Cafe and Restaurant Review - Maison Blanc

LOCATION: HAMPSTEAD, LONDON

TYPE: French style Cafe

PRICE: under£5 pre person

QUALITY: Good

ENVIRONMENT: Okay

SERVICE: Okay

COMMENT: We went there in Feburary, 2007. At that time they are having a special offer: free coffee with any cake ordered. They said this offer is available from Mon-Fri.

The outlook and the taste are both quite good, and the price is reasonable too. I love it so much. However my picky boyfriend said the fruit is not fresh. Okay, I agreed that the cake would taste prefectly yum if the fruit can be fresher. The one I had is the Napoleon cake. The light puff pastry was crispy and I enjoyed the hint of sweet melt in the mouth.

They have many branches, so if there is a chance, I will definitely try the other branches too.

各式煎肉餅

營養煎肉餅

材料: 免治豬肉, 蔥, 洋蔥或甘筍

做法:
1. 洋蔥或甘筍切細粒或打成蓉, 蔥切細粒.
2. 將豬肉碎, 蔥, 洋蔥或甘筍, 鹽和麵粉全部攪均.
3. 平底鍋燒熱油, 肉團搓成扁平的橢圓形或圓形狀, 煎至微焦及熟透即可.
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芝士煎肉餅



材料: 免治豬肉150g, 免治牛肉150g, 洋蔥, 黑椒, 軟芝士3塊

做法:
1. 洋蔥切碎, 跟免治豬肉、免治牛肉、黑椒拌勻.
2. 搓成團狀, 中間塞入芝士塊, 壓扁成肉餅狀.
3. 預熱平底鍋, 加少許油, 放肉餅. 先煎好一邊, 才反轉煎另一邊.
4. 煎至熟透, 即成.


*最右面的圖能看到芝士呢.

節瓜粉絲蝦米煲

材料: 節瓜 (因身在英國, 所以用了Marrow(附圖), 口感跟節瓜/冬瓜非常相似), 粉絲, 蝦米

做法:

1. 粉絲、蝦米用清水浸軟.

2. 節瓜刨皮切成塊

3. 將蝦米瀝乾水落鑊爆香, 加入節瓜炒熟.

4. 注入一碗上湯, 加入粉絲小火炆淋, 讓粉絲吸去大部分水份.

5. 最後可放少許生抽增加色澤和調味.

生日那天的烤羊肉

生日當天的作品, 久候了.

做法:
1. 用鹽、大蒜、芥末、香草未勻全塊羊脾, 醃1個小時以上.
2. 放入已預熱焗爐, 用220℃焗 (每500克25分鐘 + 25分鐘)
3. rest 10分鐘即可享用.

tips:
可用筷子插入羊肉中心試試羊肉熟了沒有, 拔出筷子後沒有血水湧出就好.

餃子

做了過百個, 只消2天半就吃完了!

材料:

豬肉碎, 中國白菜/韭菜, 蔥, 和自己喜歡的材料, 如: 蝦柳、 筍.

做法:

1. 全部材料切碎, 加適量油、鹽及水攪均.

2. 把麵粉搓成麵團 (不同牌子的麵粉所需的水份都不同, 份量自己掌握).

3. 取出小麵團, 搓成餃子皮.

4. 把咸料放餃子皮中心, 包成餃子.

5. 煮: 燒熱大鍋水, 放入餃子煮5-8分鐘左右.

6. 煎: 中火預熱平底鑊, 加少許油和鹽, 放上餃子. 盛小半碗水, 倒入平底鑊中, 立刻蓋上蓋子, 讓蒸氣把餃子焗8分鐘左右至熟. 中途可再加小半碗水以免餃子底部過焦.

tips:
餃子通常一次過都會做很多, 太多了吃不完可貯放在冰箱內, 哪天不想做飯, 又或吃麵時加上幾顆也很不錯. 不過經驗告訴我, 放冰箱的餃子最好是熟的.