This story took place on a Sunday, after spending our afternoon at Magenta. For lunch, I ordered the chicken chop, which is the unlikeliest thing that I'd pick from the menu, for some reason. Most people who are concerned about food have their own philosophies about food choice, and there are people who try to minimize meat consumption, like me. He swapped his plate with me as though he could read my mind.
After lunch, we went to Ben's Independent Grocer with an intention to purchase some ingredients to make bagel sandwich. Yes, the heat of bagel is still ongoing in my kitchen. Being adventurous, the idea evolved into cooking our own dinners. I was intrigued to make pizza base from scratch and he wanted smoked salmon and cream cheese as the toppings (fish is one of the changes he brought to my eating habit). We picked up smoked salmon, fresh salmon filet and some greens.
I started with preparing the pizza dough. While waiting for it to rise, we marinated the salmon filet with some salt and pepper, and seasoned it with Oregano. He offered to prepare the mashed potatoes while I do the cleaning. After the dough doubled in size, we placed it in into the preheated oven along with the salmon filet.
The salmon filet turned out to be too salty for my preference and the pizza base was crunchy instead of crispy. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our dinner, mostly for the satisfaction from the accomplishment. Genuine pleasure can come from simple, ordinary things. I embrace every moment involved from planning the menu, shopping for ingredient, cooking the food and cleaning the place.
What I value the most is the effort he devoted to make this happen, despite of the geographical distance.
When wasabi and pasta coincide in a plate - Italian food enriched with a hint of Japanese flavor.
I was thinking about recreating this dish at home by adding wasabi, seaweed and sesame seeds to shrimp aglio olio. They used mild wasabi but I wouldn't mind substituting it with a stronger one, even though it may disrupt the harmony combination.After lunch, we went to Ben's Independent Grocer with an intention to purchase some ingredients to make bagel sandwich. Yes, the heat of bagel is still ongoing in my kitchen. Being adventurous, the idea evolved into cooking our own dinners. I was intrigued to make pizza base from scratch and he wanted smoked salmon and cream cheese as the toppings (fish is one of the changes he brought to my eating habit). We picked up smoked salmon, fresh salmon filet and some greens.
I started with preparing the pizza dough. While waiting for it to rise, we marinated the salmon filet with some salt and pepper, and seasoned it with Oregano. He offered to prepare the mashed potatoes while I do the cleaning. After the dough doubled in size, we placed it in into the preheated oven along with the salmon filet.
Dinner is served! P/s: He did the food presentation.
The salmon filet turned out to be too salty for my preference and the pizza base was crunchy instead of crispy. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our dinner, mostly for the satisfaction from the accomplishment. Genuine pleasure can come from simple, ordinary things. I embrace every moment involved from planning the menu, shopping for ingredient, cooking the food and cleaning the place.
What I value the most is the effort he devoted to make this happen, despite of the geographical distance.
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