Posted in Food, Pork, tagged Food, Mushroom, Pork, Pork Hock, Shiitake on December 31, 2014| 1 Comment »
New Year’s Eve potluck. Planned on soy sauce braised pork belly but could not find (either all out, or thinly sliced for shabu shabu). Sigh.
Plan B.
Pork Hock
“Pork for Soup”
Slow cooker overnight, drained and washed, back to slow cooker, sugar, miso, dried shiitake, dried wakame. Two hours on “high”.
Miso Braised Pork
Stew, “soup”, whatever, nice and hearty for winter.
Oh yeah, two Chinese teacups of this.
Magic Potion
🙂
Happy New Year y’all! Stay safe and healthy.
The Mouse (and The Cat)
Posted in Food, Lunch, SPAM, tagged Food, Sandwich, Spam on December 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sign in mall.
Sign
At Jack in the Box. Often passed by.
Finally caved in.
SPAM Teri Jr. Jack
Fast food beef patty, fried SPAM, tomato, lettuce. For “fast food”, not bad. Could’ve had a bigger beef patty (at least to the edge of the bun). The teri sauce was a pleasant surprise, slightly sweet, very gingery.
All in all, not bad. Won’t become a habit, but concept and execution totally decent.
Probably only in Hawai’i.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Food, Pork, Rice, tagged Chasiu Rice, Food, Pork, Rice on December 29, 2014| 2 Comments »
House-made, by The Mouse
Chasiu Rice
Fresh steamed rice, leftover braised pork belly, splash of soy sauce. Yum! Like buttah!
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Breakfast, Dinner, Food, Leftovers, Lunch, tagged Breakfast, dinner, Food, lunch, Walnut Raisin Slaw on December 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Dunno about you but every year, the days between Christmas and New Year’s are kind of a let down. All the hoopla building up to Christmas is over, and thoughts of what to make/bring to New  Year’s potluck (usually at a friend’s house). Same again this year, not much happening.
Even the church kitchen seemed to be less inspired than usual.
Frozen Waffle, Canned Apples, Walnut Raisin Slaw, and Grapefruit
Although the slaw was pretty good, the rest was okay.
Lunch was Portuguese Bean Soup from the clearance section of Diamond Head Market and Grill.
Portuguese Bean Soup
Tastes a lot better than  it looks, trust me.
Dinner (for The Cat) was soup made from leftover steamed kabocha squash and the elements from the braised pork belly (bamboo shoot, mushroom, as well as some pork belly).
The Cat’s Soup
Planning on more braised pork belly for the New Year’s potluck (subject to change without notice), depending on what I find at the market in the next coming days. Wish me luck. 🙂
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Food, Pork, tagged bamboo shoots, braised pork belly, Food, Pork on December 27, 2014| 1 Comment »
Found an excellent specimen at the market.
Pork Belly!
Takes some planning and preparation, especially if adding dried bamboo shoots.
Dried Bamboo Shoots
Took me four days of soaking, rinsing, and boiling to get the dried bamboo shoots to get the texture halfway decent.
Slow Cooker
Carrot, dried Shiitake, ginger, green onion, star anise, salt, sugar, water to cover, light and dark soy sauce, (the dried bamboo shoots were added halfway through the cooking. Simmered for 5 hours.
Oh yeah, a Chinese teacup full of Shao Xing cooking wine and whiskey.
Whiskey
Picked up at Walmart, half the price of Jack Daniels.
Braised Pork Belly
The Cat’s Dinner
She eats more bamboo shoots. The Mouse had thin slices in a toasted ciabatta roll, porchetta style, with Sriracha mayo.
Not really Chinese style or Japanese style, more of a mash-up … The Mouse style. 🙂
The Cat approved of the pork.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
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