My *secret* NYE dish

Some attentions has been caught on my Facebook. So what is my so-call *secret* NYE dish? This is a secret dish because I haven’t finalized what to bring to tonight’s housewarming/NYE party at my friend’s place in Mississauga. The party will begin soon so I found it doesn’t hurt to unveil the secret: seafood and chicken fettuccine with home-made alfredo sauce.

Yes, the alfredo is home-made! This is the first time I made alfredo myself. I usually pretty easy going with food; however, tonight this is new year’s eve and I am more than happy to cook for friends. Nothing is better than good food and good company, right?

The recipe for the alfredo is not too complicated and pretty straightforward. It can yield 4 cups of sauce.

• 5 cups Heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup Chicken broth
• 1/8 lb Butter
• 2 Tbsp. Garlic – chopped
• 1 tsp. Kosher salt
• 1 tsp. White pepper
• 6 Tbsp. White wine
• 1 cup Parmesan cheese – shredded

In a sauce pot over medium heat, cook the garlic and butter until soft. Add the heavy cream, wine, salt and pepper and reduce until a thin sauce consistency is achieved. Remove from heat and stir in the parmesan cheese.

Notes that whipping cream bubbles over very easily. Keep an eye on it. If it begins to boil over, reduce the heat.

Making this sauce takes approximately 20 minutes. I will update this post by putting pictures of how the dish looks Bye for now!

Smartphone arena in 2008

This is a rather interesting but not too surprising article on Toronto Star this afternoon. The article title is “The year the cellphone changed forever” (see below). It primarily talks about Research In Motion (RIM) in 2008. Blackberry is known as the flagship of RIM. In 2008, RIM got its foot into a totally new arena by launched two products: the Flip and the Storm. These smartphones target new customers, namely consumers; while the Bold is still keeping the traditionalists excited.

Consumer market is a very tough game and dangerous arena. RIM’s analysts have two diverted views: RIM enters a population depending market which first RIM has to reduce its gross margins of its products. Thus, RIM operating model needs to be adaptive and sensitive this new market. Relationship with network provider is also a key successful factor in this game.

So at the end, who wins in this arena? Consumers: we always win!

Link to the article: http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/559896

(picture credit: theStart.com)