tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9166368153278408522024-03-05T04:52:51.690-08:00why hello lovesmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104725711615389133noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-13953018843098636812011-07-18T19:56:00.000-07:002011-07-18T20:14:32.172-07:00Jalapeno Cheddar Scones Sometimes, inspiration is the best when it comes from people you love (because then they have to bake with you!) Like in the following conversation with my roomie. Me: I do not know what to make for Café night. RM: Scones! They are perfect for tea and coffee! Me: OOHH! Savory scones! With Cheese! And this, my friends, was literally the conversation that led to these marvelous, fluffy, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-70788816994832625282011-06-23T15:38:00.000-07:002011-06-23T15:43:26.753-07:00goin' to the zoo...zoo...zooI mean, aquarium. Monterey Bay Aquarium, that is! That was the first part of my birthday actually. There we sampled a delicious clam chowder and oyster po'boy. Yum! After meandering through the aquarium, we explored the surrounding area for a bit and found a piece of our childhood.Dippin' Dots!mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104725711615389133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-16237506398897193362011-06-21T15:54:00.001-07:002011-06-21T16:52:56.825-07:00la bicycletteWe're still alive, I promise! This post, is long overdue, but then again, what posts of mine aren't? My birthday this past April was particularly filled with culninary goodness, and this little gem in Carmel, CA, was no exception.Named La Bicyclette, this French restaurant was tucked away on a side street. It didn't look like much on the outside, but we (D and I) were instantly charmed by the mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104725711615389133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-39027612533192246602011-05-31T21:41:00.000-07:002011-05-31T22:13:09.064-07:00chocolate covered orange peelMy mom really likes these. Not just oranges...but chocolate covered oranges. Everywhere we go, if she sees the chocolate covered orange peels, she'll want to buy it, except that it's supersuper expensive for some orange peels (which people throw away) and chocolate! Ridiculousness. Though I'm sure theirs tastes super delicious and yummy...but how hard can they be?I decided to make them for my momnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-50182488909897189002011-05-23T21:58:00.000-07:002011-05-23T22:15:34.359-07:00best birthday/graduation everrrrrrNothing needs to be said, written, or anything. Just look at it. It's beautiful.Even the color is so perfect and nice... :] Can you tell I'm really happy?! Because I am and I'm super super lucky. Thank you m and mommy and daddy. You guys know me well.Thanks to Jen and Peter for mixes to bake delicious goodies...But wait?! MORE PRESENTS?!ICE CREAM MAKER!! Thank you jwoo.Only downside is that I nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-24237656593652024602011-05-09T20:40:00.000-07:002011-05-09T21:21:11.665-07:00red velvet cupcakes!Red velvet cupcakes are yummy. I can't remember when I made this but I'm pretty sure it was Valentine's Day. Very fitting right?So actually, I didn't have enough food coloring, but it still looks red-ish right?I made mini cupcakes because they're so much cuter!They looked so good...but then...I don't why they deflated so much!! But it's okay because that's what frosting is for!This is a cream nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-56152407964827909802011-05-01T13:57:00.000-07:002011-05-01T14:23:15.783-07:00more s'mores madness!I went through a s'mores craze. All I wanted to eat was s'mores and I wanted to make things with a s'mores theme. Needless to say, I'm over it and I'm satisfied.There are always those days that you want s'mores, except you're not outdoors camping so it'll never be the same! SO what do you do?Yeppp, we improvised. That is our indoor campfire. Actually its pretty dangerous so use with caution!Just nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-45739513370486321242011-04-22T11:43:00.000-07:002011-05-15T20:46:44.532-07:00Dorie Greenspan's Jammers (slightly reimagined)I have a weak spot for jam. And butter. And anything Dorie Greenspan. So when I first heard about Dorie's pop-up cookie bar and her delectable jammers, I knew that I'd either have to fly out to New York myself (unrealistic, but would be phenomenal) or attempt to make them as best as I could (not as awesome, but still great.) So, after