Bodeans

So when I was in the USA I went to a B.B.Q house by the name of Dickey's
on my last night there for a meat feast and as you can see in the pictures it was
enough food for a small island.

As you can see we got burnt ends, pulled pork, Polish sausage, corn bread,
jalapeno baked beans and jacket potatoes mash with bacon bits and sping onion.
Now I been back in London for some time and eatting lots of fish, chicken and
salads and I think the inner primeval man was screaming for MEAT so
remembering Dickey's I soon find my self at Bodeans.



Boss hog platter

Chilli chesse fries

Buffalo wings diablo

So I orderd 6 hot wings first and they was so good I want to try the diablo wings

my GOD now that is a HOT HOT HOT wing you get a blue cheese dip to help

cool your mouth down by the second one it was gone you have to try them.

On the boss hog platter you get Spare and Baby Back Ribs, Jacob Ladder Beef

Ribs, Burnt Ends, Pulled Pork, Chicken Thighs and Smoked Sausages Coleslaw,

 Fries and Bodean’s BBQ Beans. Now I saw chilli chesse fries and said can I

them for my fries as I like fries love chilli adore chesse to see all three on the

same plate it got to be the fattiest thing ever but my god its heaven.

There was two of us eatting this and we tried to eat it all but failed I

keep eatting till my head hit the table I did not want to stop eatting

the meat was cooked to perfection the meat just come alway from the

bone and the flavours was out of this world.

Here is a link to them.

http://www.bodeansbbq.com/

Brunch

This was something I just threw together with what

I found in the fridge and it was that good you should

try it.

So what you need is:

salmon

eggs same as the salmon 

3 red onions cut in to slices

3 potatoes cut in slices bring to a boil and strain

2 beef tomatoes take out seeds and 1cm dice 

1 cooking chorizo

good bit of lazy garlic

knob of butter

chicken stock cube

 Put your pan on the heat and get it hot but no
oil as you place the chorizo in the pan all the
natual oil come out the chorizo when the
chorizo has a good colour take it out of the pan
put to one side.



Now place the salmon in the same pan with
all the oil of the chorizo to give it a good red
colour and flavour just 1 to 2 mins a side.





Now you colour both sides take out and place
to one side.

Now with what is left of the oil and the knob of butter
and saut'e your part cooked potatoes till you get a
golden brown as you can see.

 Now add your red onions, tomatoes, chorizo and
lazy garlic mix gently boil your kettle with a
jug mix the chicken stock cube till gone and
add to the pan.

 When it comes to a boil place your salmon
 on top and I just place a flat cooking tray
on top and place in a hot oven about 170c
for 5 mins then take out and crack your
eggs in to the pan and place back in the
oven for 7 mins or till how you like your
salmon cook.

Then serve in the pan with some bread.

I love food that I cook in just one pan as there not

alot of washing up.

By the way make sure it's ametal handle pan not a plastic one.  

World Master Chefs Tour

I just had some good news I'v been accepted in to the World Master Chefs
which I am as happy can be.

I went to a dinner for a meet and greet which I am not that good at but by the
2nd beer and 2 champagnes god knows how much wine I could talk to any one.

The dinner was great as it was one chef per course to show us how they
 creativeness and felt about the dish so I will show a picture the name of
the dish and the name of the chef.

Amuse Bouche
by Alwin Brown MWMCS

Spicy Prawn and Crab Panna Cotta

with Enoki mushroom Salad

Confit of Rabbit Tortelloni
by Stuart Hine

 

Rabbit Tortelloni with spring vegetable broth

The wine was

 Pinot Gris "Willamette Valley" 2009

Beetroot Cured Salmon
by James Parsons MWMCS

With Sake jelly, seaweed, ginger, wasabi and yuzu

The wine was

Old Vine Riesling "F-series" 2009

Smoked Loin of Pork
by Brian Henry FWMCS

 With a sage and onion bon bon, braised lentils

savoy cabbage, crackling and apple sauce

The wine was

Saint-Aubin Rouge ler Cru "Les Perriers" 2008

Vanilla Parfait
by Duncan Wilson MWMCS

 

With rhubard consomme, ginger jelly

and poached rhubarb

The wine was

Blanc de Morgex, Vin de Glace "Chadelune" 2008

Moroccan lamb and pitta bread with cous cous

This was what I cooked over the weekend for some friends. I like food like
this as you just put it all out and help your self  so you can still drink and chat.
The best thing about this is it looks awesome but so easy to do.

