Friday, 28 March 2014 – Lunch

What did I eat? Dim sum

Where from? Jade Asian

How much did it cost? $27

How was it?
I haven’t been back to Jade Asian in over 2 months so I decided to hit it up with the bro-in-law. Surprisingly, we weren’t able to eat that much; the bill came out to be like $27 with tax and tip. Normally, I’d eat around $20 worth.  And damn, I just forgot to take the photo of the last dish, my favorite roast pork bun! Weekday lunches are the best time to hit up Jade Asian for dim sum. There’s no wait for seating and you don’t have to fight for your food as much since it’s not as crowded.

We had the usual dishes – chicken feet, spare ribs, shrimp dumplings, spring rolls (with mayo), etc. My favorite dish here as mentioned above is the roast pork bun. My second favorite is the spare ribs and as usual, Jade Asian’s did not disappoint; I had two orders of those. Somehow they ran out of the shumai, or the cart never came around, so for the first time in my dim sum visits, I did not eat those.

One thing which pleased us quite a bit was that this time, they left us a jug of water on the table. In previous visits, we always had to hail the waiters multiple times for water refills but this way, it was hassle free for us and them!

Rate it!
10/10

Thursday, 16 January 2014 – Dinner

What did I eat? Grilled spare ribs, sticky rice, kimchi

Where from? Homemade ribs, sticky rice from Tuk Tuk, kimchi from the deli

How much did it cost? $6 for the sticky rice, $6 for the kimchi, probably around $10 for the ribs and marinade

How was it?
THAT WAS A GREAT DINNER! FANTASTIC! AMAZING! SUPERB! MAGNIFICENT!

Once again, we didn’t have any food left so I took out the ribs the night before and liberally soaked them in the Korean BBQ marinade, while it was thawing in the fridge. Previous attempts at grilling these ribs have turned out to be a bit disappointing since I end up burning them. This time, I kept a watchful eye on the grill to make sure there weren’t any flames flaring up and engulfing the juicy ribs. And GREAT SUCCESS! The ribs were grilled to perfection. Although I think if I had wrapped the ribs in foil and grill them for a bit before charring them later, it might have been better but regardless, these were splendid.

The kimchi was a disappointment though. I don’t think it’s been fermented sufficiently as yet. It lacked the sharp flavor and I was able to taste the napa cabbage more than I’d have liked. I’ve saved it in the fridge in hopes of the flavor building up over the next week or two.

The sticky rice was too soft for my liking but it was acceptable. The ribs and the sticky rice went together like Gary Neville and David Beckham in the heydays of Manchester United.

I’ll definitely make this again in the future. I have half bottles of Korean BBQ marinades left in the fridge.

Rate it!
10/10 for the ribs (first 10/10 of the blog), 4/10 for the kimchi, 6/10 for the sticky rice