Hella Fuckin Dinner B!

Chicken “Katsu” Don…

1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp Mirin
1 tbsp soy
1 cup sliced green onions
1 cup sliced white onion
1.5 cups of dashi soup stock or equivalent (i used mabo soup base paste w/ 1.5 cups of water)

Combine ingredients and Simmer

Slice and brown 2 whole chicken breasts in 2 tbsp of sesame oil

Combine with soup and simmer down… ALLLLL the way down… then at the last minute pour in 4 beaten eggs and let cook, stirring occasionally until done.

Serve over white rice, preferably in bowl

Sprinkle seaweed and sesame seeds on top if you prefer.

Tried it last night on a whim and it came out PERFECT!!

Tags: cooking, food, noodles

New American Cuisine

[10:30] seventhswami: holy crap
[10:30] seventhswami: i cannot believe the leftovers situation in this fridge
[10:30] seventhswami: yowza!
[10:30] seventhswami: I’m bringing home a care-package if people don’t eat all of it
[10:31] seventhswami: there was a book signing here last night
[10:31] seventhswami: professionally catered

[10:32] rizznah: huh wowie
[10:32] rizznah: i love free catered food

[10:33] seventhswami: surrious

[10:33] rizznah: its like, almost the best thing ever

[10:33] seventhswami: the best part sadly wouldn’t have kept overnight
[10:33] seventhswami: they had ahi tuna with some of that saucey sauce…
[10:33] seventhswami: on fried wontons
[10:33] seventhswami: pretty killer damn fusion stuff

[10:33] rizznah: yummay
[10:33] rizznah: ive decided im really into this “new” american shtick

[10:34] seventhswami: “new” american shtick?
[10:36] seventhswami: explain thy self

[10:36] rizznah: its a type of cuisine
[10:37] rizznah: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_…an_cuisine

[10:38] seventhswami: ok…
[10:38] seventhswami: i’m gonna go with…
[10:38] seventhswami: “huh?”
[10:38] seventhswami: “Old World peasant dishes made from luxury American ingredients and molecular gastronomy”????

[10:38] rizznah: hahah
[10:38] rizznah: kinda!

[10:38] seventhswami: i love that
[10:38] seventhswami: i’m so using that right now
[10:38] seventhswami: on tribe
[10:38] seventhswami: in the “here for” section

[10:38] rizznah: wow
[10:38] rizznah: HAHA
[10:38] rizznah: i cant believe it said that

[10:39] seventhswami: next time you send me a wiki page explaining thy self it better make more sense than this

Tags: cooking, food

The Perfect Bowl of Ramen

for as long as I can remember, I have wanted to run a ramen shop. In reality, this began after I watched Tampopo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampopo for the first time back in high school. The zen of ramen is something that i fell in love with and although I never pursued the art of soup-MAKING, I excel at the art of soup-EATING. I seek out ramen houses wherever I go, looking for the exceptional… the perfect bowl of ramen.

I can hardly believe it. I finally found that perfect bowl of ramen and it’s only a few blocks away from my house… Shoki Ramen House… 2675 24th St in Sacramento… BOMB FREAKIN DIGGITY

The soup is lovingly cooked for 6 hours and so is the pork… jewels of fat glistening on top of the soup… there are only 2 choices of soup base… shoyu or sea salt… a few different options if you want vegetables… no gimmicks… no ultra spicy challenges… no teriyaki… just stunning noodles.

simple… elegant… refined… it makes me want to learn to be a ramen chef. My bowls of ramen are definately better than say TOP ramen, but nothing compared to this. They also serve this premium imported brown rice if you ask for it… makes my tongue jolly.

So yeah there’s my pick of the month for you… I was going to take my coworkers here today for lunch but the sacramento bee ran this article 2 days ago: www.sacbee.com/117/story/475196-p2.html and I am pretty sure that there will be a line out the damn door today.

Tags: cooking, food, ramen