a month with many many learnings; key of which were - I can do anything I set my mind on doing, no matter how challenging it might seem at the face of it and, while I'm out there, doing the things that I am doing, the thing that keeps me going is the thought of coming back home to my best friend.

Weekend snack time!

 

Snack time on weekends - a key time of the day when we look for light, easy to make, satisfying eatables.

Weekend snacking started with Doritos with tzatziki and baba ghanoush on Friday.

And today, it was Saltines with peanut butter and marmalade. Necessity is the mother of invention and with no fruits, no crackers, no bread in the house, nutty, creamy, orangey Saltines variations was the yummiest and easiest way to go in the middle of a James Bond marathon! :)

 

What are your favourite weekend evening snacks?

New Year... New ideas!

It has been a great holiday season indeed! What with dad and sister coming to Hong Kong for the holidays, it was a slew of good food, good cooking, good eating and a whole lot of sight-seeing.

It was a time of a lot of trial and error, and some hits and misses! Some of my favourite recipes coming up soon...

Happy New Year!!