All you need is lamb leg or shoulder and marinate for 1 to 2 days before
for the marinade is:

tbl spoon ground cummin

tbl spoon ground corriander

tbl spoon ground ginger

tbl spoon ground caraway

tbl spoon mint sauce



tbl spoon tomato puree

tbl spoon garlic puree

Just mix and rub on

For the roast veg you will need

1 courgette

1 aubergine

1 pack of cherry tomatoes

1 green and red pepper

Wash and cut all the vegetables

in to big dice pieces

For the cous cous

1 pack of cous cous

1 tin chick peas

3 red onion sliced 

1 chicken stock cube

To serve on the side

pitta bread, humous, sour cream and

some slice ice berg lettuce

So 1st you get a big frying pan good and hot

to seal the lamb. Then turn your oven on 120

cook the lamb in the oven till it's about 64

degrees whilst the lamb is cooking dice your

veg up and put your chick peas in a pot with

their juice and some water with the stock cube.

 Bring to the boil put a frying pan on with

some oil and butter in and caramelise your 

sliced red onion place your cous cous in to a

deep tray pour the stock in to it just to cover the

cous cous and strain the chick peas if needed

and mix in to the cous cous. Clingfilm it

up for 10 mins then open up and mix in

your caramelised onion. when your lamb

is ready take out of the roasting tray and place

to one side to rest covering it in tinfoil.

Mix the diced veg in the juices in the

tray put in the oven and your oven on

max for 10 to 15 mins when done make

a hole in the middle of the veg, slice the

lamb and place there and serve with the

cous cous and on the side serve your

pitta bread, humous, sour cream and

some slice ice berg lettuce.





Sons Que Cafe

Well last week I was at Vietnamese restaurant and I got to say the food was
out of this world good and fast service as well. All the other restaurants down the
road were empty but this was like a bar giving away free drinks you could
not stop people going in.

Grilled chicken satay
Ga sa te nuong

As soon as we ordered the waiter walked away with the order he was
back in a min with the satay still sizzling and the taste well my mouth
is watering thinking about it.

Deep fried tofu
Dau hu churn don

Well I know some who said that tofu in europe is like war rations it's hard to
find a decent tofu and if you do find some there's not a lot of it but this one
was great.

Spicy squid
Muc rang muoi

The squid was cooked perfect it was not rubbery at all and the crispy
coating was sooooo crunchy that 3 tables away could hear me eatting
them Mmmmmmmmmmm.

Rare sliced beef and tofu
Tai va dau hu

Just loved it all beef, noodles, tofu and the stock the best thing
about eating food like this is you got to slurp your noodles
sucking as much of the stock as you can with them and why is
this great (1) it makes it taste better and (2) it show you are
enjoying it, so you got to forget all the times your mum said,
"don't  slurp your food".

The address is 134 Kingsland Road Shoreditch E2 8DY

Sea Bass nicoise

So the hot days are starting beer at it's best served cold and it's salad time
again. Now I'm not a big fan of salads as when a lot of people make them
they are soooooooooooo boring but there are some fun one's out there
you just got to find them. Now a nicoise can be a good salad I do mine
with part roast new potatoes in olive oil and sea salt with a runny
poached egg which makes this do I dare say bit more of a man's
salad but when i started eating it I thought that some crispy bacon
bits would have made it the best ever well  next time.

