NY Steak

NY Steak with rice and carrots

Coconut-Braised Beef

Coconut-Braised Beef with stir fried yu choy and Japanese white rice
As done before.
I made it Monday night then reheated it tonight to eat.

I washed and cut up some yu choy and stir fried with 2 cloves of garlic. The rice was made in the rice cooker. Sea salt and fresh rosemary added on top.

Pork and Japanese Yam Fries

Pork with Japanese Yam Fries, Yu Choy, Salad, and Strawberry smoothie.
Strawberries are 99 cents a lb at Vons, yum yum.

Pork was seasoned with salt & pepper and cooked in oil with diced up ginger and garlic. The pork is rested and tented when done, and the yu choy gets stir fried right after.

The Yam fries coated with olive oil, sea salt, pepper then baked @ 425F for 30mins. Flipped over at the 15min mark.

Side salad with Ginger salad dressing.

Lunch @ Bottega Louie

On Saturday, we met up with Wendy to have lunch over at Bottega Louie. She treated us to lunch, such a rad cousin. The food was good, service was eh. The place is huge, quite nice but very noisey. The bakery is awesome. Having to pay for parking next by, not much choice.

Pizza Makers


Salmon Salad


Pizza


Pizza undistorted


Chocolate Eclair


Bakery Pix

Garlic Noodles with Meatballs

Garlic Noodles with Meatballs

Barilla Plus Thin Spaghetti, enough for 2
8 garlic cloves minced
3Tb butter
salt
pepper
oil
1/2lb 93% fat-free lean beef
basil
rosemary
chinese broccoli

Wash and cut broccoli into smaller pieces.
Mince 8 cloves of garlic, set aside with butter.
Boil water, add salt once boiling and add in pasta. Cook for ~8 minutes. Once done, drrain and set aside. Add salt & pepper to meat and mix in. Make little meatballs, around 16. Pre heat pan, add oil, once oil is ready, add meatballs. Turn and cook until near done. Remove to plate and tent.

Sauté broccoli in another pan.

Add a litte oil then butter and garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes, careful not to burn butter. Add in pasta, lower heat, mix well. Mix in meatballs and broccoli. Add salt to taste. Add to warm plate. Garnish with fresh basil and rosemary.

Desserts at Bottega Louie

Bottega Louie is in downtown Los Angeles at the corner of grand and 7th. There are parking lots next to it or metered spots on the side streets. After eating, we bought some treats at their bakery to eat later. A Berry Tart and some Macarons (raspberry, chocolate with salted caramel, cassis(black current), and coffee). Their bakery feels French, as are some items on their menu. The macarons are $1.75ea. I will post lunch pictures later. More on their maracons here.

Their website is here.



Purple = cassis

Beef Curry

Curry with Beef and Stir Fried Baby Bak Choy with Rice.
As before , tonight's curry is the House brand, medium-hot. Comes in a packet to boil 3-5 mins. Some veggies are in the packet as well. Serves 2.

2 garlic cloves diced
2 heads of baby bok choy
3/4lb stir fry beef
oil
rice
1 pkg of curry
salt
pepper

Cook rice in rice cooker.
Season beef with salt & pepper.
Wash and dry bok choy, cut into smaller pieces.
Pre heat pan, add oil when warm. Add beef when oil is ready.
Cook for a few minutes each side, put on plate and tent. Add in garlic and bok choy. Add a little water to deglaze the pan. Increase heat to reduce the water til it's gone.
Boil water, add curry pkg, boil for 3-5 minutes.