China Wok's Peking Duck

China Wok, random Chinese restaurant in the Tyson's area with good Peking duck and best of all the chef comes out to carve it at your table!

Birthday Desserts

Ice Cream Sandwiches!

And Lemon Cake! Yum.

Disposable travel mug

Borrowed this from my sister. I saw her use a jar as a travel mug substitute which I found odd though interesting. But then one day when I was trying to figure out how to transport liquid but didn't want to carry the travel mug around afterwards (my most common scenario being to bring a smoothie to drink on the way to the airport) I remembered this tidbit. Genius! Reuse and recycle those jars! :)

Aureole New York

My first Michelin starred restaurant! I didn't even know it when I made the reservation. I did dinner and a show with my friend Joanna up in NYC. We went to Aureole "the flagship showcase for Charlie Palmer's unabashed, energetic signature Progressive American cuisine". They apparently received a Michelin star this year!

Dinner stared with a complementary bite. I didn't quite catch what it was, but it was delicious.

My 1st course: Wagyu Beef Carpaccio - Endive, Caramelized Onion, Blue Cheese, Buckwheat Cracker

Main course: Alaskan Black Cod - Bok Choy, Baby Turnip, Pickled Pearl Onion, Yuzu Dashi Vinaigrette

Beautiful dessert: Wild Strawberry Mille-Feuille - Vanilla Mousseline, Lemon Confit, Poached Rhubarb

Joanna's beautiful dessert: Raspberry Chocolate Sacher Cake - “Nyangbo” Chocolate Mousse, Toasted Almond Ice Cream

Everything was delicious and we took our time savoring each bite, so much so that we ended up being late for our show. I do have to say though the Black Cod was tasty, it was not as good as the Black Cod I had at The Publican in Chicago about a month ago. Jonathan caught me nodding with approval with each bite of that one. :p

Random Pizza

Next time I make a batch of dough I'll do a making of the pizza post. Just the end product this time.

Sort of a jambalaya pizza. Cut too many peppers, onions, celery for jambalaya so threw them on this pizza with some andouille sausage and a kale and spinach mix.