It all started with a conversation in Starbucks one afternoon, and the idea became a reality. A college friend, Elliot, and I, decided to create a full dinner based on a five dollar per person budget. So, we invited a whole bunch of friends along and designed a full menu consisting of an appetiser, good load of carbs and fibre, perfectly cooked protein and a nutritious dessert to finish off the meal.
We designed a simple menu that was aimed at tying all dishes tie in together with a similar flavour that flows throughout all the different courses.
1. 62º egg
sous vide egg served in a ginger soy reduction
2. hainanese style chicken breast
sous vide chicken breast, served with a garlic chilli dip
3. kailan, with lup cheong and scallop sauce
poached greens with a rich chinese sausage and dried scallop dressing
4. buckwheat noodles
soba with home made ginger soy sauce
5. yoghurt with ginger oat crumble
chilled plain yoghurt with brown sugar and ginger crumble
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| 62ºC egg |
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| Poached kailan, with Chinese sausage |
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| All plated up, sous vide chicken breast on the right. |
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| Yoghurt with ginger oat crumble |
And the best thing is, we kept to the budget! Here's a total cost breakdown for 15 people :))
1. Buckwheat Noodles $14.00
2. Kailan (market) $4.00
3. Ginger (market) $1.50
4. Brown sugar $1.15
5. Chicken breast $16.50
6. Kailan (Fairprice) $3.20
7. Spring onion $1.00
8. Garlic $0.90
9. Lime $0.30
10. Chilli $1.00
11. Chicken rice mix $2.95
12. Oats $2.50
13. Yoghurt $10.25
14. Butter $3.95
15. Eggs $5.70
16. Scallop sauce $2.90
17. Chinese sausage $3.00
Total $74.80
Really happy with how it had turned out! :))
Photos courtesy of Edna :) @ednacpz on instagram
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