The Adventures of a Calamari Queen

I love crabs!  It’s one of my fave seafoods to eat and I don’t mind the cracking part (honestly, I do enjoy it!!  I know crazy, right?).  So when I saw this dish in my fave food blog (Original Recipe) I knew right away that this was a must dish to make in the future.  We are so lucky here in Pacific Northwest because we do have a great seafood selection (from salmon to crabs to shrimps). I got the crabs from our local fish market, it was kinda expensive but the crab meat was so worth it. Sweet and meaty:) Hubby requested to have it cleaned,but I did clean it again (scrub) before cooking just to make sure:)  This is a VERY simple dish. Once I cleaned and chopped the crabs(it was cooked already when we bought it, you can steam it if it’s still “live”), I then sautéed Garlic, Onion, and Ginger with olive oil. I then added chicken broth and the crabs, let it boil and then put in the pre-soaked noodles. Then salt and pepper to taste, if you want you can add soy sauce to add that deep color.  Garnish with chives or whatever herbs you have.  I used parsley because I happened to have some right in front of me.  You have to eat it right away because these kind of noodles tend to dry out so fast.  Serve with rice  if you want:-)   I will be making this again in the future (maybe next week!!)

I LOVED the musical production of Les Miserables in Seattle last night!  I really enjoyed the music, especially the famous “On my Own” (so when Eponine was singing I can’t help but think of Joey Potter and that famous Dawsons creek scene!!). Anyways, it was a great show and great time with my Hubs. If given a chance I would like to see it again. The line that sticks in my mind is: to love another person,is to see the face of God (cheesy cheesy line).

Happy Birthday America!  I’m so grateful that I’m living here in U.S.A:-) We are just staying here at home for the day, cleaned the yard, had yummy drinks and later tonight we will watch Les Miserable in Seattle! Have a safe 4th of July celebration!!

Today (June 30th) is our Riley Puss’s 2nd birthday!  My In laws will be coming over for dinner to celebrate our love’s birthday with us. Riley is our mini schnauzer who is such a blessing in our family.  We got him when he was only 10 weeks old, and now he’s 2!  Time just flies so fast, I do miss how tiny he was when we got him. I still remember when Zach could carry him in his palm.  Happy Birthday Riley Puss Bates, you are so loved! Some of my favorite pics of our birthday boy:

We had dinner at Tandoori Fire Bar and Grill restaurant in Redmond last Saturday night because Hubby has been kinda craving Indian food lately.  I’m not a big Indian food fan but I can take it.  The spices are kinda strong for my taste, so I tend to just eat the same thing(I always order chicken tikka masala). That’s the main reason why we rarely eat Indian dishes/cuisine, but Zach really likes Indian food.  It’s been a while now since we had Indian food, so I suggested to Zach that we check this place at Redmond.  The food was really good!  I liked all the dishes we ordered and the Mango Lassi was the best I’ve had.  So good that we had to create one at home because I can’t stop talking about it to my Hubs!  The food was great but the service was awful, they only had two people working on a busy Saturday night and we had to wait for our food for a while and it took our check 30 minutes to arrive or something.  Anyways, it was still a great night with my Junlaboo!