1/26/15 Menu Outline

Last Friday I offered to cater a art event that one of the other seniors in my school is hosting and I have a rough idea of what to serve. This event is the precursor to my presentation.  I am going to post a sampler of my menu  but it is not set in stone, so some of the ingredients and even the dishes themselves may be subject to change. Later I will also post the prices of the ingredients from Local stores and even some online stores. So here is the Menu that I anticipate using for both events.

MENU:Serving for 10

Level of difficulty for the dishes

(*)= Easy

(**)= Medium

(***)= Hard

Drink:

Haioreum Iced Green Tea(80 bags)-$7.99

Cantonese Dishes

Appetizer: Veggie Dumplings ( Zhēng cài Bāo)

Entre: Egg drop Soup (Dàn huā tāng)

Japanese Dishes

Appetizer: Squash Croquette (Kabocha Korokke)

Entre: Japanese Curry ( Nihon No Karē)

Korean Dishes

Appetizer: Kimbap (김밥)

Entre:  Spicy Rice Cakes (떡볶 이)

Dessert: Crown Choco Heim (대)= $ 6.49 ( 1 box)

1/21/15 Pot luck

I brought my pomegranate tea to the Potluck so that everyone could try it and Mr.Beste [the Gym teacher] LOVED it! He actually approached me later and said that he would like for me to make more and that he would pay me for it. I was really flattered and told him that it was simple to make the tea, all he needed was:
-2 large pomegranate's ( seeded and crushed with a pestle)
- 1 cup of sugar.
I noticed others liked the tea but didn't get as much of an enthusiastic response as I did from Beste. I also was able to ask Mrs.Ullrich if I could Interview her mother or one of her sisters to see if they would teach me about Korean food. I learned that Mrs.Nguyen made her own Kimchi (Spicy pickled cabbage).

Journal Entry 1/19/15

Today I tested my first recipe, I made a pomegranate tea ( Seoklyu-cha ) that I found on Maangachi's website. Maangachi is a Korean housewife, blogger and Youtube chef who teaches you how to make Korean food. During the process of making the tea I realized I didn't have a pestle to crush the pomegranate seeds with so I had to use a meat crusher and a blender to smooth it out so it came out with the consistency of jam..I was really disappointed with that. When I looked at the example picture I noticed a huge difference between the two tea's. I also ended up burning my right hand on the tea because I dropped the mug and all of the hot water began to spill on my hand which let to a 1st degree burn and the use of tons of Aloe vera to relieve the burning. I hope to retry this recipe in the future.

My Project Proposal 1/19/15

The Title of my WISE project is "My Culinary Adventures with East Asian Cuisine!".  My goal is to learn about and make foods from China,Japan, and Korea so that I can make a cookbook/blog.  I will be researching the History of East Asian Cuisine and using what I learn to help me execute my knowledge. The brunt of my project will be building my cookbook from my daily  journal entries and attempts at cooking. Some of the questions I will be focusing on are: What are the similarities between the countries foods? What are the differences?
This project will ultimately allow me to further my knowledge of East asian foods and will also allow me to expand my skills with cooking and writing. I plan to interview Chef's and home cooks  who have to knowledge and experience to guide me.