The things you can do with buttermilk....

Well this week was my dad's bday so I decided to go make him a cake from scratch. Surprisingly, it turned out pretty good, although reviews say I should add less coca next time. Unfortunately, that left me with the problem of 3/4 a bottle of buttermilk. So..what to do?

Buttermilk pancakes for breakfast of course! It's always nice to have a home cooked meal on a cold day like today. If you want great delicious bonafide AWESOME ones though, go to Vermont because they have maple syrup to match. There's no specific place I recommend but if you're up there drive around and go to one a local place. Guaranteed you won't regret it!

Burritos!

Burritos are the most delicious food in the world. Not only are they filling and packed with various healthy foods, but they are fast to make as well... Lately, I have begun experimenting with ways to make the best burrito in the world, but unfortunately my burrito skill levels are far beneath that of Boca Grande or Felipes....

Burrito = Life

the End

Hot and Cold

Best Dessert: Icecream

• Who would've guessed that a $1 sundae from McDonald's would look this good?
• For such a low price and probably low-quality ingredients, sundaes from McDonald's are surprisingly amazing.
• The sundae came with vanilla icecream, nuts, and hot fudge (which is oddly one of the best kinds of hot fudge I have ever had), while the Reese's peanut butter cups were added by my friend and I.

(Me and my friend Sarah enjoying our sundaes during the past summer.)

shabu shabu

shabu shabu is hot soup food.
there is a hot pot in the middle of the table, and you put a raw material in the pot.

Its not cold anymore, but I still like to go shabu shabu places, that make my body warm.
There are many shabu places at downtown, and there are two at allstone.
you may also go to the china town.

My favorite place is 'Shabu Zen'; there is one at allston, and one at downtown.



Spencer - 4th

Fried Rice

Do you go chinese restaurent to eat fried rice every time?
dont do that anymore!
you can make that really easy by yourself.

Material :
1 egg.
1/4 spam
rice

1. Put little oil on the pan, and fried the spam
2. when spam's color changes to brown, put a egg and make like a scramble egg.
3. before egg cooked, you need to put cooked rice and fried again.

4. put salt and pepper!


the red thing on top of picture is Kimchi, it is spicy korean salad.



Spencer - 3rd

Alho Olio

Spencer's Alho Olio.

This pasta contains really simple materials!

Material :
Spaghetti noodle
3 x whole Galic
chili pepper powder
Olive oil
some parsly


1. put the olive oil on the pan, and fry sliced galic and chili pepper with midium fire.

2. after 2min, you put the cooked noodle on the pan and fry again.

3. put some parsly and fry 40 sec more, and finish cooking.

4. you may put some parmasan cheese, and black pepper.


Spencer - 2nd

Bertucci's pasta

There are lots of Italian restaurent arount the Harvard Sq.
but Bertucci is special.
The bread they give before the meal is free refill, and it is wonderful!
Those breads are baked pizza dough, it is very chewy.
There is Whole lobster's claw meat on the pasta in picture,
you cannot see this pasta at other resaurant!


Spencer - 1st

Homemade Chocolate Chip Muffins

Yahh.....I did it! Seriously I'm a bit too happy about this but I finally managed to make home made chocolate chip muffins from scratch. They're just sweet enough to complement the morning coffee without be suffocatingly so. I've always regarded homemade sweets as comfort food so it's been an ongoing goal to be able to conjure up anything I want anytime I want. Next up....tiramisu!

Other great dessert places:

Danish Pastry House: It has always fresh pastries at a great price in addition to very well brewed coffee (strong like it should be done IMO). Their black forest cake is a must (think I got the name right).

http://www.danishpastryhouse.com/

Airplane Food is disgusting.  I recently went home for spring break and I was too hungry to wait to get off the plane, forcing me to attempt to eat this vile meal you see before you.  I always have heard the stories of what the side effects of eating this loathsome meals can do to your stomach, but never experienced it first hand.  Meatloaf, mashed potatoes?, and carrots mixed with greenbeans....The moral of this post is; next time you are thinking about eating airplane food - DONT. 

Went to Newfoundland...

Well, last week I ended up going to St.John's Newfoundland, so I hit up the food circuit there. Unfortunately, my dad did not want pictures taken inside the pub, but you can see the outside of it (and a beautiful shot of the city).

It was lunchtime so I ordered some fishcakes and chips (fries). The thing that struck me immediately was the lack of salt in the food, followed by the realization of how delicious it was when doused in salt. Hmm...maybe I should send the chef a note. What was most fascinating was the perfect blend of fresh fish and potatoes inside each patty. Although it came apart easily, the outside remained perfectly formed until you dug it.

The food there is very heavily influenced by it's relative proximity to Ireland and the ocean, which provided a very positive but different experience in all.

Oh....and the frozen white Russian cocktails were delicious (not endorsing drinking, just saying.)

Fruit Pie

Pie crust, strawberries, kiwi, blueberries.

Dessert made by my friend, photo taken and edited by me.

Reminds me of summer.