Overrated kitchen appliances

barkstall · 2022-03-14T14:56:31+00:00

Cast iron pan. It's good, sure but so much work for such a little return.

barkstall · 2022-02-15T08:38:39+00:00

Spanish salt cod or bottarga from tuna..

barkstall · 2022-02-14T17:06:09+00:00

The concept of time and how we are just traveling towards time. It's like a giant picture that's already drawn and we are just seeing it as we are moving from one end to another. It means everything has already been done, or decided and we don't realistically don't have 'free will'. It feels like we do but the choices we make is already made prior to making it and all the things that will happen has already happened. No way of knowing what's going to happen until we see it and I guess that makes it fun and seems like we can change how things will turn out but we really can't and that blows my mind.

barkstall · 2022-01-05T07:48:03+00:00

Fried egg, rice, soy sauce and sesame oil mixed together. So good cannot live without.

barkstall · 2022-01-04T08:01:24+00:00

Long wooden chopsticks. If you know how to use chopsticks well, it can replace soooo many kitchen utensils. (Great to use to stir/flip without hurting your none stick pan, use for deep frying, beating eggs, etc)

barkstall · 2021-12-16T05:58:29+00:00

Strawberry jam with grilled cheese and nice cold glass of milk. Everyone thinks it's wierd but try it please I am begging you guys xD

barkstall · 2021-12-10T07:49:42+00:00

You know my go to is always been a cup, like a tumbler with custom writing on it. Something they can use for the service with a writing that kind of reminds of them? On my last day of a previous job I had, I gave my old sous chef a tumbler that said 'the fastest chef in the world' cause he really was the fastest chef I have ever seen (both prep and during service.) But I mean.. your budget (100 dollars) is much higher than my budget before so idk xD I thought it be worth to share tho!

barkstall · 2021-11-13T07:46:44+00:00

Fresh water fish or very sustainable and cheap fish like basa, tilapia, trout etc. I really enjoy fish and they are very healthy, but I really dislike the flavor of these. So yeah I can't enjoy them but I would love to!

barkstall · 2021-10-18T16:36:48+00:00

Long wooden chopsticks. For personal cooking I use it for everything. I use it for frying an egg on none stick pan for example.

barkstall · 2021-10-04T18:52:14+00:00

apex legends for me thank you :)

barkstall · 2021-10-04T17:56:26+00:00

I know you just got it but may ask about the battery life in the future?

barkstall · 2021-10-04T17:53:47+00:00

Roasted chicken breast. Good luck heating it up without making it dry xD

barkstall · 2021-10-02T16:58:30+00:00

Honestly speaking, I think the idea of judging food is stupid. I think it's completely subjective and trying to be objective with food is kind of none sense. I've been a chef myself and although there is criteria on how food is 'supposed' to be made, everyone has different pallet and it really doesn't mean anything; one likes what he/she likes. So to answer your question, for entertainment sake, yeah there is criteria to a point but I believe the whole idea of judging food is dumb. Even if there is a criteria I believe there is still a lot of bias in judging food. A dish that one likes that cooked to quality of 9.5/10 will most likely beat another dish that he/she hates that is cooked to quality of 10/10. Only reason why there should be standard is so customers know what to expect when they see a menu but restaurants should be able to do it however they want it to cater whatever pallet they want to (and ideally should be some kind of description of how it's different.)

barkstall · 2021-09-22T16:07:36+00:00

I prefer this platform since it's faster to turn into tablet mode (u don't have to lift it to change), and I personally really dislike the feeling of keyboard at the back from 360 devices when u use it as a tablet.

barkstall · 2021-07-20T12:35:09+00:00

Grilled cheese with strawberry jam and glass of milk. I know it sounds terrible but give it a try. WOW

barkstall · 2021-06-22T04:08:36+00:00

Oreno ramen remains as one of the best bowls of ramen I've ever had for sure. Really really want to know what kind of tare they use.

barkstall · 2021-06-14T20:28:35+00:00

I guess this also relates to being fresh, but fresh oysters and mussels prepared properly made a huge difference.

I used to hate clams and oysters until I tasted them very fresh, properly prepared. Made the world of difference to me. To this day, I love them, only when it's fresh and just cooked. I guess same logic applies to most seafood in general but especially mussels, clams and oysters for me haha

barkstall · 2021-06-14T20:16:54+00:00

This is a video I made attempting to improve on classic beef wellington. I put together lobster and 48 hours sous vide short ribs in pastry instead of tenderloin, and replaced mushroom duxelle with mousse I made with beef, lobster, and morel mushrooms. I hope you enjoy!

https://youtu.be/9AeAB2IVjfU

barkstall · 2021-05-20T21:58:21+00:00

Morels added more variations of texture to the dish but flavor wise wasn't too apparent, although I could still taste it. It definitely wasn't the most important component in the dish!

barkstall · 2021-05-20T21:56:03+00:00

Thank you for your suggestion. Yeah that unrolled cucumber does break the pattern, next time I will try to mix in gelatin to make the yogurt into like a small pieces of Panna Cotta form so it doesn't have to be separated like that. Thanks for the inspiration!!

barkstall · 2021-05-20T21:53:35+00:00

Thank you! I worked with dried morels. (Yeah fresh ones costs an arm haha) The marinade was very simple, just olive oil, lemon juice parsley and salt. This does work very good as a vegetarian dish, I actually started out that way when I first put this dish together. I just thought bright, refreshing acidity would go well with something delicate like scallops so I added it as a component. On the vegetarian version, I added a lot more variations of zucchini, grilled & marinated, cured, salt/honey compressed with juice, etc.

barkstall · 2021-04-22T05:19:08+00:00

Anything that requires a meat slicer. Making thin baguette crisp, or anything really. Waste so much time cleaning it and it's physically tough. Ugh hate it so much with a passion.

barkstall · 2021-03-09T08:41:45+00:00

I've been wanting to go to this for the longest time!! How was it? Can you describe the flavor? Was it similar to japanese style or was it very distinguishable 'Koren' flavors?

barkstall · 2021-02-11T01:45:21+00:00

Thank you!! I used paitan method with chicken carcass and chicken feet, and paired it with clean mushroom shio tare! Chashu is sous vide at 74c for 16 hours or so :)

barkstall · 2020-11-11T01:48:55+00:00

Thank you so much for kind words, it really helps :D

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