2 weeks late! *gulp*
I spent Easter long weekend at the in laws. Meep couldn’t go so I went alone for a week long vacation to Edmonton. Dad in law’s 60th birthday fell on the Saturday. =)
I had a pretty awesome time hanging out with old friends and reliving good times. ^__^ I spent 2 nites with E and the rest of the week at the in laws~
Let’s do a recap of the 29th week menu before I get distracted and ramble on about my trip.
Sunday – Meep and I went out for burgers and picked up some groceries.
The easiest way to get him to go grocery shopping is that I promiseto buy and cook something he loves… And guess what it is…
STEAMED FISHIE! We prolly eat this once every two weeks and sometimes once a week. Such an easy guy to bribe tho~
And mapo tofu with eggplant. This eggplant has seen better days so I had to use it before I left for Edmonton~
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Monday – I made butter chicken. It was not very good. I mean, it tasted fine but a little too tomatoey. I am still in search for the good creamy version with a hint of indian spices. This was a little disappointing.
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Tuesday – I cooked and cooked all day. Well maybe just for about 4 hours of prepping, cooking and storing. I was leaving Meep for a week and didn’t want him eating burgers and hot dogs all week~
I cooked a whole 8 person serving of lasagna and also hainam chicken rice; then portioned them and froze them in little bags. Dinner was a choice between the two. ^_^
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Wednesday – I had class till late so I cooked early. I had a pork belly marinating in the fridge so I popped it in the oven. And then had to decide what I wanted to serve with it.
Loh mein with wonton, roast pork and veggies~
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Thursday – My flight was early. It was almost ridiculous that I left San Jose at 9.30am and did not get into Edmonton till 5.30pm. When I got in, C picked me up from the university and took me to dinner!
I don’t know what these dishes are. I just sat and ate. ^__^ Thanks to C & C, this starving girl off the plane got fed gooood.
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Friday – Had hot pot at Bern’s. We picked up some ingredients from T&T. It was disgusting how much the four of us ate. And it is even more disgusting when we had to go for a ten course dinner with my extended family.
Ten courses and a cake! It seems a little excessive to post every single picture but here is a few of my favourites:
Calamari
Spicy crab
Shrimp cocktail
Braised sea cucumber, mushrooms over bakchoy.
There was also lobster, squid over greens, fish maw soup, roast chicken, sweet sour pork and steam fish… Ending it w a cake to celebrate my cousin’s 18th bday!
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Saturday – T’s 60th! I had lunch w Meep’s sisters at Kyoto. We ordered wayyyy too much sushi. I did not remember Kyoto having such bad sushi for the price we paid. Maybe Vancouver and the Bay Area spoiled me.
A little excessive? yes! I am not kidding when I tell you I gained 3 pounds from my vacation. I weighed myself before and after~
For dinner – There was the usual roast duck, noodles and meat from T&T. We also had lasagna, sticky rice, potatoes, roast beef, cabbage rolls, chick peas… *burp*
It was too much to take pictures of, so here is my plate~
I ordered a strawberry chocolate torte (which it wasn’t and not that good!) and carrot cake (which was pretty darn tasty – even for a non carrot cake fan)
It was an awesome weekend by this point. The surprise for T was a success. He was kinda dumbstruck for a good ten secs when he opened the door and saw me. =) Then J popped out of a trunk, where he was told to get something. He almost got a heart attack. Alll good! No freak accidents. A good 60th with about 30 some ppl~
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