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Seattle Restaurant Week!

We participated in the Seattle Restaurant week (was on going for 2 weeks) this week mainly because I wanted to experience it without spending so much money. We really enjoyed it a lot, although all of us agreed that we can’t eat like this everyday. We dined at the Melting Pot in Bellevue, and Sip and Wine Restaurant here in Issaquah Highlands. Melting Pot is always fun to do because it’s a fondue restaurant and we don’t do fondue here at home. Hubby mentioned that we should be doing fondue because it’s not that expensive and versatile in the sense that we can do different types of cheeses and chocolates for dessert.

greens with gorgonzola and other yummy friends!

Pepper Steak!

We had this simple stir fry steak last week. It’s not really worth writing the recipe because there’s no recipe that I followed in this one. I just marinated the sliced beef then marinated it in bottled steak sauce then stir fried it together with bell peppers. I just love the colors of the dish because it reminds me of Italy, one of my dream countries to visit:)

Weekend Fun:Leavenworth, WA (part 2)

Here’s more of our weekend trip to Leavenworth!

Weekend Fun: Leavenworth, WA (part 1)

We spent a great day at Leavenworth, WA. yesterday and it was such a nice day to visit the lovely town:) It was so nasty going there (pouring rain, foggy, windy) but so worth it when we finally arrived and enjoyed the place during the Fall season! We spent our New Years 2010 here and got to see Leavenworth during the wintertime, and let me tell you, it’s really the classic winter wonderland place:) I was excited because it’s Rosell’s (my sis) and Riley’s (our cute Schnauzer) first time to see the place. It was such a perfect day to be there, sunny and the changing of the leaves colors, so many fun things to experience. We did some wine and beer tasting, ate a yummy Italian dinner, and shopped at Smallwood farmers market! I’ll have 2 posts of our Leavenworth adventure because Hubby took a lot of nice pictures that I want to share everybody:)

Flat Iron Grill!

I cleaned our front and backyard this week and wasn’t up for cooking dinner after that, so I declared to Hubby that “I deserved some steak” LOL…so off we go to Flat Iron Grill and used a coupon that I purchased a while ago. I always order their Flat Iron 10 oz. with salsa criolla, goat cheese polenta and chimichurri! It’s so good:)

Mt. Towndsend Cheeses: house marinated olives, panzanella crackers & gastrique

Pickled Beet Salad H.F.O. bulls blood beets, arugula, goat cheese, beet chips & white balsamic vinaigrette and Steak Tartare picholine olives, capers, dijon, shallots, crostini & quail egg

Flat Iron 10oz * salsa criolla, goat cheese polenta & chimichurri (I shared with hubby with this dish!)

thank you living social,we got this meal cheap:)

WIWW

I’m participating again at ThePleatedPoppy for WIWW! It’s been a very nice fall season here in WA this past week, sunny yet chilly so I had to wear lots of sweaters and my super comfy black boots!

Just have to include this pic! so pretty:)

sweater=hollister,jeans=abercrombie,boots=nordstrom,coach bag,scarf=borrowed from sis

same outfit except for the top (from jcpenny)

sweater=tory burch,pants=F21,boots=nordstrom,coach bag

Weekend Fun!

This weekend was such a fun time with my sis and Hubby! We watched the movie 50/50 with Joseph Gordon Levitt and we loved it. You’ll laugh and cry at the same time (I recommend it if you haven’t seen it yet). Then we had some yummy Italian dinner at Maggianos (bellevue square). Saturday, it was movie time again at the cheap theater(3$ per movie) we watched Captain America and The Devils Double (so disturbing and depressing).

Tagliatelle with Prosciutto and Orange

I got this recipe from Bon Appetit ( the Italy issue, May 2011) and let me tell you that this pasta dish was super easy and surprisingly yummy! Orange and Prosciutto, just two ingredients that I’ve never had together in my pasta before:) I’ve always loved Prosciutto so I knew I had to make this dish. We liked the dish and most likely I will be making this again, but I’ll have to remember next time to “follow” the recipe exactly because I “doubled” the amount of the prosciutto (was too excited!!) and it came too salty (DUH!!!).

You’ll need:

12 oz. egg tagliatelle or fettuccine(preferably fresh)

2 tbsp. unsalted butter

2 oz. thinly sliced prosciutto, torn into 1″ pieces

kosher salt,zest and juice of 1 orange

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

fresh black pepper,1/4 cup finely grated parmesan

Bring a large pot of water to boil. Season with salt; add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally,until 1 minute before al dente, about 2 minutes for fresh pasta,longer for dried. Drain,reserving 1/4 cup of pasta water.

Meanwhile, melt butter in a large heavy nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add prosciutto; saute until browned,about 3 minutes.

Add reserved pasta water,orange juice,half of zest, and cream;bring to boil. Add pasta; cook,stirring, until sauce coats pasta and pasta is al dente, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in cheese and divide among warm bowls.

WIWW (PI vacation edition)

I’m linking up with Lindsey at thepleatedpoppy for WIWW. The weather in PI was really hot during our vacation so what I had mostly was the basic tee and shorts! Nothing super special with what I wore but I still wanted to join the fashionistas out there:)

hongkong airport with sis,cardi=AnF,white shirt=Hollister,pants=F21,toms shoes

with my 2 older sisters; shirt=hollister,shorts=old navy,tory burch flats

juicy couture tee,old navy shorts,tory burch flipflops,longchamp bag(borrowed from sis)

zara top,old navy skirt,tory burch flipflop

speedo bathing suit, tory burch shades (borrowed from sis)

hollister top,7 jeans for mankind skirt,tory burch flips

with my siblings; shirt=hollister,HnM shorts,tory burch flips

hollister top,old navy shorts, tory burch flipflops

i miss you powdery white beach (Boracay Island)

Back from PI!

Hi All!! I’m back from my 6 week visit in my native country, the Philippines. It was a lot of fun with family and friends, comfort filipino food( I think I’m 5 lbs. heavier:-)…and lots and lots of white beaches and sunshine! I will be blogging about my PI adventures in the coming weeks:)