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Sunday, February 8th

New Diner's Drive In


Restaurant sign
Saturday was a nice day. Great weather and I got the rest I needed. I decided to run an errand to Palama Supermarket for ingredients in preparation for my meals this week. I'm going to make some great japh chae and also some awesome kimchee gyoza! I hope to share pictures later in the week. smile Anyway, as I finished my errands, I realized I would need some lunch. While Palama offers some great Korean food, I was going to have dinner at Koreana and lunch today at So Gong Dong...I don't want to out Korean myself.


Yumm...double rice and mac salad...winnas
At first, I ended up at Bob's BBQ...but the line was super long and I didn't see anything I craved. Then I tried my luck at Meg's Drive In but there was no parking! I continued to drive down and hit King Street and lo and behold, the New Diner's Drive In sign! I didn't realize that this place shared a lot with a saimin place and Kiawe Burgers (which I would like to try sometime soon!)...what a find!






You can't get any better than slices and slices of pork swimming in gravy...
And what's even better? They had my favorite lunch plate of all time, roast pork! So I ordered it up and here are some pictures from it. It was pretty good, not the best I ever had but definitely return-worthy. I might try their fried saimin next time. I did get to try the new Koreana restaurant and hope to do a review on this blog soon. I hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday!







jenny on 02.08.09 @ 01:25 PM CST [link] [No Comments]


Saturday, February 7th

Moist Caramel Apple Cake


Look at that well of caramel...
It's the weekend! I'm very excited about that! If my plans come through, I will be trying a new Korean restaurant tonight...and a very nice brunch tomorrow either at Orchids or Hoku's. I hope my plans come through...I might have some family business to take care that could interfere. But let's all hope for the best! So check out what I'm sharing with you today, this is a recipe from Kraft Foods located here.

Ohhh...caramel drippings...
I think people are surprised to find out that I'm not actually a big fan of desserts...but I tend to make a lot of these dishes for my office! I like experimenting with different things and I usually make things for others to enjoy. That's what brings me my greatest joy...is to make people happy through food! smile

Don't you just want to paddle through or something? Haha...
The cake came out very well, very moist indeed! It calls for a lot of apple dices and a wonderful caramel sauce. Look at how the cake is practically drowning in the sauce...heehee...smile


Here's how a slice looks like, look at the apple chunks!!
Anyhow, the officemates enjoyed the cake...and it was consumed within the day. I definitely recommend you trying to make this recipe if you enjoy moist apple cake! Have a great weekend everyone!


jenny on 02.07.09 @ 02:02 PM CST [link] [No Comments]


Friday, February 6th

Spinach, Crab and Artichoke Cups


Close-up of the cups!
Wow! Happy belated new year to everyone! I can't believe the year is already passing me by! A post by me is not complete without repetition...but I've got to say it again! I have not given up on this blog but definitely lost a bit of inspiration. It also takes a lot of work to edit pictures and make these posts! So much so that I get too tired to even post much commentary. I'm going to play around with HTML a bit for a few days...and hopefully get back into the swing of daily posting. I might also move this to wordpress...who knows?!


Trays ready for consumption
Anyhow, I wanted to share some pictures of a new recipe I tried out last year! It's basically crab, spinach and artichoke dip in wun tun cups. I baked wun tun pi into muffin tins and they became little cups for the dip. Perfect appetizer! It was very popular at the party I served it at but I found the wun tun pi to be a bit too hard and crispy. The second time I made them, I used phyllo dough instead and I thought it was perfect! These suckers are dangerous because you pop them in your mouth without thinking!




Yummy pollen!
I think I might try wun tun pi again, but a different brand. I could tell the ones I got were very thick from the start so yes! Here are some pictures from this venture. The ending sunflower picture was the leftover dip we had for the tortilla chips. smile







jenny on 02.06.09 @ 12:13 AM CST [link] [3 Comments]