many attempts at starting, many excuses for pausing, and a fewUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-51535971241724456062011-04-06T11:07:00.000-07:002011-04-06T11:20:41.293-07:00birthday blissMore to come (cupcakes, tapas, and filet mignon, to be exact. Oh my! Thank you Thomas for this picture).mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104725711615389133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-44996534041923679512011-03-29T14:34:00.000-07:002011-03-29T14:42:14.919-07:00lasagnaI have random cravings for lasagna all the time. I've been meaning to make it for some time, but just never got around to it. So you know how I had pizza before, I had the pizza sauce leftover, cheese leftover, and other leftovers. Do you think that they're practically the same ingredients?!Okay, so I didn't follow a recipe exactly...but it's all right. It turned out great. No step by step nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-30810725851425572242011-03-28T14:09:00.000-07:002011-03-29T15:33:43.649-07:00Maple Caramel Bacon Brownies with "Bacon Chips"I love snail mail, and I'm not talking about my latest buy or the new J.Crew catalogue (though I look forward to both of those as well). I'm talking about lovely hand-written notes, holiday cards with cute animals, and best of all, homemade treats. Whether I'm sending or receiving, I get a giddy, fuzzy feeling inside. It is so easy to make someone far away feel loved and love on them through the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-54639853664610464322011-03-24T08:43:00.000-07:002011-03-24T08:44:38.653-07:00homemade pizzaI heart pizza. I am always in the mood to eat pizza. One night, jwoo decided that he wanted to make pizza. At Trader Joe's, they have fresh pizza dough in the refrigerated section, and I was always curious how it tasted and worked. I am used to using the Pillsbury kind, which is totally fine. But alas, the chance came to try it! I'd say our pizza was definitely Trader Joe-d out. :]This was their nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-15685176618465212752011-03-22T21:38:00.000-07:002011-03-22T22:06:31.261-07:00muracci's japanese curry & grillHave you had Japanese curry before? It's delicious and really simple to make, because all the spices come prepackaged in a box! However, when Jess (J on this blog!) told us about this place that makes curry from scratch in the city (SF), we knew we had to try.We went to visit Harmonious for lunch one day and on Jess's recommendation, we ate at Muracci's. This hole in the wall is unassuming, one nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-17677821380420837972011-03-22T10:29:00.000-07:002011-03-22T13:16:17.360-07:00My Love Affair with JamI have a confession. I love Jam. Granted, this is a new found love, but all I've had on my mind for the past few days is Jam. Eating jam, researching jam, making jam, tasting new jam, thinking a wonderful flavor combinations for different jams, wondering how many different ways I could eat jam. And it is all because of this simple little jar of blenheim apricot jam from We Love Jam:Up until last Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-91752510943361205582011-03-10T10:29:00.000-08:002011-03-10T10:43:42.983-08:00sumiya part 2When D saw my last post, he demanded to see the other pictures."What other pictures?""You know...from the other time we went!"He then proceeded to email me said pictures.I'm glad he did, because this time, we didn't just do meat dishes. Exhibit #1: Bacon wrapped mushroomsThis... yeah. I'm speechless. The bacon was perfectly crisp and had a wonderful smokey, salty flavor that blended really well mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104725711615389133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-78735194855619336172011-03-08T11:31:00.000-08:002011-03-10T10:45:41.149-08:00sumiya yakitoriI love Japanese food. It always feels so clean and fresh and best of all, delicious! Even when you eat something like yakitori, or (loosely) grilled skewers, it never feels heavy at all.D took me to this place in Santa Clara called Sumiya, a restaurant that specializes in yakitori. The restaurant itself is quite small, and very popular. We managed to get 7pm reservations (I don't know how that mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104725711615389133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-88333133676896481692011-03-05T20:51:00.000-08:002011-03-07T10:29:11.156-08:00Challenge Accepted: Cornbread Broccoli Surprise!This looks like your everyday corn muffin, right? You