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Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 31 – Tofu

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It’s wobbly, it’s wonderful and it’s cheap! Simon and Shawn take this ancient Chinese soy product and press, shape smash and fry it into your favourite new dinner protein.

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Deep Cove Brewing: https://deepcovecraft.com/

T&T Supermarkets: https://www.tntsupermarket.com/eng/

Korean-Style Mapo Tofu:  https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/korean-style-mapo-tofu

Agedashi Tofu: https://rasamalaysia.com/agedashi-tofu/

The Amazing Devil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4_5mOSERCA

The Amazing Devil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h-ogX4GfL8

LTJ Bukem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egd1cC5hH7s

Spot Prawn Tempura

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After getting completely trounced in the first round of last week’s Shellfish Festival competition, I’ve been thinking a lot about simplicity. One of my many mistakes during those surreal 45 minutes was going in too many directions at once instead of focusing on a single, well crafted dish. So yeah, fourteen years experience and I still have to go back and work on fundamentals! *laughs*

I’ve still got bags of Calvin’s freshly-caught Spot Prawns in my freezer and the whole family is home today for one reason or another. I think it’s time I channel my fryer days at Wasabiya and bang out some simple, perfect prawn tempura. Read More

Soy-Braised Pork Loin

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If you’ve ever been to a real Chinese market, have a Chinatown near you, or hell… If you’ve been to China you’ve seen and hopefully tasted Siu Mei in all of its barbecued, glistening glory. It’s a take-out tradition that goes back to Guangzhou in the days when every neighbourhood had a local “oven master” that would roast various animals in special sauce to perfection and sell them to their neighbours to eat with a bit of rice and pickles. Read More