Brooklyn Flea

A rainy Saturday made us feel lazy, but anyway we went to the Brookln Flea.

We got a vintage pot designed by Catherine Holm. Soooo cute! I want to collect her kitchenware.

This shop always has great things!! I wanted buy everything.......

We went to lunch at Miriam which is mediterranean food restaurant near by the flea.

This crispy dough was so awesome!

Miriam

http://www.miriamrestaurant.com/http://www.miriamrestaurant.com/

Tofu steak with ginger sauce

Tofu steak with ginger sauce

Ingredients

1/2 pack tofu

6 pc dried shitake mushrooms   / soak into water then cut into strings

2 scallions    / cut into small pieces

2 clove garlic

●1 teaspoon sesame oil

●1 teaspoon oister sauce

●1 teaspoon soy sauce

●1 teaspoon fish sauce

●1/2 teaspoon salt

●pinchful black pepper

1 tablespoon starch

1/2 cup wheat flower

1 tablespoon sesame oil to fry

How to make the ginger sauce

http://sayakadavis.blogspot.com/2011/01/spicy-fried-fish-with-ginger-sauce.html

Method

1. Place the tofu in a bowl and squeeze it to take off extra liquid.

2. Add shitake mashrooms, scallions and garlic into the bowl. Mix well.

3. Add ● ingredients in to a bowl and stir. Add starch at the end and mix.

4. In the palm of your hands, shape into flat circles ; cover the surfaces with wheat flower.

5. Heat sesame oil in a pan. Fry the tofu steaks untill they become golden brown. Turn over and fry the other side as well.

6. Serve with the ginger sauce.

Spicy fried fish with ginger sauce

Ingredients 

1 large size white snapper (fillet, cut into 1 inch width)

1 tablespoon green curry paste

salt, black pepper (for fish)

1/2 medium onion   (slice)

3 scallions (cut into small pieces)

2 cloves garlic (cut into small pieces)

3 tablespoon ginger (cut into small pieces)

4 tablespoon cilantro

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1 tablespoon soy sauce

2 tablespoon fish sauce

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1/2 cup water

1 tablespoon tapioca starch ( mix with 3 tablespoon water)

●1 cup all purpose flower

●1 table spoon cumin powder

●1 tablespoon red chili powder

●1 tablespoon paprika

●1/2 teaspoon salt

2 egg white

 Method

1. Marinade fish with green curry paste, salt and black pepper; set aside about 30 minutes in refrigerator.

2. Heat a deep pan and add sesame oil. Add the garlic and ginger and fry them until golden brown.

3.Add the onion, salt and fry with medium heat. When the onion becomes soft, add the scallions and fry them.

4. Add water, soy sauce, fish sauce and maple syrup. Cook about 5 minutes.

5. Add cilantro and cook about 2 minutes. Add the tapioca starch mixture. Mix well and cook about 1 minute.

6. Mix the ● ingredients in a bowl.

7. Place the egg white into another bowl. Add fish (step 1) and cover with egg white.

8. Place fish (step 7) into the flower mixture (step 6) and make it covered.

9.Heat oil in a wok. Place the fish and fry about 3 minute until it becomes golden brown.

10. Place fried fish in a plate and put the ginger sauce on it.

Vietnamese Sandwich

                                                       www.vietnamese-sandwich.com/

 Today's lunch was a Vietnamese sandwich at Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich Deli. My order was a house special vegetarian (spicy). In Japan, we have yakisoba bread (which is fried soba noodle with bread). I like this fusion of Asian and bread things. It is unexpectedly delicious!

Sushi party

We had a sushi workshop last weekend!

Sushi seems complicated to cook, but not so much in fact.  From my foreign friends I often got the question "So, you Japanese people eat sushi everyday, right? " many times. Actually, we don't eat it so often (at least I don't). We consider sushi as a kind of fancy meal.  It is best for a party!

