leek wrote:I chose this as my first dish to eat - today for lunch. And I'm not 100% certain what I am supposed to do with the multicolored rice (or is it rice and other stuff). Dan, you said "it will be obvious" but I guess it's not to me. Just tuck it in among the fried tofu and pork belly, etc. and nuke?
Yeah, as I looked at the nicely-labeled packages of food, I felt a bit bad about not having provided any information about contents, serving recommendations, etc. Sorry about that - I'll make sure to do a better job next time.
FWIW, the rice is
Red Cargo Riceleek wrote:It is REALLY good! And filling - a good winter dish. And also probably enough for 2 servings, especially if you have a veggie or salad along with it. The sauce isn't overbearing, but has a really pleasant flavor and texture.
Thanks! I'm glad to hear it went over well. This was a completely new dish for me, and I was a little worried about it. The sauce included shrimp paste*, which as someone who loves fish sauce, I can honestly say smells
revolting. I opened the small container only to find that the contents were sealed under a layer of wax. I popped up the edge of the wax and ... whew. Needless to say, I was scared to introduce any of this substance in to a dish that otherwise tasted pretty good. I figured if there was a crowd to try out shrimp paste on though, this would be the crowd.
I had David's pork and beans today for lunch and it was fantastic. My officemate caught a whiff and walked over to check out what I was eating. Honestly, I haven't had beans near that good since the last time I went to
Hog Heaven in Ruckersville, VA (my favorite BBQ place back in VA).
-Dan
* I had tried a couple of dishes, one at Tank Noodle (a braised dish of small pieces of pork belly, good, but too chewy) and one at TAC Quick (the shimp paste rice with various condiments/mix-ins served alongside the rice), that featured shrimp paste and had been interested to try cooking with it. Both of the dishes I tried had a pronounced shrimp paste flavor, but nothing prepared me for the scent of the raw material.