Just left the dinner table after a satisfactory attempt at breaking the monotony of the usual fare...my second experiment with the 2-month-old table-top grill. This time the menu was courtesy of Ms Harumi whose recipes are clear, helpful and workable.
Of course, it helped that Ryan was so hungry he couldn't resist treading into the kitchen ( a rare occurence) to survey the work-in-progress and drop a few hints at what he was expecting.
So, the result of a relatively short period of preparation (meat and seafood already defrosted earlier) was: miso soup, snapper and salmon fillets marinated in citrus sauce, prawns, chicken thigh fillets dipped in yakitori sauce, sliced pork in sweet onion gravy and sunny-side eggs with rice.
I must say that the marinades were quite simple to put together, although i was apprehensive about adjusting the proportions to suit our small portions of fish and meat. Kudos to Ms Harumi's excellent instructions. As I've maintained since the start of my culinary education, if I can follow a recipe and the dish turns out well, it's testimony to the effectiveness of the recipe/cookbook and excellent instructions laid out by the chef!
Ian kept asking whether that was all we had (good sign) and to my surprise, Mei asked to try the snapper fillet which she actually said she liked! Must be the lemon juice flavoured seasoning. Ryan said the pork quite resembled the beef he'd had (outside) and told everyone to pour the sauce over their sunny-side egg. That was the ultimate compliment!
A pity the portions were small tonight. Never know what to expect from the kids these days, what with their adventurous palates being cultivated by Papa's generous indulgences at a certain Jap restaurant.
Am quite encouraged to continue trying out more of Ms Harumi's recipes for lunch, specifically for Ian and Mei. Hope their appetites improve at the sight of food they like.
