Sweet and Sour Fish

Where could that fish be? Did you see it? Actually the head and tail are showing lolz!

I know...I know, I loaded it with too much onions as in too much onions, tons of bell peppers and lots of carrots. tee-hee.

But it was still a favorite that day!

So how did I made this sweet and sour fish;

You need;

1/2 kilo of white fleshed fish (used tilapia)

tsp. of minced chopped garlic

1-1/2 to 2 c. of cooking oil

1 bell pepper

few pieces of julienned ginger

1/2 cup julienned carrots

1 onion, cut into eighths (here I used 2)

1 tomato chopped

1/2 cup ketchup

1/2 vinegar

1/2 cup water

sugar

tsp of cornstarch

salt

Then you have to;

Make cut 2 to 3 slits on the flesh of both sides of the fish and sprinkle salt all over and set aside for few minutes.

Combine ketchup, vinegar, sugar, water, 1 tsp salt, and cornstarch in a bowl, set aside.

Fry fish in high heat until goldern brown on both side. Remove from heat and drain excess oil.

In a saucepan, saute onion then garlic, add the ginger. Then add the tomato. Followed by the carrots and bell pepper. Mix everything. When the vegtables are cook (dont overcook) stir in the sweet and sour sauce and bring to boil. Simmer for a minute or until it thickens. Turn off heat.

Pour over fried fish and serve!

Instant

The other day, the husband and I were wandering around the supermarket when I saw this familiar photo printed on a piece of foil package. I look closely...then I saw the English character saying...Kimchi Ramen. Yay, it's my favorite, just perfect! It may not be the fresh one but this will do. :)

A hour later, us at home;
I cannot let go of the idea of enjoying the ramen....so I followed my heart! :)
I read the back label or should I say, followed the picture for instruction.

As I interpret the photo It says.... boil water for some minutes, pop the noodle and stir. Simmer. Remove from heat then add the seasoning. Mix mix mix. Place noodles into bowl . Grab a chopstick and enjoyed! See I can read korean instructions. :) Well...I put more water though! hahaha

It's good compared to some other instant noodles. :)
Then the next day, after the workshop, asked hubz to have a dinner near our place. There was this restaurant that I thought was japanese but was a korean restaurant...woooohhh!
and this was the real thing!

It made me a happy being again! :)
You think we just had Kimchi ramyun....no way, bitin yan. Here's the rest of the food we had

Movie Friday

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Last Wednesday, we learned that Alimall Cineplex opened last 13 February 2009, after a thorough renovation. The new Ali Mall Cineplex looks like a smaller version of Gateway Cineplex. Since it’s newly opened we expect a more cozy movie theater thus making us decided to see Watchmen the following Friday.

So that Friday evening…

we’re indeed right, inside the cinema was great. Sure seats, cozy compared to the old one. The clean restroom located inside the cinema and most of all the popcorn was great (love the parmesan and garlic flavor).

Anyway, on to our Watchmen experience.

I haven’t read the graphic novel yet therefore I cannot really compare though I can tell, the almost two and a half hour movie was incredible, it was fantastic. It was bloody,it was brutal, and lots of nudity but it all contributed in making the film worthy.

I was amazed at each character. All the actors did a splendid job in making each character unique on it's own. The awesome cast includes; Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan (he’s the blue naked guy), Matthew Goode as Ozymandias (genius partly evil superhero), Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian (the bastard superhero), Patrick Wilson as Nite Owl (the nerdy looking guy),Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter (the retired superhero), Malin Akerman as Silk Spectra II (Dr. Manhattan and Night Owl's lady love) and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorscharch. His acting blew me away. He delivers a very memorable character. I keep on eying on him on this film as I find him very mysterious.

I have read some reviews and they said, the film was the graphic novel itself. :)

Anyway, I don’t want to go on further. If you’ll ask what the movie made me think right now. Well… I wanted to start reading the novel soon. :)

Energized Seller

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Oh by the way, I joined this photo. It's cute funny monkey from my friends place. He owns it and treat it not only a pet but like a little brother. Actually that monkey is not only cute but he also knew many antics that really crack me up! Ain’t he cute. .

Interested? Do check out their site-Energized Seller and I am so sure, after reading everything, you’ll want your pet to be in that contest.

