Archive: May, 2011
I’m a little cranky when I don’t have enough sleep.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Google: “dog eating poop”
Monday, May 23rd, 2011Earlier today, my dog kept sneaking bites from his shite, which compelled me to google, “dog eating poop.” I found this article in the event your dog has a case of eating-poop. After reading the article, I concluded my dog has dissociative identity disorder. He believes he is both follower and pack leader as described in this excerpt: “Submissive dogs will sometimes eat the stool of their dominant counterparts.”
I’ll observe him for the next few days. Hopefully a few extra treats at night will help curb his appetite for crap.
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Everyone has a feel-good charm. You know, like a necklace that brings about good memories, or a favorite ice-cream or place or palette of colors that evoke happiness. Well, I have a few charms, and with the exception of marigolds and some other things, they are surprisingly food-related. One being sesame oil. The first and foremost memory that comes to mind whenever I buy sesame oil is the salt-pepper-sesame oil dipping sauce for korean bbq–an unequivocal guarantee for glee. So that’s what happened today while shopping at a Korean grocery store.
Now what is a food blog without food pictures? Photos taken with my blackberry, which is strangely white.
Chicken koobideh with brown rice at Shamshiri Grill
Chicken shawarma with brown rice at Shamshiri Grill. Dude, I love middle-eastern foods.
Toast to Manny
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011This is how we celebrate a Pacman Fight.
Umami- Wish I focused, but here's a truffle oil burger
I made all the greens to balance out the meat--both edible and.. well, typically not. This is shiraae.
Marc will make someone very happy someday (he's single). I watched him make this pork dish from scratch. Then watched our guests lick the serving plate clean.
Marc also made pork chops. shieeeeet...
And Eoj's succulent, spicy, finger-lickin' ribs.
I tried to blend in with hokey-dokey health-nut-locals and thus bought fresh arugula from the Farmer's Market. Braved the hordes of people just to spend an ungodly amount of money on so-called organic foods. We need to learn a thing or two from the Germans about affordable organic food. I'd rather go to Whole Foods because A.)Closer B.) Cheaper (believe it or not). Except, the Farmer's Market had Chinese chives, which I was really happy about because I didn't have to drive 45 minutes to buy them. I'm trying to find a nursery that sells Chinese Chives so I can add them to the garden. I digress. Beets, fresh arugula (extremely bitter), and candied walnuts.. I made a dressing to counter-balance the bitterness of the arugula. yummmmy
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Cucumber/Chinese Chives salad makes an appearance again. I was told Chinese Chives are good for women. Didn't research this, but it's definitely good for regularity. 8)
In honor of Manny, Marc boiled 5 belut eggs. Worst culinary experience of my life...belut egg, a Filipino delicacy. Nevertheless, very interesting.
BLEEHHHHH. We turned Belut-egg eating into a "I DARE YOU" game. Peer pressure in conjunction with Russian water compelled me to eat the yolk, which had the texture of rancid yolk mixed with blood.
Belut egg yolk
The next day we went to Newport Seafood to celebrate Mama's day. There's been loads of hype about this place, but it tastes quite ordinary. Maybe I don't have a sensitive palate for Chinese seafood. Here's an elephant clam dish. I'm not big on clam anything, except for the baby ones.
dou miao or pea tips. Supposedly very good for you--again, I'm not sure why, haven't googled it yet, but they're really delicious.
Clams, bleh. I can only eat the really small ones because I get grossed out when I see and feel the bellies of clams; not to mention the grains of sand that crunch between my teeth.
Peppered beef
Lobster