Crispy Monterey Calamari

Crispy Monterey Calamari. The California Coast around Monterey Pier have a great selection of long time operating seafood kiosks. Chowder in a bowl, Fish and Chips, prawns, oysters clams and mussels just about everywhere. My favourite deep fry treat is a nice plate of crispy calamari. Squid are one on my favourite seafood list to make so many tasty appetizers with. Stuffed and grilled, added to a rice paella, stir fried in a wok and breaded and deep fried. The simple breading for these yummy morsels after being cleaned and trapped and cut into nice one bite pieces. The...

Rogan Josh Lamb Curry

Rogan Josh Lamb Curry The kitchen now has the aroma of a Kashmir Rosai [kitchen]. The slow cooking in all those aromatic spices and vegetables made this lamb taste like exotic comfort food. I added some chickpeas with sauce for fibre and a simple butter basmati rice. The first tastes were most delectable today but after it sits tonight, the flavours should be perfect for a delish dinner. Ingredients 1 3 inch piece fresh ginger , peeled and grate 8 large cloves garlic , mince 1 tsp. turmeric 4 tbs natural yoghurt 1 tsp crushed black peppercorns 1 kg quality lamb shoulder ,...

Alaska King Crab Cocktail

Alaska King Crab Cocktail. I love King Crab because it is so crab chunky delicious. When you get a nice leg portion the centre cut makes for a great cold cocktail presentation. When the season here on the BC coast arrives you can purchase king crab at the local grocery stores. I find about 2 center legs yield about 60 percent meat. So pick your crab for meat density. Avoid frost bitten ends and the claws and joints weigh the most, but the edible crab meat yield is low. Not hard to spend 50 bucks on 2 nice legs. Ask to see the catch info to make sure your getting Alaska...

What’s Your Beef.

What’s Your Beef. Buying a nice portion of beef today can be an expensive experience. Good quality non medicated range fed protein can be found. Some of the finest meat cuts in BC. Full dry aged and custom cuts comes from Armando’s Finest Quality Meats at Grandville Island Market. I like the special attention taking in preparing each cut of beef. To some of us it’s more important to have a good fat marble content. Let your butcher give his experience when you wish to purchase a premium beef product. A good selection of beef done several ways using...

Horse Radish Picklebrined Angus Beef Bri...

Horse Radish Pickle Brine Angus Beef Brisket. This one most excellent fatty range fed beef brisket from a BC farm close by. I pickled this dry aged hunk of beef belly for two days in a horse radish pickle brine that I have been saving. I the soaked and rinsed in several changes of water. it was time to add some flavourings and maple sugar with some fresh pickling spices was rubbed on and the let rest for another 48 hours. I the placed the brisket into a shallow roast pan with a few cups of beer and sealed the beef brisket in with a layer of parchment paper and then some...

Beef Noodle Stir Fry

  These days noodle shops are on many east side streets here in BC. These shops run by a family hand make each order as they are purchased. Lucky for my Korean language app that I could order a kg of freshly made and package noodles. Back at home I fired up the wok and with some soya, chili, garlic, sesame oil, ginger and beef stock with shitake mushrooms, red pepper, spring onion and bok choy. The wok is just ‘a sizzling when I added in the fresh soba noodles and stir fried the ginger chili garlic beef till done. Yum Eh!  ...