Mac and Cheese Please!

Mac and Cheese Please. The urge comes over thekitchenman to have a family favourite. Mom would go to the market and get fresh brick and aged cheddar cheeses. A portion would be used for a mac and cheese casserole. Simple when you take a sauce pan on medium heat and add 2 tbs of butter and 2 tbs of flour to make a roux. About 5/6 minutes to cook the flour and get a nice brown colour. Now add a cup of cold whole milk stirring in to the roux till well blended. I grated about 250… grams of white cheddar cheese and about 50 grams of imperial cheddar to get the deep...

Indonesian Chicken

Indonesian Chicken Indonesian cooking share many similarities with its Asian counterparts especially the Malaysian dishes. Indonesian dishes are rich in various contrasting flavors, colors and textures. Usually you will find rice, fish, chicken or other meat as part of the main dish along with some chillies or sambal (a local chilly paste). During the colonial times, the Dutch introduced elaborated buffet’s to the Indonesians with dozen of side dishes of different variety. Raw vegetables and sambal are very common in any Indonesian cuisine. Foods are rich in coconut...

New Years Chinese Dim Sum

New Years Chinese Dim Sum This is a good sign to thekitchenman that you’re about to get some mighty fine tasting BBQ Duck and Pork! Half and Half with some fluffy jasmine rice and the au jus dripping sauce is what you need! Some steamed bok choy and guy lan with jasmine tea and your still under twenty bucks! The remaining original Chinese restaurants here in Southern Ontario are on my radar and finding a multi generations family run really put some passion and effort into the dishes prepared for the New Years celebrations.  I started with some hot and sour soup and...

Hungarian Goulash.

Hungarian Goulash. Getting tired of ones own cooking means that while the family is at home each one should take a turn. Best time to teach the young ones survival in the kitchen and here is one of the first meals I was taught how to serve. It’s simple inexpensive and can take a beating while being assembled and still come out tasty good. INGREDIENTS 4 tbsp olive oil 2 1/2 lbs stewing beef, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 tsp salt or to taste 1 tsp pepper or to taste 2 large onions roughly chopped 1 red and green pepper chopped 5 cloves garlic minced 3 tbsp sweet paprika 1...

Beef Pho’ to Go!

Pho! Pronounced Foo! I few years back I got to work with a talented Vietnamese restaurant owner and chef. The Green Papaya was the name of this restaurant that my friend operated back in Hanoi and now in White Rock. He brought all his family’s cooking equipment and experience gained from his chef father and began showing me a real passion he held for this soup recipe. I was taught how to blend and roast spices to obtain a real delicious Beef Pho’ Noodle soup. I was now being exposed to a lot of new tricks that were vague to me in the past when I was learning how to...