Thanks Bunny for the comment!! As per request, let me post a something about my thin DH... Look at him riding a cupcake!!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Cake Time!!!
This pas Sunday, I rode an electric cupcake!!!Yup, this cupcake is using a car battery and parts of an old bike... No... I didn't make it, it was made by DH's co-worker and his wife. It was so much fun an totally hilarious!!!
Monday, May 14, 2007
French Dinner with Friends
At the "Alliance Francaise" gathering, we met a friendly couple from Paris. They invited us to their home on Friday to have dinner with some friends.
French people eat late (we know that from our trip to Paris in 2005, restaurants don't open until 7PM for dinner), our host said dinner would be at 8PM. We got there at 7:45PM, then we chatted and didn't start dinner until 9PM!
Dinner looked fancy. For appetizer, we started with some smoked salmon with some cherry tomatoes and some lettuce. Then for main course, they took a dish out of the oven and it was still boiling. It was a dish with cheese on top, "au gratin" as we would say in English, but in French, it would be the adjective "gratiné". It looked very cheesy... I asked, "Is this what we call mousaka?", they replied, "It's 'hachis parmentier'". Oh, wow... "What is it?" "It's a dish made of beef, onion, and potatoes." Wow... "What origin does this come from?" "Euh, I think French... it should be French." I took a bite and recognize right away this comfort food. "Oh, I know this dish", I said, "in Quebec, we call it 'pâté chinois'!". They found me very weird: "pâté chinois" literally means "Chinese pie"! Yup, I'm not kidding!!! In Quebec and New Brunswick, there's a version of hachis parmentier with added corn that we call pâté chinois. (You probably wonder why it's called like that, well, read the links then. ) Between the main course and dessert, there was a dish cheese, hmm... I tried Roquefort cheese for the first time! It was strong!!! Hehehe, I wonder how these French people stay slim with all this food (and drinks)!!
French people eat late (we know that from our trip to Paris in 2005, restaurants don't open until 7PM for dinner), our host said dinner would be at 8PM. We got there at 7:45PM, then we chatted and didn't start dinner until 9PM!
Dinner looked fancy. For appetizer, we started with some smoked salmon with some cherry tomatoes and some lettuce. Then for main course, they took a dish out of the oven and it was still boiling. It was a dish with cheese on top, "au gratin" as we would say in English, but in French, it would be the adjective "gratiné". It looked very cheesy... I asked, "Is this what we call mousaka?", they replied, "It's 'hachis parmentier'". Oh, wow... "What is it?" "It's a dish made of beef, onion, and potatoes." Wow... "What origin does this come from?" "Euh, I think French... it should be French." I took a bite and recognize right away this comfort food. "Oh, I know this dish", I said, "in Quebec, we call it 'pâté chinois'!". They found me very weird: "pâté chinois" literally means "Chinese pie"! Yup, I'm not kidding!!! In Quebec and New Brunswick, there's a version of hachis parmentier with added corn that we call pâté chinois. (You probably wonder why it's called like that, well, read the links then. ) Between the main course and dessert, there was a dish cheese, hmm... I tried Roquefort cheese for the first time! It was strong!!! Hehehe, I wonder how these French people stay slim with all this food (and drinks)!!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Free Ice Cream!!!
This is my 3rd post about free (or almost) ice cream in two months!!!
Häagen-Dazs ice cream shops will give out free cones of its new
flavors, Cinnamon Dulce de Leche and Sticky Toffee Pudding, on
Tuesday, May 15, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at any participating
Häagen-Dazs location
Häagen-Dazs ice cream shops will give out free cones of its new
flavors, Cinnamon Dulce de Leche and Sticky Toffee Pudding, on
Tuesday, May 15, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at any participating
Häagen-Dazs location
Museum Month
As I mentioned in a previous post, this month is free admission to selected museum for BoA's customers. On Sunday, we went to the city to visit two museums: California Academy of Sciences and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
We went to the California Academy of Sciences first. We found parking about two blocks away for $5 whole day, it was a decent deal, last time we were in downtown San Francisco, it cost us $17 parking!! This museum has a fancy name for an aquarium. Yup, that's what it is... we saw many tanks of fishes and not much of anything else. It was very small. Oh... and not only we got there for free, there was an oyster tasting!!! Yup, there are 5 different species of oysters and it was about tasting the difference between them. Since it wasn't crowded, we got to taste many... hehehe, I think I had 4. Then, we walked to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). We did every floors starting from 5th floor where Picasso is. Hehehe, unfortunately, I don't know how to admire modern art.
We finished the day by walking to Chinatown and had dinner there. It was a long and tiring day, but educational. :)
We went to the California Academy of Sciences first. We found parking about two blocks away for $5 whole day, it was a decent deal, last time we were in downtown San Francisco, it cost us $17 parking!! This museum has a fancy name for an aquarium. Yup, that's what it is... we saw many tanks of fishes and not much of anything else. It was very small. Oh... and not only we got there for free, there was an oyster tasting!!! Yup, there are 5 different species of oysters and it was about tasting the difference between them. Since it wasn't crowded, we got to taste many... hehehe, I think I had 4. Then, we walked to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). We did every floors starting from 5th floor where Picasso is. Hehehe, unfortunately, I don't know how to admire modern art.
We finished the day by walking to Chinatown and had dinner there. It was a long and tiring day, but educational. :)
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Coconut Pudding
I recently made mango pudding for my sister when she as in town. DH complained that I was not thoughtful enough because he doesn't like mango. So, I looked up recipes for coconut pudding (椰汁糕) and found a few thanks to google search. I made it last night and *oh yum* it tastes just like the ones you get at dimsum!!!!!!!
Here is the recipe I used: http://www.tinfu.net/healthnfood/dessert/dessert25.asp
Ok, now one more item I won't order at dimsum... :)
Here is the recipe I used: http://www.tinfu.net/healthnfood/dessert/dessert25.asp
Ok, now one more item I won't order at dimsum... :)
More Freebies!!!
Free museum admission for Bank of America's customers during the month of May!!!
http://www.bankofamericapromotions.com/museums/
http://www.bankofamericapromotions.com/museums/
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
New Toy!!!
Sister came to town... and brought us a new toy! It's a Motorola RAZR, the G3 model (forgot its name) that is for the Asian market. Woohoo!!! a toy to use in Asia on our trip planned for the end of the year!
Finally not an Err4
DH finally registers on our scales last night. After close to 1 week of Err4, he registered 4.9% body fat last night... phew... I was afraid my husband was disappearing...
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