Inspired by the fish soup and the teriyaki method of cooking I’ve liked so much in meat I decided to try it on fish. The method is actually quite simple, you marinate the fish (fillet) in a sauce based on soya sauce and then you grill it. What I did not knew was how to use the remaining marinade to make some delicious soy noodles (inspired from here).
Teriyaki salmon
I was visiting some friends. They has a house with white walls textured like in old houses. It felt like I was in southern France and the house was surrounded by hills. They had a wooden table with lion legs and they wanted me to cook for them. So I started to inspect their long and narrow kitchen. I searched the fridge, there was none. On the cooking table there was a fish. I my mind I knew, I had to do a fish soup. I started boiling water, cutting vegetables then I realized I did not had everything I needed. Yet the ingredients where all there: ginger, onion, noodles. I took my bicycle on a long S-shaped road along the hills covered with olives searching for … the missing piece, curcuma… I woke up.
Fish soup
O reteta care m-a urmarit ceva timp. Am gasit-o de nenumarate ori pe net, apoi aici si aici si in sfarsit am gasit si filmul asta. N-am mai rezistat asa ca iata ce-am facut, cu multumiri datatorilor de inspiratie.
Laksa soup
O reteta un pic diferita. In engleza ar fi: tomato noodle soup asa ca accept idei de traducere mai bune. Nu prea exista retete de noodles fara carne dar vroiam ceva de post. Asa ca iata:
Tomatoes noodles soup
In ultimele saptamani n-am prea avut timp sa fac de mancare asa ca mi s-a parut foarte interesanta provocarea lui Rodiq de a folosi ingredientele chinezesti: urechi de lemn, bambus si sos de soia gasite, culmea, in Bucuresti.
Vineri:
Asta e o reteta care a pornit de la ingredientele pe care le aveam la dispozitie asa ca nici n-are un nume. E inspirata din varii mancaruri chinezesti pe care le gasesti la cap toti “traiteur asiatique” din zona unde stateam la Paris.
Totul a pornit de la plimbarea de dimineata cu bicicleta spre Mihailesti. La intoarcere, in timp ce pedalam impotriva vantului, am inceput sa ma gandesc la supa de loboda pe care mi-o doresc de cateva zile si la loboda deja cumparata. In mod foarte ciudat asociatia imediata a fost cu o supa din alge mancata intr-un restaurant japonez asa ca meniul era deja gata la trecerea prin Bragadiru:
Even since the sushi recipe I wanted to prepare the missing ingredient, pickled ginger. Since ginger is now available I first tried to pickle it a few months ago. Since then I found multiple uses for it, either as a refreshing inter-meal or in salads, especially the sweet, spicy vinegar as a base for the salad sauce.
Extra note: a few hours after, the ginger and the liquid gets a pink nuance. This is quite good. I fact I was hopping for more but I think the variation I had was using some kind of color ingredient for a stronger pink.
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