Variety rolled sushi

Ingredients

2 cups Japanese rice (white, short)  

3 cups water (to boil rice)

5 cm width konbu (dried seaweed)

1 pinch salt (to boil rice)

●1/2 cup sushi vinegar

●4 tablespoon sugar

●1 teaspoon salt

●3cm width konbu (cut in to size 1cm×3cm, about 8 pc), optional

10 pieces nori (seaweed paper, to roll)

your favorite ingredients for rolls such as fish (raw, steamed, smoked whatever), green leaves, tempura (shrimp, taro etc), cucumber, avocado, rolled egges etc...

soy sauce, wasabi to taste.

Method

1. Rinse rice with cold water until water becomes clear then drain well.  Place the rice in a medium pan and add 2 cups of water; set aside about 30 min.

2. Add 5 cm width konbu and salt on the rice and start to boil with high heat. (or use a rice cooker)

3. After it boils, turn down the heat to low. Heat about 30 min untill it is cooked.

4. Mix　● ingredients in a cup untill it is mixed well.

5. As soon as rice is done, move the rice to a bowl and add vinegar sauce (step 4) to the rice. Toss with a wooden spoon untill well combined. Try not to smash rice. Move the spoon like you are just cutting the rice.

6. Keep rice at room temperature and cool.

7. Cut vegetables into strings. 

8. Set a seaweed paper (nori)  on a sumaki wrapping mat (or plastic wrap). Spread rice over the nori, leaving 2 cm on the edge.

9. Place your favorite ingredients, making a line.

10.Using a sumaki wrapping mat, roll it. 

11. Cut into 2 cm width.

Antique in East village

Early dinner in East village.

Flea maket cafe

They collect and display antique stuff, which is cool! I want to buy them...

Early dinner course (5 pm - 7 pm) is big deal!  $19 for 3 dishes. And it is so much volume to me. If it is in Japan, that much would be for 2 people. Thanks for it, I feel like I am gaining waight...

  Oven baked snails in garlic butter

Mussels in white wine garlic sauce with french fries

Their Creme brulee is so great!

http://www.fleamarketcafe.com/

purl soho

 My favorite textile place in Soho. They have a lot of knitting yarns, fabulous printed fabrics!

I can't leave here when I start to see them.

http://www.purlsoho.com/purl

for patchwork

 I wanted make curtains but the fabric I bought was too expensive so it ended up with cushion covers.

I love Morrocan colors!

Friday is over...Happy weekend!

Indian pancake with coconut curry dipping sauce

Ingredients

-For pancakes

1 cup semolina

1/2 cup yogurt ( I recommend Fage )

3/4 cup water

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 medium onion / finely cut

1/2 tomato / finely cut

1 fresh green chili / finely cut

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds (optional)

  

Method

1. Mix Semolina, yogurt, water and salt. Set aside an hour.

2. Add onion, tomato and green chili.

3. Heat oil in a pan with midium heat. Add mustard seeds.

4. When mustard seeds start to pop, add semolina mixture and make it a flat circle shape.

5. When the one side turns golden brown, flip and add 1 teaspoonful oil.

6. Cook until both sides turn golden brown.

Ingredients

-For dipping sauce

3/4 cup coconut milk

2 cups water

3 tablespoon butter

3 cloves of garlic / chopped

1/2 medium onion / finely cut

1 tomato / finely cut

1 teaspoon maple syrup

1 small bundle fresh coriander

●1 teaspoon coriander

●1 teaspoon cumin powder

●1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

●1/2 teaspoon clove powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Put ● spices into a pan and fry without oil untill it gets brown. Set aside.

2. Melt butter in a pan. Add garlic and onion. Saute with medium low heat.

3. When onion turns golden brown, add tomato. Saute it until tomato gets soft.

4. Add (1) spices and salt. Saute about 2 minutes.

5. Add coconut milk, water and maple syrup. After it boils, cook about 15 minutes with low heat.

6. Before serving, add fresh coriander and garnish.

MC Nulty's

The great tea & coffee in Greenwich Village.They have a variety of unique teas. Aroma is deep and strong.Love it!

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