Ever since tasting the Beef Bourguignon of Duck and Buvette in Shangri-La Mall years ago, I have so been looking for a recipe to do at home. Most recipes I found online were very tedious, they require a lot of cooking steps. I'm sure the best recipe has to be Julia Child's - but reading through the ingredients and procedure, it was tiring. But I guess, the labor of love would be worth it. I finally came across a simplified version that involves a slow cooker. So I bought all the ingredients and did my first attempt. Since the recipe used a slow cooker, I assumed that I could just put all the ingredients together and let the slow cooker do it's magic. And so I waited patiently for hours, checking every so often if the meat has tenderized. To my surprise, after 3 hours - the meat was still tough. It thought to myself, why not add 3 more hours to the cooking time, I mean - I already waited for 3, what is three more?! And so ...
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