Deep Fried & Frosted

This restaurant is in Seattle. It was down the street from our hotel, of which I also cannot remember the name of. But I do remember that it was by the performing arts place. Not that that makes it any easier. 

I also know that Rachel Ray (ugh) really likes this restaurant. So I suppose a google search of “seattle, rachel ray, favorite restaurant” might do the trick. Who knows. 

Also these pictures are old so pardon my photog skills. 

This looks like its an eggs benedict with bacon and arugula, served with pico de gallo and hash browns. I don’t know if it’s me, but I have an unhealthy relationship with hollandaise sauce. I think I order eggs benedict more than any other breakfast. 

This seems to be a piece of fried chicken maybe, with basted eggs, hash browns and pico de gallo. 

From these pictures I can definitely glean we were at a spanish-influenced restaurant. So maybe include that in the google search as well. 

I sort of took a break because of school exams etc. Then spring break happened and I continued my break…but I’m back! With lots of food! But I broke it into parts to not overwhelm ya know?

Red Wine-Braised Lamb Shanks with Sauteed Farro

I salted and peppered the lamb shanks, haha. Well I also browned the shanks, but my mom and the pressure cooker did the majority of the work here. 

Dim Sum:

Taro Balls. I can’t remember what these are called. But they’re pretty much taro with some seasonings deep fried in this awesome flaky crust thing. Try them sometime. 

Tofu-wrapped things. Yikes. I have a feeling a lot of this food is going to be ending in things. Anyway. I actually don’t even remember what this is. All I remember is that its wrapped in tofu wrappers. 

Shu-mai. Well I remember at least one. These are little dumplings (I think made with pork) that are steamed. Good with hoisin sauce. 

Dino-eggs. These aren’t actually called dino eggs, but I suppose they look like them. Alex calls them dino eggs and the name stuck. This was the first time I tried these I think. They have some savory filling wrapped in a fried mochi-esque dough. 

Steamed Rice pack-things. Oh gosh here come those things again. No pun intended. 

Fried dough ball with crunchy outside things. I seriously have no idea what this is. I think there’s shrimp on the inside, but that’s about all I know (someone needs to brush up on their dimsum knowledge huh?)

Steamed Cha-siu bao - I know this one!! This is pretty much a standard bao (bun) with cha-siu (Chinese bbq) pork on the inside. The pork is a little sweet which complements the slight sweetness of the bao itself. 

Next up, housesitting food! 

I house sat for a family friend for a couple days and naturally I had to eat, SO, after poking around the kitchen, I found some supplies to make a little something something with. 

Whole Wheat Penne Carbonara with Sauteed Chicken, Arugula and Parmesan:

Fluffy Chocolate Chip Pancakes:

I’m stackin’. Haha. 

Part 1 is finished! Part 2 finishes off spring break and a little bit from the return back.