Category archives: Culinary

Udang Goreng (fried shrimp)

Today I found this recipe for Indonesian fried shrimp http://cuek.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/udang-goreng-tradisional. This is a great recipe, delicious dish.

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Here’s the, loosely translated, english version of that recipe:

15 large size shrimps, 1 key lime

Spices, mixed and made into paste:

  1. 5 pieces of garlic
  2. 2 pieces challote
  3. 2 pieces of candle nuts
  4. 2 teaspoon coriander powder
  5. 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  6. 1/2 teaspoon salt

Cooking steps:

  1. Remove shrimp heads, marinate with squeezed key lime juice for 30 minutes, then wash
  2. Marinate shrimps in the spice paste for 2 hours
  3. Deep fry shrimps in hot oil until change color

Recipe for 4.

Beef scrambled eggs & Shrimp worcestershire sauce

Today is the last day of fasting and I thought I would cook some ‘chinese’ dishes.  When I looked for materials in the freezer, I found some large tiger shrimps and beef tenderloin.  So I thought I’d cook the meat as ‘beef with scrambled eggs’ and make the shrimp into ‘shrimp in butterred worcestershire sauce’.

Here’s what I did to create those dishes.  As usual, measurements are not included because when I cook, I don’t measure.

Beef with scrambled eggs:

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  1. slice meat (beef tenderloin), not too thin
  2. marinate (10 min) in a mix of: sesame oil, soy sauce, rice cooking wine, oyster sauce and a bit of cornstach
  3. stir fry the marinated beef in a high heat until beef turns brown, then set the beef aside
  4. stir fry thinly sliced onions until they change color, then add in some oyster sauce
  5. put the beef in, immediately followed by chopped green onions and beaten eggs
  6. turn heat down, turn the mixture often and wait till eggs are just done

Shrimp in butter and worcestershire sauce:

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  1. marinate shrimp in a mix of lemon juice and salt
  2. fry the shrimp in high heat until they turn red, set aside
  3. add butter and peanut oil into the frying pan
  4. add a couple crushed fresh garlic
  5. after about 30 seconds, add a mixture of cooking rice wine, worcestershire sauce, fish sauce, white pepper
  6. wait a few seconds until mixture is boiled then add the shrimp back into the pan and mix thouroughly
  7. serve with garnish of cucumber, tomato and lettuce.  you can also add slices of bell pepper and chopped green onions

Bonarda Restaurant, Burlingame

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Today my wife and I, and the little one, went to meet a friend who is also a CPA.  He’s been helping us with our tax return for years and we went to his office to drop off tax stuff.  His office is in downtown Burlingame, just west of us, accros the bay.  Burlingame is a nice old town, pretty hi end.  We saw expensive cars such as Bentley, Maserati, Range Rover and the like trawling the downtown area.

For lunch, we went to Bonarda Restaurant & Bar.  Bonarda serves Nothern Italy/Mediteranean food and delights.  Our food review is a mix.  I had Linguini Seafoof (clams, mussles and prawns) which is really good.  My daughter had Fettucine with garlic cream sauce (also with prawns and scallops).  That is pretty delicious too.  My wife had the Salmon Pene and she said it’s quite tasteless.  The place is very nicely decored. Service is good and the price is reasonable.  I’d say 3.5 out of 5 point for this one.

Picutres are in the Burlingame album.