My Nirvana

I love going to coffee shops, simply because I love coffee and it's the absolute place for me to read. Not that I cannot read at home, the thing is, I usually get amused with the television or the internet hahaha. My husband understands how I passion coffee. How I love it and owning my own coffee shop one day would be a bliss.....

Anyway, the other night after our first IMAX experience (it was a great experience), the husband leads me to Seattle's Best for a cup of coffee. He actually reads my mine. He knows what will pleases me. :)

Café Américano and Tiramisu - a perfet pair!

How about you, aside from your home, where is your place for solace by the way?

About My Man

I got this tag from Toni This is fun. Thanks for this.

1. He’s sitting in front of the TV: what is on the screen?

Anything That I watch, lolz

2. You are out to eat: What kind of dressing does he put on his salad?

Ceasar

3. What is the one food he doesn’t like?

Sweets.

4. You go out to the bar: what does he order?

SanMig Light

5. Where did he go to high school?

A school somewhere at Paranaque

6. What size shoe does he wear?

Secret.

7. If he were to collect anything, what would it be?

Junks, hahaha

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?

Chicken fillet Sandwhich or Tuna Sandwhich

9. What would the husband eat every day if he could?

Sinigang na baboy

10. What is his favorite cereal?

He does not eat cereal.

11. What would he never wear?

Jewelries. I wanted to buy him a funky silver bracelet but he said he will not want to wear it. Sigh

12. What is his favorite sports team?

Uhmmm....He is not into sports kasi.

13. Who will he vote for?

Obama

14. Who is his best friend?

He call his bestfriend Ponking, hahaha!!!

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do?

I am stubborn sometimes and he hates that !

16. How many states has he lived in?

Not states, cities here at Manila

17. What is his heritage?

Pure Pinoy

18. You bake him a cake for his birthday: what kind?

Chocolate cake :)

19. Did he play sports in high school?

Nope.

20. What could he spend hours doing?

If not sleeping, playing God of War.

Who to tag....how about ladies that love his man so much! :)

Oishii (Delicious)

Beef Sukiyaki

I worked in a japanese company before and it's a common thing to see beef sukiyaki on our dining table during company parties. Now, I am not working in that jap company anymore but my love for beef sukiyaki remains. I decided to make my own beef sukiyaki last Friday evening.

So you'll need;

Half kilo beef sukiyaki (thinly sliced beef )

500g Tofu cut into cubes

1/2 Chinese cabbage (chopped)

7-8 shitake mushrooms

200g Cellophane noodles

2 medium scallions, sliced

Onion quatered

sukiyaki sauce: Just Mix everything... 1/3 cup soy sauce 3-4 tbsp Mirin

5 tbsps sugar

1 beef cube dissolve in 1 cup water

and now this is the exciting part...the cooking.

1.Boil the noodles ah hmmmm...sorry forgot how many minutes, so just follow as per package direction then rinse in cold water, drain & set aside.

2.In a skillet, drizzle some oil & pan fry the beef for 2-3 minutes. Then set it aside.

3. Saute the onions, add the mushroom and the cabbage and the scallions.

4. In a separate pan, sear the tofu. I separate so I wont squish it :)

4. Remember the sukiyaki sauce, we have to boil it for 3-4 minutes. Taste it, if it's salty add water and a tbsp of mirin.

Now... assemble everything.

Find a bowl then place atleast 1/4 part of the bowl with the noodles, another 1/4 part with the beef, then the rest, place the vegtable and tofu. Pour the steaming hot sukiyaki sauce.

Then get a chopstick and enjoy :)

By the way, hubz had another serving, this time, we place a freshly cracked egg at the center before pouring the hot sukiyaki sauce. Oishii :)

Another thing if you want an authentic Beef Sukiyaki recipe, you could get that here

More Loving Here Again

After my D60...now hubz bought me this My Newly delivered Oven. I am so excited to use it. Now I could really make more cuppies and cheesecakes, woohhh. It is also timely because I am thinking of givng my bake goodies to friends this coming Yuletide...who wants, raise your hand :) Hope everyone is having a great weekend! See yah!

Holiday Mode

Since today is a holiday, I had the pleasure of waking up late. We had brunch around 1oam. I didn’t prepared breakfast, we just had the left over pancit canton, mom cooked last night.

After our late breakfast, Hubz went back at his work place to fix my laptop that has hardware problem since Sunday. I am about to miss my baby but then Hubz was really nice and loving enough for letting me use his laptop. I bloghop, surf and changed my blogger template. As I am figuring out how to make that strawberry header to fit (Help!!!!), I then realize, it's already 1pm, what!!!! Poor hubz, he's eating late meals lately. So I hurriedly cook for our very late lunch.

Hubz and I agreed to have chicken adobo.

I almost jump for joy after I tasted it because I cooked a perfect adobo, which was not too much on the vinegar nor not too much on the soy sauce. I many times cooked this dish but failed to balance the saltiness and sourness. But this time, I got it. We had it too for dinner, I just add hard boiled eggs and to make it hotter I put chillies. Perfect!!!!...

By the way, tomorrow is another non-working day, Quezon City day, Halleluah!!! Hope everyone is having a grand time :)