How to Celebrate a Valentine's Day..... our way

February 15, 2012 in Food, Personal

Happy day after Valentine's day everyone! Hope everyone had an awesome time celebrating the day with your significant other. And I'll quote what my good friend had said, "Even if you don't have a significant other in your life you should always show love to the many other significant "others" in our lives."

Now with the proper greeting out of the way, I'll be blunt and admit that I am very cynical about the day itself.... It is over-commercialized, and there's always chaos at every florist with guys begging to purchase overpriced roses for the last minute rush... but let's troop on and check out what we did to celebrate the day without breaking our bank and minimizing the chaos ;)

I surprised the wife with a home-made photo flip book! Sorry I didn't end up taking a photo of it itself but it contains the following photos in order:

*Photo credits: Yours truly, Ryan Brenizer (engagement photos), Joel Llacar (wedding photos).

In return, the wife surprised me with a card and a make-shift snack box for my daily commute to work:

During my lunch break, I trek back 25 miles back to pick up the flowers I ordered the day before to surprise her when she get home (disclaimer: I don't like to buy flowers..but there's always an exception):

For dinner and dessert, well the pictures shows a thousand words.. and yes, they are homemade! =)

All and all it was an awesome Valentine's Day.. especially since this was our first Valentine's as a married couple :)

P.S. - Even our puppy got into the spirit ;)

5 Nights of Homemade Food-Porn!

December 09, 2011 in Food

Now who doesn't like food-porn photos?? I mean even with the word "porn" in itself typically capture people's attention. But rest assure, at least viewing these photos will not get you into troubles with your boss or even your spouse ;)

Throughout this past week, I was fortunate enough to be able to photograph and CONSUME all these delicious dishes made. I gotta admit that I'm one lucky man!

Anyhow, enjoy the photos and try not to drool all over your keyboards :)

Night 1:

BBQ Chicken & Pepperoni Pesto Pizza

*all made fresh by hand!

Night 2:

Homemade Turkey & Ham Sandwich + Chicken Potato Baked Soup + Cheese Biscuits

Night 3:

House-style Spagetti & Meatball + Baked Mozzarella & Potato Wedges

Night 4:

Ohn-No Khao Swè - Burmese Coconut Noodle Soup (1st attempt)

Night 5:

Mohinga - Burmese Fish Noodle Soup (1st attempt)

P.S. Message me if any of you think we should create a cookbook. My wife seems to have plenty more recipes up her sleeves, and my camera and my tummy are ready!

To The Emerald City (Part 3) : Chocolate Indulgence Tour (Savor Seattle)

June 24, 2011 in Food, Travel

In case you missed part 2 of blog (Savor Settle's Pike Place Market Tour), you can always check them out HERE! But if your a "Choco-holic", then sit back and enjoy this post! (Of course if you happen to be in Seattle or going there to visit, make sure you sign up for this tour) Our first stop was Oliver's Lounge & Bar in Mayflower Park Hotel, where the bartender got us a kick start to the morning with this hand-crafted chocolate and coffee cocktail:

Another Tom Douglas' establishment.. Dahlia Bakery for some delicious treats!

More... chocolate treats @ Chocolate Box

Have you confess your love yet???

Gourmet popcorn with.... you guessed it chocolate! @ KukuRuZa

Our final stop.. trying out President Obama's favorite, the salted caramel chocolate and other delicious treats at Fran's Chocolate.

To The Emerald City (Part 2) : Pike Place Market Tour

June 09, 2011 in Food, Personal, Travel

So I failed to post the part 2 of the Seattle blog last week, it's been non-stop busyness for me since our weekend getaway. But in case you missed part 1 of blog, you can always check them out HERE. Last September, during our trip up to the Pacific Northwest we tried out the Gourmet Seattle Tour by Savor Seattle Food Tours. Initially skeptical of food tours, the tour proved us wrong and blew us away by the awesome tour guide, the amount food we indulged and awesome overall experience. So this time around, we signed up for TWO different tours and for this part 2 photo-blog, I'll focus on our Pike Place Market Tour:

At 9:45, our meeting spot.. the Starbucks that's often confused by many tourist as the "first" Starbucks.

Gotta love our tour guide Nick, for entertaining and educating us about Pike Place Market.. and the pink umbrella never fails!

First stop, some warm fresh delicious cinnamon sugar donuts from Daily Dozen Doughnut Company

We had some amazing refreshments at Market Spice.

The infamous Pike Place Fish Market!

We sampled one of the best smoked salmons here!

One of the main tourist attraction here.. the fish throwing!

Chukar Cherries..... chocolate treats inspired by, you guessed it Cherries!

Some award winning chowders... personal fave would be the seafood bisque

One of the fiancee's favorite food... cheeeeeseeee @ Beecher's Cheese.. oh yea, these mac & cheese are Oprah's favorites.. not that it should make any difference, good food is good food in general =)

Now off to the fiancee's other favorite place in Seattle... the authentic Russian piroshky pastries @ Piroshky, Piroshky...

Our last stop, one of many amazing establishments of Tom Douglas.. Etta's

One of the best crab cakes I've ever had!

Overall, it was another amazing tour.. less food to sample in comparison to the Gourmet Seattle Tour but our tummies were definitely satisfied.

Stay tune for the part 3 of the trip.... it'll make Willy Wonka jealous ;)

Yumm-o-liciously Fun

April 25, 2011 in Food

My last day of work before starting a new adventure at a new firm = Ecstatic yet bummed... A beautiful friday afternoon exploring downtown LA with the fiancee = Yumm-o-liciously fun (yes, I made up that up)

Bottega Louie was the perfect place for us to try out on that beautiful afternoon. Neither of us have ever been and there's been so many rave reviews about it amongst our facebook friends. Like the saying goes "if it ain't on facebook, it ain't official... " . So with that said.. I hereby quote and agreed with my fiancee's Yelp review: "OMG Portobello fries!! Sooooo good!"

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Some pictures to start the weekend

March 25, 2011 in Food

Another busy week with work & lots of errands... unfortunately, from the look of it the fiancee and I won't have much time to rest up this weekend, but at least there'll be some photo opportunities so I'll be sure to post them here or on the facebook fanpage! For now, here are some pictures from our lunch @ San Antonio Winery

Food food food!!!

March 16, 2011 in Food

Ok, if you've checked out my portfolio already then you probably noticed that I don't promote one single type of photography. I love tinkering into all sort of photography, and some people may say it's bad business practice but at the end of the day learning new things and making mistakes (and learning from it) can only improve one's self.

Anyhow, having a fiancee that's a foodie sure helps with food photography.. here are few shots of our dinner at Curry House last night:

(ok ok, the picture below is not food but it's nice decoration... now keep scrolling)

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Seafood Stone Grilled Curry Rice

Chili Shrimp & Spinach Spagetti (my favorite)

Sweetness

February 16, 2011 in Food

I figure for my first picture post on this brand spankin' new site.... I'll post some of my fiancee's handcrafted delectables! Here are some red-velvet and pina-colada cupcakes. Enjoy!