Eugeapalooza in SF

One of my earliest food friends, Kevyn, tagged me in a note on Facebook about Eugeapalooza which was basically an event for food carts to battle it out to raise awareness for the San Francisco Food Bank. We arrived there way earlier than anticipated so we walked around Lake Merced while they were getting set up.

By the time we finished with our walk, most of the food was ready.

Naturally the first cart we went to was Kev's. He made Chicken Tikka Masala w/ Raita. The sauce had a lot of flavor and the cooling raita was nice. He even brought his son to help serve. Super cute :)

The second cart we hit was called Meat-Cheese-Bacon. He grilled up corndogs which was outside the norm of deep frying them. Later on, I noticed that he was grilling up some sliders but we didn't get a chance to try them.

I don't remember the order in which we tried the rest of the carts but here are the pictures. Everything was super delish. I kept telling Justyn "No, THIS is my new favorite!" everytime we tried something new.

On a side note, I got pooped on by a bird. Right after that happened, I was looking over at the Vietnamese crepe food cart and saw a HUGE ball of fire. One of the burners they were using had exploded and I'm sad to report that a couple of the chicks had gotten a lot of their hair singed off and had to go to the hospital. I hope they're OK though!

Thanks go out to Kev for letting me know about this event. My belly was so full of good food that I went into a massive food coma on the drive home. I had to do everything in my power to stay awake heh.

Justyn Cooking: Okonomiyaki

Last week we went to Mitsuwa (a local Japanese store) for dinner and they had set up a stand to sell Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake/pizza) along with the ingrediants to make it at home. We hadn't had it since the Japan trip so we immediately jumped on the opportunity to make it at home. They even had a little brochure with the necessary ingrediants and instructions.

I prepped the cabbage and green onion and Justyn did the actual cooking. It turned out soooo good!

OFG KS 2010 Party

I'm really sad... this is a party that I look forward to every year and, sadly, it was the last one. I always get to see familiar faces and catch up with great people. Oh well, I guess this is an opportunity to keep in touch :)

I made Buffalo Chicken Dip which was devoured in no time. (Thanks Melly for the recipe! I changed a couple things but it's essentially the same)

Buffalo Chicken Dip

2 rotisserie chicken breast (from your grocery store)

8oz cream cheese softened

1/2 cup ranch dressing

1/2 cup Frank’s Red Hot

8oz shredded cheddar (save a bit of cheese to put on top)

Chop chicken (I did a fine dice) and mix with hot sauce, shredded cheese, softened cream cheese and dressing in a bowl.

Spread into an 8x8x2 baking dish.

Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 oven for 30 minutes.

Serve with crackers and/or celery/carrots.

Anyway.. it was good times. I'll miss every one of you if we never get to keep in touch.

Chunger did an amazing job with the photos. (Website: http://studio939.zenfolio.com/)

Cooking: Hainanese Chicken Rice

I made this a while ago and had a massive craving for it. We were going to eat this last night but I ran out of time so I just cooked it for the next day. It doesn't tastes as good as the first time I made it but I suspect it's because I closed up the chicken's butt so the aromatics didn't have a chance to flavor the broth. The rice tastes better this time though. Justyn is loving the chili sauce too which is good.

Here's the recipe in case any of you are interested. This is one of those recipes that you must follow to strictly.. but I promise it'll turn out delish. http://steamykitchen.com/5068-hainanese-chicken-rice.html

Finally Friday Video Challenge: Birthday Card

I always love when Kristina Werner uses stitching in her cards. It reminds me why I started cardmaking. With my uninspired mood, her card this week for her Finally Friday video jump started my creativity. What's weird is that I started making this card before her video came out. The candles on my first attempt turned out kinda chunky and ugly so I revised it so the candles were more uniform and clean. I then added a simple stamped birthday sentiment from my favorite papertreyink.com stamp set. As I'm looking at it, it could probably use something more but I keep telling myself to leave it alone.

Here's another version I finished the next day.