May 30, 2007 at 6:53 pm (Balsamic Vinegar, Blogroll, Bruschetta, Cooking, Food Photography, Italian, Living, Olive Oil)
© Jan Shim Photography [Gallery]
This whole week I seem to have been bitten by an Italian food bug and it all started because my wife has a craving for salad. Seeing how I’m on a roll and that my wife and daughter loves Italian food, Bruschetta seems the obvious choice for pre-dinner finger food. A previous attempt at this didn’t yield quite as much satisfaction as this evening’s and that’s coz today’s ingredients were close to the real thing~basil, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, black pepper, etc.
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May 29, 2007 at 10:53 pm (Alfalfa Sprouts, Balsamic Vinegar, Blogroll, Caesar Salad, Cooking, Dinner, Food Photography, Italian, Living, Olive Oil, Salad, Stock Photos, Tofu)
© Jan Shim Photography [Gallery]
This morning as I had my regular Alfalfa Sprouts sandwich for breakfast, the TV was tuned to Kylie Kwong on Travel & Living where she had some very delicate tofu prepared to be deep fried. Hers was a very simple recipe of covering the tofu pieces with corn flour and then deep frying in vegetable oil. I got inspired and took the idea further. I had the tofu pieces dipped in egg white then corn starch and also crispy tempura flakes. Then I got carried away and decided the deep fried tofu would be great caesar salad supplement.
My version of home-made caesar salad included Anchovy fillets, black pepper, hard-boiled egg, baby tomoatoes, onion, purple cabbage and added Balsamic Vinegar and Japanese Kikkoman Soy Sauce. I bought a can of croutons but completely forgotten about them. This is another one of my attempts to introduce new food to my kids and my daughter had taken a liking to the baby tomatoes she had never tried before.
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May 25, 2007 at 6:52 pm (Blogroll, China, Chinese Food, Holiday, Lifestyle, Living, Shanghai, Travel)
© 2004 Jan Shim Photography [Gallery]
Between December 8 and 16, 2004 Freme Travel Services offered me a travel assignment I just could not say no to! An opportunity to visit China for the very first time in Dec 2004 and the itinerary took me to Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou. Our 9-day visit remained quite cold as we were at the end of autumn and Dec 22 marked the beginning of winter. It was reportedly snowing a week after we had returned to our tropical heat.
The photograph shown here may look familar to you. It’s not apparent at first but there is a running scene in Mission Impossible III shot in the streets of Shanghai, it occured to me that the shop houses featured in the scenes were from this very location.
Highlights of the trip:
Suzhou Silk Factory, Teapot Factory, World’s Largest Teapot “Dongpo Pot”, Louis Vuitton Building in Hangzhou, The Bund
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May 24, 2007 at 9:48 pm (Alfalfa Sprouts, Balsamic Vinegar, Blogroll, Cooking, Dinner, Food Photography, Italian, Living, Olive Oil, Salad, Stock Photos)
On her way back from work and with an appetite for salad, inspired by a recent meal we had at an Italian restaurant, my wife picked up some greens from our regular supermarket. The difference this time we added fragrant basil in the mix along with slightly baked fresh mushroom and alfalfa sprouts.
The secret in making a great tasting vegetable salad, as I recently discovered, lies in its simplicity. Instead of sprinkling salt, I used a generous helping of anchovy fillets and mixing extra virgin olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar in moderate proportions.
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May 24, 2007 at 12:01 pm (Australia, Holiday, Lifestyle, Living, Perth, Travel)
© Dec 2005, Jan Shim Photography [Gallery]
This was our biggest holiday that involved a group of 10 family members and two Radio Brunei radio personalities who are close family friends. Many thanks to niece Pau Lin who did an outstanding job of organizing the trip including accommodation at an Australian home in Fremantle and also a minibus big enough to take all of us in one ride.
On a personal note, this was the first trip back to Perth in 13 years after I fulfilled my academic endeavours. Naturally, I was excited to see if much had changed and an attempt to relive the memories from my four years there, an opportunity to visit places I never had the chance. In the gallery, you’ll see images from our many stop-overs including strawberry farm, Margaret River, Burswood Casino, Kings Park etc.
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