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Since it is Chinese New Year, I thought that I should probably stop being such a sloth and make something.

Besides everyone likes deep-fried food.

There is nothing better than to bite down onto something hot, hard and crispy ;]

Oh don't you look at me like that, you know it's true.

What you will need:

This will feed a family of 10 (depending on how small you make them). I make them bite-size.

Filling:

1 large carrot - finely grated
1 large red onion - diced into small cubes
3-4 Cloves garlic - diced
1 egg
6 pieces of Cloud-ear fungus or Shitake Mushrooms(you don't need to use this, I just did because of CNY) - finely sliced
Handful of Vermicelli rice noodles - soak for about 30seconds-1minute in warm water before.
150-200g Pork or beef - minced/diced/smacked up
1 tbsp Sesame oil
1-2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
Salt and pepper

Essentially you can use any vegetables/meat you want. Just slice and dice.

Wrap:

1 Pack of Spring Roll Pastry (i.e. TYJ Spring Home) - this comes in a huge pack of squares, cut them up so you get 4 small squares.

Method:

Dicing: slice/grate/chop all your vegetables + Vermicelli noodles and toss into a large steel bowl.
Mix: Arm yourself using chopsticks/fork/spatula and stir the mix up so all the ingredients are well blended together.
Crack in the egg and mix again: this helps to combine the mixture together.
Folding: Grab your square of spring roll pastry, and plant it diagonally on your work surface so it looks like a diamond

b) Dollop a teaspoon of the mix in the centre of the diamond.

c) Take the bottom corner and fold it over the mix in the centre.

d) Take the right hand corner and fold it over to the centre of the diamond.

e) Do the same to the opposite side.

f) Now, you should have something that resembles an open envelope.

g) Using the dollop of mix as a guide just roll it up to the top corner.

h) Rub some of the raw egg on the last corner to seal the spring roll, so it won't collapse when you fry it.

Catch my drift?

No?~

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There are some things that the Asians' just do better, and one of those things is their Fast Food.

Food is gourmet in Asian Food Courts compared to the West.

So move over Mcdonald's, Burger King and KFC and meet Fast Food Asian Style.

If I had to sit here and list it all to you, you would just faint at the sheer magnitude of the selection.

One of my favourite places to eat in the Food Courts in almost every shopping mall, is Pepper Lunch.

Pepper Lunch, is an ingenious concept from Japan.

Think- your own personal Teppanyaki, where you cook your food on a hot, sizzling plate.

Genius.

You can choose, either beef, chicken, or salmon and they all come with rice plus extras depending on your combo deal.

For ~£6.50 I ordered the Pepper Steak.

Is this a dream!?

The steak arrived leisurely lying upon a sizzling hot plate, so you have to cook it quick and rest it on the bed of vegetables - if you like to keep your steak medium rare like I do.

For ease of cooking, the steak is already cut into strips

Pepper Steak served with beansprouts, sweetcorn, green beans and an bowl of rice.

Labels: Asian, By Area - Hong Kong, cheap eats, Chinese, DIY, Food courts, Food Critic, Food stalls, hong kong, Hong Kong Food Blog, Japanese, pepper lunch, Pepper steak, Restaurant Review, review, Steak, teppanyaki, Travel

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