I was working here in the mall for about an hour, going up and down the escalator while making to do lists on my phone and chatting with colleagues on slack. I came to the third floor a dozen times but never bothered to look up from the third floor. This mall has a nice roof glass design, which is accentuated at sunset.
oh wow we can no longer use our hands to pick the pastries
Spicy Pork & Sesame Noodles with Bok Choy
Orange, Ramen Mura, Thanh Thi Bakery, Tokyo Hamburg, Guilty Tea, Ktown, Seoul Park
MacArthur Park, LACMA, Grove Farmer’s Market
i thought with the right angle, maybe we could capture the rays of sunset shining in between the lightposts. yeah.. that was a fail 😆
A second attempt at recreating the Orange-Shawarma Chicken. With olives and pearled couscous, this time it came out better than before.
I really kinda bombed this dish being so distracted thinking about work today.
First I chopped off the top of the peppers, then realized we need the top to keep the belly open cut together.
I then filled the pot to 3/4 capacity and thought “we don’t drain this after cooking the couscous? that looks like a lot of water.. the couscous can really absorb it?” and then realized that the recipe said to put 3/4 cup of water. The couscous came out super porridgy. Tried to make up for it by over cooking the leftover couscous in the oven, trying to make it crispy.
Couscous-Stuffed Poblano Peppers with Spinach, Raisins & Tahini Dressing
So I’m out to get boba
I decided to walk to a boba place that’s a bit further out
Passed by Immanuel church
It’s concert night
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I overheard a couple behind me as i cross the street
“so it is an actual church. I don’t think we’ll be allowed to being in our booze”
“so what? Jesus converted water to wine”
I tried to repeat last week‘s Blue Apron Orange-Olive Chicken recipe but H Mart didn’t have olives and I didn’t realize that the olives-in-a-jar that I saw at Ralphs is how olives are normally sold. So I put mushrooms instead. And marinated the chicken for one day instead of 10 minutes.
It doesn’t… quite taste as vibrant as the original dish. It’s alright though. The chicken felt relatively dry for something that’s been marinated for so long. Maybe it’s because it was in the freezer for a few weeks.
