lloydxmas Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 21 minutes ago, villa4europe said: after watching rick stein in shanghai* i tried cooking chairman mao's favourite dish, red braised pork, basically tried to make it like chinese pulled pork rather than using pork belly, sugar, soy sauce, cinnamon, ginger, star anise... was good, not sure if id be better off going to wing yip and just getting a jar of char sui paste (great stuff btw) served it with some potato straws and spring onion will try it again with a couple of tweaks, definitely a good meal in there somewhere * i like rick steins BBC travel programmes, watched his india show this morning too, strange considering i think of him as a fish chef that i have little interest in his restaurant because im not a massive fish eater but he's going to interesting places and seems a sound enough bloke to make it a good watch Can imagine any left over pork would be good wrapped in those Chinese pancakes or in a lettuce wrap. Few deep fried crispy noodles/cucumber for texture, you can thank me later Gone off the American pulled pork, much prefer the English way. Salt, Pepper, Cracking, apple sauce and/or mustard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 yeah that'd be a great way of doing it but you misjudged me with the "leftovers" american pulled pork is becoming the same as every other food in england, we discover it, like it, find the way of mass producing it as cheaply as possible in effect destroying it, i still dont mind ordering it but half the time it seems to be on the side of something else which will more than likely be half a spoonful of pointless rubbish on top of a burger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 a nice mixed grill in about an hour...i hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydxmas Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I make a mean sandwich though I swear. My latest invention is a Yorkshire pudding Beef (rib slices) Sandwich with a pot of beef juice dipping sauce on the side. Bit of horseradish and some mini roast potato croutons. So good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 im working at warwick uni, they have an unbelievable shop on the campus, both in terms of it catering to lots of different nationalities and the price... they have a new york deli sandwich, pastrami, gherkin, mustard etc the usual...but its on pretzel bread...its stunning, ive never had the urge to make my own bread before but its an utter revelation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydxmas Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 3 minutes ago, villa4europe said: yeah that'd be a great way of doing it but you misjudged me with the "leftovers" american pulled pork is becoming the same as every other food in england, we discover it, like it, find the way of mass producing it as cheaply as possible in effect destroying it, i still dont mind ordering it but half the time it seems to be on the side of something else which will more than likely be half a spoonful of pointless rubbish on top of a burger haha don't get me started on burgers. salt and pepper that's it. No breadcrumbs, no egg, no onions. Just meat. Add the other things after! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 i love burgers, love hand made burger company, i try and keep it simple, dont make my own, my latest thing is playing with different types of relish, simmer down some red onions and bang different herbs and spices in there, made a great tomato paste, chilli, brown sugar and some other shit i cant even remember in the week (garam masala sounds about right) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 thats me 60 quid out of pocket, was a nice meal though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 3 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: thats me 60 quid out of pocket, was a nice meal though. Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 wolseley arms on the outskirts of rugeley. its her favourite place and the food is great but its a once a year place for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 scotch pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 went to this awesome cafe in lovely rednal and they do cracking food. i had the super breakfest of 4 sausages,4 bacon,3 eggs,2 black pudding,2 hash browns,beans,mushrooms,2 fried bread and 5 rounds of toast. nailed all of it apart from 1 round of toast,and its fair to say i was stuffed. no dinner for me tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 17, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2016 On 13/02/2016 at 19:02, lloydxmas said: haha don't get me started on burgers. salt and pepper that's it. No breadcrumbs, no egg, no onions. Just meat. Add the other things after! 100% this. In other news, these are like heroin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 hate dark chocolate, but would probably like heroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted February 17, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: went to this awesome cafe in lovely rednal and they do cracking food. i had the super breakfest of 4 sausages,4 bacon,3 eggs,2 black pudding,2 hash browns,beans,mushrooms,2 fried bread and 5 rounds of toast. nailed all of it apart from 1 round of toast,and its fair to say i was stuffed. no dinner for me tonight. Edited February 17, 2016 by Xela 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Been on a diet this year and have been doing really well. But today I just can't stop eating..Beast mode on and not even hung over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 My no coke New Years resolution has come to an end Bought some for a mixer (resolution was rum and coke is ok) and ended up just drinking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 My no coke New Years resolution has come to an end [emoji20] Bought some for a mixer (resolution was rum and coke is ok) and ended up just drinking it Thought you were going somewhere else with that there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Went to Hestons at the Mandarian Oriental today as it was my mums birthday treat I'm usually a whack it in a sandwich man but the food today was top notch I even ate the Spinach that came with my Turbot it was that good ... My body has probably gone into shock though not having seen anything green before The whole menu was excellent maybe it will encourage me to be a bit more adventurous with food for a while the cocktails were a bit meh , the peanut butter , rum , beer and condensed milk cocktail needs a bit of work imo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Thought you were going somewhere else with that there. I said that at work "I've knocked coke on the head for my resolution" was surprised with the reaction "well you did seem to be doing a lot of it..."! Don't touch the stuff, obviously need to reign my alcohol consumption in too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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