Category: cooking
Weekend Stories: New brunch spots and a Sunday to myself|39
A normal, uneventful work week, although it did involve several outdoor errands in the evening, such as an unsuccessful trek to Queens to look at a bike, a Friday evening cycle back to Downtown Brooklyn to return keys and Verizon hardware. Towards the end of the week I was happy to stay home, which also called for banana muffins on Thursday.
Enjoying the sun in the afternoon on our balcony. Our new apartment faces west, thus we are entrenched with sunlight around lunch time. I finished the leftover salad and admired the evening sun filter through our kitchen and dining table.
Weekend was a quiet one. I went for a morning walk around Prospect Park, explored a new brunch spot with the husband and walked around the neighbourhood. There are Halloween decorations spotted around now! How time flies. Once Halloween goes by, it’s Thanksgiving, then Christmas – and before you know it, you’ve entered the new year.
Husband was out during Sunday and I enjoyed having the apartment to myself for several hours. With both us working from home since April, it did feel like a treat to have the place to myself, alone. I whipped up some kimchi fried rice for brunch, then for dessert I made a cup of tea, sliced an apple and had a portion of the walnut cake.
I finally got around to washing and scrubbing the balcony to install the wooden tiles, read my book in the sun and cooked a hearty curry chicken rice for dinner. I ensconced myself in the apartment for the day, so content and immersed in the moment that I did not take any photographs.
Weekend Stories: Housewarming |38
It was a short work week as I had to take a sick day after feeling immobilized Tuesday morning. After moving, cleaning and organizing everything in the house, as well as the sudden change in weather, it got the best of me.
The below photos are the neat and tidy areas of the apartment I am content with (I placed the snake plant in the living room to liven it up a bit).
I dragged the husband along to a FB marketplace purchase in Tribeca on Friday where we ended up having dinner at an overpriced restaurant. I suspect most of the restaurants in the vicinity would have had the same result.
On Saturday we had to go back to our previous apartment for the final clean up and paint any marks on the wall. I sold several items on FB Marketplace and made a whopping $110 in extra cash. After we cycled back home, we took a rest and then went to the nearest WholeFoods to buy groceries for our French-themed housewarming dinner on Sunday.
The in-laws arrived in the evening and we served them an array of French dishes – beef bourguignon as the main, garlic and parsley potatoes (both cooked by N), french green beans with caramelized shallots, rosemary sweet potato stacks, cauliflower mash and a kale salad with goat cheese, cranberry, apple and pecan salad with french vinaigrette dressing side dishes made by moi). They loved everything and N’s brothers ate A LOT. This made me very happy.
I don’t have a (nice) photo of the full banquet but here is a photo of the leftovers we finished off throughout the week.
Monday was a struggle. I went to bed early to catchup on sleep and to recharge.
Luckily we had food to reheat for the week.
Weekend Stories: French toast with strawberries |25
One of the highlights on a weekend is N’s breakfast on a Saturday or Sunday morning.
I’ve posted several breakfast scenes on this blog, all made by my husband-to-be.
I am one lucky woman. My top three breakfast dishes of N’s would be: strawberry french toast, pancakes and shackshuka. So much better than going out for brunch!
This weekend was a quiet one, as usual. We binged watch several episodes of “The Politician” on Netflix. It’s hilarious. It’s quirky and different to other shows in terms of its satirical humour with exaggerated characters and plot lines. There are two seasons so we are set (meaning no more scrolling through Netflix after dinner for the next few days).
Another absolute favourite is N’s clam with white wine pasta. I heap on a tonne of chill flakes and inhale it. It’s so delicious.
I don’t even remember what I did on Sunday.
I just flipped through my planner and now I recall going to TJ’s for the week’s grocery run, practicing ‘Mariage d’amour’ on the piano (my July piece which is actually quite fun to practice), yoga and studying a bit. It was a pleasant weekend nonetheless.
お菓子作りとパン作り
ロックダウンしてからもう二ヶ月が過ごした。
以前はお菓子作りとパン作り全くにしてなかったけど、今は一周間に一度は新しいケーキとかパンを作っている。
人が苦しい時、お菓子作りとパン作りをしていると落ち着くし、今の複雑な状況をちょっとだけ忘れらるからお菓子作りとパン作りをし始めるのだというのをどこかで読んだ。
私もそのとおりだと思う。昨日に作ったバナナブレットをこれから食べようかな。
Food for the soul |料理の意味
Pajeon on a rainy day. Korean food for the soul
彼氏と私は交代で料理をしている。
彼氏は料理をするたびに色んな国の料理を作ってくれる。初めてにしては本当に美味しくて上手に出来上がる。
でも、私はほとんど韓国の料理を作る傾向がある。
多分、遠く離れた外国に住んでいる私なので、オーストラリアにいる母と家族が近くにいる気がするからかもしれない
みんなに会いたいな。
Oyakodon
先日夜ご飯に親子丼を作って食べた。
私のアメリカ人の上司に今日何食べるのって聞かれて親子丼という美味しい日本の料理を作ってみるつもりだと答えた。
で、親子丼という名前の由来は、丼の具として鶏の親と子が両方入っているからだと説明させていただいた。
上司がそれはちょっと怖いけど名前を付けた人は天才かもって笑いながら言った。
考えてみれば面白くてかわいそうだね。でも、夜ご飯は美味しかった！