Chamnamoo Korean

Bibimbap and panchan at Oak Tree (참나무 – Chamnamoo) Restaurant! As usual, bibimbap always looks too pretty to mix up and eat.

IL Corvo – Pasta Fatta a Mano

Amazing flavors and textures. The pasta misto was, without exaggeration, the best pasta I’ve ever eaten. It was so yummy I could have inhaled it, but for the sake of company restrained myself.

Started off with a Kale salad.

Moved into dipping a super soft focaccia bread, topped with cheese, into olive oil.

Whole grain tagliatelle with bushito peppers.

Pasta misto with mushrooms. The combination of the amazing pasta textures, mushroom sauce, cheese, and heat made me continually sigh and exclaim my pleasure.

So good, nothing was left

Hungry friends need cheesy things

I made corn tortillas, as is Nicaraguan tradition. Then we suddenly veered off the beaten path by adding cheese sauce, sautéed mushrooms, and refried beans.

Attention to detail /careful presentation

I love how different sushi restaurants pay attention to the details of presentation in slightly different ways. This time I had a quick small of vege gyoza and sunomono with a cute star carrot.

On another note I noticed the staff speaking Korean. I noticed that at the last 2 sushi places I went to. Are Japanese people a rarity in my area?

Quick, make a salad!

Had to make a salad for dinner with friends, opened the cold closet and looked for ingredients : Cucumber, avocado,  good, good, lettuce, orange pepper, nice, nice, green apple… Genius! Lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper, agave syrup.  Let’s eat!

The breakfast back

Home always brings me the familiar smells and tastes of mom and dad’s cooking. What a hearty compilation of foods – black beans, scrambled eggs with green beans, ripe avocado, fried ripe plantain, vinegar cabbage and carrot slaw, and a bit of yam bread. Gobble gobble, trying hard not to eat too fast!

Man can live on rice alone…

But I need greens and kimchi too! Some rice filled dishes from the past week, simple, colorful, very filling, and healthy 🙂 This is usually what my lunch looks like.

Brown rice, baby bok choi, and kimchi. The bok choi was quickly sauteed in a little oil so it was still crisp and juicy.

Brown rice with sauerkraut, dave’s killer bread with the best pesto, I can’t get enough.

White rice, steamed broccolletes w/braggs, and kimchi on the side to add to every bite!

Kimchi tofu quesadilla

So hearty and umami.  I could eat one of these everyday if it weren’t for the fact that it’s like asking for a heart attack! Cheddar, fried tofu, kimchi.

green dot double tricks whammy ramen double fix

Double time! Cook those noodles! Throw your backs into it!

Ramen with coconut cream powder, one made spicy with kimchi juice. Greens are brocollete, kale, and baby bok choi.

Garden Fresh

Brown rice with madras lentils, steamed brocolettes on top that i picked from the garden. It’s so convenient to have an entire greenhouse worth of things to choose from.