Saturday, May 31, 2014

Masak Masak Burger

After completing the Bento set, I decided to have a preview of my last Kracie boxed set to see what I was in for. From the Japanese instructions on the box, I knew I needed a microwave, and wondered what I was in for. While looking at the English instructions, I realised that the final products in the burger set might not be sweet like the rest, except for the mini drink. This savoury discovery got me excited and I soon found myself prying the box open.

After reading the instructions carefully, I started by making the flags for the burgers, stick on a label for the drink cup, and fold up the container for fries. The only thing that wasn't included in the set was the toothpick for the burgers, but I guess most homes would have them. With all the miss-en-place done, I started with creating the fries, which smelled and felt like mash potato. That already excited me over the prospects of how the end product would taste like. I continue on with mixing the patty and bun mixtures, followed by sending the 3 items into the microwave to "cook" and firm up.

The buns smelled a bit sweet, but the patty really smelled like a burger and my dad also got interested when he got a whiff of the items coming out of the microwave. The cheese was a bit of a problem as it was a bit tough to get a nice edge to it, but a little trimming does the job, and hiding the scraps in the burger was the final idea. What others don't see, they won't know.

What I really liked was the ketchup. It smelled like tomato soup, and tasted like french onion soup with a hint of tomatoes. Sweet and tart, similar to ketchup, yet you had to mix it up instead of just squeezing it out of a foil pack. I decided to put the burgers together, and pack the fries, before finishing up with the drink. The creation of fries was just cutting the potato patty into strips and stuffing it into the container. The burger was a little more complicated as you needed a steady hand for slicing the buns and patties without slanting too much. Furthermore, the burger patty was supposed to be sliced into 4 patties, but I had doubts about one piece and decided to make a double cheese burger, and a quarter pounder with cheese instead.

I definitely put a bit too much ketchup on the burgers, but it was easily rectified by letting it drip back into the mixing pot. Once I got the food done, I was left with mixing the drink and setting it up on a tray. Filled the drinks container with water and poured the powder in and the mixture then started to fizz and bubble up, which surprised me, and the fizz even lasted through a good stirring to mix the drink properly. Once done, I used the tupperware cover as my tray and fit it all on, making it seem like a set meal with some really huge fries and a super-sized drink.

 Now I'm itching to try the Takoyaki set.

 

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