Japanese Pub Food

K+ADFS and Friends Say "Why Hello There!" to 2010! Er....

...Apologies for the time lag on posting this scrumptious feast of Japanese Pub Food which we enjoyed back in January. 'Twas a cold winter's evening when we descended upon M2M for such Japanese culinary provisions as tofu, fish roe and Sapporo before firing up the fryer. The night's menu consisted of:
Tempura shrimp and shishito peppers
Potato and Japanese yam frites served with fish roe mayo*
Agedashi tofu*

So, this post thus proves that Yes You CAN put together a delicious and healthy-ish dinner entirely in the comfort of your own deep fryer. The world is your squid! (Is that right?)

Like any good night of frying, we took a short break from toiling away in the kitchen in order to once again watch a few of our favorite Schoolbreak Specials and really, faithful audience, we can't recommend these highly enough. Our commentary on "Two Loves for Jenny [Susan]" has been edited from the above video due to content that some of our readers may find offensive.


*Recipes at the end of the video

Superbowl Party III: A New Hope

In a rare monomedia* post to K&ADFS, I'd like to declare my latest Superbowl party a rousing success. Here's the menu, with first, second, and 3rd place honors:

Chili Pie (ineligible)
Frickles
Belgian Frites w/ spicy mayo- 2nd
Japanese Yam Fries
Fried Crawfish (actually just shrimp)
Buffalo Wings - 1st
Falafel - 3rd
Beef short ribs (ineligible)
Memphis style pork ribs (ineligible)

The wings are simple: wingette pieces fried for 10 minutes at 350 degrees, then smothered in wing sauce (1/2 bottle of Frank's Red Hot and a quarter stick of butter simmered in a saucepan) with celery & carrot sticks, and bleu cheese. I'm unfortunately not at liberty to divulge the bleu cheese recipe that I use, as it was given to me in confidence. Suffice it to say that buying Wishbone dressing won't cut it. Find a recipe that incorporates almost equal parts mayo and sour cream, calls for real bleu cheese crumble, and take it from there.

We've covered the Belgian frites naught but two episodes ago, and the falafel is easy when you find a dry mix, so I'll open it up to comments at this point.







*Just text.