fuki sushi

sushi is not something i'm fond of since i don't eat seafood. in fact it's not just the fish i stay away from but it's also the seaweed wrappers. even if i don't eat sushi i do love going to sushi restaurants so that i can eat tempura. i heart tempura!! so tonight to celebrate our friends birthday we took her to eat at fuki sushi. i tired to decide what to order but it was a toss up between the beef teriyaki with vegetable tempura or sukiyaki. instead of picking between the two dishes, naturally i ordered both meals.

the tempura was perfect but the beef teriyaki was not my favorite. although it was flavored well there was a lot of fat left on the beef. i would recommend this place for the tempura, the sukiyaki or of course the sushi that i didn't try.

potato soup practice

this pot of potato soup was made up on the fly and although it was not an outstanding success story it was still a success.  elle and i started by chopping onions, carrots and celery then i threw them in a pot to sauté them with butter.

then we peeled and chopped the potatoes and added them to the pot with both chicken and vegetable stock.

once the liquid was added i brought the pot to a boil and cooked it for another minutes.

when the potatoes were cooked through i used a stick blender to mash all the veggies together then i added heavy cream.  the carrots made the soup turn orange which i thought was funny because it's potato soup.  it also started looking more like baby food instead of a pot of soup.  i tried a spoonful and it tasted just okay but it left a lot to be desired.

so i decided to add cheese, when i went to grab some cheddar elle reminded me of the gruyere she had leftover from a previous dish.  lets just say, gruyere to the rescue, what a great idea elle it seriously saved the soup!

yes i realize it was an over kill buying a ten pound bag of potatoes but i couldn't help myself since they were on sale.  so i'm sorry that all these last posts are made with potatoes but i've got to use them up.  that's why potatoes are still on the menu tonight for dinner.  i thought potato soup would be a good way to use a good amount of what was left but i'm sadly reporting that yet another meal still needs to be made.

bacon caramel toffee

while in vegas i purchased a box of vosges chocolate ok not just chocolate but bacon caramel toffee and a bacon pancake mix.  today i opened the toffee.  i enjoyed it but the others didn't seem too since they didn't want a second piece, guess that means more for me.

gilly gilly

i'm not sure what this meal really is called or if it even has a real name.  it might just be something that my grandma made up on her own but i do know that she called it gilly gilly.  i also know that this was one of the few dishes she knew how to make.  it's a meat and potatoes dish with a grandma ho twist.  the spin on this dish is that it's cooked with soy sauce.  all you'll need is ground beef, potatoes, onions, water, soy sauce and sugar.  yep that is all there is to it but sadly i have no idea where to begin to tell how much of each ingredient to use, when it's done just serve it rice.

this dish was a staple in my grandma's house and i honestly can't remember a time when i left her house without eating this, with the exceptions of thanksgiving and christmas.  in my opinion gilly gilly is very good but taste aside there is something about this meal that instantly warms my heart and makes me reminisce on childhood memories.

thanks for the memories, thanks for the memories!!

goodbye to my favorite sweatshirt, that's right my red hooded sweatshirt.  you've been faithful during the past nine-ish years. if you look close you can see the wear and tear but i seriously loved this thing. it's true, love as in past tense because today i retired the dang thing. not the good or proper kind of retired but the sad i have no use for you kind of retired (please insert your best fake cry).  i wish that i could restore you to your original state, back to the glory days before you were too stretched out and full of holes.

may you rest in peace red hoodie where ever you may be.  i will always cherish the warm times we had.  i hope you find a nice spot in the sun, i'm sorry you didn't see much of it during your life with me.

turkey day 2010

sala thai

i can't stress enough how amazing sala thai really is.  we started with tom yum gai and although we thought we ordered a different kind of soup this one was still good.

green curry chicken, if it was up to me it'd be a little spicier but the other ladies don't like it so this is a milder version.

this plate of pineapple fried rice never disappoints.

this was the first time i've had the bbq ribs here and it won't be my last.  how have i never stumbled across these on the menu before now?

mangoes and sticky rice is always my favorite part of the meal!