Craving my husband's food

Yesterday was a tiring day at work, and all I wanted when I got home was some of my husband's yummy cooking. He indulged me and viola!

Porkchop with sauteed lettuce, mushrooms and gravy



Talking about cravings...Ed and I were chatting about food we miss from home. It's a downside to living in another country, the food that you normally take for granted gets magnified a gazillion times when you can't get your hands on any of them. So without much ado:

1. Inihaw na tenga ng baboy, isaw, balunbalunan (with the obligatory suka with onion and sili) Waw! I am salivating as I type

2. Dinuguan (granted there is a goldilocks dinuguan in foil pack, but it doesn't really feel right when you see dinuguan in a foil pack)...hey I'm not complaining, I'm planning to bring some with me when I go home next year.

3. Kare kare (of course! with bagoong!)

4. Century tuna in oil (yes, we do have canned tuna here but it just doesn't compare)

5. Paksiw na bangus or inihaw na bangus

6. Chicken joy (as in my last post...) with gravy...with burger steak...with extra rice (specifically with burger steak according to ED)

7. Tapaking

8. Tokyo tokyo potato balls

9. Laing

10. Crispy pata

11. Sisig (op cors!)

and the reason for our sudden urge for homegrown food...

12. Taba ng talangka (with calamansi and patis)

*Slarp* Wiping drool....

Chickenjoy!

I was craving for chickenjoy last night. Oh yeah...I'm baaaaaaack! Finger is getting better much to my relief. So Ed and I were scouring the web for chickenjoy recipe and couldn't find anything. That recipe is a well kept secret...Ed only managed to pull up escort services. Hmm... chickenjoy = escort service. I don't even want to know.

I was mulling it over whether to make fried chicken or not since I am officially on a diet. The lure of chickenjoy won. I tried to make it as close as possible to the original thing, close...but no cigar.

Flour, paprika and salt
Egg
Polenta flour, paprika, salt
Oil
Chicken

Pane the chicken and fry in oil until cooked. Mmmmm.



Michael's been on a chinese spree lately. Dinner has been marvelous. I don't know what inspired him to whip up such yummy chinese meals but I'm not complaining.

Deep fried glass noodles with veggies



Sweet pork with cabbage and courgettes



Spicy prawns with mushrooms



and finally...Fried chicken breast, lettuce and mushrooms with steamed rice...



I'll be looking at these pictures a lot more now. None of these for a while. Darn.

Out of commission

Accident while cooking. Second degree burn on my finger. Doctor says if I'm not careful it'll heal improperly and I won't be able to bend said finger anymore. If I were younger or older I probably would've had an accident in my pants when she said that. No cooking until this is better.