Eating our way through Hurricane Irene

In anticipation of Hurricane Irene this past weekend, everyone seems to have stocked up on water, food, and booze. We didn't really do much to prepare...moved some patio furniture inside, but that was about it. Luckily for us, we didn't lose any power, but there still didn't seem to be much to do but eat...even when I wasn't hungry. So here's a summary of the food consumed this weekend:

"breakfast" at 12 pm...(I had only just woken up around 11:20)

Ramen lunch, complete with egg and string cheese at 3 pm

we had a craving for cake...we also had some angel cake food mix...thank you Duncan Hines! It was a PIECE OF CAKE! hah, pun...

Voila! Found myself struggling a little bit to remove the cake from the pan...

But it worked! perfection! Love spring form pans!

I spy a little rat sneaking a piece of cake...

Final product complete with sliced bananas, mini chocolate chips (there were also regular chocolate chips inside the cake), drizzled with toasted hazelnut bits and condensed milk

We also ended up throwing together a Hurricane dinner for some friends who still didn't have power:

10 eggs + a bunch of tomatoes from our garden = ...

one of my fav dishes - egg and tomatoes!

flowers from our garden

flowers plus chicken

 big fan of garlic...plus veggies

blanching some asparagus to go with wasabi mayo

final food spread

punch/sangria

and then the sun came out? mother nature sure is bizarre...

Final thoughts on the weekend - I am easily bored if I'm not working and I "feel" like I'm trapped in the house. When I'm bored, I am hungry even more than I usually am...a most dangerous combination. So please Mother Nature, no more hurricanes. Thanks.

Steak in Berlin

After the rainy morning cooking at home, we decided to venture outside for a bit - I mean, I was in Berlin! THERE WAS NO TIME TO BE WASTED PEOPLE!!! Luckily, the museums were open late on Thursday nights, so we decided to take a trip to the Altes Nationalgalerie (I believe that means the OLD National Gallery) on Museum Island.

On our way, we find the "Fashion Station" which seemed to be a pre-Fashion Week event where a subway train was temporarily set up as a row of boutiques and I found an awesome line with random sheep painted, which meant I HAD to to get one for my good friend Alex =)

On the way we walked by an indoor aquarium, which was unfortunately closed, but that didn't stop us from taking pictures and learning proving that Unicornfish DO exist.

There were a few other picture moments along the way to the museum, during the museum and after the museum before we reached our dinner destination.

hello?

speaks for itself

 

It's Wall-E!

Berliner Bear!

Stop n' Go

We make it to our dinner destination - American steak in Berlin at BLOCK HOUSE. Obviously from the last picture below, we cleaned off our plates! 

cheers!

delish house salad

some surprisingly good garlic bread!

 

 

Really excited to be able to drink beer legally in the street!

Leftover Makeover

Tonight's last minute potluck made good use of leftovers from this week from Waterzooi and last night's post of Bryant & Cooper Steak House.

Waterzooi's mussel lunch combined with the extra sauce from Bryant & Cooper's cajun steak plus some shrimp, angel hair and linguine (there wasn't enough of one or the other) and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese equals the image below:

The final dinner spread (minus a few dumplings...I was hungry!!!)

Someone couldn't wait to get started on all the food...