Category Archives: Personal

Thanksgiving 2010 – Dinner #2

It’s our second Thanksgiving dinner (with Kenny’s side of the family) and I made a Turkey for the very first time.  It’s a recipe from Bobby Flay and it turned out great!  I didn’t have to do any brining and it came out really flavorful and moist!  Kenny wanted to try to make Sangria, so...

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Thanksgiving 2010 – Dinner #1

This Thanksgiving is probably the most exciting one ever.  This year, i’m cooking Thanksgiving dinner for both my family and Kenny’s side of the family.  I’ll be making a prime rib roast and a turkey for the first time!  I thought it’d be fun to photograph my progress along the way.  =) rib-eye bone in...

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tgif! The Open Door – Monterey Park, CA

We have been making more of an effort to go out on mini date nights, happy hour or a quick dinner without the kids.  It keeps us sane, especially after a crazy month of the kids being sick, a busy month at work and month full of weddings and photo sessions!  We’ve heard about The...

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TGIF! Hot Pot Hot Pot – Monterey Park, CA

We love hot pot!  We often make it ourselves at home, given that it’s fairly easy to prepare and it requires no cooking skills at all.  =)  Food prep is very time consuming though.  We’re always trying to find a hot pot restaurant that is clean and serves fresh food.  It wasn’t until a couple...

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tgif! Newport Seafood (Tan Cang) + Half and Half Teahouse

We eat out a lot.  The other night we ordered take-out from Newport Seafood – their House Special Lobster is SO GOOD. Milk Green Tea and Mango Green Tea from Half and Half Teahouse – currently our favorite boba teahouse! That was our 11pm dinner!  Lobster and boba.  I can’t think of anything else that...

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