Of Zha Jiang Mian (translated: 'Assorted Sauce Noodles') and Tacos

it's 1-1 between me and josh for cooking our food cravings over the last few days... here are the highlights...

presenting, josh's zha jiang mian! yes he has been having cravings for this so it was a good opportunity for me to christen my new bottle of chingkiang vinegar!

using the following ingredients...

pork mince
ginger paste
minced garlic
spring onions
hoisin sauce
chilli bean sauce
sugar
sweet soy sauce (ABC)
chicken stock
sesame oil

... he whipped up a yummy sauce to ladle over my precious scallop noodles that i brought from singapore. add a dash of chingkiang vinegar and a handful of thinly sliced cucumber (done by me), VOILA!

next up are my easy-peasy-follow-the instructions-on-the box tacos! yes, i've been having cravings for these yummy corn shells filled with mince beef and topped with loads of salsa and vegetables, plus sour cream and guacamole for a few weeks now. finally got down to buying the taco shells, taco spice and sauces/dips from Tesco at my last visit.i used the El Paso brand of taco shells and spice, Doritos salsa and Tesco guacamole and sour cream with chive to do this quick ready-in-less than-twenty-minutes, perfect-for-the-one-hour-in-between-classes dish. just fry the beef mince the spice, add a bit of water and let it reduce, chop up the lettuce and tomatoes, shove some taco shells into the oven, and you are good to go!
and this is what happens to the top few shells in the box that have openings that are too small to properly fill with the ingredients... they break when you apply a bit too much pressure... but they work well as really big nachos! :)