Recipe: Strawberry Panna Cotta

http://littlesistercooks.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-favorite-friday.html

I was supposed to make this for Valentine's but I couldn't find my bookmark. I kinda felt stupid when I saw it last Friday and realized that I didn't label this bookmark well. Kindee's Panna Cotta inspired me even more to try making it at home.

I was a bit intimidated by the perfect texture of Kindee's Panna Cotta so I was a bit scared that I'm gonna screw this up. I read the recipe over and over again hoping that almost memorizing the recipe will lessen the chance of failure. I didn't know what I was thinking.; it uses very basic ingredients, it's actually just sugar, milk and cream cooked on low heat, flavored syrup is just basic syrup plus your choice of fruit - This recipe is really easy!

The ugly part of it was I prepared it during dinner which meant I had to wait until the following day to try it (I had to wait for it to cool and settle and chill). To add to that, I prepared this on a Sunday night which meant I had to wait until after work to taste it. Who likes for dessert?

My husband loved it! I loved it too! It had really good texture, it's creamy and it had a very delicate flavor. It's good with or without the syrup. It was so worth the wait, my husband and I had two cups each Monday night. :)

Restaurant: Kindee (Minneapolis, MN)

http://www.kindeethairestaurant.com/

They were awarded the Best Thai Award by MetroMix.com.

Kindee is located right in front of Guthrie Theater. A small place with modern Thai interior, the place offers a menu with classic Thai drinks and dishes with a western twist.

I forgot what drink I ordered but I think it was something like Snap Dragon Riesling? The menu said that it's perfect with spicy Thai food which we later proved true. My husband ordered Chang which he thought tasted like San Miguel but I thought it tasted more like tamarind beer. We may argue on the flavor but we both agreed it's a good beer so kudos to our server for recommending it.

I started off with Tom Yum soup with shrimp. It's not the best Tom Yum soup around but it had good amount of heat enough to wake up your palette. We also ordered Tamarind Wings. If you are familiar with spicy Thai tamarind, imagine juicing that and using it to coat crispy chicken wings - sweet, sour, spicy on crispy chicken skin...yum-o!

I ordered Green Curry with chicken and shrimp. Soup spicy curry + fluffy white jasmine rice = happy me :) My husband loved this and he's never been a fan of curry. My husband got Thai Basil Fried Rice with Shrimp and Egg. I wasn't able to try the shrimp nor the egg but the sauce alone would have been a good dish on its own since it's full of flavor.

For dessert, my husband ordered a banana-base item which is really just Turon with drizzled chocolate syrup. I ordered, Lychee Panna Cotta. Extremely light, perfect amount of sweetness, and I wanted more and more and more.

All in all we spent 77 bucks including tip and tax.

I haven't been to a lot of Thai restaurants around so I can't really say if Kindee is indeed the best Thai restaurant. Basing it from the ambiance, food, service and price, I'd have to say that Kindee is a good Thai restaurant and I will probably drop by again before I go back home.