Coffee, Powder or Drink?

Just to be sure we're clear, I'm no vegan, no vegetarian, no herbivore.

Tonight I made dinner again. The main highlight was Coffee Ribs.

Dinner Menu:

Baked Potatoes with Cheese

Coffee Ribs

Long Bean Omelette

Belacan Beans, Beancurd & Mushrooms

Now, you're asking. Where're the ribs? Good question. They turned out pretty bad. Not that they were burnt or anything. They looked burnt. Why? Well, the marinating part kinda took a bad turn.

So I followed the recipe religiously from Eat magazine. It read, one cup of coffee, one-third cup of shaoxing wine and this and that. So there, my dad drinks coffee every single day. My mum joins in the cuppa session sometimes. I definitely have loads of coffee powder available. Right? Right!

I had the ribs marinated yesterday to prepare for tonight's dinner. Poured one cup of coffee powder to the ribs along with the other ingredients. Took the pack of marinated ribs out today, started frying them and realised, Gee they're so black I can't tell if they're cooked. I don't recall at which point of time, Ms Brain Renee asked Mr Brawn Aaron if the excess marinate should be washed off. Then the punchline came.

"How come the powder didn't dissolve?" asked Ms Brain.

"But there's nothing to dissolve the powder." It still didn't hit Mr Brawn.

Oil sizzles.

It struck. Wait. No.

"Oh shit. Oh shit."

In the words, or rather, word of Meredith Grey, SERIOUSLY?

Now let me turn it to you. Would you have added one cup of coffee, the Drink, or one cup of coffee, the Powder?

Right.