Godong O Jorim

Yesterday evening, Mr. Gorilla, the plongeur was away to meet some friends from tech school. So i thought that I would have the time alone in the apartment. It is not that i don't like his company, but ever since i am living with him, he was hardly away meeting them without me. He always tagged me along in those kind of meetings (which happens very rare though), though sometimes his friends are without their companions. On the contrary to that, i often go out without him seeing my friends (sometime a guy that he has never met, hehe), which is a bit weird actually. Normally i would having lunch or having a drink with friends during his work hours.

This week, he has been taking a week off from work (just like two weeks ago), it is quite sad that we cannot just pack our bags hop on a plane or hope into our car, going camping to finish his days off anymore, just like we used to. It is a bit the other way around, i am stuck with my stupid part time job, and don't have the right to ask for days off (yet) since i am new. So when i heard that one of his friends is in town, and he would love to see him, i could not be happier for him. I was ready to accept that he would have guys night out, including dine out with friends, coming home at 2 A.M. But nope,... he said that he would come home to have dinner with his wife.... well, okay, coincidently, i am cooking something extravagant and dining with him tonight did cross my mind.

I thought that being home alone with the fridge filled (that it is ready to explode) is a luxe, and ça tombe bien; lately I cannot control my lust for cooking. So, i ran through my cook books for about 0,5 hour just to pick the best recipe. I was already hungry before actually, but then i did snacking a lot, which is good, because cooking for yourself when your stomach is full is a good choice since you are not in a rush to finish it quickly..... so i really took my time on deciding on what i am going to cook. So many choices, and i have so many ingredients in the fridge (we did shopping to Asian store and Picard yesterday, and it was a blast, ...Picard, i love you), the concequence is : I was a bit confused on what to decide...But then when I opened my Korean Cook Book, my eyes falls on a recipe without picture, which ingredients are all complete in the fridge/cup board. So i made this one, and the result was hmmmm.... very delicate....

Godong o Jorim

Ingredients:

• 4 pieces of mackerel fish (I used the ones from Picard, the supermarket specialized in frozen products, ready to cook, already cleaned, and cut in length, almost without bones)
• 1 tbs red chillies, chopped
• 0,5 onion, chopped
• a bunch of leek (from Picard, already cut and cleaned)
• 4 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 tsp of ginger powdered
• 3 tbs of soja sauce
• 1 tbs of sugar
• 1 tbs vegetable oil
• ½ parsnip (peeled and cut into dices)
• pepper
• salt
• 400 ml of beef stock
• 5 tbs of white wine (I used Riesling, I love Alsace's white wine, and I love Alsace as a region!!) :)

Directions:

1. Except wine, salt and pepper, put all of the ingredients in a saucepan, boiled it with strong fire for 5 minutes.
2. Add the wine, salt and pepper, let it shimmer (small fire) for 20 minutes.
3. Serve in soup dish.