Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Kimbap

Well, today we had our Kimbap. My first concern was whether anyone could park in front of our building. It turns out that the parking space was only unavailable on Monday because of deliveries of construction stuff. Don't know what stuff mind you. However, I suddenly thought about it when I got up this morning so I emailed my friend and Jinah Allen who was making and delivering the Kimbap. Jinah arrived promptly at 11 with our lunch. It was all nicely parcelled up with chopsticks provided. Jinah pointed out to me that all the boxes had the ingredients written on them so we knew what was which. She also provided some cards to be spread around.

When my friend arrived we opened them all up. We had 2 crab, 2 vegetable and one beef. We tucked in. My friend and I found we needed a little wasabi mixed into our soy sauce. Matt unfortunately was not enamoured. He doesn't like sushi much any more although once upon a time he did. We even made some for entertaining friends once.We two pigged out and thoroughly enjoyed the Kimbap. I have some left over which I am thinking of taking into the bowling alley tomorrow maybe. Maybe we can find some customers there for Jinah. We drank some white wine with our meal which was complementary to the Kimbap.



Cucumbers and avocado, what could be nicer.

Creamy Cucumber Soup

EatingWell Magazine


There's no reason to only use cucumbers raw—they are wonderful sautéed then pureed with avocado for a silken-textured soup that's good warm or cold.


4 servings

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, diced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 cups peeled, seeded and thinly sliced cucumbers, divided
1 1/2 cups vegetable broth, or reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1 avocado, diced
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, plus more for garnish
1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt

Preparation

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 1 to 4 minutes. Add lemon juice and cook for 1 minute. Add 3 3/4 cups cucumber slices, broth, salt, pepper and cayenne; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat and cook at a gentle simmer until the cucumbers are soft, 6 to 8 minutes.
Transfer the soup to a blender. Add avocado and parsley; blend on low speed until smooth. (Use caution when puréeing hot liquids.) Pour into a serving bowl and stir in yogurt. Chop the remaining 1/4 cup cucumber slices. Serve the soup warm or refrigerate and serve it chilled. Just before serving, garnish with the chopped cucumber and more chopped parsley, if desired.
Have a great day
 

22 comments:

  1. I am very fond of sushi so I probably would enjoy kimbap. I always add Wasabi to my soy sauce. Every supermarket around here has sushi bars with fresh sushi and we have several sushi restaurants.

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    1. Me too, but the wasabi didn't come with it so we didn't add it straight away. Same here Denise, lots of sushi in stores. Only one restaurant I know of. It's not quite the same as one gets in coastal areas where fresh fish is available. Best I ever had was in San Francisco and in Kissimmee a close 2nd.

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    2. Well, I had sushi in Melbourne, Australia that was unbelievable. But what we have around here is pretty good. Our Japanese contingent is around 8 percent.

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    3. Don't know what our Japanese contingent is Denise, but I do know our nearest ocean is 1,000 miles away, give or take.

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  2. Hi Jo - looks good that Kimbap ... and am so glad you enjoyed it. That cucumber soup looks delicious ... and I do love it - cheers Hilary

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    1. It was good Hilary. Yes, I need to try that soup. Love soups like that.

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  3. Sounded delicious. I've had sushi only once and enjoyed it; need to get out and find a restaurant down here that serves it.

    betty

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    1. It was Betty. Most of our grocery stores round here do sushi. It's pretty good.

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  4. Glad it was good. I'd definitely have mine with wasabi.

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  5. I'm not a fan of sushi, but if the meat in this is cooked then I would definitely try it.

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    1. Because we are so far from the sea JoJo, we don't get uncooked fish in our sushi or our Kimbap.

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  6. I love sushi and it's quite popular here - my other half doesn't like it for some reason so I get it for myself at least every couple of months. Our local grocery shop has a quite good sushi bar where they make it on the spot and there are a couple of other places selling it in the same shopping centre - and now reading about it has made me want some today.

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    1. Are you near the ocean Helen? Then you can have sushi with some fish. Not all sushi has fish of course.

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  7. So glad it worked out for you girls. Too bad about Matt. Tastebuds change, I'm told. And I believe it because Tim is eating all kinds of things he never had an interest in before.

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    1. You are right Ivy, tastes do change which is why, all my life, when I didn't like something I tried it again in a couple of years or so. Glad Tim is finding lots of new things to eat.

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    2. Tonight, was the first time he tried my cabbage and he liked it. I wasn't even making him any but he tried so I shared. This is exciting news for me because it's nice to share veggies. Since I eat about a billion of them.

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    3. That's good. Do you do anything special with your cabbage Ivy?

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    4. Lately, I've been digging just finely chopping it into strings that I can pick up with my chopsticks. Just a little unscented coconut oil and Kosher salt. I let it brown a bit too, I keep eating bites as I go. I can eat half a head by myself.

      Tonight though, I mixed it with carrots sticks. Pretty good. Nearly out of cabbage, must by more.

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    5. Sounds good. I often sauté mine

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  8. I love Sushi! If you love sushi, like I love sushi, oh...oh...sorry:) This sounds like a dinner I would love

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    1. LOL, so do I Birgit. Particularly that available near the coast.

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