IndoChine

Saturday night dinner at Indo Chine is really something else... the ambiance is cool and the food is great! :) A nice table outside the resto overlooking a river makes you.... feel hungry! hahaha!

Being in a foreign country makes me worried at times, like will I like the food? is it too spicy? too much curry? oh well, luckily I did not encounter any of those during the dinner... because what we had were all delicious.

First we tried their House Salad which was really good. Tender pieces of shredded chicken, fresh watercress, lettuce, sliced tomato, cucumber, egg and fried shallots, served with their special house dressing and garnished with roasted peanuts.

After the appetizer, the main dishes were served:

Black Pepper Beef with Garlic and Butter

MMMM it was so good!!! I am not sure how they achieve such state of the beef it was really tender, juicy

and very delicious. The vinegar dip complements the sizzling beef. yummy!

Cambodian Tiger Prawns

The Fresh tiger prawns prepared in a red chili,

holy basil and garlic sauce. It looks nice and tastes nice too.

SOFT SHELL CRABS

This is my favorite! the soft shelled crabs were fried with herbs and spices... it tasted so good that I think i ate 3/4 of the whole serving. It has just the right touch of spice. mouth watering...

highly recommended!

And finally we had their Chocolate Fudge Torte - A dense chocolate sponge layered with Valrhona chocolate mousse.

I will definitely come back. And you should try it too.

my version of bistek

Sunday night was my first attempt at bistek or beef steak pinoy style. :) We bought beef last Friday and had it cut bistek style which our friend Ana did herself.

I decided to cook my version of bistek Sunday night, since i love pork steak I thought that I will just follow the same procedure and see the result.


Here's what you'll need:

300 g beef (cut bistek style)
1/3 cup calamansi juice
1/3 cup soy sauce
2 medium onion (cut into rings)
4 cloves garlic (minced)
salt and pepper (to taste)
1 small red bell pepper (cut into strips)
oil for pan frying

Here's how:

1. Pre-marinate the beef in calamansi juice and soy sauce mixture set aside inside the fridge for 30 minutes or so.
2. Heat the oil in a pan. Sautee the garlic then panfry the beef pieces. Reserve the sauce.
3. Set aside the cooked beef.
4. Pour the sauce in the pan then add the onions and bell pepper. Cook for 2 minutes then return beef, season with pepper and adjust the taste with salt. Let it simmer for another 2 minutes then its done.

Serve hot with rice.


I considered this as my own version because I did it the same way I do my pork steak... hahaha! I just added a little twist to it by including bell peppers. I loved the way it gave a bit of sweetness and color to the food.

Try it and let me know the outcome. :)

Happy Eating! Ü

beef sopas

I've been craving for sopas for weeks already and since it's not available in the pinoy food store's here I have no choice but to prepare it myself. So after office last Friday, I went to Paragon to buy beef (50% off according to our DM friend). I was able to buy 3 different cuts of beef; 1 for beef steak, 1 for stroganoff and last is the ground beef which I used for my sopas.



I was not able to cook it last friday though because I was not able to buy pasta and milk. What I prepared that night was my version beef stroganoff (kunwari) haha. I was not able to take its picture though.. I'll blog it next time.



Last Saturday, Sis and I went jogging in the nearby park in preparation for our KK climb in September (that's another story). After our jog, we drop by Shop n Save to buy pasta and milk for my sopas.




What you'll need:


250 g. pasta (i used the spiral kind since macaroni is not available)
150 g. ground beef
1 pc beef cube

1 tbsp butter

1 medium onion (chopped)
4 cloves garlic (minced)
1 small carrot (cubed)

1/2 cup chopped cabbage

3 pcs hard boiled egg (cut into wedges)

3/4 cup evaporated milk

salt and pepper (to taste)

Here's how:

Saute ground beef with salt and pepper until color changed to brown then set aside. Add butter on the same pan and saute the garlic and onion until soft then add the precooked beef then the pasta, coat with butter then add 1.5 liters of water, bring to boil stirring ocassionally then add the beef cube and cook to the desired tenderness of the pasta, then set the fire to low, add the veggies, egg and milk, stir then turn off the stove. let stand for 3 minutes.

Serve hot.



Try it! The feedback was good.... :) my housemates liked it naman, according to Sis; sosyalen na sopas daw. haha!

Happy eating! Ü