Thursday, August 07, 2008

Everyday should be a lucky day! Kendi Bistro is celebrating 888 or August 8, 2008 era as the chinese says the luckiest day. This dessert is made from meringue flavored with cinnamon that goes well with any caramel-based component, like the banana mousse in it. We all know that graham flour is good with melted butter and lots of sugar to sweeten it that made it more chewy inside and inhibits the meringue from getting soggy while cooling in the freezer. Yes, it is chilled before it is served but covered with clear plastic to avoid it from getting soft. It is finished off with a cinnamon stick and a banana leaf strip.
Whatever it is that you do this day, make it a lucky one and give it your best!

Friday, August 01, 2008

My kitchen has come up with it's international set of menu and this is one of them. Coconut-Turmeric is basically popular in Italy and India which reminds of good friends back when I was in college. I thought a pasta dish which could be plain with just mushroom and peas can even be made better with the flavors incorporated. I would want people who dine at the bistro that eating it in a claypot is artful and still be a [KENDI] -like cuisine.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

This perfect ending is velvety yet refreshing. Kendi Bistro is all up to develeoping your sense of taste to a higer level.
Cream:
Heavy Cream
Powdered Sugar
Vanilla Powder
A little cinnamon
Poppyseed
Thinly sliced Pineapple
It was simply whipped to semi-soft peak and poppyseeds were folded in. Pineapple fanned and dipped in the cream.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Cooking is totally different from baking, I must say, having timed myself 3.30p.m. to 5:00pm. Really, it feels rewarding and this dish made me realize things. That a restaurant charges a higher price because of the skill and experience one chef puts in every plate. This is not an original genre but from a book I consider one of the best. Europe's Master Chef[Eurodelices,Konemann]. Chef Emil Tabourdiau, is the man for this dish. The colors, fragrances and flavors of Provence united in one dish. The original recipe, serves 4 and it was quite challenging to do just 1 serving. I had to divide everything by 4 and get too little amounts of all the ingredients. Try this dish, if Kendi Bistro is real, which I virtually am including it.
Ingredients

1/2 kilo of chicken

1 large eggplant

1 small eggplant

1/2 zucchini

1 red bell pepper

3 regular tomatoes,red

1 head of garlic

1/2 onion

1 egg

3 1/2 T flour

7 T ground almonds

1/2 c bread crumbs

6 1/2 T olive oil

salt and pepper

Basil Sauce

2 sprigs f basil

5 1/2 oz of shallots

1/2 c butter

2/3 c heavy cream

2 T white wine

White Stock

chicken carcass or bones

1 each onion, carrot and leek

1 celery rib

1 bouquet garni

Procedure:

Seasoned all thinly sliced and shaped vegetables then broiled each in olive oil and baked for 5 minutes except for the tomatoes and garlic cloves. The other eggplant component was seasoned, oiled and baked for about 12 minutes at 355 F, I scraped off the meat and mixed it with onions.
Again the meat was seasoned with salt and pepper, dredged in flour, egg and ground almonds adn deep fried it in Olive Oil . Boil the white stock .

Braise the shallots in butter, add the wine and stock, then reduce Add the blanched basil mix using a buerre mixer or a food processor to obtain a greener sauce and strain. Braise the garlic cloves, tomatoes and the bread chicken breasts. Line eggplant slices in a ring mold, top with the eggplant-onion filling, then with fried breasts, alternately top with zucchini and red bell pepper slices. Bake at 375 F for 7 minutes.

Pour Sauce over hot plates, unmold the dish in the middle and garnish with garlic and red tomatoes. I loved it. Howelse can I elaborate. Labeled SPECIAL for KENDI BISTRO.






















Sunday, July 20, 2008

Now Open! Kendi Bistro

Welcome to my virtual bistro! For someone craving for an eggless breakfast, try this dish. Compound flavors like Saffron,Honey and Soy sauce all in this plate. I must admit that cooking is kinda new to me. Dessert is my expertise and I would like to develop my culinary skills and I am beginning to enjoy it. Hop in to my bistro and try this bfast/brunch item from my menu.

Rice

1 Cup of steamed Rice

1 Tablespoon Corn oil

2 cloves of garlic

About 4 Strands of Saffron thread

Salt and pepper

1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds for garnish

Toast the sesame seeds and set aside. Heat oil in a skillet, saute garlic and Saffron, add rice. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in sesame seeds.

Honey Ham

1 slice of ham

1 tsp. vegetable oil

1 Tablespoon Honey

Heat the oil, add in honey and pan fry the ham slice.

Tomatoes and Pechay

2 pieces red tomatoes

Pechay leaf

salt

boiling water

ice water

Season boiling water with salt. Poach the tomatoes for 10 seconds and immediately put in ice water to prevent it from cooking further. This method retains the vegetables texture and minerals.

Soy Oil

1 Tablespoon soy sauce

1 Tablespoon olive oil

Whisk together. and Drizzle around the rice.

















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