Well, earlier this week, I decided to make Mabo Tofu for some members of my family, and yesterday was the day. And it worked! :)
I cut back on some ingredients, added some more of others and got everything sorted the way I wanted it to. And the spiciness was correct as well, except for my sister's portion (she's vegetarian, so I had to make a separate portion for her and substitute the ground beef in the recipe with a replacement), which apparently had a little too much red pepper sauce in it, according to her. My apologies, Sterre. :*
My grandfather liked my cooking as well and everyone had their fill, therefore I consider this experiment a complete success. So I'm going to check out other dishes as well;
Thomas' Okonomiyaki sounds good, and I have a good Curry recipe lying around somewhere as well.
This ain't over yet. ;)
Cheers, K.