Persian Paradise, Glasgow

Grilled meats, curries, stews, lamb, chicken beef.... and Persian Food.... Step inside this restaurant and I guarantee you will feel like you are in a Persian restaurant.

Let's see what they have to offer for starters... Kashke Bademjan. A warm plate of fried aubergine, walnut with fried onions, herbs and spices and some.....Homous ???

Order some Lavesh naan to go with it. Unlike the Indian versions, Naan's here are considerably thinner with a nice floury fragrance.

The Mains!!.... Kebab Shishlik... Mince lamb skewer

The Paradise Special Kebab. A skewer of tender dices of boneless chicken fillet wrapped with tender fillet marinated in saffron and olive oil.

Food's pretty tasty here. However the portions just overly huge. The problem with that is that by the time you get to the last third of your skewer, its gone colder and the meat's tougher. That aside, the flavours are good, the fresh salads act as a great palate cleanser and .... I just love the grilled tomato and chilli.


To my knowledge, there are 2 Persian Restaurants in the West End. Why don't you try both and see which one suits your taste better.




Persian Paradise
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411-413 Great Western Road,
Glasgow United Kingdom
Phone: 0141 339 2170
http://www.persianparadise.co.uk/

Chickenn Ricee

Where in the world can you find a decent, cheap chicken rice at 1130 in the night.....

hhahaha.. Yup I had this for supper.... Satisfying...

Punggol Nasi Lemak's Chicken Wing

Met up with the TIDC gang for supper at Punggol Nasi Lemak. I thought I will be going for a round 2 after dinner but found out that the guys just wanted to eat some wings and leave for S5*s place for some mahjong action.

I was being greedy again so I had a piece of chicken wing, an otak and one of those fried ebi tempura. THe chicken wing was chickenlicious man. Tasted like the malay versions with a Long John silver type coating with all the crumbly bits and a juicy meat that peels easily of the bone. PLUS ! it was made fresh. I wish I ordered some rice and some chilli .. ahh.. regret. The otak was nice too. The ebi was forgettable.



Punggol Nasi Lemak
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238 Tanjong Katong Road
Singapore
Tel: +65 6348 3303

WY's Takeaway

Once again its the time of the year for homecook takeaway dinners. I remembered cooking last year for the final years and I guess being nice has its rewards. WY randomly offered to make some dinner on Friday. I was half expecting an ang moh dish from Jamie Oliver's cook book but was quite suprised to find rice and 3 dishes.

Included in the box were 2 well marinated soy sauce marinated chicken, some mince pork with eggplant and stir fry lettuce with oyster sauce. All of it was fantastic. Even if it tasted bad I would have said it was good but not this time. Definately worth eating again *hint *hint LOL.

My only complaint was that the rice was a bit dry lol. WY said it was V who cooked the rice but I got a text from V the next morning saying that it was actually WY.. Oh wells...

PeriPeri Spice Chicken with Cous Cous

Studying can be boring.. which is why i am here blogging. Dinner from sometime ago. Aa marinated some chicken in a green jalapeno sauce which gave it a very nice peri peri taste. Cooked up some Cous cous. Never thought I'll like cous cous but its quite nice when simmered in a vegetable stock. Boil up some courgettes and carrots and we are off to go.

Dilita Afrikana Peri-Peri Hot sauce Chicken

Chicken time again. Baked some lovely drumsticks for dinner the other night to go with my wafer chips. This time I tried an african sauce called Peri Peri. Its quite spicy and slightly sourish. There's barcelos in Vivocity which sells something quite similar. Over in the UK, we have nandos (http://www.nandos.co.uk/). I wished I had a grill or some sort to cook the chicken but I had to rely on my oven which was fine but the charred flavour would have given it that extra oo la la.

Here's a sample of the sauce that I used. Marinated the chicken in it overnight with some tomato ketchup and sugar to give it that caramalise taste. Just before throwing it in the over, I gave chicken a quick splash of lemon juice to help give the skin a crispy edge. Temperature 200 degrees celcius for about 20-25 mins.

