Life: This is bento dinner. (week 34,236/365,jreyes)

Life: This is bento dinner. (week 34,236/365,jreyes)
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This was the bento box special. I ordered a side of ebi crunch roll as well. This is dinner from a Japanese restaurant on the corner of Castro and El Camino right next to the Peet's coffee. I have no idea what it is called. But they have surprisingly good sushi. I really like coming here for dinner because the old waitresses are so nice and you can tell it is a Japanese owned family business. It is not one of those Japanese restaurants owned by Koreans. It is actually a common thing in the Bay Area. Most Japanese restaurants are owned by Korean Americans. Weird right?

Life: This is dinner at Goldilocks. (week 34,235/365,jreyes)

Life: This is dinner at Goldilocks. (week 34,235/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I had dinner at Goldilocks in Mountain View, CA. I had chicken adobo, sinigang bangus (trout), and white rice. I don't know why, but I have been craving Filipino food a lot lately. I have these cycles where I want to eat rice 3 times a day. Anyways, this hits the spot, but I have to admit making sinigang costs about 2 bowls of sinigang in Goldilocks.

Life: These are building in perspective. (week 34,234/365,jreyes)

Life: These are building in perspective. (week 34,234/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

So for the drawing course we had to draw buildings. I decided to draw buildings with a sign that says "Keep Out Gitmo" for Guantanamo Bay. Perspective drawing is really pretty fun. I also used Picnik to make edits. Anyways, I put some barb wire in there to make it look more restricted. I guess those are suppose to be guard towers, so maybe I will put in some sand bags and what not....

Love and Life: This is sinigang mix. (week 34,233/365,jreyes)

Love and Life: This is sinigang mix. (week 34,233/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I cooked sinigang today. It is a common Filipino dish. It is sour, because of the tamarind.

Ingredients:
Mustard greens
1 white onion
3 chilis
some frozen salmon from Trader Joes

Open package of sinigang mix. Let it dissolve in 10 cups of water. Boil the water and sinigang mix. Now add salmon, onion, and chillis. After you cook the fish add the mustard greens for the last 10 min. Serve with white rice.

Love and Life: This is a smile. (week 34,232/365,jreyes)

Love and Life: This is a smile. (week 34,232/365,jreyes)
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The nephew knows the word smile now. :-) And scrunches his little cheeks and closes his little eyes and shows his teeth. I love it. It is so pure and authentic. He is going to be a fun kid. He has his wooden stirrer with him. He likes to copy people cooking so he gets out his pots and pans and this wooden stirrer. Anyways, his smile is awesome. :-)

Life: This sweet breads. (week 33,231/365,jreyes)

Life: This sweet breads. (week 33,231/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I had a wonderful dinner with an old elementary school friend from Los Angeles. I took him to Viognier in San Mateo, CA. He really loves this place, because my family took my friends who flew up from LA to this restaurant for my graduation 8 freakin' years ago. Anyways, this food was da bomb. This restaurant is like a special occasion restaurant. I hadn't seen my friend in a couple of years, so it was good to catch up, connect, and share a meal with a friend. I think life is all about good food, good conversations, and good company.

Appetizers:

Mussels
Salmon pizzeta
Sweet Onion reduced Foi Gras

Dishes:

Sweat Breads
Halibut

Viognier:
www.yelp.com/biz/viognier-san-mateo