Thursday, April 24, 2008,
My favorite food
Food, one of Life’s greatest delights. Living in Singapore, the variety and cuisines of food is not restricted to only the local favourites. Foreign cuisine are also in abundance and there are also fusions of cuisine like the Malay-Chinese dish, Satay beehoon (thin rice vermicelli with spicy satay sauce).
I have tasted a great variety of different cuisine of food, ranging from the mouth-watering local favorites like Satay (chicken on a stick) and Laksa (noodles in a coconut-based gravy) to foreign cuisine like Thai, Indian and Japanese. The great variety of different cuisine available always leaves me wanting to try more.
Honestly speaking, figuring out my favorite food is quite difficult for me. From a young age, I have had a sweet tooth, and always enjoyed eating dishes that are sweeter than usual. Teriyaki chicken, a Japanese dish is one of the sweetest dishes that I ever had, and liked it ever since. Teriyaki chicken is a common dish in most Japanese restaurants, often served with rice (Teriyaki Chicken Don). The sauce compliments perfectly with the tender, juicy large pieces of chicken every time I try it. The rich flavor of the dish never fades till it is swallowed. I knew that the essence of the dish was not the chicken but the sweet Teriyaki sauce. I wanted to know how the mouth-watering delectable brown sauce was made.
Curiosity leads me to search for the ingredients needed to make the brown sauce. Soon, I found out that teriyaki chicken requires ingredients ranging from the common Asian seasonings like sugar and soy sauce to the authentic seasonings from Japan, sweet rice wine (Mirin) and rice wine (Sake). Grated ginger would also be used to enhance the taste. No wonder it tasted so sweet!
Even though it is one of my favourite foods, all food must be consumed in moderation and never excessive. Considering my sweet tooth, I might easily become diabetic if I eat too much of this dish and probably so would you!Labels: My Favourite Food
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