YES! I finished, and guess what I'm going to get it all ! soft and clean, I'm so frantic that I can eat a cow now. Its such a relief to have such a fuckin' feast after so long and get back to a game I left for almost 4 monthes. HELLYEAH! going to upgrade my guitars, psp and ps3 and let the gaming begin. Must finish silent hill 5, hope I see pyramid head otherwise it would be stupid.
I've recently begun enjoying cooking. I guess the turning point was last Ramadhan. The place I live in has decent sized kitchen (unlike the last places I lived in) with all the basic whiteware, plus some advanced whiteware (like a breadmaker). The kitchen is hardly used, and so I decided to change that =P
I think it's also my flatmate's influence. She watches the Food Channel 24/7. So I join her occasionally and watch the different shows and stuff. I didnt realize being a chef is held in such reverie, they truley are artisits. Food at home back in Oman is tasty, but can sometimes become reptitve and boring. You basically lose the taste of what you are eating. I learnt alot of tips and tricks when it comes to cooking from watching the Food Channel, the most important one being that life is too short to eat bad food!
Anyways, here's a lovely recipe to make the flaky crust of pie (taken fromhttp://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Butter-Flaky-Pie-Crust/Detail.aspx). Tastes way better than any store bought one. Am gonna make a batch right now, with a spinach and mushroom filling, that I got from a Greek pastry recipe, called Spanakopita, and kinda twisted a bit to my liking. With the filling, I don't remember the exact amounts I use of each ingredient, I just eye ball it xD But a basic rule of thumb is use a teaspoon when adding herbs/salt/pepper.
115 g butter, chilled and diced (a teeny bit more than half a cup)
60 ml ice water
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
Roll dough out to fit a 9 inch pie plate. Place crust in pie plate. Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of the pie plate.
(The idea is to keep rolling the dough and add water little by little. Even if it looks bad at first, keep rolling the dough in the bowl with your hand and it will eventually form beautifully.) ----------------------------------------------------------------
Pie Filling
Feta
italian herb cottage cheese
cheedar
parmesean
1 egg
spinach
mushrooms
salt and pepper
Directions
Mix everything together, with the spinach being the last ingredient added, in a large bowl. Spoon the filling into the pie dough. Roll out another batch of dough to cover the top of the pie. Bake for about 30 mins, or until golden from the outside. So delecious ^_^
Anyone who knows me pretty well sure does have an idea of how much I love my own food and in this summer, unlike anyother time I enojyed experiencing Three different, new to me, far eastren resturants which happen to exist in three different countries.
Had I known how delicious this can get, I would've visit what I had of options in Doha frequently, sad enough and knowing how lazy I can get, It just never happend. I always had fantasies of trying certain things -thanks to anime-. Fortunatly, it all started when two of my friends while my recent visit to Jordan were with me, one of them was totally new to the country and the other is more used than me about it.
WOX Chinese Restuarnat in Jordan:
WOX[best image I found]
The place was elegant and classy. Not so known as well for there are better Chinese resturants in Jordan, as says the web, but it was worth trying. No it was fantastic. We ordered some noodles and weird beef stew and mushroom soup. Now that didn't sound so chinese, but at least the noodles did and that what was my friend's order to us as he offered to order on our behalf. I enjoyed the service and it was not pocket-holing. I'd give it seven juciy points out of ten. This resturant is also known for its delievery and hence the best dinner for a date.
My Thai Snack(Amjad)
Thanks to my friend who introduced this to me, appeartnly this existed in Doha since forever, but I always thought of it as a massage center only and not a side resturant. People usually like Thai food the least out of other countries in the far east. The prices were very normal. I had two dishes when I first tried it: Squid Noodle Soup & Pad Se Eiw Chicken. Very tasty I must say.
I visited the best japanese resturant in lebanon, but I can't recall its name. I had 10 different kinds of sushis as I recall with the guys. I will update this post whenever I remember.
