Friday was my mom's bday so we went over for dinner. I brought mini roasted potatoes, crisp with olive oil and seasoned with sea salt and fresh ground black pepper...I served this with my wanna be aioli. I cheated by using ready made mayo, but I added sea salt and garlic that I hand smashed in my mini mortar and pestle dealy-o. These were really good if I may say so myself!
Of course my mom cooked a lot of food. Among the dishes were pinakbet (no bagoong in here) with Chinese sausage...My mom put in the usual - Japanese eggplant (the long skinny kind), okra, kabocha squash, dried shrimps, and yes...bittermelon (my favorite) from the backyard. No bagoong here or pork shoulder or even tomatoes.
and sotanghon noodles with shiitake mushrooms and chicken. This was a departure from her regular birthday dish of pancit noodles for long life. Well, these were still noodles, so I guess they counted. There were also sauteed shelled shrimp and grilled rib eye steak (not pictured), and of course, rice. I really liked the noodles that she made. She normally makes it with ginger, garlic, soup and chicken. The mushrooms were a new twist.
That steak was pretty good too. Scavengers that we were, we cut up the soft parts first. I had dibs on the fat crisped edges. Poor Bert who came late from a long commute, ended up with the well done parts. : (
Of course my mom cooked a lot of food. Among the dishes were pinakbet (no bagoong in here) with Chinese sausage...My mom put in the usual - Japanese eggplant (the long skinny kind), okra, kabocha squash, dried shrimps, and yes...bittermelon (my favorite) from the backyard. No bagoong here or pork shoulder or even tomatoes.
and sotanghon noodles with shiitake mushrooms and chicken. This was a departure from her regular birthday dish of pancit noodles for long life. Well, these were still noodles, so I guess they counted. There were also sauteed shelled shrimp and grilled rib eye steak (not pictured), and of course, rice. I really liked the noodles that she made. She normally makes it with ginger, garlic, soup and chicken. The mushrooms were a new twist.
That steak was pretty good too. Scavengers that we were, we cut up the soft parts first. I had dibs on the fat crisped edges. Poor Bert who came late from a long commute, ended up with the well done parts. : (
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