I love beef and pork tongue. Not to fond of duck tongue, probably not fond of chicken tongue either (do chickens have tongues?).
Anyway, while browsing through Yelp, came across these pictures:
____ Shiso Gohan
Source:http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/wada-honolulu?select=iD9M_-GnkzRUoFnAs37BpA#8uF9SBmzN-d8VCAitBsLrw
____ Shiso Gohan
Source: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/wada-honolulu?select=iD9M_-GnkzRUoFnAs37BpA#dd2rmSYXjnaXCe1u0nW7oQ
The on-line menu description is “____ Shiso Gohan: seasoned rice with minced beef tongue and shiso in sizzling pot”. One teeny tiny little problem, the bowl is almost ten dollars.
I decided to create my own semi-proletariat version. I went to Chinatown and picked up a half pound of cooked pork tongue from one of the store fronts that specialize in roasted meats.
Pork Tongue
One pork tongue from Chinatown, a little over half pound, $4.05. I should have taken a picture before the vendor sliced it but he was too fast.
Based on the brief description from the menu and the pictures, I thought I had the major components (except for substituting pork tongue for beef tongue.
Note: My “creation” will not look remotely like the restaurants, my philosophy is throw everything together and hope for the best. 🙂
Since “shiso” was in the name of the dish, I guessed that shiso would play prominently in the “recipe”. I had three kinds.
Green and Red Shiso
Salted Shiso
The bottled shiso contains a lot of salt, had to be careful in its use.
The assembly.
Brown Rice and Quinoa
Not really the texture of “jook” but not steamed rice either. More like thick gruel, but not mushy.
Sprinkled Shiso Fumi Furikake
Added Pork Tongue, Roughly Diced, Not Minced
At this point, I put the bowl in our steamer to warm everything up (about five minutes).
Added Chopped Shiso Leaves
After the bowl came out of the steamer, I added the chopped shiso leaves. Mixed well and ate (sorry forgot to take a picture of the “mixed” concoction).
The results were very tasty. Definitely not like the restaurant’s.
I still would like to try the restaurant version (have to wait until I’m classified as a bourgeoisie). Hee hee.
I only used about a third of the tongue for this bowl. I have more tongue for tomorrow. Stay tuned. 🙂
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
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