Miso Grilled Chicken

As you may have noticed, I'm always cooking chicken as I'm not a very big fan of other types of meats, although I do try to cook something other than chicken once in a blue moon. I'm not a very adventurous person you know...

And since I love Japanese food, here's my miso marinated chicken that's being 'grilled'. Another easy-to-make recipe to suit the busy urban dwellers.

The salty taste of the miso in this dish, combined with the fragrance of the spring onions and sesame seeds, makes this a great dish with piping hot rice.

Miso Grilled Chicken

Ingredients:

2 tbsp miso paste

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp sesame seed oil

1 clove of garlic, minced

A handful of toasted sesame seeds

2 sprigs of chopped spring onions

4 Deboned chicken thighs (Easier to cook)

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients (except the chicken).

2. Pound the chicken with the back of the knife to tenderize the meat.

3. Put the meat in a ziplock bag and pour the marinade in it. Massage the meat. (I meant massage, really!)

4. Place the bag in the fridge to let the meat marinade for at least 1/2hr. Don't leave it for too many hours and it will be too salty.

5. Heat up your grill and grill the meat till golden brown.

6. Serve with rice!

Crispy Fish Fries

Wooo.. I just love my fish! This recipe uses the frozen sutchi fillet (Catfish) from NTUC and deep fried with a crispy flour batter called 脆浆. I got the recipe for the crispy flour online and despite missing out some ingredients which were not available at the moment, the fish turned out crispy still!

As I cut my fish into small strips, the cooking time was quite short, thus the fish maintained a juicy interior.

Crispy Fish Fries

(a) Crispy flour batter
3 tbspPlain flour/All Purpose flour
1 tsp Rice flour (Omitted)
3 tbsp corn starch
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda (Omitted)
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp oil
120ml or enough water

(b) 1 sutchi fillet
2 sprigs of chopped parsley
1 chopped red chilli (Optional)

Method

1. Mix ingredients in (a) together to form a thick consistency. (You can opt for a more runny consistency if you don't like thick batters)

2. Add chopped parsley & chilli to the batter and leave aside for 10 to 15 minutes.

3. Cut the fish fillet into small strips.

4. Dip the fish in the batter & deep fry in hot oil until light brown and crisp.

5. Remove excess oil with kitchen towel.

6. Eat immediately!

Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar

Since the closure of Marché, there has been a new kid on the block to replace them in offering a bazaar style of ordering food. Here we have Shokudo, the Japanese "Marché".

Every patron is given a shokudo card to charge your purchases to it and very important thing to note is not to lose your card! A hefty fee is charged for the lost of cards.

THE QUEUE
This is what irks me when I think about eating at Shokudo. The queue seems neverending. Luckily for us, it was rather fast moving when we went the 1st time.

Side Tracking...
Actually I was a little hesitant about trying this as my previous experience at Shokudo Pasta & Pizza (City Link) was horrendous. All 3 of us hated the food while Marky went on to clear them for us and even felt that they tasted okay.
We had to wait super long to get seats, waited even longer for our food & bill to arrive. The service just sux. Plus they serve the worst pasta & pizza ever.. I can't even remember the exact pasta dishes we ordered. It was some Wafu sauce pasta. The worst part was the thin crust pizza..Somehow, the cheese just smells of vomit. SO UNAPPETIZING.
Our horrible dinner experience was freaking expensive & left us hungry still...so off we went to New York New York for some small bites & desserts to make up for it.

The moral of the story is ... don't bother eating at Shokudo Pasta & Pizza (City Link).






















Back to the main topic of Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar. It is way better than their sister branch (Shokudo Pasta & Pizza). We enjoyed every morsel of food that we ordered. At least their pizza didn't stink and the wasabi on the pizza wasn't that bad, being the non-wasabi eater that I am.

The yakitori which I forgot to take pictures of, tasted really good! Especially the Tsukume (Minced Chicken Ball) Stick ($2.50) and bacon wrapped quail eggs.

The unagi omelette was pretty interesting & tasty (when it's hot) ($5.80) and the BBQ Eel with egg on hot plate ($6.80) was mediocre.

If you're a fan of mushrooms, the mushroom tempura will satisfy your cravings. The portion is huge & they're really crispy!

The Katsu curry lacked some kick but the rice made up for it =)

It was my first time eating sakura ebi on fried rice & it does add flavour to the boring fried rice.

Overall, it was a good experience @ Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar despite the expensive price tag. I might just be back again on a weekday when I don't have to queue...


















Raffles City Shopping Centre
252 North Bridge Road
#B1-44E

Telephone:
6837 3793

Operating Hours:
11.30am - 10.00pm (Daily)

Shimbashi Soba

Those of you who have been to Paragon's basement will be no stranger to the interesting sight of a soba master kneading and cutting soba noodles from a piece of dough through a glass pane. This is today's recommendation of the day --> Shimbashi Soba

The good thing about this place is the promise of really fresh soba as it's done on the spot. Good service was also experienced on both of my visits there. They even hired some Japanese waitresses there to serve their Japanese customers.

Below are the stuff that Marky and I ordered the 1st time we were there. I really loved their cold soba with vegetable tempura though I can't remember the name of it. I was initially attracted by the half-cooked egg in the middle of the dish and boy was it goooood! However, I found that the portion was too big...I would have enjoyed it better if it was a smaller portion as I felt very 'jelat' towards the end.

Their cold noodles are pretty good but I will never order their soba in soup which was what my mum ordered the 2nd time I went there. The noodles were too soft for my liking though mum likes it.

Something worth raving is their Tamago Yaki, which came with Marky's Cold Soba set (Bottom right). The sweetness and texture of this simple omelette left me craving for more each time I visit there...

Shimbashi soba also serve different types of teas in pots, other than the usual Ocha.

Pop by for afternoon tea as dessert and tea sets you back by only $5++ (2.30 to 5.30pm). It's a real cheap deal!

The Paragon

#B1-41290 Orchard Road (S)238859

Opening Hours
Daily: 11.30am - 10pm
Telephone: 67359882