So I've got my parents addicted to roasted Yukon Gold Pototoes. Pretty easy to make, just peel & chop the potatoes, season it with salt, layer some butter, then bake! Yukon Gold pototoes have a certain sweetness and texture to them that other kinds of potatoes don't have...and plus, they come out golden!

Here's the before picture...


Just finished baking in the oven...I love it when they're slightly crunchy on the outside, and mushy on the inside. Last time we didn't bake it long enough, it was crunchy throughout...aka not cooked enough.


One more picture...without the flash. This looks warmer and more golden.


Also made the chicken & mushrooms in sherry cream sauce...this time my mom helped me make it, but came out slightly too salty. But I like the mushrooms 'coz they're bigger than last time's and fresher! We just picked them up from Restaurant Depot the day before...Shiitake mushrooms FTW!


Here's a random picture of the 35 tubs of cookie dough my coworkers ordered. Thanks to them, my brother gets to go on a field trip for free, PLUS a $25 giftcard for ESPN Zone! It's true, maybe he should get ME something with the $25...hahahaha!

Semi-Homemade

OK, the title sounds like those cheesy Sandra Lee episodes on Food Network, but I'm calling this a Semi-homemade blog post since most of the food was homemade. First off, I made Chicken and Mushrooms in Sherry Cream Sauce. It's be simplified from the original recipe that called for shallots, butter, and a lot of simmering and I added the chicken to the recipe. We first had a version of this dish at Verjus, which was pan-seared scallops with assorted mushrooms in sherry cream sauce over pasta noodles. Everything about that dish was awesome, so I've searched for sherry cream sauce recipes all over. The ones we make aren't as creamy as the one from Verjus, but good nonetheless. So back to my version. Chicken thighs cut into strips, shiitake mushrooms, white mushrooms, and king oyster mushrooms.

Here's a picture of it while it was cooking...


And here's the finished product! You can't really see the creamy sauce, but it's there!


We didn't eat it with pasta, since my parents had other dishes for us to eat with rice. We also had 豬骨海帶湯/Pork bone & seaweed soup. It turned out unbelievably white! And it tasted really good! I didn't eat much of the seaweed, but it's very tender compared to the Chinese ones...these were Korean dried seaweed.


The one non-homemade dish is this roast duck that my mom picked up from Chinatown. Tasty!