Goodbye 2015!

It’s been a weird, interesting, learning, sad and sorry (worldwide), etc. year. Just cleaning out the phone.

In The Cat’s Office

She swears it’s a gift from a client, maybe this is how she keeps her assistants calm. Hee hee.

Green Tea Wintermelon Drink

From JJ2 Bakery. My newest happy drink. 🙂

Milk Toast with Oatmeal and Red Bean

Also from JJ2 Bakery. Also a new favorite.

And last but not least …

Meow Meow

Met the new company’s resident cat. Named by the boss’ daughter. Seemed more interested in chillin’.

Meeting up with relatives tonight. What’s your plans to greet the new year?

Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy, and (cross your fingers) peaceful new year!

See ya’ next year!

Enjoy. Eat well.

The Mouse (& The Cat)

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Japanese-Italian? (Sorta again?)

That weird time of leaving one job and starting another, the overlap (just me and my weird situations). New boss wanted me to start immediately, had to give a little bit of notice to the church. Half day at both. No time for lunch. 😦

Slurped while waiting for The Cat to finish work.

Tomato Chicken Udon

Iyo Udon at the mall. The Cat tried this several weeks ago. Thought I’d give it a go. Why Japanese-Italian? Server asked if I wanted cheese on it. Huh?

Not bad, a little on the bland side. Luckily there’s “all you want” condiments on the side.

Mouse Bowl

Tempura bits, green onions, a dollop of grated ginger, and a sprinkle of shichimi spices. Much better. 🙂

Good thing the “weirdness” goes away today!

Enjoy. Eat well.

The Mouse

 

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Chinese-Mexican? (Sorta?)

In the land of SPAM (and SPAM musubi), Japanese-European bakeries, and fusion menus, not much surprises us food-wise. Even Chinese-Mexican.

One of our go-to places AJ’s Chinese Fast Food is now offering “Mexican” choices. At the suggestion of the chef, ordered a fish burrito.

Burrito

 

Chomp View

Fish, slaw, beans, no rice, and no cheese (by request). since I don’t really have a reference to compare with, I thought it was pretty good. Enough spice to be noticed, but not smoke in the ears spicy. There’s some other offerings I would be willing to try later (shredded pork torta for example).

Washed the burrito down with a smoothie.

Strawberry Smoothie with Mango Bubbles

Powdered, not fresh, went well with the burrito.

What’s next? Chinese-Korean-Mexican? Hmmm.

BTW, got a new job, submitting resignation to the church today. Happy New Year! (The smoothie was part of the celebration)

No more work on Sundays! 🙂

Enjoy. Eat well.

The Mouse

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The Cat Cooks

The Cat tried her hand (paw?) at cooking yesterday.

Chicken Vegetable Soup

Carrot, onions, cabbage.

Sautéed White Stemmed Cabbage

Enjoy. Eat well.

The Mouse

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Christmas Dinner

We offered to take the chef and Mrs. out for dinner. Chef decided to cook instead … SCORE!

Gently suggested he keep it simple.

Starters

Crusty bread, sous vide fois gras, plated, and smoked salmon.

Main Course and Dessert

Rib-eye steak with spinach risotto and vanilla bean panna cotta with berry compote. Simple but delicious.

Thanks chef and Mrs.

Enjoy. Eat well.

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