So what you need:

1 Red onion

1 Bag of new potatoes about 400g

1 Bag of runner beans about 250g

2 Baby gem

3 tomatoes but i did not

1 Bottle of vinaigrette

4 sides of sea bass 

Cut new potatoes in half and boil till part cooked

slice your red onion put your part cooked
potatoes in a roasting tray with your red
onion with some olive oil  and sea salt
and mix cook in your oven at max
temperature till a good brown and don't

forget to mix them now and again now
put on a pot ofwater to boil with some salt
in to it and wash your baby gem and tomatoes
and cut the tomatoes in to 8 scgments and rough
cut the baby gem and put in to a bowl and mix.
top and tail your runner beans and place in to your
boiling water for about 3 mins then run under cold
water dry then place in to the bowl and take you
roast new potatoes and put in to the bowl as well.
Now put on a frying pan and some more water with
salt and a bit of white wine vinegar. Season your sea
bass melt some  butter in the frying pan and place
the fish skin side down for 3 mins and turn over for

3mins then take off the heat but keep in the

pan whilst you poach the egg. Mix the

ingrediants in the bowl with the vinaigrette

and put on a plate then your fish follow by

the egg.

Home made pasta with mussels in a white wine sauce

I was cooking for me and some friends and who does not like mussels with pasta
and it great food to enjoy with wine and good bread I picked up some walnut bread
to go with it.

Ok i give you a simple pasta recipe:

pasta flour 250g

eggs 3

salt 1 tsp 

olive oil 1to2 tbsp

mix the flour with the salt then make a well

put the egg in the middle and mix till you get

a dough then put the olive oil on to your

hands and knead in to till its movable and

stretchy cover and rest fo 10 to 15 mins

then roll it a bit till you can use your pasta

machine

for the mussels:

1 bag of mussels

1 shallot or red onion

half a bottle of white wine

500ml double cream

1 bulb of garlic

10g butter

salt to taste

Dice your shallot and crush the garlic and then

melt the butter in a pan on a mediun heat add

to that your shallot and garlic and cook it out

till it's nice dark golded brown then add your

wine and reduce by one third then add your

cream to reduce by half whilst your cream

is reduced put some boilling water on to cook

your pasta. When your cream is reduce add

your mussels but don't for get to check and

clean, 1st. Put your pasta in the boilling water

at the same time give your pasta 5 mins to cook

then  strain and mix with the mussels for 2 to 3

mins and that is it. As you may see I got some

salmon on top of my one for that all I did was cut

some salmon in to half a cm and pan fried for

a min each side so it was still pink in the middle



With a nice sald on the side and a good wine you will

be happy to be eating this on a hot day.



USA 2

Cracker Barrel

I went for a southern breakfast now the 1st thing you will see is there is

 an old country store that sells retro chocolate bars to wooded rocking chairs

and just about any thing else you can think of.

I just tried the sky bar as I was sitting here waiting for my pictures to load up and

I wish I had some more now.

So I needed a big breakfast that day and I got more than I bargained for.....

I had the the Cracker Barrel Country Boy Breakfast  Pork Chops

or Steak grilled to order, Three Eggs cooked to order served with Fried Apples,

 Hashbrown Casserole, Grits, Sawmill Gravy and Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

along with real Butter and the best Preserves, Jam n' Apple Butter available.

Steak grilled

 Sawmill Gravy and Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

Pork Chops

Apple Butter is a must try I and not a big fan of jam and preservetives but I loved

this it just like butter flavoured with apple.

Sawmill Gravy and Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits now the biscuits are what we

would know as scones without the fruit the sawmill gravy is not like the ahhhh

bisto it is taking the fat or dripping from the meat and mixing it with a roux

and thats what it is so if your someone who like dripping on toast then

you will like this.

Grits now what are grits well its like polenta or porridge there ok I

like them when I mix the apple butter in to it.

Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast Two Eggs cooked to order with Grits, Sawmill Gravy and Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits along with real Butter and the best Preserves, Jam n' Apple Butter available. Served with your choice of Fried Apples or Hashbrown Casserole and Chicken Fried Chicken or Country Fried Steak.

and sweet potato pancakes on the side for us to try and I got to say there awsome