Mentai Ika Pasta

Lunch on July 31.

Fish roe and squid pasta.

Brancaia Tre 2011

Red wine on July 30. - with Thai Curry

Brancaia Tre 2011 $20

Coconut milk curry

Dinner on July 30.

I tried to make Thai curry. I found a very easy recipe .... it didn't work well. So I added chicken bouillon. But I am happy that I tried at least. I wanna try it again with my own recipe!

Cod with Mayo-Ponzu Sauce

Dinner on July 28.

It's still summer,  isn't it? hmmm. Thanks to the weather(?), I could enjoy miso-soup. It was a new recipe, Mayo-Ponzu Sauce for Cod. I added mushrooms. I liked it.

Spoon

Dinner at Spoon on July 27.

One of my favorite restaurants.We had wine, Fuse. It was blended Cabernet. Good balance.

Gorgonzola bleu cheese souffle - The souffle was good and also the salad with peach tasted delicious.

Black summer truffle tagliatelle - Truffle! It smelt so good. It made me hungry for Truffle risotto at Nine on Nine.

Seared duck breat - I loved the breast but I was not a big fan for the sausage. Potato gratin was good. Orange grazed carrots tasted good, but it was crispy. I would prefer it well done.

Basil ice cream

Spoon
http://www.spoonpgh.com/

Pork Hamburger

Dinner on July 26.

This was one of my best cooking night this year. I loved them all. I made garlic chive sauce and put it on pork hamburger. Kimpira gobo (burdock roots) and Konnyaku (stir-fry konjac jel).

Lobster!

Dinner on July 24.

The picture is out of focus. It seems like I was too excited. I am proud of myself not to take a picture. Yum.

Beef 100% Hamburger

Lunch on July 24.

This meal should have been for dinner but I got good stuff. So...

Hamburger, brown rice with beans, Kale

Soon Du Bu

Lunch at Korea Garden on July 21.

It has been a while to come to Korea garden. I love Soon Du Bu here. I really wanted to have BBQ but it's too big for lunch before work. Def. next time!

 

Korea Garden
http://www.koreagardenpa.com/

Mapo-tofu and Spring roll

Dinner on July 20.

Chinese dinner! You don't see vegetables? The spring roll has onion, carrot, green pepper and garlic chive. I think I have enough. :)

Kimchi Stir-fried noodle

Lunch on July 20.

I got fresh noodles and I made stir-fried noodle. The noodle tasted good, but it was sticky. I wanna try again with different recipe. 

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Dinner on July 16.

Sweet and sour chicken, avocado & broccoli salad, tomato & lettuce soup

Round Corner Cantina

Dinner at Cantina on July 15.

It was busy even on Tuesday. Especially outside. I understand because it smelt funny inside. It was good but not great. Why is Cantina that popular? Ok, I am very beginner for Mexican food. To be honest, I like Chipotle more. But it's a good place to hang out with friends.

Papas Con Coliflor - vegitalian one! Mexican food on Chinese plate! lol.

Round Corner Cantina
http://roundcornercantina.com/

Butterjoint

Dinner at Butterjoint on July 14.

Butterjoint is Legumi's bar and also we can get food from Legumi. It was Monday and I didn't want to have big meal so I walked in to Butterjoint. The service is not great but I liked food (of course?). I would like to try Legumi next time.

Beef tartare

Fritto misto

Sauerkraut ball

Pierogie with Kielbasa

Butterjoint
http://thebutterjoint.com/

Pork steak with tomato salsa

Dinner on July 13.

Pork steak with tomato salsa, Brussel sprout with bacon, Salad

Leftover lunch

Lunch on July 13.

I made lunch with leftover tomato sauce and rice. Sprinkle cheese on them and baked in oven.

Cure

Dinner at Cure on July 11.

It has been a while. I tried some new menu ... pasta. It was good but still meat dish is the best here.

Salumi

Spaghetti Carbonara

Cure
http://www.curepittsburgh.com/#welcome-to-cure

Noodlehead

Lunch at Noodlehead on July 11.

Thai Fried Chicken - it was good but if it was dark meat it would have been even better.

Beef Soup

 

Noodlehead

http://www.noodleheadpgh.com/

Pork Neck Bone with Tomato Sauce

Dinner on someday in July.

I don't remember when I had this meal. Anyway I am getting into pork neck bone. why? Because it's cheap and good.

Tartar sauce

Dinner on July 7.

Fried fish with tartar sauce. I don't care about fried fish but I LOVE tartar sauce. I made tartar sauce, mayo, pickles, onion, boiled egg, vinegar, salt and pepper. It was just ok. I wanna try a different pickles next time.

Sunday dinner

Dinner on July 6.

I have to go back to work. I kept eating and drinking this weekend. Let's finish the great weekend with wine.

Appetizer plate

 

 Steak, Baked potatoes, Corn, Grilled chicken, Yellow squash, Green pepper.

Chicken teriyaki for breakfast

Breakfast on July 3.

As I mentioned many times here but I don't cook for breakfast. It's are but if I do, it's on Saturday or Sunday. Today is Thursday and I made breakfast. I set the alarm clock at 5:30am. Birthday? Anniversary? No! I just felt like it.

Tamari

Dinner at Tamari on July 2.

Tamari is Asian/Latin-American cuisine. I don't order Sushi/Sashimi, but I like the meals as fusion menu. I enjoyed Sapporo Draft the most today.

Robata Sampler (from left; Eggplant, Chicken, Shitake Mushroom, Salmon, Beef, quill eggs with bacon)

Korean Fried Chicken

Pork Shank

Tamari
http://www.tamaripgh.com/

Meatball pasta

Dinner on June 30.

Meatball Pasta. Of course, the meatballs have veggies; onion, carrot, kale. And Kale salad. I love veggies!

Kinoko Gohan

Dinner on June 29.

Kinoko Gohan (Mushroom Rice), Grilled Salmon, Corns, Green beans and chicken salad, Green Peppers.