Day: January 26, 2005

Pork Tonkinoise Soup

Ingredients

6 cups chicken or vegetable stock
4 boneless pock chops
2 cups broccoli flowers
1/2 pack (200g) of rice noodles
2 spring onions, chopped
1 tsp crushed chili pepper (can be increased or decreased to taste)
3 tbsp fresh coriander
1 small knob ginger
canola oil
salt
pepper

1. Bring stock to a boil, reduce heat, add broccoli and coriander and let simmer until broccoli is tender. Season to taste.
2. Cook rice noodles according to instructions (typically, boil for 60 seconds and rinse with cold water). Drain and set aside.
3. Trim fat from the pork chops and cut into thin strips. Saute in canola oil with ginger and chili pepper until pork is golden brown (5-6 minutes).
4. Portion noodles, pork and spring onions in large bowls. Cover with stock and broccoli. Garnish with a fresh sprig of coriander.

Notes: Broccoli can be substituted/complimented with chinese cabbage and/or spinach. Pork can be substituted/complimented with shrimp and/or beef.

Last night was maaaavelous. Spent two hours yesterday in the McGIll Network Op Center, surrounded by shiny and expensive toys, then met Katy at Indigo for some book shopping goodness before going to Hurleys to meet Sara. Lots of laughter ensued. Notable quotes:

Q: I was on my back, what did you expect?
A: sex.

“I have trouble standing up straight at the best of times”

“- The difference between your dad and I is that I fight back.
– My dad's too scared to fight back cause I start crying and run to my mom. Then again, he's started doing that as well. We're both afraid of my mom.”

We went to see Lemony Snickett movie, which I give a 7/10. I'm not a big fan of Jim Carey at the best of times, but the movie had redeeming features. We headed back to my place afterwards for dinner. Note to self, sage and oregano go well with chicken. Other note to self, I need to get coriander.

Fell asleep watching CSI and headed off to bed shortly. I had a good night's sleep, yay! Woke up indecently late, got up even later. I'm ashamed to say that I left for the office at 10:30. This will not do. It was worth it, but still, I can't keep on doing this. I took a cab to the office to mitigate the lateness. Other bit of good news, after a week of faffing, I got my business cards, woot!

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