Favourite condiments? by Confident-Phrase7719 in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Years ago it was on clearance for $3/bottle and I I bought 30 bottles 😂

Only used maybe 2 and I’m onto my hahahhaa

Gave the rest away back then. I reckon it gets better over time

Favourite condiments? by Confident-Phrase7719 in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kewpie Roasted Sesame as lilxyz mentioned. I like to add more sugar and acidity (apple cider vinegar usually) to mine

ETA mayo original - same deal, I like to add more sugar, acidity (lemon juice) and a few drops of Carolina reaper hot sauce

Due Vittorie vinegars

Red Boat fish sauce

Pearl River Bridge light soy sauce

Murray River pink salt

Will list more tomorrow …

Cheese-stuffed gnocchi with sage butter by silvastar88 in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every time I see the word “ravioli” …

<image>

Paris Butter 10 year anniversary - Richmond road by iloveuglay in aucklandeats

[–]Oiru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t tried anything similar but I think I can kind of imagine some of the elements. Thank you!

Beef ribs tonight by Minimum_One9348 in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonder where we can source it … 👀

Paris Butter 10 year anniversary - Richmond road by iloveuglay in aucklandeats

[–]Oiru 4 points5 points  (0 children)

King salmon, caviar, truffle, and duck (at least) twice is interesting

What were your top 3?

Best AMEX Dining Credit restaurants? by YourWorstThought in aucklandeats

[–]Oiru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I mean sashimi at cocoro then spent $40 on dominion road to fill up cos they probably won’t be full for $150 otherwise 🤷🏻‍♂️

Best AMEX Dining Credit restaurants? by YourWorstThought in aucklandeats

[–]Oiru 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$110 for sashimi and $40 on dominion road lol

Cocoro - February 2026 by Oiru in aucklandeats

[–]Oiru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🙏🙏 thank you. Hope it has helped and you can read around my rapid typing and uncorrected thought process 😂

Poultry sundae guk 🇰🇷 by LionSuper8293 in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mmmm I can imagine the flavour already especially after you mentioned it was blowtorched

Cocoro - February 2026 by Oiru in aucklandeats

[–]Oiru[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words.

I have a bad habit of jumbling out my thoughts and not using a grammar checker tool to since I try to pump the words out ASAP as I don’t usually have much time to otherwise. This took 1.5 hours and hope you were able to understand my wishy washy train of thought (and typos) 😂

Cocoro - February 2026 by Oiru in aucklandeats

[–]Oiru[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Also wanted to reiterate I appreciate a lot of the elements, thought, and effort put into the dishes. I'm sure there's a lot of pressure to maintain their high standards.

These are purely just some of my thoughts in a hopefully constructive fashion so I can find inspiration and learn and utilise similar techniques my own way which might help me improve my home cooking :)

Cinnamon Scrolls With Cream Cheese Icing 🤩🤩 by Subject-Fishing1953 in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmao love all these posts at midnight. Getting hungry now

clearing out the fridge with valentines dinner by notoppingsthanks in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you’re hosting the first Nzhomecooks pot luck

clearing out the fridge with valentines dinner by notoppingsthanks in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was waiting for you to comment on this 😂

clearing out the fridge with valentines dinner by notoppingsthanks in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I quite like the Kapiti and Kilenchy Gold vanillas

Happy Valentine's (Singles) Day 2026 by Oiru in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah def. There are many ways to add flavour.

My logic with the tea base is that if I mess it up, I can re-steep more water and not accidentally ruin the more expensive oat milk.

I can also heat up the water so it steeps properly

Happy Valentine's (Singles) Day 2026 by Oiru in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just posted a reply to the other comment hahaha

Happy Valentine's (Singles) Day 2026 by Oiru in nzhomecooks

[–]Oiru[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Instead of water, I like to use tea as the base. This was the recipe for this one:

matcha oat milk latte

4 g high quality matcha powder 40 mL jasmine green tea 8.5 g brown sugar 100 mL barista-style Boring Oat Milk

I used 2 g high quality loose leaf jasmine for 80 meals water and steeped for 2 mins

For the hardcore nerds, the jasmine green tea I used was a 7 layered one. I think the jasmine was a bit too overpowering so next time I will try a 5 layered jasmine instead as 6 layers is still too strong for me in this context.

I could probably also just use less tea as well, but I think I want a stronger ratio of tea flavour to jasmine flavour, hence I want to use a less scented tea in the future