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Sirloin steak - medium rare. Boiled potatoes, sautéed onions, garlic and red peppers, broccoli and a swede and carrot mash.
2014 Chateau La Clide, Saint Émilion Grand Cru.
Not a bagel person but they look goodQuote:
Originally Posted by mightymonoped
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Salmon and veg with rice
Going to do in the rest of those chicken goujons I think. With the rice noodles again to bulk it out a bit. Is there a way to make rice noodles taste of something? I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas.
Home-made chilli con carne, rice and green peas, was a bit spicy!
you get sauces in packets(blue dragon) that are nice.. tesco do come great ones in the veg isle too of own name. they are my favs, like hoisin and plum. or you can ake your own easily enough. the blue dragon ones last a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I'll check them out.
Looks great, Grant! Is that a pic of your own food though, or one you've just plucked from the 'net?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
More seriously, mate, are you feeling any different or better since your recent change of diet? :)
Marco.
Yup! You're not just eating them plain, are you? :doh:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
As others have said, they need to be served (cooked) with some kind of sauce, and in that respect you could buy a packet, as has been mentioned. However, if you *really* want to make them tasty, then you have to 'cook the flavour in'...
So, do you have a wok or a decent frying pan?
If so, in a very hot pan or wok, toss the rice noodles in some sesame oil, fresh garlic and chilli, light (not dark) soy sauce, and fresh ginger. The heat will infuse the flavours into the noodles and they'll taste amazing, and better than any bought packet of sauce!
*But* watch you don't overcook them. If the pan or wok is hot enough, then you're only talking a matter of minutes to stir-fry through and serve. Enjoy :cool:
Marco.
I've seen Japanese and Chinese eat them plain.
I have got a wok but I was hoping to avoid introducing an unnecessary third stage. Remember 'Doll' noodles? They had a little sachet of powder you chucked in with them to give the some flavour. But you don't seem to be able to get them anymore.
I very much doubt they'd have been plain. Most likely they'd have had at least some soy sauce on them, or they'd have been seasoned in some other way...
Introducing an unnecessary third stage? Lol... You mean you'd rather be lazy and not do any real cooking? :lol:;)
Well, it's up to you. Food's like anything else in life: you only get out of it what you put into it!! You don't need a wok. A decent-sized frying pan will do.
Marco.
Best leave the noodles plain and have sauce with the chicken. Some veg too would be good. Tesco do various bags of fresh stir fry veg, do them with a bit of seasoning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I'm not keen on sauce on chicken. Might try some soy sauce on the noodles, that sounds easy enough. Anyway I've scoffed it all now. It's boozing time!Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
No Chinese supermarkets in Staffs?
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Originally Posted by Macca
Course it's my pic. Just tried a close up. Was good. I'm still soldiering on with diet. Getting to the nitty gritty stage where u don't notice so much and thus have to be on ur guard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Too early to say yet how much improvements there is but I'm determined to get there
It's the taste of the noodles he's finding is lacking, so how will adding sauce to the chicken improve matters there, daftee? :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
In any case, chicken goujons aren't a Chinese thing, so they're not really designed to be eaten with a Chinese-style sauce, or for that matter, rice noodles. If it's just plain chicken strips, however, then that's a different matter.
If it's actual goujons Martin has though, then all they need is heated up and served with some garlic mayo and a wedge of lemon!
Marco.
Good stuff on both accounts... In that case, your picture looks quite professional! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
There's one by the football ground but it's about a mile and half to walk. Do they still sell them then? They don't in the supermarkets.Quote:
Originally Posted by hornucopia
Here it is
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Didn't eat it all by a long chalk. Better too much I say.
Everything I mentioned, Chris, is available in any UK supermarket. No need for a Chinese one in this case.Quote:
Originally Posted by hornucopia
Marco.
Ah, are you talking about a wok or the ingredients I mentioned earlier? If it's the former, then you can find them in the kitchen department of most good UK supermarkets, but the ones sold in Chinese supermarkets will be better (and usually cheaper).Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
Doll noodles. I've got a wok already.