Red Velvet Cupcake

A visit to J.Ana's blog reminds me that I had a pending recipe entry for red velvet cupcake. I made it last May and I forget all about it.

If you want to try it, I listed down the recipe.

To make this you'll need;

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 oz red food coloring

2 tablespoons cocoa

1 teaspoon salt

2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon white vinegar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Then; Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat for 30 seconds. Add cocoa and red food coloring, beat slightly. Add sifted cake flour, salt, buttermilk, vanila and mix. Remove batter from mixer. In a small bowl dissolve baking powder in vinegar. Then pour over batter and manually stir. Dont over stir okay, or else the cake might get tough :) Scoop into cupcake pan 2/3s full and transfer to a 350 F oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted at the middle comes out clean Cool for a while then top with cream cheese frosting

For the cream cheese frosting:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Then

Beat the cream cheese, softened, cup unsalted butter, softened, powdered sugar, and 1teaspoon vanilla extract. Blend until smooth. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy. Enjoy :)

Many Ways

French Toast anyone?

It's good with coffee or tea. A cup of chocolate or a glass of orange juice will make it heavenly. Top it with your favorite fruit and cream perfect.... or drizzle it with syrup....ah yummy!

Many ways indeed but for me the best would be eat it on it's own with hubby! Mushy lolz!!!!

If your appetite is saying....make me now, make me now, you'll just need to;

beat 1 egg mix with 3/4 cup milk, pinch of salt and drizzle with some cinnamon and a drop of vanilla

Then heat a lightly oiled skillet or griddle over medium heat.

Soak 2 slices of bread egg mixture for 20 second on each side, or until thoroughly coated. Cook bread until both sides are lightly browned and crisp.

Serve hot. :)

Filipino Breakfast Steak (beef tapa)

Here is another version of the beef tapa that I love doing. Less grease and yes it taste good. :)

You'll need;

1/2 tbs ground pepper
2 tbs Brown sugar

1 t Garlic -- finely chopped (I used McCormic garlic powder)

1 1/2 tb Salt

2 lbs Breakfast steak (a thinly, this steak is sometimes called wafer steak, sandwich steak or minute steak )

Then;

Mix salt, sugar, garlic, and ground pepper. Pour the mixture over the meat and mix well. Store covered in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day.....

Bake at 350F for 45 minutes or until meat became brown. Serve with fried rice and egg. My ultimate breakfast!

Best with spicy vinegar....wooohhh!!!

What I like about this kind of tapa is, it's less greasy and not cloying plus if you'll bake it a bit longer, it became crunchy just what I wanted. :)

Another Exciting Giveaway from Maver

Maver the gossip gehl is celebrating her 1st year blog anniversary. Congratulation Maver! More fruitful years of blogging! :)

Now for her contest, she is giving away this....

Photo swiped from Maver's blog

A Smart Prepaid Broadband Kit. Aint it cool? Me want this hehehe. Hope I win! If you want to join her blog anniversary give away, do check her blog here.

Little Something

Oh It's work again tomorrow. I have to start researching about the proxy that we needed for our new system at the office. it means, I'll be a little bit busy over the week but I'll make time to stretch up a bit to relax, everyone needed that right? :)

Oh I got to thank Spatulahandle for sharing this sunshine to her reader. If your needing that sunshiny feeling to make your new week great I am sharing this to you too :)

Have a lovely weekend everyone

Chocolate chip cupcake

Ingridients:

1/2 cup butter

2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 cup water

50 grams unsweetened cocoa

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup chocolate chips

For the graham biscuit crust

1 cups of crushed graham

4 tbsp of melted butter

1. Combine the crumbs, and melted butter.

2. Scoop a heaping teaspoon into each cupcake paper, pressing down to cover the bottom.

For the chocolate cupcake

1. Beat butter until creamy, add sugar. Mix well.

2.Then add the eggs one at a time. Add the milk, water and the cocoa and the chocolate chip. Mix everything until smooth.

3. In a separate bowl, sift flour, salt and baking soda. Mix the chocolate mixture into the batter.

4.Spoon batter over biscuit crust until just under 1/2 full.

5. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean.

I baked this last Sunday for my birthday :)