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2019-08-19
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Not that it is a recent topic, but Ketogenic diet is surely the most controversial debate for me recently, Having friends with arguments on both side, plus that fact that I have been experiencing myself, not saying that it won't work, but I would say I might slavish more on the non-ketogenic part, well, at least that is why I am here. This decision brought me to my first planned non-ketogenic meal, that would probably partially explained why I was kept so silent among my dinner gang. Mashi no ma
This decision brought me to my first planned non-ketogenic meal, that would probably partially explained why I was kept so silent among my dinner gang. Mashi no mashi had been reviewed in a couple of media, bunch of bloggers and of course Mr. David Beckham's IG but being living in Wan Chai for most of my life, except the 10 years working in UK, paying a visit to my neighbour seems courteous.
As most will know, the partner in crime of mashi no mashi is the wagyumafia and the Boss of the mafia is Mr. Hisato Hamada. You can basically tell when they have that signature move in front of the camera. It is just hilarious when you just try to wave the camera and the signature move is reproduced immediately, well, I would say they are professional mafia at least.
There wasn't much choices for the mains, apart from extra toppings that your greedy tummy craving can add on and the struggle among tsukemen (the noodle), donburi (the rice) and the gyuza ( the dumpling) was no longer a struggle after all these period of ketogenic diet.
Tokusei Wagyu Tsukemen
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The Tsukemen came first and I had so many tsukemen before in my life and I am having a tough time coming up with interesting description to describe this but the broth is what I really came for. Using some second cut from the Ozaki beef, the beef essence merged into the broth. It is savoury enough to act as the beef sauce but silk enough, at the same time, to be able to drink alone. Bamboo was also specially treated to get ride of the astringent taste that would normally be there, if exist, that would have conflicted with the wagyu. Slurp like a boss as suggested, I finish my bowl in no time.
Wagyu Gyoza
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Back in the days where I was working in one of the UK hospitals, ketogenic diet is a specific treatment for children with intractable epilepsy, where medication was not able to control the disease alone. They need to keep the diet with no carbs, replaced them with high fat and high protein to produce a ketogenic state. Most of the researches that you can find on ncbi, or even other medical research platform mainly focus ketogenic diet with neurological condition with one of the receptor of carbohydrate being the culprit. Over the years, many interesting theory on ketogenic diet has gradually shifted to correlate with weight loosing. Let's not dig into those theory for now. But OK, I tried and it worked. Following a month of strict diet without carbohydrate, I lost 5kg. A process where I had no exercise at all and the results seems promising. Problem starts here, I have a passion in food and this passion doesn't go hand in hand with the ketogenic diet, or at least the food that I like. At the same time, bound by multiple time consuming projects also doesn't serve the opportunity for me to do adequate exercise. If 10 years ago, where I was a member of a sports team, i would have been easy to gloss over this decision. But everybody enjoys their life right? Having said that, I would, at least, like to to enjoy my life without those cardiovascular risks and this is where I was stuck.
How would that bite of gyoza brought me into these memories? It is exactly a "Mashi" situation. Mashi, in Japanese, basically describe a better off deal between two suboptimal choices, remember, it is SUBoptimal choice - ie, the ketogenic diet and the gyoza. The gyoza wasn't that bad, but at the same time it wasn't good. It might have slight fragrence from the wagyu, but the texture, on palate, was nothing satisfying. Dipping on their grounded pepper sauce do no better than seeing just a single heart beat on a non-beating heart. Is this what I am looking for after all these ketogenic diet?
The donburi twist the Mashi to become "No mashi". The work from Kahneman's work on decision making was right! We only remember the highlights and I was enjoying my wagyu donburi till the end without a second debate in my head! Some would say it is just a donburi with Ozaki beef, but if you dig deeper, the rice is actually mixed with some beef bits, tasting like a bone marrow that you would normally taste from a T-bone. A scoop together with the beef slice, the special rice and the golden orange onzen egg summons the golden triad that defeats your palate. Despite the beef being pinkish medium rare, the beef is certainly more beefy in taste on palate that normally a more well done wagyu would have achieved. May be that is the secret behind the scene.
Wagyu Donburi
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Wagyu Donburi
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After this meal, it clearly reassure that no ketogenic diet is a better choice, without doubt, for my situation and I proved it with action. Although "Mashi no Mashi" was definitely not named in the that way, or perhaps, Mr. Hisato Hamada has his own story that he can share.
After discovering one of the most famous "mafia" in Wan Chai, this is surely not the end of it. This freezer definitely mean something, at least according to the mafia movie I've seen. Could it be just be a freezer where they hide the body? or is it a gold safe? I guess I suddenly earn my second identity as an agent and further investigations deemed warranted.
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