On the table...

So it occurs to me that I have been doing a lot of cooking and not a lot of blog posting.  I feel guilty about eating all this amazing food and not sharing it with others.  One of the things I loved about the city was the diversity of the food.  Feel like Greek.. No Problem!! Indian?  Just one stop away on the N. Thai?  Order from Thai Elephant anytime until mid-night.  

Up here in the sticks we just don't have as many options.  There is a pretty good Pizza place, a cute Italian restaurant in town that makes great fish dishes and we just discovered "The Horse and Hound Inn & Pub."  Which is the closest to our house and made hands down the best fried oyster sandwich I have ever had... and I've been to New Orleans people, a few times so that is saying a LOT!!  The oysters were perfectly fried with a corn meal crust and they literally would squirt briny delicious oystery heaven in your mouth when you bit one.  A little too much info but it was just as orgasmic as it sounds.  Big D and I have dreams of taking the canoe across the lake in the summer and walking to get beers and oyster sandwiches which is needless to say... Awesome. 

What was I saying?? Oh yeah.. Despite the good eats.  There is a distinct lack of diversity up here.  At least in our limited wanderings from Fort Fraley.  I totally admit perhaps all the Indian, Thai, Chinese, and Greek places are here but yet to be discovered.  So in lieu of fast food I pulled together this dish with satisfied my craving for Thai and ramen at the same time a big win in my book....

Fast Alice's Thai Soba Soup

Please note that each bowl is made individually to taste like a taco or something.  Feel free to add or subtract what you will.  Some nice additions would be shitake mushrooms which I totally forgot to buy that night.  I also wanted to put some chili paste in for a little more heat but the store didn't have it. 

Needed:

4 soft boiled eggs

1lb box of soba noodles

1 small onion

5 leaves lacinatto Khale

2 cloves garlic minced

Hot Sesame Chili oil

Sesame oil

Sesame Seeds

1 bunch scallions

1 bunch Cilantro

1 lime

1tsp red pepper flakes

fish sauce

tamari

1 container miso paste

6-8 cups boiled water

Chop the Khale and onions and saute over med/high heat in sesame oil.  Once the onions start to brown add the garlic.  When the garlic is brown turn off the heat and let pan sit on the warm burner.  Boil off the soba as per the directions on the box and toss gently with a little sesame oil to keep from sticking.  Take a teaspoon of miso and put in a soup bowl.  Add a little of the boiled water (make sure that the water is no longer boiling to preserve the cultures in the miso).  Mix until the miso is dissolved then add 1-2 cups of water to taste, depending on how strong you would like the broth.  Add 1Tbs of tamari and 1tsp of fish sauce (taste and make sure it is salty enough for you).  Put a heaping pile of soba noodles in the center of the bowl.  Add the sauteed greens to one side of the noodles and the soft boiled egg.  Sprinkle chopped scallions, cilantro, and crushed red pepper over the top.  Finish with a drizzle of the hot chili sesame oil and a squeeze of fresh lime. 

Enjoy guys!! On to making Indian food :)

xoxo

Fast Alice