the concept

the concept

The idea came from some friends, Lucy Jason & George, who were back home briefly & raved about a chef in London's East End...http://fridaynightakeout.blogspot.com/
I thought it was such a good idea, the best thing to do would be to bring it to life here where I live in New Zealand.
So...I'm also a freelance chef, each week I cook a different dish, depending on what's in season, what's good now, or just how I feel. Lately I've been cooking a lot of my mother's dishes

Dish descriptions will be posted here online early in the week, recipes later over the weekend, with links to:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pabloskitchen/130053437081945 & http:/twitter.com/#!/pabloskitchen

As I play with the idea through the week, the dish maybe evolves a little, but that's half the fun. Meals will be priced at $20, incl delivery & orders can be made anytime up to roughly lunchtime Thursday, which is when I go shopping. Simply get in touch, email or txt, you can order as many as you like!
Afternoon Friday I'll deliver dinnerboxes warm/cooling/cold, locally in & around my base, which admittedly does change a bit - currently I'm north of Auckland, living by the beach in Mangawhai (just let me know where you are when you get in touch).

tel: 021 676 123
email: pabloskitchen@yahoo.com

I've recently included an email subscription option at the bottom of this page &, while I have no idea how it works, the hope is that it automatically sends to subscribers email notifications each week about the dish...so, sign up!

disclaimer:
From time to time, when the wanderlust takes over, I hit the road & disappear in search of dishes, tastes & ingredients elsewhere. Then this blog takes on a different kind of persona; a travelling recipe book of notes, pics & stories, ideas to inspire & for me to return to, once I get back home.

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

fri20sep2011: honey&ginger chicken noodles

what i wrote in my recipe journal after deciding that the only way to make up my mind about this week's dish was to write it down:

its now tuesday, & the dish should already be posted. sitting here typing, the concept capsule that is this week's dish idea is racing thru the catalogue of flavours in my mind, taking shape. what started out as monday's chicken salad has kept changing, the typing will at least nail it down & hold it for long enough to give it form & keep it there. maybe it's sharing a coffee this morning with fast eddie tan, my itinerant malaysian super sous, then yum char at grand harbour for lunch, but asian flavours are what appeals right here right now. 
reflection? no time for that; getting writing is the thing.
so then: honey&ginger, there will be lime, sesame, mirin in the sauce...coriander, garlic is there...spring onions too, bean sprouts yea baby
the chicken, marinated - leave out the soy, dont want that kind of domination here. want orange & shades of green, sweet & warm, spiced with ginger, sweetened with honey - manuka for depth or milder? courgettes? broccoli? carrot? bokchoy?? - veg cut for colour/texture/flavour.
& noodles. hokkien i think is best, fresh, from dominion rd.                                                                                                                                                 
which roughly translates to this week's 20sep2011 fridaynightdinnerbox dish as a chicken noodle salad, with a little chili zing softened by ginger & honey, which can be eaten cold or reheated.

so get in touch, let me know how many you'd like
& i'll see you friday
mob: 021 2414 020
email: pabloskitchen@yahoo.com (subject: fridaynightdinnerbox)


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