Another response was from this guy whose food blog I had just discovered the day before. I remember thinking about starting a food blog after reading his. I knew that I wasn't going to post too much of my cooking so my whole idea was posting food that I ate and made.
Anyway, he mentioned he was going to a Vietnamese restaurant so I posted to see if he wanted company (I am craving for Vietnamese food). So, he replies back by saying he had forgotten he was cooking for a friend who was going to take photos of his food but he said I was welcome to come over too. So, being the person that I am, I said “Sure! Why not?”
I met him at his house and watched him prepare the lunch. Here are some pictures of the process + product:
Here Kike is showing us the ingredients for a sauce for the chicken. I believe it was red bell peppers, red chili ball peppers, cilantro, maybe salt and pepper?
Kike then blends all the ingredients together. I found out I had the same device at home so I tried making the sauce as well using different ingredients that I had. I will post those later.
Here is the final product! Watching Kike in the kitchen is really fun because he's quite active and energetic. He's also really big into presentation so as you can see here the dish itself has plantains with avocado and carrots on top of the chicken as a garnish. He does a really good job of accessorizing his dishes.
Anyway the lunch was delicious and with the sauce tasted very fresh. I really liked the plantains and plan to fry up my own one day.
It was really crazy to get to know Kike because I had read his blog thinking, "Man, this guy is cool! I can't wait to start my own food blog," and there I was in his home eating a dish he prepared. Very nice and talented guy.
For dessert we had a cake that Kike prepared from a kit that he received from Taste of America for winning a Best Burger competition. You guys should all check out his blog! http://kikayisinthekitchen.blogspot.com/
After dinner Kike and I headed to the Art Hostal for a Pesto Making event that we had both planned to go before knowing one another was going to go. The guy making the pesto was from Italy and a travel cook, International DJ, and other things. The event was really cool because there were so many types of people there who just looked artistic. I know that sounds silly but twas true.
As he started to grind the pesto, the room filled with rich aromas of basil and garlic. It's a really demanding process--you have to put in the basil, then cheese, then pine nuts, then oil, and grind and continue doing so little by little. Anywho, here's the finished product:
It was delicious! I then took off to go to the Singaporean kids' house for more food! My oh my, what a lucky day I had. Here are some of the dishes they prepared:
Here we have salted fish, pasta, and my all-time favorite straight-up steak.
The whole day was a culinary adventure! Barcelona is totally the city for hedonism so eat on!
Eat well,
Vina
nice post, that guy looks handsome and famous :P
ReplyDeletethank you for this post, as I said I feel flattered, I will be a follower from ow.
cheers