Garlic and Onion

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Did not notice......

I did not notice that it is all green already!

Montreal is a beautiful city! I am so glad that I am living here!!!!

I went to Quebec city in April, there were still snow. I believe that there is no snow anymore in Quebec city! Anyways, it was way too cold to enjoy the city. We came back after 2 hours walking, 2 hours eating. I heard that this city has awesome winter festival! If you are planning to go there during cold-season, try that, otherwise, it is just waaaaay too cold.

but I love Quebec city!!!!!!

Friends' visiting to Montreal

Montreal downtown from Mont-Royal(Le Chalet)

It took us only 15min to walk stairs and we could have a beautiful scene for Montreal.

Well, my friends are from big apple, so they were not surprised for this!

Dinner at L'academie.

Good/affordable/fancy/BYOW place in Montreal.

located on St.Denis et Duluth

Sunday Brunch in Old Montreal.
this was a great spot, especially on the weekend,
there was a fatastic jazz live!
Jardin Nelson.
(atmosphere was awesome, food is not incredible, but worth to go!)

Maple delight.
my friends really wanted to do something related to authetic Canadien stuff.
And we went for Maple ice-cream.
I love a mini-cone, which costs only $1.20.
Their maple candy is soooooooooo good.
you can ask them in free when you purchase any maple product in the store.

Monday, April 19, 2010

BBQ pork belly (Pork side belly)

Pork belly is called "Sam-Gyup-Sal" in Korean, it means it has three layers. It is very popular part of meat in Korea, but I found that here people do not use it often on the bbq grill as we do.

it has nice tender taste as well as nice crispy outside when you do BBQ.

Easy Marinating
: 4-5 strips of Pork belly, (they are pretty cheap, I payed 6 dollars for two people portion)
put them in the bag, and 1 Tbs soy sauce, 0.5 Tbs ginger paste, 1 Tbs brown sugar(or honey). Put it back in to the frige for 1 hour, or 2 hours.

And, BBQ them!

if you wrap them in the Italian lettuce with rice,
try with them with Korean dipping sauce: Ssam-Jang(soy bean base) or Go-Chu-Jang.

(Pictures will come)

Peach Cream Corn and Celery Salad

One can of Peach& Cream corn,
half cup of chopped celery,
quater cup of chopped Green/Orange/Yellow pepper,
quater cup of finely chopped onion.

2 Tbs Mayo
2 Tbs Honey mustard (I used honey dijon mustard)
1 Tbs Honey
1 tsp salt
a little bit of black pepper
1 Tbs Lime or Lemon juice

mix them well.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Spinach Salad with Cranberry and warm honey dressing

Spinach Salad with Cranberry and warm honey dressing

(4 servings)

1/2 lb bacon
8 cups baby spinach
4 hard boiled eggs
1 cup shredded swiss cheese.
1/2 chopped pecans(lightly toasted)
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries

Dressing

3TBS honey
3TBS cider vinegar( Apple cider vinegar)
1cup sour cream
salt and pepper
(mix them well in a bowl)

How to cook?
1.Place bacon in pan, cook until beginning to crisp
2. Transfer bacon to paper towel to drain, pour dressing ingredients in a pan.
3.Reserve bacon drippings in pan,
4. Simmer in a low heat
5. Arrange Spinach with eggs, bacon, pecans, craberries over.
6. Pour dressing over the salad.