Cooking weekend

It has been cloudy dreary weekend. We cook, read and watch movies in those weekends. Today we watched Tristan+Isolde . It was a beautiful and sad love story like Romeo + Juliet. I really liked the beautiful scenes in Ireland and England. Steven's ancestor was from Ireland so we want to visit there sometime...


As for the cooking, I made a peach crisp for snack.

Steven cooked salmon+onion+Shiitake mushroom. They were steamed in sake so had a great sake aroma. Mmmmm, yummy.
The appetizer, layered tuna tar tar and avocado is my work. Looks pretty, doesn't it?

Fruits and Veggies

Summer is almost ending so we wanted to enjoy summer fruits and veggies as much as we could before they are gone. Here are the beauties we got from Farmer's market this morning. Eggplants, okras, heirloom tomatoes, beans, peaches, purple cauliflower, basil, red peppers, cilantro, zucchini, and cheese.


We had tomato sandwich for lunch.

Steven made Company beans for dinner. 3 kinds of beans, zucchini, corn, onion, tomato, and melted cheese on the rice. Woooo, yummy.


tuna salad, cauliflower (purple!!) and green salad. Veggie night.

New kitchen tool

We got a new kitchen toy! This grill is so cool because we can grill things with lid closed like Panini or make it flat and make pancake on the smooth surface and grill peaches or toast bread on the un-smooth :) part. And look!! It can be fold very neatly to store. We also tried it on our balcony to do outside cooking. So far, we grilled steak, pork ribs, vegetables, chicken and make some breakfast but every time we used this grill, we got so excited and forgot to take pictures so only pic we have is below, chicken and peppers. Yummy...

Camping on labor day weekend 2

Breakfast at camping is something makes me feel special...clean cool air, warmth of the fire, smell of coffee...everything is so fresh. Plus Steven made a incredibly yummy omelet, pancakes, and bacon. Tasty!!


We went to UCSC to see Shakespeare in Santa Cruz. Since we went there hours earlier, we enjoyed biking in the campus. Friendly deers came and spent some time with us.



The play we saw was "As you like it". We were not allowed to take pictures while the play but you can see them here. The stage were set up in the redwood and the play was great. It was a funny and romantic story which is everybody gets happy at the end. Love happy ending story.

Camping on labor day weekend 1

We went camping in Santa Cruz 50 minutes to drive away. We took our NEW bikes, too.


First we put a tent up. Looks like only Steven working on it but nooooooo, I helped him, too:):)



Then we went to beach riding. Ohhhh, it was so beautiful. Santa cruz sometimes too windy, too cold, or too foggy but today was perfect for biking. The rock with a hole is called "Natural Bridge". We enjoyed walking on the beach and feeling wind on the bikes.



After the bike exercise, we got hungry and BBQed our dinner. Wine+rosemary marinated lamb, soy sauce+green onion marinated chicken skewers, corn+ancho chili butter, salmon+onion+shiitake mushroom were the menu. Mmmmmmm, I LOVED cooking at camping.



Good night!!