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...take only what you want! =)

Hello everyone! How are you guys doing this week? I have been so harassed this week. Here I am thinking I've done all the things I need to do before work starts and I could just bum the week away but nooooooooo... tomorrow, I'm heading out way into the city just to change the district office of my TAX returns. I don't know where it is, but I see it as an opportunity for adventure. >.<

Baking

I knew my mum was a good baker and a good cook. I only got the cooking part (not even at par with my mum's standard I bet!) but I love watching people bake. I love watching baking shows from Lifestyle and Discovery Travel and Living, I can't get enough of them. But watching my very close sister-friend Nuna Grace is far better cause of the following: the smell of the cookies roaming the entire house is intoxicating--trust me the smell is always perfect. She has kookie cookies and we'd always have profound conversations in the middle of mixing flour, butter and her secret ingredients. I think at the back of my mind, I kind of remember when I was young and my mum would bake and we'd watch her. It is such a stress reliever watching her bake, help her from time to time. The best part? Tasting the delicious cookies! Yummy!

Macaroons with almonds and Macaroons with cranberries

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie with walnuts

Jollibee

Delicious Filipino burger chain. I love eating here, there's a Jollibee store everywhere. I think this was 2nd week of February, I was craving for burger and was frustrated because companies were offering me jobs in the south and of course I won't take it cause I live in the east... and blah blah... So I asked Nuna Grace to share the afternoon with me and have burgers and fries at Jollibee. Summer was fast approaching, I love how the Jollibee store in my town has a cool ac and a new kick ass interior.

My burger meal

Filipino Tasting Burger

Fries *drools*

I also love the cheap rice meal here, 49 bucks in pesos, a buckeroo in US dollar and a dollar and 50 in Singaporean currency. How cheap is that? I can just order, sit in the corner enjoying the cold ac (it's really hot in my country now!) and eat. No washing of pots and dishes. I love the convenience. But not to eat everyday, we don't want to gain some more weight.

Beef and mushroom with loads of fried garlic

What I had for lunch last Monday! ^.*

Cheezwhiz diet and Lunar New Year

The week before Lunar New Year, I have been suffering from severe acidic reaction to food. The only thing I can eat without suffering from that burning sensation in my stomach was slice bread and cheezwhiz. By Saturday, the acids have died down and I had me some good old baked chicken. By Saturday, I was a happy bunny!

Looks like crap but tastes awesome!!!

Then since it's Lunar New Year, I had some sticky rice cake for breakfast before joining the festivities in Chinatown! Awww man, I want some right now~

So that's it for me. I'm really hungry now... I should go out and grab some grubs! Enjoy your dinner everyone! I'm out! =)

What I had for dinner...

Ha! Ha! Ha! I know, I know... I said I was going to have corned beef and rice for lunch but I found spam at the grocery store and decided to have spam for lunch and dinner...tomorrow!

I woke up early and did my usual rounds of checking my mail, FB, Twitter, blogs, etc. and made today my day of chores--like laundry ( which I still have to do some more tomorrow cause I have a month's worth of laundry to finish!), writing letters to friends, walking to the post office to send out letters, etc. To make the long story short, I had time for lunch at 2 in the afternoon. I was really famished and the most convenient way to get my food fix is to eat lunch outside. So there, no picture for lunch cause I was so hungry when the food was served, I attacked it immediately. I had breaded pork chop by the way. It's my go to meal when I am lazy to cook or just plain hungry.

Anyways, tonight for dinner, I am having me some good ol' trusted Ssamgyeopsal. Or also known as Korean Pork Belly!



I had some left over Pork Belly from last night's ramyeun. I also got some Kimchi in the fridge waiting to be devoured. This meal is perfect for people who have college student on food stamp budget like me. Heehee! It's cheap and filling at the same time.

What I do? I take some 150 gms of pork belly and marinate it over with some salt, pepper, sesame oil ( a staple for Korean cooking) and sliced garlic around 20-30 minutes.





Then heat that non-stick pan, place all the meat in it and wait till the meat tunrs golden brown...



Of course the fun is eating it straight from the pan with friends. You have to eat it with Kimchi on piping hot rice or delicious veggie leaves like lettuce.



Voila! 잘 먹겠습니다, ready to be enjoyed! =)
BTW, I think I'm getting better at taking food pictures with my phone cam. Hahahah! I still need a new digital camera for life in general.

What I had for dinner

I didn't get much sleep last night, I was agitated for no reason. I got an hour decent sleep then scattered 20 minutes shut eye. I woke up feeling sick, like I am going to be down with something.

I wasn't going to post what I had today cause I was thinking of just having corned beef with rice, nothing special but then again things change.

Anyways, since I've been feeling like I was going down with something-- I didn't have an appetite for lunch. It was around 3 in the afternoon when I decided I should eat something because my stomach was grumbling.

I had chips and a glass of water. Pretty stupid because I felt like crap all day long. I think my body wanted decent food. So for dinner I decided to have: Shin Ramyun: Pork and Potato Ramen


It's perfect. Like Chicken Noodle soup for the sick. Delicious broth with a touch of perfect spiciness.

So I boiled some Sukiyaki cut pork together with the flavoring and the veggies. When the pork was soft enough to eat (which is like between 5-7 minutes cause it's thinly cut already) I added the noodles and let it simmer for 4 minutes and 30 seconds more. Put it in a bowl, then you are good to go!


Delicious! Now tomorrow, I'm really having that corned beef with rice. Yum!!! What did you have for dinner?

What I had for lunch...

This will definitely be one of the staple posts I will have here on my blog. I love food, I love to eat and I love to cook. I learned how to cook so I can eat what I want. I think it's the best reason to learn how to cook, to get to eat the food you want whenever you crave for it.

Over the weekend, I had Japanese Chicken Katsu Kerri...



I know, it doesn't look appetizing. Sorry, My only available camera is my 5MP mobile phone which seems grainy. But let's not talk about that. Back to the Japanese curry. This looks like crap but it turned out delicious. It's easy to cook and perfect for sudden Japanese cravings. Well at least for me because I love curry!

I love all kinds of curry, but the most delicious curry I tasted was from one of those restaurants found at the Peak in Hong Kong. Spicy and sweet. Yum! Too bad I didn't take a photo. Maybe when I go back to Hong Kong I'd definitely have it again.

Today, I decided to have my left over creamy dory. It's just simple dory fillet. I marinated it in lemon, salt and pepper for 20 minutes then did the usual breading routine and voila, I have fish nuggets.




It's dark cause I used Italian bread crumbs. Sorry, I only had a few. I'm cutting back on food. Hahahah! Anyways, I cook only for one so what I have for lunch is what I usually have for dinner too.

How about you? What was for lunch?