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

Impromptu Frying: Sweet Potato Fries & Plantains

After an eventful night of bocce playing, jukebox stuffing, and cheap beer drinking at a local bar, Amy and I dropped by a convenience store to pick up some crap to deep fry. We settled on a sweet potatoes and a plantain. All these require is a deep fryer (check) and the desire to see things submerged in hot oil (check).

Sweet potato fries are a staple of deep-frying. To start you'll want to heat your oil to 375 degrees. Peel your potato and cut it into slices of approximately a quarter-inch and gently lower into the hot oil. You'll know they're done when they're nicely browned and crisp. We seasoned our sweet potato fries with salt, cayenne pepper and cajun seasoning. Then we whipped up a simple garlic-mayo dipping sauce by adding garlic powder, basil flakes and lemon juice to the mayo, and a honey-Dijon.

Plantains are an equally simple but tasty late-night fried treat. Just be sure to chose a ripe plantain. For the plantains, we lowered the oil temperature to 325. You can season your plantains savory, but we chose to sweeten ours with a sprinkle of granulated sugar and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.

Then it's time to sit back, enjoy the deep-fried fruits of your labor, and take in a few episodes of classic Saved By the Bell -- but not before remembering the most important part of deep-frying: turning off your fryer dummy.