Love in the Glass

Valentine's Day is over, but I'm still in the mood for hearts simply because I have a heart-shaped mold that I have never used before. Orange, plain, and chai latte gelatin layers with chocolate heart. You know, strange ideas always pop out when I need to focus on studying. Which is to say that creative ideas are born under stress. At least that works for me. It's just a simple recipe - anyone can make this by following whatever the...

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Happy V Day + CNY

It's a little late, but happy Valentine's day and happy Chinese New Year! Gong xi fa cai, wan shi ru yi! Well.. the reason why I didn't post anything because: 1) I was doing my homework, 2) I was reading 169 chapters of Glass Mask, a super old manga by Suzue Miuchi, and 3) I had a group meeting with my friends. on February 14th. A very sad day? Not really. Haha. It's a Sunday, so I get to rest and have some fun on that day. Ok, I made a bento...

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Sheperd's Pie

It's not that I'm in love with potatoes. In fact out of the starchy foods available, potatoes is not in the top list. I bought some potatoes quite some time ago, and I figured that they'll go bad if I don't use them soon. My first plan was to make a perkedel (Indonesian fried mashed potatoes?) with silk egg tofu in the middle, but the plan changed due to various reasons. To be honest, I'm not really good at frying. I just don't get frying. How much...

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Sop Kambing

Kambing literally translates to "goat", but for some reason eating goat for food doesn't sound as good as eating lamb. Either way - goat soup or lamb soup - the translation sounds too weird for me. I have an unbelievably low blood pressure even though arguably I get heated up pretty quickly occasionally. So I figure that it should be pretty safe to indulge in lamb meats. From all that I know, eating lamb can easily cause hypertension. I have...

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I Need More Water Bottles!

On the very first day I made a lunch box this semester, I destroyed the new water bottle that came together with the bento box because I poured hot tea into it. This morning, I made a free water bottle I got from the university's Quad Day bent because I poured boiling water into that bottle. I simply assumed that the water bottle is made with the same material as Nalgene water bottles just because the color and the material looks similar. But,...

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More Bento

I'm glad that I had lots of leftovers from the shabushabu party at my apartment. It makes me think, "okay, what am I gonna do with these things?". In a sense, it gives me the excitement in this gloomy weather and stressful days. I try not to make the same dishes over and over again to keep my brain working. Otherwise, it will be no different than eating out at the Union. Just recently, I discovered that fake crab sausages (which they claim are...

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They Killed The Miso!

Ok, today is catfish day (even though it's not June 25th - the national catfish day in US). I didn't really know how I should cook it, so I decided to give it a shot with the miso paste my bro left in my fridge. In my head, I somehow know that rubbing the fish in miso paste won't do much good. I mean, I don't know how it would turn out to be, but I feel that "something's missing". So I experimented with adding honey into the marinade (you know,...

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Morning Food

This semester, I try to constantly wake up at 7 no matter what time my class start every day so I have time to enjoy heavier breakfast and to make lunch boxes. There are times when I just feel like extending my sleep for another 5-10 minutes, but so far my morning program has been smooth. Enjoying breakfast slowly actually gives me the feeling of ease and peace. It makes me feel that my fast-paced life is slowed down a little. Every time...

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