daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Last month Mariko attended a curry class, and tonight she put what she learned to good use with an incredible Indian curry. The flavor was so complex and delicious, way more interesting than a Japanese curry made from cubes (although I love that too!).
And of course we had to have egg with our curry, as always. 🍛🥚
Today we visited Banh Mi Oven to pick up sandwiches for lunch. Banh mi is so good! We usually get one with pâté, and the meat varies each time. This was my first visit to Banh Mi Oven though, and I’d say pretty good! 🥖😋
It had been over a month since my last burger, so I got excited when Mariko suggested we hit up Hopdoddy. But once I saw the menu, that hot chicken sandwich caught my eye and I couldn’t resist. We ended up splitting our sandwiches, so I still got my burger fix in. However, the chicken sandwich won this time! 😋
Tonight we had oden for dinner. We normally save this dish for the winter months when it’s cold outside and we want something warm and comforting, but Mariko had the craving, so she ordered an oden set from Weee! and added egg and tofu to round it out. It was delicious! 🍲😊
I made the family-favorite char-siu style Hawaiian chicken today. I usually do these on the barbecue, but it ran out of gas right after I put the chicken on. Not great timing. So I moved the whole operation indoors and finished them on the grill pan, and I was genuinely surprised at how well it turned out. It didn’t have that smoky barbecue zing going on, but it was still delicious. 😋
This summer, our Scotch Bonnet and Jalapeño plants have been giving us lots of peppers to eat. In fact there are too many for us, so I have been drying a lot of them out to use as pepper flakes. I am also going to try to make some chili crisp oil. I’ve found a few recipes that look good. We’ll see how it goes! 🌶️
Our friend brought us the most delicious temaki sushi to help out while Mariko recovers from her hip surgery. And as a total surprise, she showed up with taiyaki too! 🐟 Everything was so yummy, we felt so taken care of.
