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Mar

Spinach Fetuccine with Mushroom Carbonara Sauce…

Since we moved here in our new place, I started cooking again and one of those meals that was made (so far) was a Spinach Fetuccine with Mushroom Carbonara Sauce…

…topped with bacon and garnished with sweet basil, served with a slice of garlic bread! K just loves it! This is my third try, just because K loves it!

For the second time I made the meal, it wasn’t served with garlic bread…just like this one below! He likes that I added sweet basil leaves for garnishing and made the bacon crispier…

But the first time I made it was like this…

…I mixed the bacon and mushroom slices with the sauce. What you think? It doesn’t look as yummy as the second and the last one, right? Well, I am learning…so, suggestion and comments are very much appreciated!

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Mar

CJ’s Cooking…

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Last Saturday, CJ prepared a dinner for us…he asks me many many times, million times if he can cook but I usually say no because I am scared he might get hurt or something, I let him helped sometimes with opening canned ingredients, and alike!

But a year ago, he had a Cooking Class in his school and even got an award for Excellence and Outstanding Performance in Junior Master Chef from Teacher Karen in Footprints School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia…

Anyway, to make the story short since it will be an easy meal, I finally give in and let him prepared a Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce for us. Here’s CJ with a big smile while cooking…

He did all the boiling of noodles and cooking the prepared sauce to grating a cheese on top of each plate! I just checked if the noodles is really cooked already. And here’s a plate of his yummy and al dente spaghetti…

Then we had brownies from Goldilocks for the dessert, 3 of us got Classic Brownies while K got Coffee Brownies…

…its yummy, nice to have a taste of it every now and then! We are just lucky now to be near a Goldilocks store!

And back to CJ’s Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce, well, its really delicious…I’m happy he did well and at the same time, he had fun cooking! He is proud of what he done and prepared for us, we are all impressed and give him a hug after! Oh, after dinner, I asks him to washed the dishes but he said: “Chef don’t wash dishes, its not his job anymore.” Hahaha…so, its my turn again! But thank you CJ for taking over and giving me some rest…we love you!

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Mar

Chef’s Salad Bowl

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Last weekend, I was craving for some vegetable salad…and since we are just near Foodland, I asks K if he wanted to buy the Chef’s Salad Bowl at Took Lae Dee, a 24-hours restaurant inside Foodland!

Anyway, K said yes…and he even bought 2 orders for all of us to share but 1 will be enough, I think. So, here’s the Chef Salad Bowl: cheese, ham, chicken with fresh salad-greens and your choice of dressing. And this is how they packed it…

So, I just mixed it all together in a bowl and our salad’s ready for only 96 Baht each…its delicious, I like it and kids loves it, too!

Took Lae Dee also serves Cold and Hot Snacks, Asian dishes, American Breakfast, Main Dishes, Desserts, Beverages and they also have some special posted around the dining area which are usually affordable and delicious! Well, all their meals are affordable and delicious, it is our current favorite since we moved here at Sukhumvit Soi 16…but we are missing P. Kitchen at Soi 18.

My cravings satisfied, thanks Mahal…and he also bought a dip, Avocado with Sea Salt and a biscuits for us to try. I will share it next time, its delicious!

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Also joining for the first time at Green Monday…

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Mar

Green Eggs and Ham..

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Last March 2, Theodore Seuss Geisel famously known as Dr. Seuss celebrated his birthday…I think he is one of the best-known and best-loved children’s authors of all time. He is known with his The Cat in the Hat and more.

Anyway, CJ and I started looking for things that we can do that day after school, and we decided to cooked Green Eggs and Ham, maybe the most famous inspired dish based from his book. This meal might not be that appealing for adults but for the kids, they will be fascinated maybe, hehehe! My kids had fun eating it…

Just very easy to do, simply scramble eggs, I used two and added milk. Add few drops of green food coloring to the egg mixture. Cook as usual. Then serve with a slice of ham…

“Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted.” -Dr. Seuss

And since every 17th of March, Irish is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. So, I just thought of sharing something green, hehehe, and this one’s just perfect…what you think?! Sharing also this Irish Blessings to all of you…

May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets always hold a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.”

