My first foodcraft is…HELLO KITTY?!

Who would’ve thought that a big, scruffy, cute, and sarcastic guy like me would end up making this thing as his first food craft…

*Slashes everyone who smirked, smiled, giggled or did any form of cracking up after having weird thoughts of me being in cahoots with Hello Kitty*  

 LOL! Tomfoolery aside, I actually never expected it to turn out quite well.  I feel like a proud dad after I finished making this one.  So, why did I make something like this? Cause I’m joining the “Sanrio Yummies Cooking Contest” by Sanriotown.com.  (click here to see the instructions if you want to join the contest too)

The reason why I joined the contest wasn’t really because of the prize.  It’s cause I love cooking and the infinite challenges it presents me everytime I make something new.  One of my specialties is the “Korean Pork Barbeque” and I decided to use this dish as my base for making the “Cute and adorable Hello Kitty Korean Pork Barbeque!” The name is copyrighted so don’t anyone dare steal this name or I shall slap thee with my flabby, muscular hands. XP

I’ll explain how I made this.  First, we need to make the main dish.  Here’s how I make my “Korean pork barbeque,” a dish that makes anyone forget their name for 5 seconds after tasting its glorious flavor.  

 Art’s Korean Pork barbeque:

Ingredients 

1.  1 kg. of pork sliced into small cubes

2.  3 cups of soy sauce

3.  4 tbsp. sesame oil

4.  1/4 cup of sesame seeds 

5.  1 big clove of garlic, skinned

6.  1/2 cup of chives, chopped to small pieces

7.  4 tbsp. brown sugar 

8.  1/2 cup of cooking wine 

9.  1/8 cup of diced red pepper 

10. 2 tbsp. of cooking oil 

 Procedure: 

1.  Marinade: mix pork,  soy sauce,  sugar, sesame oil, brown sugar, garlic, red pepper and chives into a mixing bowl and let it sit for 2 hours.  If possible, leave it marinated overnight in a refrigerator.  

2.  Heat a pan and fry the the sesame seeds till its color changes to light brown.  Don’t use oil when frying this one.  set aside.

3.  Using the same pan, put the marinated pork and cook till the sauce thickens or is almost evaporated.  Pour the cooking wine when the dish is almost over.  Stir ocassionally so the mixture will be cooked evenly.

4.  Put the dish in a clean bowl once it’s done.  Sprinkle it with fried sesame seeds and chives on top.

How I did my masterpiece:  The Cute and Adorable Hello Kitty Korean Pork Barbeque!

Procedure:

1.  I skipped procudure no. 4 since I was gonna design the dish.  

2.  Carefully mold the dish into Hello Kitty’s face.

3.  Sprinkle it with sesame seeds till HK’s face is white.

4.   Carefully craft HK’s ribbon with red peppers

5.  Cut a black olive in half and use it as HK’s eyes

6.  Use a whole ear of garlic has HK’s nose

7.  Use 6 chives as HK’s whiskers.  Cut them according to how big you made HK’s face.   

  There you have it! I hope I win first prize for this.  Long live the Hello Kittehh!!!! </sarcasm>

 More pictures:

Me holding my first masterpiece: the “Cute and Adorable Hello Kitty  Korean Pork Barbeque!” 

My masterpiece on the left, and the dish where it originally came from   

Me showing my good angle (haha) while holding the Hello Kitty dish