103.05.26 自意大利.docx

Slow boil: downtown cafe wins points for DIY approach to coffeeByNandar Aung |Monday, 26 May 2014Disdaining the rain, I was happy to walk. But bowing to my friends complaints about muddy feet and squishy toes, I hailed a taxi. Soon enough we arrived at the Black Sky Caf & Bakery on 49th Street and Maha Bandoola Road.Black Sky brews up some joe. Photo: Yu YuThe glass showcase by the door is the first clue. It contains home-baked cakes, breads, pastries and other desserts. The walls are hung with appetising pictures of curry dishes.As the name implies, the house speciality is baked goods. That doesnt stop them from offering dim sum, curry with rice and soup for lunch and dinner, and even at breakfast, served from 7-9:30am.A K3000 yat tha mar hin drunkards soup includes mushrooms, cuttlefish, chicken, fish and tomato. Lal tha mar hin cho (farmers soup), also K3000, melds baby corn, cauliflower, radish, mustard, prawn and cuttlefish. The curry was fresh and sweet, if the soup was a tad watery, but the blend of sour and spice was eye-opening.Proceeding to dessert, my companions selected floss cake (K800) and blue almond (K500), while I plumped for the K600 chicken floss, all washed down with a K2000 pot of coffee.The coffee is an experience in itself, being concocted in a nest of glass flasks that would be at home in a laboratory. They contain coffee powder and water that is heated before you, and bubbles and percolates satisfyingly, with milk and sugar added to taste. Our charming 20-year-old waiter explained the science for us. Next time, if we are not so busy, we will follow the example of other customers and brew it ourselves. It might be less overpowering that way.Geek warning: Black Sky does not offer Wi-Fi service. If you go there with friends and loved ones, you might actually have to talk to them instead of losing yourself in your mobile device.For those who find that an attraction, Black Sky is a good place for couples and groups of friends or family as well as single diners, and for all who enjoy delicious seafood and local dishes, whether sweet, sour, salty or spicy, under air-conditioning.Black Sky Caf & Bakery49th Street and Maha Bandoola Road, Pazundaung township,Ph- 01293093Restaurant RatingFood 8Beverage 9Atmosphere 7X-factor 7Service 6Value for money 8From Italy, with loveByPhyos Cooking Adventure |Monday, 26 May 20141The rain has come and its really pouring. All my plans for grocery shopping were postponed this week, and so my menus changed as well.Photo: PhyoI had to dig around in my pantry to come up with a recipe. I found cans of tomatoes and lots of pasta. Pots of basil grow in our backyard.At home weve been watching the Two Greedy Italians cooking program on TV. The chefs are always busy in the kitchen with foodie experiments, but they maintain that the simplest Italian dishes are the best, and that only an Italian mama knows the secrets: tomatoes, pasta and love. Well said. So, I decided to be an Italian mama and make a very simple tomato sauce.In fact my husband, John, cooked the sauce, and we all loved it. I offer my version below. Its quick to prepare and easy to have a good result. Try it out.An Italian mamas pastaServes 6 2 cans whole peeled tomatoes 4 cloves garlic, crushed 5 tbsp olive oil 2 red chillies, minced 3 tbsp white wine (optional) 1/3 cup Italian basil 500g pasta 120g Pecorino romano cheeseChop the tomatoes roughly.Prepare the pasta as per packet instructions, but do not add oil to the water. Reserve a cup of the boiled pasta water.Add olive oil to a saucepan and saut the garlic and chilli. When the aroma comes out, add the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Add the wine after 5 minutes. Simmer for half an hour.Add basil and pasta to the pan. Mix well. If it is sticky, add 3-4 tbsp of pasta water.Serve with grated cheese.Add fresh ground pepper and salt to taste.Green beans with paprikaServes 6 300g green beans 4 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp paprika Salt and ground black pepperPick the ends of the green beans and wash. Boil the water with a tablespoon of salt to blanch the beans.When the water boils, turn down the heat and blanch the beans for 3-4 minutes. Refresh them in icy cold water. Drain well.Lay beans on the plate, add olive oil and paprika. Mix well.自意大利，用愛通過Phyo的烹飪冒險|星期一，2014年5月26日1雨來了，它真的澆築。我所有的計劃買菜本週被推遲，所以我的菜單改變。圖文：Phyo我不得不挖過來在我的廚房拿出一個配方。我發現番茄罐頭和大量的麵食。羅勒花盆種植在我們的後院。在家裡，我們一直在看電視上的兩個貪婪的意大利烹飪課程。廚師們總是忙於與美食家的實驗廚房，但他們認為最簡單的意大利菜是最好的，那只有一個意大利的媽媽都知道的秘密：西紅柿，意大利麵食和愛。說得好。所以，我決定成為一名意大利媽媽和做一個非常簡單的番茄醬。其實，我的丈夫約翰，熟醬，大家都喜歡它。我提供我下面的版本。它的快速準備，並容易有一個好的結果。試試吧。一個意大利媽媽的麵食供應62罐去皮整番茄4瓣大蒜，壓碎5湯匙橄欖油2個紅辣椒，切碎3湯匙白葡萄酒（可選）1/3杯的意大利羅勒500克麵食120克佩科里諾羅馬諾乾酪粗略