I tend to like noodles plain or maybe with a little oyster sauce and pepper. Then liven up what I'm having with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Sure, that's fair enough, but you're not Martin - and he's already said that he finds the noodles just plain rather tasteless, so we're trying to find ways of solving that. Oyster sauce is a decent shout, though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Marco.
Think nissin do the doll ones nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
They look about right, Chinese writing and a weird cartoon picture. That's the sign of authenticity I look for. I always buy that stuff over the westernised equivalent.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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All those little rectangular packs of dried noodles of various makes come with a small sachet of seasoning as far as I'm aware.
Not sure why you'd need a wok though unless you're doing something to go with them. The grand kids eat noodles as a snack and I do them in a saucepan with boiling water from the kettle. Just add the seasoning once they're hot.
Nissin... Who be they? :hmm:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
I've heard of Nissan, but that's a car!
Marco.
Yeah, they're ok, but they're not proper noodles :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
If Martin's talking about having real noodles (rather than simply convenience ones), then he'll need a pan or wok to cook them in!
Marco.
That packet above is a nissin one. There are a few different dry ones in Tesco s Asian bit. I usually use the ore cooked vacuum ones. Add my own sauce. Hoisin and plum. Can get bottles of each in Morrisons or sesame oil and ginger and soy as you said
Could someone tell me who or what the feck "Nissin" is??
Marco.
Chicken & mushroom, stir fried with oyster sauce, soy sauce and a bit of butter & black pepper, plus kidney beans to liven the look. Served with vegetable rice.
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Nissin are Japanese company who produce noodles on a massive scale. They own 20% of the company I work for.
My tea today was a boiled egg. Had to be small because I went out for a massive lunch and pigged out!:lol:
Cheers, Jim. Soz, never heard of them. Are they proper noodles though, or simply glorified 'pot noodles'? The only noodles we buy are from Chinese supermarkets, but have never looked at the make.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
As far as I'm concerned, if they come with sachets of sauce then they're not proper noodles.
Marco.
They manufacture different types of noodles depending on which market they are selling into, but a lot of them are the instant pot noodle type. Not your fresh Chinese noodle:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Cheers, Jim. That's what I thought. They're more like a convenience 'ready meal', and so not something we're likely to use.
Marco.
These are one of the types of noodles we buy from a Chinese supermarket:
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...and they go into a wok with vegetables and/or meat, and are then stir-fried with some type of sauce, made up of fresh ingredients. We like to eat Chinese food that Chinese people would actually eat!;)
Marco.
:eek: 3 KG of noodles between the two of you :eek:
That does look nice Geoff :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Yesh of course, we eat it all at once (not).... We buy 5kg bags of jasmine rice too, and eat all that in one go... You are defo a daftee!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
Clue: it's much cheaper to buy in bulk from a wholesaler (and we cook Chinese food from scratch at least 2-3 times a week).
Marco.
Tasted great mate! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
Bangers 'n' mash
Cumberland sausages, mustard mash, broad beans, green beans, broccoli and carrots.
Bottle of Stella Artois to drink.
Instant noodles were invented by Momofuku Ando of Nissin Foods in 1958. they are just air dried egg noodles really.
Yup, but just like anything else, you get different qualities of noodles, and those aren't the best (and perhaps also not the cheapest). I forget how much we pay for the ones we get from the Chinese supermarket, but it's not much - and the quality is superb! :cool:
Marco.
The Chinese supermarket is a great place to go food shopping.
Anyone living in London should get themselves up to North London to visit Wing Yips. It is massive spread across two huge buildings with its own large underground car park. There are about 6 isles of noodles alone! Their best secret treasure is a small restaurant in one part of the building which serves real and amazing Chinese food to customers, most of whom are Chinese.
It is a great day out and you will spend best part of a day in there looking at stuff.
Egg noodle veg and Chicken in a sauce of ginger, hoisin, teriyaki and soy sauce.
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sweet and sour sauce, steamed veg and basmati rice... lovely jubbly..