Japanese Knives

One of my new hobbies is collecting knives - especially handmade japanese knives. It is not only collecting - also using in the kitchen.


The Cheff Wa Gingami 3 - a sashimi knife with a length of 210mm with a Ho wood handle


Sirou Kamo - Migaki Nikari 165mm - a vegetable knife with Ho wood handle

Healthy Vegetable Soup

Last night I prepared a nice vegetable fond. I used celery, carots, leek, onion, broccoli, mushroom (fresh and dried), garlic, white wine, cloves, bayleave, roasted onion.
Today I prepared a vegetable noodle soup using carots, spring onion, celery, fresh peas, bean sprouts, fresh mushrooms and yellow egg noodles. As an additional dip I prepared some sliced chilies with soy sauce and lime juice.

Marinated Prawns

Today I tried another prawn receipe. The prawns are marinated for some hours. The marinade consists of olive oil, sesame oil, lime juice, lime zest, ginger, salt, pepper, coriander and brown sugar. Some of the marinade is kept aside as vinaigrette to drizzle over the fried prawns before serving.

New Cooking Sessions

Yesterday I bought a new cook book from the "Der Feinschmecker". It is written by Eckart Witzigmann - one of the most famous German kitchen chefs - about young vegetables.

The first trial was a green bean salad with tomatos and freshly sliced mushrooms. The vinaigrette consists of fruit vinager, aceto balsamico vinager, mustard, olive oil, salt, pepper and finely sliced spring onion.


In parallel I prepared a homemade vegetable fond. I needed it for todays potato soup. The fond consists of onion, zucchini, celery, carrots, tomato, leek, broccoli, white wine, water, and herbs.

Today I tried the potato soup recipe from the Witzigmann book. A very creamy, rich soup and very delicous.

BBQ Season has started ... ;-))

We bought a beautiful, handy Weber Q100 Gas Grill. It is a very sturdy, easy to handle and clean BBQ Gas Grill.
Today we tried some marinated pork fillet with vegetables (onion, bellpepper, zucchini, mushrooms). All vegetables were marinated with olive oil, herb salt, garlic, thyme and rosemary. Delicious ... :-)) ... a really good buy!

Teochew-Style steamed Loup de Mer

Today we steamed Loup de Mer Teochew-Style. I have ordered the fish (in a whole) from a gorgeous online-shop: http://www.lachskontor.de They deliver absolutely fresh fish. From the catch to delivery at home it takes only 24 hours. They have special packaging in order to maintain the freshness and chilling chain. I am so happy to have a source of fresh fish. The price of the fish is absolutely reasonable. The fish is vacuumized in portions and is easy to freeze. So we have fresh fish all the time.
The fish was steamed together with ginger julienne, garlic slices, soy sauce, shao xing rice wine, lime juice and sesame oil.
The fish flesh was very firm and tasty. Delicious.
The raw fish ...

Still raw, with the other ingredients

The steamed fish ...

Mango Avocado Salad with Crayfish Tails

Today I prepared a second time this wonderful salad. This time I replaced the papaya by mango, which was also nice. The vinaigrette consists of lime juice, honey, olive oil, salt, pepper, diced onion, chili and coriander stem. Crabfish Tails are used as a delicious topping. Best served with a glas of chilled Prosecco.