2009.10.29 Baby Bloom & Balinesse Food

Seems like my blog post will get more and more new topics each day
I'm not sure if this is too early to announce,
but seems like most of my friends knew it already,
so...I'm thinking, why don't i share it with my lovely readers as well ;))

I'm Pregnant!! ;D
on my 9th weeks now a.k.a 2 months and counting
still on the first trimester

as most of normal preggers, I'm craving for a particular type of food,
and alas! I've been craving for BALINESE FOOD!!!
yes, we do have Indonesian restaurant in Seattle, but they don't sell Balinese food that i like,
oh how i miss my hometown!!
so, I basically lost appetite on anything, but keep thinking of the Balinese food =((
frustrated with the situation,
i end up browsing for recipes online and experimenting on my little kitchen,

so far, i had made 2 authentic Balinese dishes and so proud of myself!! ;D
they are the home-style-cooking type of food that mostly won't be available on restaurant,
here's they are

Be Sisit (Shredded beef with Balinese Spices)
Ayam Suir Sambel Matah (Shredded Chicken with Shallot & Chilli)

do you craving for anything during your pregnancy?
share the story with me ;))

2009.10.23 Midterm @_@

I realllly want to continue blogging,
but seems like have to take a short break for a while,
got 2 midterm exams 2 days in a row...Monday and Tuesday,
both of them are art history classes, gotta memorize more than 100 pictures...oh lala...
my head is spinning already @_@ hahaha

a little update,
I've been craving Balinese food like craaaaaaaaaaaazzzzyyyyy,
and unfortunately, no one sell Balinese food here,
they only sell Indonesian food, which mostly are those Javanese dish
soooo...i have to be creative and cook my own,
it's been so fun experimenting on my small kitchen, i will post the picture later

my friends and I going to have pot luck on halloween ( and pumpkin carving competition as well) and i'm thinking of cooking more of authentic Indonesian food,
can't wait to finished all the midterm...i wish i could fast forward the time until next weekend!!

meanwhile,
here's another random fact from my iphone application,
i hope you guys enjoy it ;))
Picture: my beloved Reagen, 1 year old Black Lab ;D

Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints

Random Fact Series

I was browsing on my iphone application,
and find a lot of random fact, and though that it would be fun to share with you guys ;)
























image from neogaf.com image from kozaczek.pl

Former US President, George W.Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousin

2009.10.10 Hubby's Birthday Dinner

while taking a break from my honeymoon post,
i'll bog about the recent dinner with friends ;))
actually, his birthday was on October 5th, but since it was Monday,
we postponed the birthday dinner until Saturday

hubby and I went for lunch at Fulin, China Town,
the tonkatsu charsew ramen was awesome!
the broth was rich and tasty, and we got tons of meat (we asked for extra meat)
definitely try this one if you visit Seattle
the dinner was held at Romano's Mcaroni Grill at Northgate Mall,
they put on white paper sheet on table, so the guest can doodle while waiting for the food
my lovely Joysha drawing her own utensil ;D
Russel's
the bread was truly amazing, i couldn't stop eating it!!
and off course i always love the olives ;))
olive oil + vinaigrette + black pepper = awesome dip
my bridesmaid, Vanessa
the lovely fellow food lover, Russel & Joysha
the lovers
Lobster Spaghetti
traditional Spaghetti & Meatballs
Vanessa got the biggest plate!!
Pork chop & mushroom risotto
Joysha's Pasta Milano was awesome!! i wish that i ordered that instead ;p
Ali brought this awesome Shirayuki Sake for the birthday boy
i feel really bad that i was TOTALLY FORGOT to ordered hubby's birthday cake!!!! (i blame to the crazy hormone) and Chi Ju came to the rescue with this awesome tiramizu ;))
hubby was so sad that i forgot his cake, then he get drunk..............kidding!!
hahaha...he was so cool about that, it was so unfair because he got me a fabulous bday cake earlier this year ;p
Tony with his basketball buddies
my cool photographer friend, Chi Ju
he took this pic
with my pretty girls ;D
after the dinner,
Joysha and Russel took us to this cool cinema, Cinebarre,
you have to be over 21 to be able to enter the place,
we purchase the movie ticket from the bartender ;))
the ticket was $10 each
cool classic cult posters!!
inside the theater, you can order drink and food there ;))

2009.08.15 Floating Market

arriving on the location,
that's the big van that i love...so comfy, i always sleep inside...hehe
and the guy in black shades was the driver
this boat will take us to the floating market location
the trip with that boat was rather fun, we can feel the cool breeze of the air ;))
this is what we saw along the way,
the sun reflection on the water made it appear so sparkly like diamond...beautiful!!
there were lots of boats along the rivers
almost all of the houses own their own private little shrine
the happy honeymooners... ;D
more views
there were also some modern houses along the river

cute kids playing together
spotted everywhere...tourists and their cameras!!
maybe i was on their cameras too haha...XD~
the floating stores, selling various stuff from everyday object to handicraft
Manggis & Durian...have you ever tried those fruits? ;)
boarding to the main market
these look so similar to "Barong Bali"

and also...an robot alien?? lol
i took this picture from their calendar. i'm not sure who they are...maybe the Thai royalty??
but the lady was so beautiful...!!
onthe floating market...
guess, what do they have on the boats??
FAKE LV PURSES!!! hahahaha...i saw lots of people buying them @_@
but i was more interested on their foods...yummm
the young coconut was so refreshing...and it less than $1!! woohoo!!
we got some photos like this...
no kidding, you have to be shameless and bargain like crazy here!! (i learn that skill while i was lived in china...LOL)
local vendor always put a crazily high price for foreigner...
for a set of 3, they gave me this price ---> 2900 bath
i end up paying 500 bath for them!!
on the way out, more fruits vendors