Rice Wars II: The Return of the Tong (Tub)

For a moment I thought it was going to be Revenge of the claypot but little did I know... out came the Tong!! haha. Good days of unlimited rice is back man.. Yup.. If you read the previous post, you will realise what this rice business is about. No more 2 pounds per person portions but heaps and heaps of rice and you know what... its Free of Charge... Shiok ah!

OK... we have been wanting to try this. Razor clams.. hmm.. yum yum .. These shellfish are actually produced widely in farms in Scotland and exported to countries around the world (Singapore Included) I think we paid 10.50pounds for 8 pieces which is around the same price as the ones in Singapore but we know of this place that sells 10 for 10.80.. Ah...cant wait to try it .

They tasted fresh and full of natural sweetness. The sauce that came with it was probably made from fish soya sauce but the addition of crispy garlic bits added a new dimension to it. I thought the vermicillin was a turn of initially but i soon realise that its purpose was to soak up the sauce to go along with the meat. Very clever...

Soya sauce chicken or oil chicken. Not as tender as I hoped for it to be. I think its because they took it from the super market next door and chop it up whenever this dish gets ordered. oh well.. At least the taste was there but otherwise, not a dish which I would order often unless I was craving for it like I was the other night.

X0 Sauce Pao(4) niu(2) Rou(4). well translated it means XO sauce BOOMZ beef meat.. certainly got me remembering about a certain Miss Low in Singapore. This dish.. hmm.. felt really deconstructed. It felt like eating the sauce on its own and then the meat and then the asparagus.. Nothing spectacular but at least it went well with the rice.

The good thing about this dish is probably the claypot that the tofu came out with. Taste wise... its was rather bland. The seafood tofu dish tasted better. Maybe we will try something more meaty the next time.

Lastly, miniature cakes. These are always lovely. Wished there were more. Oh .. and no free bread this time round but I don't mind as long as there s free rice lOL.

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Seawoo Seafood Restaurant
The Point
29 Saracen Street
Hamilton Hill
Glasgow G22 5HT

T: +44 (0) 141 331 6105

Dinner at Big G's

Got invited to Big G's house for dinner. His mum's cooking. Roasted chicken. Succulent and flavourful!.

Beef with black beans. Whole black beans!.

Red Thilapia, Interesting to find this fish here. Apparently available at See woo.. This dish tasted more hokkien than cantonese.

Don't forget your greens.

After Dinner chocolates. I had one.

and lots of fruits!!

Thanks to Big G and his Mum for their generous hospitality!!

Dinner with K and WY at Loon Fung

Its been a week since my last post. Its not that I have not been eating nor because I have forgotten to take pictures but I've just been too busy lately... poo....... Looks like the routine's going to be like his in the coming weeks. Still... I miss blogging

Ok now for the food.. K came back to Glasgow from Dumfries over the weekend and was craving for some chinese food. I was there for 5 weeks.. and there's a severe lack of chinese food over there. Since WY was down with man flu, he order some simple yet delicious stuff.

First up is 3 cup chicken. I mentioned about this previously in another post of mine. It was piping hot when it came out and tasted really nice.

Pipa Tofu next. Bigger bits of prawn in these tofus compared to the ones at China blue. A nice gooey savoury sauce was used to boost up the nice neutral taste of the tofu.

Finally, a fresh seabass. Big fat juicy and yummy...


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Loon Fung
417 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow, G2 3LG
08717040812




P.S: I was looking at some of my past pictures and realise that actually.. I made a couple of these dishes before lol. However, having someone to cook the dishes for you while you wait to eat is a totally different experience.

P.S.S: 2000!!!! Thank you for the support!! 9/9/09

Zing (Pimp) my soup

This is not a herbal chicken soup. Its a Chicken Bah Kut Teh soup . Dosen't really make sense if you think about it . Where's the pork ribs? That's why its pimp that soup and of course I threw in some gouki seeds and mushrooms and for my flatmates, they like to throw in some tau kee in as well.

Here's one of the many versions out there. I find it really authentic and my advice for cooking some bah kut teh soup is to follow the instructions behind closely and use the right amount of water to get that nice Giamness (Saltiness)