Green Tuna

Ingredients:

- 1 lb Fresh tuna

- 1 cup green chillies

- 1 cup green onion

- 2 cup cilantro

- 1 cup onion

- 1 lemon grass (optional)

- 3 cloves garlic

- juice of 2 limes

- 1 cup of water

- salt and pepper

Dice the tuna and chop all the greens.

Fry tuna until half-cooked and put it aside. Add 2 tbs olive oil and saute garlic and onion, put back the tuna in the pan and add the rest of ingredients, add 1 cup of water. Season with salt and pepper. Cover the pan and simmer in low heat for 15 minutes.

Arizona

I, steve, his mom, Denny, Missy went to visit Richard&Mirriam family in Phoenix, AZ for a week. Yes, what a crowd and I cannot explain or describe in the right words of the trip. Just couple of words maybe, the view was amazing, and the food were incredibly delicious. We were also invited by the Hamlin for an unforgetable luncheon. Imelda cooked tons of foods and desserts that's hard to forget for a long time. She also invited Wulan, kevin, Henny, Tari, Asri and Rachel. Most of them had to drive long hours to meet us. What a wonderful people we met specially the host, Imelda dan Dirk. They are very friendly, kindness and generous. We cannot thank you enough for the warmest welcome when we were in your place.

Richard, Miriam, Itzy and Richie, thank you so much for the hospitality during our stays. Miriam and I had a wonderful time together, thank you for taking me to places and I hope I brought you a little peace in your heart, if you know what I mean.

Friends, my love is always with you all wherever we are, and I'm hoping to see you again there or here in DC. See you....!

Sambal

Ingredients:

A:

- 1 lb red peppers

- 5 shallots

- 1 whole garlic

- 1 big ripe tomato

B:

- 3 tbs shrimp paste

- 2 tbs tamarin paste

- 3 tbs brown sugar

- 1 tbs salts

- 1 cup veg.oil

Chop ingredient A, saute in a cup of oil.

Put all together in food processor. Put it back in to the pan and add ingredient B. Cook for about an hour in slow heat.

My New Hair

Bacardi Rhum Cake

BACARDI RUM CAKE

1 pkg. Philsbury yellow cake w/ instant pudding

4 eggs

1/2 cup veg.oil

1/2 cup Bacardi dark rum (80 proof)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour Bundt cake pan.

Mix all ingredients together, whisk with hand for 2 minutes and pour over the pan.

Bake 45 minutes. Cool. Invert on serving plate. Prick top. Drizzle smooth glaze evenly over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze. Repeat until all glaze is used.

GLAZE:
1 stick of butter

1/4 cup water

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup Bacardi dark rum

Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in rum.

Snow Day at work

Not many people showed up at work and only the "dedicated" employees are here, don't feel like doing work, just sitting back and dicussing about the wheather. What a tipical snow days in America. Good thing my boss is in the other part of the universe.

Cream Puffs

Yesterday was a snow day. Almost everything was cancelled, and we both didn't go to work, not that we attemped to go but o well...*dancing* ...hahaha....We didnt do much but watching TV and surf the internet. He didn't want to eat breakfast or lunch, he said he wanted to take a nap. But after 12 o'clock I was hungry and offered him something to eat, he still didn't want anything. I couldn't understand how a human being refuse to eat in this cold wheather! I myself had a big glass of blended fruits and macadamia cookies and indomie. I didn't know what to do and I felt like baking something. I decided to make cream puffs since he loves em and I do, too, and I want to practice more. So here the are. For recipe http://pennylanekitchen.blogsome.com/2005/07/31/choux-pastry-aka-kue-sus