My 2008 : O, My 2009: !! ???

I thought my 2009 would end in Times Square, sharing the moment with people from all over the world, excitedly but chilly. In fact it ended in playing games with my friends in a cozy house, no bell but laughter. It was very impressive because I accidently checked the time on my phone, it was exactly 12:00am, then we wished happy new year to each other during the first minute of the new decade.

My 2009... well, it was more like a loop, a runner finished his route and went back to the start point, exhausted but gratified. I have been growing but not mature enough yet, I know about myself more but I will not be surprised if something more is discovered. I feel thankful and lucky, because I know you, my friends, and I know you better, my old friends. It was not a super happy year, but when I look back, I can see you at each single delighted moment, thank you all :)

The wish, I never ask too much, and just hope if I work hard, my efforts will be paid off. But still, I am very excited about the unknowns in 2010, who will be my new great friends? what kinds of cool experiences will happen to me? which great places will be pinned on my tripadvisor map?

I guess you already heard a lot of 'happy new year', so let me wish you a hopeful new year, which means a lot, isn't it?

When the sale assistant asked me to pick up a pink dog for free, since I started to favor the color of golden, I picked up this one for sure. Then I saw it had a ‘HOPE’ on it, suddenly my world got brightened.

This is something I learned from here, I love the stunning presentation and tried to copy it, but it looks like there are a lot of plating skills I need to learn. But I want to say something about the coulis here. When I was making it, I doubted if it was really worthy with so much work , and I talked to myself if maybe I should just used the canned roasted pepper, but after I had the first taste of it, OMG, it is one of the amazing sauce I have ever made, I felt like all my work had been paid off. I just used red pepper, added Spanish smoke paprika, I guess it would be more authentic if I used piuillo pepper. Also for the stuffing, I added celery and sweet corn, which proves to be a great company.

Spanish Stuffed Flounder roll with Red Pepper Coulis:

Stuffing: chorizo, shallot, garlic, celery, sweet corn, thyme, pine nuts, bread crumbs

Red Pepper Coulis: red pepper( roasted , peeled and chopped), garlic, shallot, chicken stock, Spanish smoke paprika, light cream.

Fish roll: pre-season the fish fillet with white pepper and a little bit salt, lemon juice. Make the rolls, and use teeth picks to secure them. Use the wine and Spanish oliver oil as the bed for the fish roll, brush the fish with olive oil to prevent it from being dried out during baking. 375F, 10mins.  Carefully use a flat spatula to move the fish to plate