Ca va tout le monde?

This was on my bucket list ; playing with a mini excavator.

Though the actual work was done by my step bro

Next I’ll do the form and order some lill stones to prep the surface, some steel reinforcement and put all in place before getting some concrete.

Today my son was having his birthday party and he requested ramen.

These are basic soy sauce ramen with the usual egg, porc and veg toppings.

Took a while to make these but worth the time given how they were appreciated by the kids :)

I wanted something more visual than usual.

The zucchini was super easy and only took 30sec of blanching before assembly.

The chicken was cooking sous-vide style

Then I briefly grilled it

And made the sauce using my frozen chicken fond

And voila :)

At some point I’ll need to buy additional plates because it’s becoming quite repetitive to always plate using the same…

Started with a craving for hummus, ended with a bit more in the plate. All was more or less cooked in the same batch in the oven so not complex or overly messing.

Doesn’t look super fancy but it sure was a tasty bomb.

All in all an easy process which started by deboning a very local chicken and dicing it

Followed by a 2h marinade in the typical garlic / ginger / soy sauce / mirim

This time I went with potato starch with a bit of usual flour in it - it was much more crispy with this tweak

I went with double deep frying so here a first pass

And the second pass

We have kids that don’t take the sauce when fully loaded with goshujang so I served the sauce in separate bowls for kids and adults instead of dipping all in the kitchen.

Et voilà :)

I tried this sorte to change from the pulled porc I usually do.

The buns - now it’s a no sweat step

Prepped the meatballs and all based on custom 80/20 mix of porc and beef

And grilled over the flame

All in all very good with a custom pickles / câpres / mayo sauce.

Ya pas comme une odeur de pigeon encore une fois?

Long story short is : don’t bother.

The added wrap doesn’t add anything worthy taste-wise and is additional unnecessary calories honestly.

Even glazing them didn’t cancel the blandness of the wrap.

Next time I’m back to the usual Kefta skewers that are proven to be absolutely delicious.

I tried a middle-eastern filling which was delicious alone;

Honestly the best part was the accompanying sumac tomato salad

And the homemade flat bread

Though for next time I need to find a version of flat bread more buttery and layer-y if that makes sense.

Miso is a crazy addition to braise cabbage. I used the same mix into the glazing for the pork to avoid competing tastes. Delicious.

First time I’m doing the buns.

I typically don’t do baking - it requires too much precision - but a very talented colleague shared with me a recipe I had to test.

Let’s just say that if I need to sustain myself this way I would need to dramatically improve my skill at this sort of fishing.

It’s soothing though.