“May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields, and,
Until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.”

(Source: Activity Village)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone!

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Mar

Lunch at Ikea Restaurant…

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Another Saturday at IKEA Thailand. Anyway, I have posted before how much I love IKEA Restaurant and you can read it here! So, for the third time we went to IKEA Thailand, we had these following meals for lunch:

Salmon in Chive Sauce with potatoes and beans…

Penne with Tomato Sauce (Vegetarian)

CJ ordered Asian Chicken Rice with Mixed Vegetables and I ordered Black Pepper Pork with Rice and Mixed Vegetable which I posted here already.

Then for dessert we just got Blueberry Cheesecake to share….

And here’s our pushcart then with all the goodies we had for lunch (including Isabelle’s baby milk bottle, hehehe!)…oh, since we got IKEA Temporary Family Card, K’s coffee and the ice tea were free—both refillable!

After eating…we went shopping again, yes, we are having fun and forgot the time…got out of IKEA Store night time. But before going out we had Chicken Hotdog Sandwich from IKEA – Bistro Cafe which I have no photos yet, that will be my next assignment if we will got back soon! Lolz! Anyway, here’s the kids patiently waiting for a taxi at a taxi lane and we just don’t know how we fit inside a taxi…that’s one thing I love about them—flat packaging: easy to stack means easy to pack, very travel-friendly packaging!

Isabelle changed into her pink dress here for she got messy when we were eating at the Bistro – Exit Cafe.

Well, I can’t wait to be back there again (hahaha, dreaming!)…will wait for my permanent IKEA Family Card first because I misplaced the temporary one! FYI: having the family card will saves you a lot…so, better get one for yourself if you will be going!

Until next time…have a great week, everyone!

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Mar

Cafe Fish…

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We don’t have kitchen for our first 6months here in Bangkok and with those days, we’ve been eating in restaurants, food halls or food courts, cafe, pub, everywhere for lunch and dinner with few breakfast (because we got complimentary breakfast from the hotel)! There are times that we just don’t know which place to go. So, after going around the Food Hall area of Emporium Mall, we ended up eating at Fish Cafe again. Yes, again for the second time but I havn’t posted the first time yet! Well, this for now (few pictures—hehehe!)…here’s the dining area with its open kitchen.

Since, we can’t decide what to get again, K decided to just get a Seafood Platter that will be good for all of us…and while waiting for it, strawberry smoothie and coffee came first…

Then the Seafood Platter with goodies: seabass, prawns, calamari, mussels and clams that comes with two Spanish rice…squeezed with lemon and ready to eat! Its huge…we all say wow when they served it, specially the kids!

Yes, we finished it all…we even ordered for extra Spanish rice. We are lucky that it was a good meal and the staffs were nice to us! If have a chance we will be back there for sure, just don’t know when because its bit expensive, well at least for us. Lastly, our kids after a good meal…

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Fish Cafe

Park Food Court, 5/F Emporium, 622 Sukhumvit Road

Tel: +66 (0)2 259 9345. Open daily, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

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Mar

Late Brekkie at Parrot Cafe…

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Weekend’s always special because all of us will be having breakfast all together, although late for breakfast, well, we usually sleep-in on weekends—no school and no work!

Anyway, one of those weekend breakfast was spend at Parrot Cafe in Admiral Suites…and here’s what we had then:

Daddy’s Full Breakfast…

CJ’s American Fried Rice…

Pancakes for Isabelle…

Deep Fried Seabass with Sweet Chili Sauce + Rice for Mommy…

And here’s our two beautiful kids both enjoying their orange juice and we love them dearly!

Kuya CJ

Isabelle…

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Mar

Back to Baking…

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When we are looking for a new place, one of the things that add points to it is the kitchen and having an oven adds-up more! And I am so happy when we moved to our new place because it comes with an oven, which means I can bake anytime I want, although our conventional oven is on the way (still in container somewhere) but I can’t wait. Just like what I’ve said that I miss doing it, I really do although I am a newbie but I find baking fun…

Finally, last Monday night…I was able to bake a cake…a “rainbow cake” with only 4 colors, for I only found 4 different food coloring at the grocery store nearest to our place. I got orange, yellow, green and pink. Well, having kids around…they also helped me, its fun!

