Project Scrapping ver. 3.3 之 Happy CNY and Valentine's Day!

農曆年初一, 希望家人個個身體健康! 適逢情人節, 又癡筋 (I mean 又有 mood) 就做了呢個 scrapbook page 來應應節:

其實我係 submit 咗去另一個 scrapbook challenge!

Project Scrapping ver. 3.2

Okay, so the procrastination bug bit me again and I got sidetracked from scrapping the last 5 pages of my Hong Kong 2008 trip. Last night I got bored while watching 五味人生, so I decided to scrap something... and I picked this picture:

特別客串嘉賓: Patty

I snapped it the other night while making the pulled pork. I did mention that 文生 passed out on me, didn't I? =p

Finally Done! Mmm Mmm Goodness!

完成啦!! It's sooo good... but I overdid it with the seasoning, so it's kinda salty =p

Finally done, after 1 hour of spice mixing, 17 hours of marinating, 7 hours of roasting, 0.5 hour of pulling it apart - yum!

Cooking Marathon

Yesterday, I was blog-browsing and came across a funky recipe for pulled pork. I skimmed through it and decided it was easy enough to give it a try lor...

The fun started when I went to Promenade Mall to pick up the spices and the meat. After spending less than $10, I came home with 5lbs of boneless pork shoulder and 7 different spices. The cooking marathon took off with me making pizza for dinner. Eh, that was simple enough. The interesting part was preparing for the pulled pork. Wah....大工程 lor...

By the time I was ready to start making the spice rub, it was already past midnight so let's just say I had to give it to 文生 for staying up with me to 陪我癲. =p The 癲-est part was manually grinding 3 tablespoons of black pepper. Wah....that took forever! Yes, I was stupid enough to make the same mistake again thinking it wouldn't take very long to grind up some peppercorns so hence I didn't pick up any ground pepper at Bulk Barn (I must have saved all of 80 cents). After combining the 7 spices, salt and freshly ground pepper, I ended up with this:

Nine spices and an hour later ...

... only to use a measly 3 tablespoons of it in the marinade! We made the brine solution and dumped it all onto the pork and sealed it in 2 bags for it to sit in the fridge overnight. My mouth was watering because the spices smelled so yummy and my arms were tired from grinding pepper. That damn pork better be good!


Little did I know, it was already 2am! 文生 passed out on the massage chair while I made lunch for today. Yep, more cooking! In record time, I managed to make curry chicken with 上海白 on rice. Note to myself: bad idea to make curry at 2am. Actually, bad idea making curry at home, period. My place reeked of yun doh ga lay for an entire day!! If it was Japanese curry, it wouldn't be so bad, but damn, real curry tastes good but smells nasty in the house! I finally crashed into bed shortly before 3am.

The cooking marathon continued tonight, as soon as I got home, when I took the pork out of the fridge and prepped it for the oven. I stuck it in at 7:26pm and currently, at 1:13am, it's still roasting. Hopefully it'll be done soon because I'm dead tired!

All prepped for slow-roasting, ya, reaaaally slow

The marathon continues...

Still going after six hours

牛扒'd out!

Today marks the third year that 文生 and I have spent together!! Time flies when you're breathing huh? Happy ngap ngap-versary Hun Hun!!

Originally, we were going to cook at home (tonight being a weeknight and everything) but since work ran a tad late, I managed to convince 文生 to take me to Octagon for steak! Not having much anticipation for this restaurant based on reviews and such, but having a teeny tiny urge to try it anyway, I've concluded that it is indeed a tad overrated. The 24oz porterhouse was good I suppose, but is priced just a bit on the high side at $47. 文生's 16oz rib eye was better tasting but still pricey at $43. The kicker of the entire night was definitely the $35 shrimp cocktail that had all of FOUR shrimp. Mind you the shrimp were massive but at nine bucks a shrimp, I'll make it at home! Not to mention the seafood sauce suck crap! Not a single server cracked the tiniest of a smile all night and their "politeness" was just plain fake. Of course, this being our anniversary dinner, I still had a wonderful time criticizing the restaurant in 文生's companion. Am I upset at the experience? Not one bit. Will I go back again? Probably...not.

I am big! I am expensive!

I really wanted to go try out LOLO tonight (based on 細V's raving review). Damn them for not having seats on a Wednesday night!! Now that I've spent enough money to have me eating bird grains for the next few months, I think I'll have to wait for Summerlicious to check out LOLO.

I'm ranting, but I'm still giddy...hahaha~! 愛情嘅魔力! 文生嘅魅力! (想嘔未?)