Sweet and Spicy Porkchop

Hi there!

This post, as you all might have guessed, is all about cooking and/or food. I love to eat and I'm slowly learning to love cooking! Ever since I got married a month ago, I have been into a full on "housewife mode". After work, I drive straight home and prepare dinner for me and my husband. I haven't been this too involved in preparing a house or a meal. Well, in this case I may not have a choice since we're the only ones here in the house so I technically become the cook.

Alright, on to the food. Here are the ingredients that I used.

- 3 slices of pork (porkchop cut)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 pieces of Calamondin (kalamansi/ calamansi/ chinese orange)
- 1 pack of Kim's Dewaji Kalbi Sweet and Spicy ribs
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Palm oil, about 2 tablespoons  (You can use any type of oil you want)

Garlic/Kalamansi/Sweet and Spicy seasoning

Procedure:

First thing I did was put all the pork slices in a bowl and sliced my garlic and kalamansi. After which I mixed them into the bowl. I also added the Sweet and Spicy seasoning but I did not pour them all in because that would be way too much- at least for me. After mixing all the ingredients in, I let it stay a little bit longer to allow the pork in absorbing all the flavors. If I had the option, I would be adding a little bit of either oregano or rosemary just to enhance the flavor. After about 3-5 minutes, I fried the pork piece by piece until they're a little bit golden but not crispy.

Marinating the pork...

Aaaand Voila! Done with the Sweet and Spicy Porkchop! Yumm-o!

Sweet and Spicy Porkchop!

According to my husband, he found it very tasty and he loved it! I loved it too. It has the balance of the sweetness and a little bit spicy and it's not overpowering. 

Let me know if you tried it, and if you liked it! 

Thanks for visiting guys! 

xx,

L

Happy Father's Day!

Another Sunday post...

As usual, my family and I would go to the house church that my mom founded and head out to lunch/dinner after since we end our service late most of the time. Today's weather is really hot and I didn't feel like wearing jeans even if I wanted to. I opted to wear a skirt that my boyfriend gave me (thanks for the Forever 21 goodies, love! <3) so I can move freely and not feel icky and sweaty. ;) After our church service, we had our super late lunch/early dinner at Red Ribbon.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

My sister and the kids

 Now on to our lunch/dinner:

Chocolate mousse: my dessert

My mom's black forest

Mom and brother

SISTERS.

P.S.
Happy Father's Day to my dad who's not here physically. I know you have to be away so you could provide us with the best. Thank you for everything. We love you, Papa! <3

Outfit post:

Bench Top/Forever 21 skirt/So FAB! heels/Forever 21bag :) 

Busy Tuesday and Purple Jazz

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, My mom and I had a lot of things to do so we ate at this new restaurant, Purple Jazz, for lunch. It was fairly new since I think they haven't finished all the wall decorations and stuff. It was a nice and inviting place since it was spacious and they have a very unique bar filled with old LP's. So cool. The menu was okay, we went for the budget meal since we just went there to grab a quick lunch. (I'll try the restaurant's specials next time.) I liked the "uniform" of the lady servants in the restaurant. Very cute in their purple mini dress and white high socks! I ordered butter chicken with chopsuey and Iced tea and my mom ordered fish fillet with chopsuey and iced tea. They were good. In a rating of 5, Ill give them 3.5. :) For dessert, we tried their chocolate mousse and I must say it tastes wonderful! It's just like how my mom makes it! Super satisfied with it, also affordable at 100 pesos. The rest of the day was spent on errands, Bible Study at Church and a stroll in the mall.

Here are the photos I took: (Sorry of the low-res photos. Didn't bring my SLR. Took photos with my my phone's 5MP camera.)

Al fresco dining

An old Banjo and some coffee

Sweet treats

placemat: Jazz overload! ;)

My food

Mom's food

My sister dropped by

Old LP's adorn the Bar

Very Old School

My sister and the Mousse

The Bar

Cute Uniforms! :)

comfy seating

desserts

I was not paid to blog about this restaurant, okay? I just wanted to share. :) Purple Jazz is located at the Parking Area of Amigo Plaza Mall.

Bonding with my Sis

Last May 8, 2009, my sister and I ate at Sbarro after attending the Sunday service from church. It's probably one of those times when we both did not disagree on anyting! LOL While our parents had coffee, we opted to have our stomachs full. We both ordered pizza and a pasta for sharing. I like eating at Sbarro because you get to see how they make your pizza. My sister shared about how Julia Roberts went to eat and eat and eat her heart out in EAT PRAY LOVE, and wishing we could try authentic Italian cuisine in ITALY mismo! :) For now, I think we're just too happy to feast on these:

My sister's pizza.. forgot the name though. lol

Chigaco White Pizza! My fave

baked ziti for us both

Our table was outside the restaurant (though inside the mall) so we're both able to see how the pizzas were being prepared...

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my sister, Dordie. ;)

'Till the next food adventure!

A Pizzaro Date

Yesterday, I had a date with my boyfriend which was both a spontaneous decision and a planned one. I was hesitant to go at first because of the gloomy weather but we went anyway. We went to Pizzaro, as the name suggests, yes, it's a pizza place. It's also not easily seen. It's sandwiched between a carwash and a spa called Sensbien. It's very quaint and airy since there aren't really walls to block the air.

PIZZARO

they have a mini bridge at the back

counter

I've heard of Pizzaro before but never really tried it. My sister, who tried it with her bestfriends, recommended it to us and said that "you'll forget your name after trying their pizza!". So I told my boyfriend we needed to try it. We only ordered Pepperoni pizza and mashed potato since I already ate lunch a few hours before we went to the restaurant. I had red tea for my drink- tasted really good but I got a bit dizzy. Maybe it was the grenadine? I don't know. Hehe!  The food's really worth it-actually it's very cheap! Our bill was less than 500 pesos. I would really recommend trying their Mashed Potato- just the right consistency, a little creamy and not too overpowering when you mix it with butter and milk(?).

Pizzaro's pepperoni pizza

PJ on the phone. busy much?

you can see how they make your pizza!

they even toss 'em, but i was such a failure and didn't capture it. lol

blurry pic. pizza sizes: double, group, gang, super gang

Menu

Still on the phone

I was a bit serious. hehe

Mashed Potato. Oh so GOOD! 

'till the next date! ;)