can even see the little bits of corn poking out at you. Aren't they cute?But aha! That is where I have tricked you! First of all, this is no ordinary corn muffin. It is the most delicious, perfect corn muffin I've ever had. And second, inside each of these already glorious corn muffin gems, is a giant piece of broccoli waiting to give you the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-44116567774697432362011-03-03T16:23:00.000-08:002011-03-03T17:31:38.513-08:00burma superstarFor jwoo's birthday, me, m, j, jen and peter took him to burma superstar. It was all our first times except for m's. Maybe m and j can add to this review... So we ordered 6 dishes and it was pretty good. Not sure if it's my type of food in terms of spices and all, but pretty good.Samusa Soup. This was yummy, but I wasn't really sure what I was eating and drinking. Hahaha.Tea leaf salad. This is nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-4735577561883788702011-03-03T15:31:00.001-08:002011-03-03T16:22:07.079-08:00cream puffsCream puffs. I really like these and actually, they're kinda scary to make. But before I talk about that, let me introduce you to something...Meet my first cookbook. Is it beautiful?! It's from Jess for my graduation present. I'm really excited to bake from this book, and this is my first!Profiteroles is just the fancier way of saying cream puff. Maybe there's a difference, but to me, it's all nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-8477000488888307582011-03-03T15:14:00.000-08:002011-03-03T15:31:17.474-08:00half & half teahouseI heart boba. Like really like it. And I'm a boba snob, as people say it...but I'm not that bad!!!I first tried Half & Half Tea House in San Gabriel during Hunt and Eileen's wedding. I am a die hard Ten Ren's fan, but this place was comparable! I've always wanted to go back but it's soooo far from my house and since there's a Ten Ren's right next to my house, there was no reason to venture nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-76101988216416209232011-03-02T16:23:00.000-08:002011-03-02T18:08:44.302-08:00pulled pork tacos w/ guacamole and mango salsaPulled pork tacos. I'm not sure where I got an itch to make this, but I did. And it was easy, especially with a slow cooker (which I borrowed from tammy). I had more pictures but jwoo did not give them to me, so you'll have to settle with my ugly looking pictures.I bought this humongo 10 pound bone-in pork shoulder. Way too big to fit into the slow cooker (it was a 6 quart) so me and jwoo went nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-55796041652544165422011-02-24T14:00:00.000-08:002011-02-27T12:13:04.917-08:00Sunday Brunch: Salmon QuicheI really enjoy cooking for my friends and family, but with work and life in general, I haven't had very much time to do anything remotely fun in the kitchen. So, I was very happy to make a simple brunch for Jen recently. Inspired by a recent post on Tartlette blog, I decided to make salmon quiche, with a few modifications. Rainbow swiss chard is so pretty, right? I love the color that it adds to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-4359818062632015532011-02-19T11:12:00.001-08:002011-02-19T11:14:49.907-08:00national almond dayit was february 17th...and i missed it.i love almonds. i seriously love almonds and i missed it.i'm sorry almonds, i will make it up to you.nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-8268790469074771292011-02-16T15:36:00.000-08:002011-02-20T10:46:36.739-08:00s'mores cupcakesI've been wanting to make s'mores cupcakes ever since I had it from Cupkates. Her's are so yummy and everything about is delicious. Anyways, so I tried...and it turned out not bad...not super great.I made mini cupcakes because they're so much cuter. I liked my cupcake liners too, which are from Joanns.I made the graham cracker crust and it was pretty oily. I used some salted butter since I ran nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916636815327840852.post-16794521861521848152011-02-09T15:04:00.000-08:002011-02-09T16:19:48.923-08:00porto's bakery and cafeThis is Porto's Bakery and Cafe in Downey. Super nice, super big, super pretty. So actually, this visit was really on the whim but really nice.And in fact, I went to Porto's again the day after but at the Glendale location which is not as nice as their newest place obviously. Their food is afforadable which is a big surprise because you'd think super fancy places like these are pricey, but nope, nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039125700855477954noreply@blogger.com0