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, 17 April 2012

fri20apr: vypecky, bramborové knedliky (porkbelly&caraway, potato dumplings)

Another dish from the afar this week, courtesy of my good friend chef Vrati Smida. We met this afternoon to talk about food from where he's from, the Czech Republic. It's a conversation I never fail to get carried away by &, after a few cold beers round the kitchen's marble bench (I sat, he cooked & talked) our 'cook-a-cow' intentions had been nudged aside by the arrival of another, more serious contender in our conversation: pork belly arrived. Perhaps inevitably then, pork belly it is. With dumplings. And with sauerkraut.
Personally, I can't wait.
Practice dumplings are rising as I type, Vrati has suggested more than one type, so for research purposes some serious eating will need to happen before Friday. However, what I can say is that in this dish, an old favourite from his school days, the pork belly is cubed & cooked slowly with carraway seeds, & the dumplings & sauerkraut are traditional accompaniments, so we wont be straying far.

Your part is simple: get in touch by thursday afternoon, cos that's when i go shopping, & tell me how many you'd like.
Drop-offs from 4pm onwards, to the office/site/home just let me know what suits.
To order, contact me by txt or email
txt: 021 2414 020
or
email: pabloskitchen@yahoo.com (subject heading: “fridaynightdinnerbox”)
& I’ll confirm your order when received.
talk to you soon…
cheers - Pablo

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