Recovered from the cold. Went to get groceries. The sun was incredibly nice despite it only being 60F. So I dropped off the groceries and after premaking dinner went out for a walk. Ironically by then it was slightly more cloudy, and that had a huge impact and it was very cold -_-
I got more clothes, wandered around a few minutes and ended up in cafe mak where five albas are killing time until the shop closes at 10pm for new years.
닭고기 비빔밥
왜 이렇게 칼로리가 낮지? 양은 엄청난데…
i blew the room circuit for the fifth time in 2 weeks with the radiator
I guess the power plug to the left of the balcony window and the power plug to the right of the window both share the same circuit.
Ok so after like 6 times shutting down the circuit, now I know the one that’s dying is the red one labeled P (20), third from bottom – that’s the one where I have the computer plugged to the right of the windows and the TV to the left of the windows, and I tried plugging the Heater around here because it’s near the window and it hasn’t been working out at all.
BBQ CHICKEN SANDWICHES WITH CREAMY SLAW: ciabattas, caramelized onion, sharp cheddar cheese
CUBAN PICADILLO HASH: bell pepper, potatoes, raisins, creamy chimichurri
함지박 돼지갈비
Orange Tofu & Brown Rice with Sweet Peppers, Kohlrabi & Cashews
SPICY CHICKEN & GUACAMOLE WRAPS: cabbage, tomato, corn, creamy parsley & cilantro chimichurri
this burrito was very meh. maybe because i saw the chicken burning fast and put it half-cooked in the rice cooker, so the rest of it was slow cooked. the slow cooking may have killed the flavor of chicken breasts.
Thai Chicken & Curry-Peanut Noodles with Carrots & Shishito Peppers
These shishito peppers are like 5 times spicier than previous shishito pepper shipments from Blue Apron
Coffeeshop: actually adults can’t order Kid’s menu items. Not sure what happened before.. we just don’t sell kids’ items to adults.
Me: Sheesh okay fine I’ll just have coffee then
Capturing the experience of a taco on photo is kind of hard because it usually requires two hands to eat – even to put it together. This taco is just about average in terms of flavor, but the concept was very unusual and interesting. I like this experience of having food that is different from the routine!
The potato was just about average though. Looking at the recipe photos, my potatoes didn’t come out nearly as crispy as it looks in the example.
I had an entire half of a purple cabbage left from previous cooking, so this was my chance to use it all before it goes bad.
There’s a restaurant chain in LA called Ocha/Ocha Classic. Usually there’s a lot of latino people at the restaurant, and some weeekends/holidays there’s block-turning lines of people there. A lot of people order the Seven Seas Soup, which I have yet to try out. I used to go here every once in a while for Pad Thai and curries, although I ate more through Thai TG Express delivery and after moving to 6th St, at My Thai Kitchen.
Today, I visited this place after a 4 year gap. Instead of the usual, I wanted to try out something different, and looked at its 100 menu items for a while, settling for 80. Pork with Chili and Onions. Each item had a name in Thai writing next to it. Most descriptions sounded pretty bland, like “Pork with Chili and Onions”, “Pork with Chili, Basil and Onions”, “Pork with Chili and Garlic”, etc. (That’s the Pork section, which is 1/5 of the menu. Then there’s the chicken section and another beef section, with similar combinations, I imagine)
The dish was one of the most bland dishes I had tried out in a while. Yes, its spicy, and it has a decent flavor mix for the water at the bottom of the plate. It has cooked pork. Not seared. And chili. And onions. And that’s it. It tasted boring.
And then it hit me, that’s the majority of this restaurant’s 100-dish catalogue. They are just some meat, cooked on a pan along with the veggies. And the variety of menu is just which veggies you want included in there. And that’s it – there isn’t a whole lot of depth into it.
With how plain my day to day life has turned over the past two years, eating something new turned into one of my little adventures. And this restaurant ruined it. I’d prefer each eating experience to be adding something unexpected, somethig new, something to analyze. Even if I don’t always like how it turns out – like that Ethiopian restaurant from two weeks ago. I won’t be coming back to this restaurant. And it made me realize something I hadn’t quite realized before.
so this guy in our group chat sometimes posts photos of food he bought, and unlike the aesthetic photos others post his are terribly framed, angled, poorly lit, etc
Some of us were freaking out and trying to coach him, but at the end I gave up. And as a parody, started imitating his style. Today I made this:
TRUFFLE BUTTER STEAKS
roasted potato wedges, broccoli with Parmesan
It didn’t come out very nice anyway, so made these parody photos imitating the out-of-focus shots, still wrapped in foil, etc. With memes written over them.
actually back in 2010 i was making these veggie+meat mixed rice bowls.. they tasted fine.. to me. although i was using 0 spices. did i even use salt…? it just didn’t look as good
