Salmon Belly and Adobong Kangkong

Monday Night
I saw Austin's Lola at the grocery store and she told me how she liked fried salmon belly as we passed the fish area. This gave me the idea to cook salmon belly for that night. I decided to pair it with Adobong Kangkong because I loved eating kangkong in the Philippines the last time I was there.

I don't think I'll ever cook salmon belly again because I had to scale the thin pieces of salmon which was horrible and difficult to do. The fish was hard to grip because it was slimy as I scaled each piece. I stunk and had to shower before bed. However, my sister complimented me by saying that the my cooking that night smelled and tasted like my Lola's own cooking. The best compliment I can get when it comes to Filipino cooking is if they say it tasted like Lola Liling's. I sauteed and cooked the salmon belly in garlic,soy sauce, and onion rings.

However, I'll cook adobong kangkong again because that one wasn't too hard to prepare and cook. I cooked like how I would with chicken adobo, without the chicken of course. I wilted the kangkong in the same mixture as chicken adobo (vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and sugar).

Chicken Adobo and Green Beans over Rice

Sunday Dinner
So you may have noticed that I eat a lot of adobo. I eat it a lot because I love it and buy the value pack of chicken thighs. I only use 1/3 of the chicken thighs when I cook so I had to figure out how to cook the rest of the chicken for the rest of the week. One easy way is to marinate the chicken thighs in Filipino Adobo marinade, which I usually do.

A Jack in the Box Mango Shake Before Gardening

Sunday Afternoon

In between buying herbs and tomatoes to plant that afternoon, we stopped by Jack in the Box for a quick snack. I had the mango shake which surprisingly did not upset my stomach because I am lactose and I feared that like any shake, it has milk which I cannot have. However, I greatly enjoyed it without being upset in the stomach.

A Mexican Breakfast Burrito by Chef Austin

Sunday Breakfast


I had leftover bacon from the Feijoada, leftover salsa, leftover Feijoada, leftover wheat soft taco from Mexican night, and eggs. So, Austin made a Mexican inspired breakfast. I paired this breakfast with Mexican hot chocolate which I drank from my SU mug! I love and miss SU that morning made me think of my college days.

As usual, Austin's cooking was delicious!

Chicken KatusDon, Salmon Sushi Roll, Miso Soup, and Salad

Saturday Night
We tried a new Japanese restaurant on Cap Hill, by the Harvard Exit Theatre and we liked the food very much. This is a pricier place but thank goodness we enjoyed the food along with a large bottle of warm sake.

Austin got the tempura robata(dinner) which he shared with me. He didn't like the tempura eggplant which he gave to me. I love eggplant, especially Chinese eggplant, so I happily munched on this tempura.

McD's Chicken Nuggets Snack before Shrek 4

May 22, 2010

I LOVE LOVE LOVE McD's chicken nuggets. For a snack before watching Shrek 4 Forever After, we stopped at McD's. I only started liking these chicken nuggets after I dipped one of them in what I call the Asian sauce. Of course, it's called sweet and sour sauce but I always refer to it as the Asian sauce and the McD staff have to interpret what I said to them. We shared the Shrek special of 20 piece nuggets. I think I ate 10 but who knows because we were sharing the box together. I almost forgot to take a picture and only remembered to do it after there were only 3 left!

This was a good Shrek movie, on par with Shrek 1 and 2. Shrek 3 was awful. Justin Timberlake who I like very much ruined that movie.

A Leftover Breakfast of Longanisa Linguini

May 22, 2010

For me, pasta dishes taste better the next day and this theory proved true the next day because the Longanisa Linguini did not lose its delicious taste.