Memorial Day BBQ...

, nSo it was memorial day and of course we needed to do a bbq to bring in the summer.

We were blessed with a gorgeous day and wonderful people.

Of course we had a big menu and was so excited to go shopping and prepare the food. This gave us a peek of what it would be like if we started a catering company. We had a party of around 25 people and started the night before. The menu was: Glazed bbq wings, mini burgers, corn salad, and orzo salad.

We started out with marinating the wings the night before and here are the ingredients:soy sauce, sweet soy, honey, sriracha, rice wine, sesame oil, and garlic. Mixed it all up in the wings an

d stick it in the fridge overnight.

The next day we started out around 1pm to prepare the rest of the food. My sister, Annie was a little nervous on the time, wondering

if we were able to prepare and have the food ready by 6pm

for 25 people.

But the Ng team were

determined to make it happen and rolled up our sleeves and got down and dirty. First we prepare the mini burgers. We mixed beef and pork with onions, portabella mushrooms and a few dry spices. Then we took the wings out of the fridge and roasted them in the oven. Next we worked on the salads. The corn salad is our signature dish and I feel like we may have posted about it before but I included a picture of it anyway. I created the orzo salad as another veggie option for our fellow vegetarians. It consist of orzo, olives, pim

ento peppers, walnuts, parsley, and balsamic vinegar. Most of the ingredients are raw so it's a good dish for people who are into raw foods.

After the salads were done, we grilled the mini burgers and wings and it all turned out to be a beautiful spread!

So in the end we finished on time.....even with a little extra time to make ourselves pretty for our guests ;0)

Mother's Day's Menu - Late Post

" Happy belated Mother's Day to the all the Mommies out there!! "
Sorry for the late posting.

Our Sunday Grillathon Menu for Mama Ng

Grilled Beer Infused Marinated Dancing Chicken
Marinated with Chinese marinade overnight, open your favorite beer and drink half,
insert the rest of the beer can in the bird
place on heated grill, covered and let it cook!

Grill Prosciutto Wrapped Sardines

seasoned with lemon juice

drizzled with truffle oil

Grill Baby Bak Choi

Grilled Young Red Snapper with

ginger, scallion, sesame oil, salt and pepper

look at them sizzle**

Great Purchase -

Charcoal Companion Grill Basket

Snow Crab Legs

We also had Steamers

Lemon always handy when it comes to grilling seafood

It was great night, Mom loved each dish.

She even cooked us some Chinese wine chicken which I did not have a chance to snap a picture

Ended the feast on a sweet note *

Creamy Chestnut Cake with fresh fruit

Hope you enjoyed this :)

Sunday Seafood Feast

It was lovely sunny day to fire up the grill!

Radicchio - Leeks - Portabello Mushroom

Fresh Tilapia Fish with Lemon and Parsley

Wash and snip off all fins. Score the fish on both sides

Season with salt and pepper inside and out.

Put handful of fresh parsley into the cavity and lemon slices into the slits.

 

fish so fresh it was still moving!

Wrap fish in foil with several slits

Boiled Blue Crabs

Place live crabs in to boiling water, add salt - medium heat for 15 mins

Salads

Black Beans and Corn Salad

Barley and tomato salad with almonds & pine nuts

Steamers

Rinse to clean the clams

Heat stock pot with water, white wine, shallots, parsley, garlic

add clams, covered, in medium low heat until all opens - discard any that did not open

keep the broth - strain it and serve it in a bowl for cleaning the clams

Bowl of Steamers served with melted butter

Very Simple Grilled Whole Tilapia

Who is in the mood for delicous tilapia?

This is very easy to prepare and to cook, so you can kick back and enjoy a glass of wine, that's what I did...

With this recipe, you can grill, bake or just simply steam the fish.

Tilapia is a fresh water and non-oily fish, that way it was able to absorb the sauce and seasoning well.

What you need :

Fresh Tilapia - ( yes the fish market will do most of the hard work)

scallion

ginger

garlic & black bean sauce (LeeKumKee Brand)

salt . pepper

-clean fish inside and out, you might find some scale left, use a knife scape aganist the scale which is toward the head.

I usually have the head of the fish facing me and scaping toward my direction, that helps the scales fly to opposite direction to the wall of the sink (easy to clean) or do it under water.

lightly score the skin of the fish on both side

rub salt and pepper inside and outside

stuff the cavity with ginger and scallion

lay the fish on a plate and rub the garlic and black bean sauce on the entire fish ( can put some in the cravity) you can thin out the paste with anykind of stock

Set up a sheet of foil, lay stalks of scallions then lay the fish on top so it won't stick to the foil.

semi seal it and put on grill, about half way done spread the foil open so the skin is exposed (close lid) that way the skin can crisp. Tilapia is more on the meaty side compared to other fishes but each bite is like butter.....mmmm go on...give it try...

That night we realized we should've got 2 tilapias...

Here is a not so good photo but sooooooooo delish ....served with grilled veges ..

oh yes , foil is great btw ..... we had friends to enjoy our meal with ...

you look good! ---------------------no...you look good!