My Chinese name on a Japanese knife

Just won an ebay bid for a brand new Japanese Santoku kitchen name. The seller allows 2 characters to be etched on the knife. Can't wait to see my name (as in the pix) on it ... picture of the knife and my current humble arsenal coming soon.

Sunday Dinner ... Coq Au Vin

Weekends are for the family and I believe in the wise old saying that "A family that eat together stays together". So come Sunday, out goes the working outfit and into my cooking Apron.

Sunday dinner's main event was Coq Au Vin. Having gone through quite a number of recipes, I finally found one that was easy and fast to cook, and most importantly from a trusted internet source - BBC. The recipe can found here.

In the picture, you could see my trusty cast iron pot (dutch oven) from Ikea. I used that for pilaf, onion soup and confit de canard (duck confit) ... definitely a fantastic buy at a fraction of what a Le Creuset would have cost.

So how was the verdict? The family gobbled every last piece (and slurped every last drop). Guess that's an affirmation.