Noche Buena

our "Noche Buena"

Picnic at Stanley Park

Lunch at "Car-Ming's"

It's a rainy day and we decided to go for a walk and also let my son Ardie to play "rain puddle splash" on the way . He's so excited every time & having a goodtime. We drop by at the nearby book warehouse and browsed at some books.We ended up scoring books for my son & myself ;-)

On the way home Ardie insisted of having lunch in a restaurant and that's how we ended having lunch at "Car-Mings" ( Carmen and Ming are the restaurant proprietor's and chef's names) a.k.a. "New Hong Kong Kitchen " It's our favorite Chinese restaurant ever!! The food is delicious, affordable, and very courteous & friendly service.Not to mention it's just in the neighborhood ;-)

I'm Hungry Dad!!

Satisfied customers :-)

My favorite "Dry Garlic Spareribs" It's the Best!!!

What Ardie likes the " Pork Wonton Soup"

Mommy Andie's lunch "Beef & Broccoli on Rice"

Mommy's Birthday Celebration

Today we celebrated my wife's birthday at 'Pin-Pin , our favorite pinoy-chinese restaurant.The food is really excellent and always reminds me home and filipino food favorites since we were kids.

My wife, Andie with my son Ardie

Crispy Pata, my all time favorite ;-)

Pancit canton, for long life :-)

Hototai soup, my son's favorite

Sizzling Sisig, Mommy Andie's favorito ;-)

As always, I'm very happy with the food :-)

Happy Birthday Mommy!!! :-) We Love You!!!

Grandma's Birthday

Yesterday we celebrated my Mom's Birthday ,and we decided to get a take-out at "New Hong Kong Kitchen ", this is our all time favorite place for delicious chinese food and my favorite the Dry Garlic Spareribs is just top-notch. For take-out ,we always order the combo dinner "B" for two ,which includes the soup of the day, spring rolls, dry garlic spareribs, chicken chop suey and beef chow mein, of course the traditional fortune cookies is always there.

Happy Birthday Granny "V" !!! We Love You :-)

for starters : spring roll and wonton soup

Beef Chow Mein with Vegetables & Chinese Sausage


My favorite the Dry Garlic Spareribs , this is just topnotch!!!

Delicious Chicken Chop Suey

Hope you like our Birthday Dinner Celebration for you ;-)

Cantonese-Style Steamed Pompano

I cooked this dish last year when we went to visit my mom & dad , who lives with my sister & her daughter in San Francisco. We also celebrated my son's second birthday. They really like it and requested for the recipe.

Cantonese-Style Steamed Pompano



ingredients:

1 1/2 lb whole Pompano , gutted out and cleaned
2 tbsp shaoxing rice wine
1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp canola or vegetable oil
4 tbsp kikkoman or brewed soy sauce
2 stalks green onions,finely shredded
3 tbsp finely shredded ginger
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper

procedure:

1. Rinse the fish under cold running water ,drain throughly in a colander.


2. Place in a bowl,add the rice wine,soy sauce,chopped ginger and sesame oil, and toss lightly to coat.Cover with plastic wrap and let it marinate in the fridge for 10 minutes.


3. Arrange the Pompano on a flameproof plate with the marinade and place in a steamer. Steam over simmering water for 6-10 minutes or when the skin is pressed firmly. Remove the fish from the steamer and place on a platter.


4. To make the sauce, heat a sauce pan over high heat add the canola or vegetable oil and heat until smoking, add the kikkoman(brewed soy sauce) Sprinkle the steamed fish with the shredded green onions ,ginger, and pepper.Slowly pour the hot oil-soy sauce mixture over the fish. This will cause the skin to crisp and cook the garnish.