And here’s a yellow one waiting for its turned to be baked while the orange one is inside already! Yes, can put them all together but since I only have one baking pan (infact, its a cheap one…our things are still in container), I have to do it one by one but definitely you’ll be saving a lot of time and less power consumption if baking it all together.

After all the waiting…here’s the finished product without frosting yet. Lovely colors, isn’t it?

Since this cake is for a 9th birthday of my friend’s daughter Zhongyao who happened to be CJ’s classmate and walking buddy…and she bought this cake to school, I also got her a “Happy Birthday” candles in pink, color confetti to sprinkle around the cake and a cake knife.

Lastly, the finished product: my first baked after more than 6months…and made me happy with the outcome, I thought I forgot to do it already but well, I think I am pretty back!

What you think? I posted it on my Facebook profile and its getting a lot of likes and comments, thanks to all of you who appreciated it. Inspires me more to do some more and keep learning…because I am still a newbie!

But anyway, here’s my first try with a rainbow cake last year, its the cake that I baked for Isabelle’s second birthday.

Hope this post will inspire you also to bake more or start baking…oh, yes, feel free to get a slice or two–its for you!

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Mar

Choco Bites…

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…by Mister Donut!

Yes, I know most of you knew this brand or even tasted this one…but if not then you better try having a bite or two, its delicious. My kids like it and just easy for them to hold every piece of it. Here’s a closer look…

…and a little surprise inside each choco bites, a melted chocolate with every bite that will make you smile, I bet!

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Mar

Ikea Restaurant…

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…in Bangna, Thailand! Yes, we finally went to the first IKEA Store here in Thailand last February 19, 2012 few days before we moved here at Garden Grove. From Soi 20, Sukhumvit Road we took a taxi passing thru expressway…took us more or less 30 minutes to reached our destination, also lucky that the chatty taxi driver knew Ikea. Shopping is not the first thing we did in Ikea, but we ate lunch first…as they say: “Never make decision on an empty stomach.”

Ikea Restaurant’s located at the heart of the store…so after you saw the showroom, you’ll probably passed the restaurant going to the specialty shop and self-serve warehouse to check-out counter. But us, we went straight to the restaurant! Anyway, we fall in line…get our trolley, put on trays and get glasses, cups, Ovaltine drink and water bottle. Chose our dessert and ordered our meals…went to the cashier area and paid it. Then get our drinks at the coffee and softdrinks/ice tea counter!

So, here’s our trolley…full of goodies for the four of us and made us happy eating lunch there!

Then here’s what we got…combination of Swedish and Asian cuisines! *smile*

15 pcs. Swedish Meatballs for Daddy (135 Baht)

Black Pepper Pork with rice and mixed vegetables for CJ (95 Baht)

Asian Chicken Rice with mixed vegetables for Mommy (65 Baht)

Kid’s Chicken Nugget and Fries for Isabelle (65 Baht)

Almond chocolate Cake (65 baht)

Muffin with Refillable Coffee (35 Baht)

We also got Ovaltine Drink (9 Baht), Bottled Water (7 Baht), Refillable Softdrinks and Ice Tea (2 for 25 Baht)…and Isabelle got apple slices (23 Baht).

I am writing the prices of foods here at my blog for the first time because I find it affordable…a complete lovely meal that’s easy on your wallet. What can you asks for?

And here’s the happy kids before starting their meal…

Oh, yes, you have to clean your table and put the dishes and trays back to the station, cool isn’t it? I love that idea…

All-in-all, it was really a good meal and everything taste delicious. And in between we are browsing to their catalog although I got a printed list already of what we will be getting, K still enjoyed looking to it. If we will be back to Ikea, we will for sure going to eat there again and indulge our taste buds with palatable array of food! Well, I did already on my 2nd visit, I tried their pasta with tomato sauce that I will share next time…and we’re planning to go this weekend. Will keep you posted!

After eating we went up to go to the showroom to start looking around…I love it and more of it soon!

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Category: Dine-in, Food and Cuisine, Food Friday, Food Trip Friday, Meme on Friday, Restaurant, Thailand 15 Comments