Posts Tagged food
Sous Vide Hanger Steak
In my previous post, I discussed some of the merits of sous vide cooking, using a medium rare steak as the most demonstrative example of the properties of this method. The proof is, of course, in the pictures and I think this picture of a hanger steak cooked medium rare(55C/130F) shows off sous vide cooking well:
Sous Vide Fennel Garlic Pork Tenderloin
Now that my kitchen is unpacked, cooking seems like the natural next step(as opposed to unpacking the rest of my belongings). Living in an apartment means that I do have some limitations with regards to how many random, expensive, but ultimately useless kitchen gadgets I should possess. Luckily I one of the main “gadgets” that I do own is a SousVide Supreme.
What is sous vide cooking? My friends may ask. Muffin(being full of bullshit) might try to convince you that the french means “under armpit” which hardly sounds like a delicious way to cook. In reality it means “under vacuum”, which is a bit of a misnomer. While vacuum sealing the food is part of cooking sous vide, the most important part of cooking sous vide is the temperature controlled water bath.
Just a teaser, here’s a picture of a pork tenderloin that I cooked sous vide recently:
Completing the Housing Circle
To finish up my 3rd week in Seattle, I’ve finally put down a deposit for an apartment in Capitol Hill that seems to have a nice view. Originally I really wanted a loft, but the ones that I’ve seen in Seattle seemed fairly half-assed. Also managed to sign the lease to rent out my townhome too, so there’s a nice completion of the circle there.
But what people really care about is all the restaurants that I’ve hit this week:
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365 Dining
Not only have I been slacking on posting to this blog about my journey to Seattle, I’ve just been slacking about posting to this blog in general. Being in a new city is fun for exploration, and food is always the way that I tend to connect with new places, whether it be while traveling or living. Since my friends seem to enjoy doing 365 games, my current goal is to visit 365 different restaurants by the time that I’ve been in Seattle for a year(plus this will give me a reason to post about them more often). And being part of the twitter generation, I’ll do mini-reviews with each restaurant which hopefully clock in under 160 characters.
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