Ahi Tuna

After listening to Chef Alex from radio about a supermarket in Washington that sells inexpensive grocery, I visited this store on Black Friday this year.

It was truly a paradise for me.  I was so excited during my short visit at this grocery supermarket.  Many items are way cheaper than in Vancouver, especially cheese product.  It was recommended to buy dairy products and fish there.  Thus I bought two Ahi Tuna steaks (they are so cheap, you won’t believe it).  It’s my first time ever making Ahi Tuna.  I made the first steak with a Japanese taste.  Hopefully I will find another recipe to make the second steak that’s still sitting in my freezer.

Ahi Tuna in green onion wasabi sauce

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Uni Pasta

My husband cannot forget the taste of the uni pasta from Cafe Hiro when we visited LA a few years ago.  We bought fresh sea urchins, and I searched internet for the very few recipes that may look promising and combined all the ingredients to come up with this version.  It’s not even 70% like the one we had from LA.  Anyways, it’s a good enough homemade uni pasta recipe to share.

Uni spaghetti

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La Carbonara

We went to a restaurant in Rome which is run by an old Italian lady (recommended by Rick Steves) .  The set menu was only $25 EUR per person with a lot of dishes.  The evening was filled with delicious homemade food,  a big pitch of red wine (at least 700mL for both of us), then finish off with a clementine dessert.  The true surprise was  the La Carbonara.  Usually it has soggy bacon / pancetta bites in the few Italian restaurants we visited.  This restaurant had super crispy cured pork fat.  We were pleasantly surprised as the small pieces of deep fried pork cubes reminded my husband of his favorite noodle dish back in Malaysia.

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