Kainan Na
Posted on July 7, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink.
For many the 4th of July means fireworks. For us it’s another excuse to have a feast. That’s what we do on holidays anyway. LOL.
Brian and I brought a bottle of rosato and teriyaki chicken kabobs. It’s healthy-ish, but there were plenty of other unhealthy options for us to feast on last Thursday.
Mom made delicious fruit cocktail. The only thing missing was butong.
Some kind of salad. I didn’t have any. 🙁
She also made a spicy beef and sausage dish. It’s kind of like caldereta.
Sinigang na baboy. You can’t see the pork, but it’s there.
Pinatatasan. Pork and potatoes and mushroom. I’m not sure why the mushrooms are in there. Usually it’s just pork and potatoes. If I had to guess I’d say mom was cleaning out her refrigerator. LOL.
For dessert we had bico, which I’m not really too fond of…
..and Jen and Armando brought chocolate and peanut butter pie from the Copper Oven.
Brian’s mom also made some super delicious peach cobbler for us. My dad absolutely loved it. Best peach cobbler I’ve ever had hands down. It’s better than the life-changing peach cobbler I had from Jayleen Catering last year and better than the peach cobbler they serve at Bite ME BBQ.
It is so good that I actually want to learn how to make it.
Our favorite thing to do after our annual 4th of July feast is sit out on the golf course where we can see 360 degrees around us. We just sit in our lawn chairs and wait for the fireworks to commence.
No words can describe how amazing it is. Everywhere you look there’s fireworks. I wish I would have gotten some pictures of it. This is the best we can do.
Who needs to buy fireworks when you can enjoy everyone else’s fireworks show?
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More Unhealthy Food
Posted on July 6, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink.
We celebrated the completion of the most recent training class by having lunch at a downtown Wichita landmark, The Anchor. I got to try their fried pickles for the first time. So yummy! I’m adding it to my “must order when at The Anchor list” along with the truffle fries.
This whole week has been really bad for the diet. It’s hard to pass up all of that delicious food, though. At least I didn’t eat everything pictured above, I guess. I just had one of these dishes. Can you guess which plate was mine?
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Cafe Bel Ami
Posted on July 6, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Pictures of my food at Cafe Bel Ami last week…
They have great fattoush salad with feta. I’ve been hooked on feta cheese lately.
Everything is great at Cafe Bel Ami, actually. I’ve yet to eat anything there that wasn’t delicious. Of course, I get my usual most of the time — grilled tilapia. It was really good this time because instead of mixed veggies, it came with green beans. Their green beans are done really well. I made a happy plate.
The one down side about eating at Cafe Bel Ami is that they’re not fast at all. You can’t really expect to be in and out. It’s kind of a leisurely place to eat. You need to allow at least two hours. Seriously. They are never fast. Even on their slow days, they aren’t. The food is delicious, though. It may be worth it for some. For me, it’s a once in a while kind of treat.
If you don’t mind slow food, you definitely have to give this restaurant a try. It’s one of the nicer restaurants downtown (and one of my favorites). The menu prices are great too. The quality of the food is outstanding for what you pay. The service is equally good, slowness aside. Give this place a try and let me know what you think.
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Our Moonshine Oil Lamp
Posted on July 5, 2013 by Ching under Projects.
I saw this video on YouTube and Brian saw some how-tos on Pinterest for how to turn wine bottles into oil lamps so we decided to start collecting all of our used wine bottles. We have at least a dozen of them now.
One of the cooler used bottles in our collection was our bottle of Midnight Moon moonshine. Thanks to Jay for bringing it over to one of our parties.
We couldn’t find the exact materials that we need but we improvised. We purchase two copper reducers and inserted the smaller into the larger one to create a neck for the wick. Brian used teflon tape to ensure that there is a snug fit between our bottle and the neck that holds the wick. We bought a big jug of citronella tiki torch fuel for our oil. And, voila! We have our moonshine oil lamp.
Brian is going to get some more materials today so that we can convert our empty Grand Marnier bottle into another oil lamp. I think it will look really cool.
What do you think?
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Posted on July 4, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink.
It had been a while since we’ve been to Cracker Barrel and Brian was craving a hearty breakfast after he regurgitated everything he ate the night before so we decided to go there for brunch last Saturday. I was actually craving fried chicken and was excited to see that they had it on special that day.
They were kind of busy that day. We actually had to wait to be seated and we also had to wait a while for our server to take our orders.
During the wait I managed to talk myself out of getting fried chicken and got the salmon patties instead. It turned out to be a good choice because it was delicious. They tasted like crab cakes only with fish. The green beans were very good also.
This is Brian assembling his breakfast.
Brian got biscuits and gravy, sausage patties, hash browns, and two eggs fried hard. They cooked the eggs incorrectly though, so he had to wait for the correct ones.
When they finally came back out, he had eaten all of his food and wasn’t hungry anymore. It was probably for the best because they might have messed with his eggs.
We love playing the games at Cracker Barrel while we wait for either our food or our check. We also like checking out all of the great toys and games and all of the old fashioned candy. Cracker Barrel is just a neat little place.
If you’ve never eaten at Cracker Barrel, you have to try it. Their food is usually pretty good. I’ve tried various things and I’ve never been disappointed. I’ve liked everything that I’ve never tried before.
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