What's for Dinner?

I hate grocery shopping on a full stomach but even worse, I despise grocery shopping on an empty. Of course, I just had to go get groceries on Monday after work, when I was super hungry. The funny thing was, I didn't use half of the stuff I bought until last night. Go figure.

Dinner on Monday wasn't anything to write home about only because I was starving by the time I got home so I just put together a large salad, some natto, reheated 蘿蔔糕 that mom made, and had one of them cassis macarons, that I made the other day, for dessert. Simple.

Last night, on the other hand, was a different story. Not uncommon these days, 文生 had a group meeting so I was left to cook and eat by myself again. I decided to do something different so I made a quick white pizza to satisfy my immediate hunger then made an asparagus-stuffed pork tenderloin with fig and balsamic sauce. It was quite yummy! Much more work than my white pizza that's for sure!

"White" pizza with parmigiano reggiano, spring mix, prosciutto, olive oil, pepper

Asparagus-stuffed pork tenderloin with fig and balsamic sauce - leftovers for lunch!

Cassis macarons aka Pierre Herme's Envie

Next up on my list of things to make: Salmon Natto Yukke!

Hooked on Baking

OMG, all I've been wanting to do lately (besides eat and drink wine, LOL) is bake! I can't believe it! It's as if I need to make up for all those years I've missed out on baking. Bad thing is: I'm not a sweets person so I need to unload my baked goods one way or another. So far, I've been succeeding with dropping all my macarons (yes, that's all I've done lately) to my cousins who are going to start hating me and blaming me if they get fat :P

I want to use those mini cupcake pans that Meishan got me to bake mini cupcakes and make a tiramisu cake for my boss for his birthday next week. FUN FUN FUN!!! Not to mention I'm going to give Italian meringue a try for my next batch of macarons. Good thing a bake buddy suggested buying pure egg whites since I just finished the 11 egg yolks from the last batch of macs. *facepalm Talk about cholesterol overload.

Baking is much more fun in groups though. I honestly need a bake buddy as Meishan once again gave up on making macs! poo~~

The Smell of Spring!

今日天朗氣清、鳥語花香、風和日麗. Does that mean spring is here to stay? I sure hope so! What a great start to my day to hear of the mild temperature and see the hazy sunshine come through my windows. Ah~~

Word of the Day

好欣賞細V的 『每日一Wiki』 concept, except after one entry 就停咗 -_-"

While looking up the pinyin for 石 (shi2) today, I learned something new!! The word 石 (sek6) has another pronunciation! It can be pronounced daam3. As in 一石米. So while I'm on the 米 topic, I'll learn how to write this one:

糴
音: dek6 (笛)

"文生! 去超市糴一石米回來!"

行街.睇戲.食飯 Oh, a Date!!

Despite being a crappy weekend weather-wise, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit! 文生 decided he needed half a weekend off so we took some time to actually go out and enjoy each others' company. For the first time since probably Christmas, we went on a date! OMG! Giddy! It was raining pathetically all day on Saturday so that was grocery day. Hmm, I can't remember how long 文生 hasn't gone grocery shopping with me... That was followed by dinner at Fin Izakaya. This time, when having the blow-torched mackerel, I remembered to ask for the brand of this baby that will soon arrive as an addition to my kitchen. Keke...

Fast forward to Sunday and we actually went to see a MOVIE. The last movie I saw was Angels and Demons and that was wait... May 2009?!?! Equipped with Gravol, barf bag and free movie passes for 2 (along with 2 ginormous drinks and a popcorn), I was all set to see my first 3D movie! OMG, I'm pathetic, LOL. All we had to pay was $6 to "upgrade" the pass for the 3D movie and we chose to see Gnomeo and Juilet. It was pretty cute and thanks to the Gravol, no barfy!! Kwahahaha!

The movie ended at 8pm and since 文生 was still full from lunch, we decided to head home to have a light dinner instead of eating out again. Snuggled up on the couch and finished the last few episodes of 隔離七日情 before calling it a night. Hah.... this is the life! (拍拖 life, that is!)