Burger Night!

I have been feeling fatigue for the past days, and sadly my appetite got affected by it that oatmeal was the only food I ate. Thankfully, there's no school tomorrow, so I can relax tonight. For dinner, I decided to cook some of the burger patties I made yesterday.

(Supposedly) Loco Moco and Doughnut Burger (inspired by Zark's Luther Burger)

The dishes I have prepared were Loco Moco and a Doughnut Burger sandwich. My comment for the first dish: I made an error on the egg because it was supposed to be sunny-side up, but the yolk broke so I made it a (overcooked) scrambled egg instead. Also, I couldn't make the gravy. It was still good nevertheless. For the doughnut burger, on the other hand: It was inspired by Zark's Luther Burger. Although I don't know how their burger tastes like since I just heard about it from Enzo. The taste wasn't as bad (and fatty) as I thought, for the doughnut's sweetness complemented the burger's strong flavor.

Good news: My appetite came back so I'm starting to feel better!
Bad news: I gained back the weight I lost for the past days...

Well, that's all I will say in this post. I need to find something I can do next week.

Mini Hawaiian

While I was preparing some Loco Moco burger patties, this afternoon, an idea suddenly came up. Loco Moco is a Hawaiian dish and there were some King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls on the dining table, so why not put the two Hawaiian products together? And I did that.

This was the result:

I call it "Mini Hawaiian"

It isn't an extraordinary burger but I was happy that the taste and texture was great. (I think the size of the patty needs to be a bit smaller though) Hope I would be able to make more of these once I get the chance to buy another pack of sweet rolls!

Afternoon in the Kitchen

I didn't feel like working on my advanced note-taking in Marketing today, so I spent my afternoon in the kitchen making Spam Musubi and Salmon Onigiri. Traditionally, they're just simple snacks, but they can really be filling.

My experience in making these? I had a rough time in portioning and shaping the rice properly because I was worried it might be lesser than the spam and filling, but it turns out that I used too much rice and ended up having excess salmon. Good news, though, the shape of the onigiri looks way better than when I made it the first time.

08.04.13: While making this, I realized that I forgot to buy nori...

That's how bad it was! At least I improved and didn't forget to buy nori this time.

Evaluation of today's dishes? They tasted good although the rice's texture needs to be improved. (OFI!*) Hopefully, I'll be able to make some again for my packed lunch; once school starts.

*OFI - Opportunity For Improvement (I can't get over with TQM)

Weird Meal

I was home alone last night and thought of having pasta by using the jarred sauce, which my grandmother wanted me to consume 2 weeks ago, for dinner. While I waited for the pasta to cook, I tried opening the jar of the sauce but there was a problem... I couldn't open it, not even a bit. The jar was so vacuumed that I was tempted to break it or throw it out of the balcony. (as if I have the guts to do that knowing that I live on the 11th floor and within Makati CBD) I tried different methods* in opening it such as the candle, water hammer, static cling wrap, hot water and damp cloth; still no success. In the end, I just checked the fridge to see if there was any viand I could use, and the only thing available was Chicken Liver Adobo.

Since I was so hungry, I made use of what was found with a bit of balsamic vinegar, which is my favorite condiment. This was the result:

It doesn't look that appetizing but the taste wasn't so bad. Because of this dish, I came to the conclusion that I cook weird dishes whenever I'm hungry and alone at home.

*In case you don't know what I'm talking about, here's the link of the site: http://www.eyehandy.com/articles/10-ways-to-open-a-stubborn-jar-lid/