32 Lunches - Day 32, Dec. 31: Salmon salad + chicken pasta on Flight MU208

I remember us bringing some leftover stir-fried beef + rice to the airport to eat for lunch while waiting for our flight to the Philippines, but I don't have a photo of it. So, for this project, Day 32 lunch is the meal I had on the plane on the China Eastern Airlines flight from Toronto to Shanghai. I don't really remember what I had but this looks like chicken and pasta with red sauce + steamed vegetables on the side, salmon salad, and cut fresh fruit for dessert. I also had some warms rolls with butter (though the rolls aren't in the photo).

I'm finally done! 32 Lunches Project finally completed. I do hope I find (make?) time to blog more in the future. Have a good summer! :)

mmm... chocolate!

Chocolate treats this month:

black-bottom cupcakes baked by my sister & her friends, which I had with my evening milk

(the cupcakes tasted like cheesecake brownies)

cookies & cream Kit Kat

(from Japan, pasalubong from Ronjie)

chocolate suman from my sister's Leyte dive trip

tiramisu-flavored hot cocoa (pasalubong from my brother, from _____)

which I had with a bañada (pasalubong from Iloilo)

:D

anniversary

Fifth anniversary today! -- of our first official date. :) (Ronjie & I had lunch & dinner a couple of times before, but I didn't consider them dates.) And after 5 years, we've been married a year already, with baby on the way. It's been wonderful. Thank you, Lord. :)

Anyway, on our first wedding anniversary 7 months ago (delayed blog post again :D), we were blessed to both be in Manila, together, to celebrate. We went to mass in the same church where we first met and were married in and got a special blessing from the presiding priest after. :)

Our Lady of Pentecost Church, near Katipunan Ave., Q.C.

Then dinner date in a nearby Chinese restaurant. ♥
We had been looking for a Chinese restaurant in Japan which served Peking duck (Beijing duck?) but couldn't find any. So we told ourselves we'd have our Peking duck fix when we vacation in Manila for the holidays, and we did! Hah!

We ordered some dim sum and half a Peking duck, which we requested to be served 3 ways (a tip which I got from here). Before, I only knew of Peking duck served 2 ways.

the soup made with duck bones, etc. was really flavorful

Took home the leftover soup, and still enjoyed it for the next couple of days.

We were so full after dinner and couldn't think of anything else to do but head straight back home, where we quietly spent the rest of the night just lounging. :D Already looking forward to our second wedding anniversary in 5 months' time. This time we'll be celebrating with our son (who's coming in a few weeks). Yay!

pasalubong from Australia :)

I love when my siblings go out-of-town or out-of-the-country... because they always come home with pasalubong! :D My brother got back from a business trip in Australia and brought these home for us. Sarap ng fresh cherries! :9

other May food

We introduced our silog + hash brown series with cornedbeefsilog last month. This month, we're starting off with longsilog! (using Pampanga's Best longganisa)

stir-fried beef and asparagus

 with carrots because Ronjie was able to buy carrots on sale :D

fill the bag with all the carrots and/or potatoes you can and everything is just ¥200!

grapefruit

Meiji chocolate-coated rice crispies snack?

on most days, breakfast is toast with assorted jams

top: mango jam
bottom: blueberry jam

tinolang manok with pechay and potatoes

(using Connie Veneracion's recipe)

Peanuts Choco

carbonara (with mushrooms)

I ♥ bacon

tapsilog

my plate on top, Ronjie's at the bottom
(I don't like my egg runny)

fish fillets braised in tartar sauce

this looks oily and unappetizing, but it tasted really good!

 peanut butter toast + apples

sweet & savory grilled chicken - we ate this with rice

(I also used some of this for grilled chicken wraps)

honeydew melon

beef caldereta

some corn snack

coconut biscuits

tortang talong (with ground pork)
(using a recipe from Connie Veneracion)

microwave carrot mugcakes

(this is the best of the mugcakes I've made!)

chicken fillets with hoisin sauce

fried sausages with hash browns

I think I over-fried the sausages. Their skins broke already. :/

microwaved sausages with nori-rice

Doritos - taco flavor

fried beef and potatoes with sour cream

honey-ginger chicken

pork asado (with spinach in oyster sauce)

(the pork asado I had left over, I added to my hawaiian fried rice)

sinigang na salmon sa miso

mixed fruits

pork siomai

Koka spicy black pepper instant noodles

(I first heard about them here.)

A&W gave us a whole stash of Koka instant noodles when they visited. :D

Cajun chicken fillets with ranch dressing + corn on the cob

lumpiang shanghai (using leftover siomai filling) + cucumber-onion-tomato salad

fried pork chops

pag tinatamad magluto

raspberry Kit Kat

didn't like this

beef pie which I had on Flight CX905 (HKG-MNL leg)

(forgot to take a photo of my food on the HND-HKG flight)

Manang L's patola with misua

Manang L's tinolang manok with sayote, potatoes & malunggay leaves

Parang namimiss ko na magluto.

Korean foodie goodies

Nong Shim Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup
(from the international deli in Hon-Atsugi)

roasted seaweed
(I like this a lot!)

Nong Shim Spicy Ramen

Nong Shim Komutan Ramen
(which I bought in the ¥100 store)

Lotte Binch - yum!
(my brother's pasalubong from South Korea)