Another round to play with this favourite dessert, one that I made regularly in my younger years around CNY period for the family.
This time I used coconut milk to mix with Glutinous rice flour, roughly 1:1 ration to form a dough. This is then shaped into small balls, plain boiled until floating, around 1 -2 minutes. Serve in a bowl with a little sugar and the liquid, then mix in as much black sesame paste as you like.
The dumplings are softer this way.
A casual dinner gathering and afterwards friends called it a protein feast!
Started with mi-cuit foie gras brought from France.
Then slices of Portuguese sausages from Macau.
Grilled NZ lamb chops seasoned with freshly grounded black mustard seed, fenugreek cumin, black pepper and salt.
Grilled Spanish Iberico pork collar in Char Siu flavor.
Grilled grass fed Australian Black Angus rib steak.
Mixed veg cooked in Air fryer
Black sesame mousse as dessert.
The newly found Black sesame paste is so delicious that we thought of using it as a dessert in a gathering. Instead of making chinese dessert, we use it like chocolate ganache, to be mixed with lightly whisked whipping cream to form this velvety black sesame mousse. The fragrant of sesame comes out better in this lightened and aerated form.
It is spread on a crushed biscuit/butter base, decorated with whipped cream.
200gm whipping cream, lightly whisked to soft peaks, with
15 gm fine sugar
170gm black sesame paste, whisked in briskly
Chic restaurant in Kennedy Town, a fell steps from the water front, serving well prepared tasty dishes.
看藝穗節的中東音樂表演，由香港The Saffron 樂隊四位成員負責，主要是Ottoman 時代的樂曲。首次如此欣賞個半小時的中東音樂，意外的音色豐富、節奏明快。
當中那女郎彈的卡農琴 Qanun，有點似古箏，但有三倍多的弦線，和以皮托底，聲音更圓潤多變。
打鼓那位表演了三種中東鼓的不同效果，鼓音時快時慢，帶領樂曲節奏。
中場和他們談天又看背境資料，才知道當中只有那女郎是正規讀音樂出身，在演藝學院主修古箏。往後見識到卡農琴的音色，主動學習，成為得奬表演者。
打鼓的在中大修哲學，一直玩口琴，旅行時聽到中東鼓表演，即刻投入學習，達到可以表演和教學的水平。
那玩大提琴的，讀人文學，現在美國大學進修音樂和人民歷史碩士學位，已有數篇論文在音樂雜誌中刊登。
而那位玩中東「結他」Oud 的英土混血兒，其實是受聘來港大教書，閒時玩Oud, 在英國常有演出。因為是駐港土耳其領事兒子的友人，被領事找到，在土耳其節日中表現音樂，速成四人組成 The Saffron 樂團，久不久在不同場地演出中東音樂。
看到這些背景，很能感覺到四位表演者對音樂的狂熱，投入時間學習。
同來看表演的友人，尚有兒子在學，坦白說現今父母若有能力，容易接受兒女向嗜好發展，而不是似我們一代，少想到志趣，多以找到穩定和賺大錢的工作為目標。
樂見台上的表演者，愉快地學習喜歡的東西，投入演出和教學工作，可以追求滿足心靈的人生。
While wandering around Prince Edward and Shek Kip Mei area, went past this shop that sells all sorts of dried herbs and spices. The supply is phenomenal, from herbs in cooking, drinking to medicinal use, in a bright, tidy and well displayed shop.
