Shin Chan Ramen

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We had a crazy craving for shoyu ramen last week, so I txt my Japanese friend for a good place where we could enjoy a good ramen good as in Japan or almost. She suggested us Shin Chan Ramen in Solaris Mont Kiara. It is a small restaurant, nice and modern design. We had deep fried shitake mushrooms, gyoza and of course two shoyu ramen. Everything was very good. Exceeded my expectations!!

Pesto alla genovese

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Today I decided to prepare a fresh "Pesto alla genovese".
The ingredients are:
40 leaves of fresh basil
1TBSP Parmesan cheese
1 TBSP pecorino cheese
3 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp pine nuts
1 clove garlic
salt

Procedure:
Clean the leaves with a cotton towel. Put in a mixer or blender with the garlic, pine nuts and the salt (this keeps the green color of the leaves). Mix all for 1 minute then add the cheese and one spoon of extra virgin olive oil. Mix again for few minutes and slowly add the rest of the oil.
Now your fresh "Pesto alla genovese is ready. I suggest to cook it with Linguine pasta.
Buon appetito!!

LUNCH WITH LINA

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Yesterday I invited my friend Lina over for lunch so we could have "una bella chiaccherata" and I decided to make a light lunch using my new "Ottolenghi cooking book".
I worked in Ottolenghi in Notting hill www.ottolenghi.co.uk for one year and I loved the salads. The chefs Sami and Yottam are great chefs and sometimes I miss their food. So now it's finally out their cooking book and my mother in law gave it to me as a present and I am looking forward to try many more recipes. Today I prepared "chargrilled broccoli with chilli and garlic"and "Mangetout with hazelnut and orange". With the Ottolenghi cooking book, my mother in law also gave me a Jamaica cooking book "Reggae reggae cookbook" by Levi Roots', so I can keep the family tradition. Next time I will try some great Jamaicanfood and I will post here the result.

HOME MADE PIZZA

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Tired of trying all the Italian restaurants in KL to find a good pizza, I decided to try and make it at home, following the direction of my friend from Napoli, Lina.
The result was great, Nigel loved it and now I think I can make it again and again:-)

risotto ai funghi con zafferano iraniano

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Ieri sera mio marito e' tornato a casa con un regalo da parte delle sue studentesse iraniane, due bellissimi piccoli contenitori in porcellana contenenti un profumatissimo zafferano che qui a Kuala Lumpur e' impossibile trovare, cosi' non ho potuto trattenermi e ho cucinato un buonissimo risotto ai funghi impreziosito dal giallo zafferano.




Last night my husband came back home with a present from his Iranian students, two beautiful ceramic pots with a fragrant saffron inside that you cannot find here in Kuala Lumpur so I couldn't wait and I made a nice mushroom risotto with the yellow saffron.
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