Life: weekly updates

• We met the baby this week. It was the most real thing we’ve experience since we discover I’m pregnant! 😆
• I booked ticket to Argentina! Star is going for business, my BFF is visiting her family in Buenos Aires, so I decided to go there to meet her! It has been 6 months since I started working and haven’t take any vacation. I don’t feel the need because the work is not stressful and I rest well on the weekends. But the fact that I’m going to meet my BFF, her husband and her mom really made me decide to go there! We met 16 years ago in Buenos Aires. Now we both live abroad, it’s nice to meet again in Buenos Aires.
• Saturday: we invited a couple friend and Adam for dinner. I prepared a big spread of food for them.

as usual, red sauced pork

pork rib soup with chinese yam and carrot

Spicy whole tilapia. This dish is becoming a new staple at our party-dinner tables. Star approved it! 😉

spicy sauteed potatoes

kelp salad with garlic and chili

cucumber salad with garlic

scrambled egg with tomato

It was a nice dinner. Everyone enjoyed the food a lot. Once again, they made me proud of my cooking skills! 😉

• Sunday: low key. It’s raining so we stayed home. Napping, watching TV and blogging. Maybe we’ll go for a walk later.

Q: What dish makes you proud of yourself?

Post Race feast!

After the race, I rewarded myself a nice sport massage 😆 at this calming place

It felt great. The massage therapist used the deep pressure technique on some key big muscles. It felt a bit painful at first but definitely helped to relax the muscle. 🙂

I had a dinner to prepare, so not too much time to nap. but I was super excited because I haven’t cooked a chinese feast for a while.

I made 8 dishes and a soup for 7 people including me and Star. They’re new co-workers of Star. 5 hungry young guys to fed! 😆

蚂蚁上树 rice noodles with shredded pork in a spicy sauce

鱼香茄子煲： eggplant with pork in a sour spicy sauce

红烧肉: this the favorite dish of ALL time and for EVERYONE, made with pork. It was a big success again this time. In just 5 min after dinner started, it was gone! 😉

辣椒小抄: green and red peppers, chili and pork a la Sichuan

山药排骨汤: pork and chinese yam soup

凉拌海带： kelp salad with garlic and chili

蒜泥黄瓜: japanese cucumber salad with a lot of garlic

家乡鱼: fish cooked with chili, garlic and ginger.

I thought it was a lot of food but you know what? These guys finished them ALL!!! I was so happy to see all the empty plates! 😆 Second accomplishment of the day! 😀

I bet these dishes are new to you because they’re not usually served in restaurants. So if you’d like to know the recipe or how-to, let me know, I’d love to spread the word about real chinese food. 🙂