... a thursday like a lot of other days. Except ... so far this week. I have made:
This is not food for our normal everyday eating. ... and there are a few days left this week.
Mom and 4th aunt arrived on April 16th. We had a couple of days here, then extend trip to Vancouver BC to visit aunt and my cousin's new baby. We went to the usual places like Snoqualmie Falls and Hiram M. Chittenden locks. Photos are posted on flickr (some photos have permission only to family). We had lunch at the Regents Bakery for lunch one day and ordered chinese menu at Yea's :) Mmm ...
We then drove to Vancouver, B.C. on Saturday 18th, returned on April 21st. It was, again, more food, more shopping, more family... Due to the high concentration of Immigrant Chinese from Hong Kong (and mainland) ... I expected the food to be what I grew up with, loved, and miss dearly. Some of my favorite are dim sum at Po King in Burnaby (urban spoon link) . It is very typical of Chinese restaurants. The food is good and the service is non existence. The other is Crystal Mall in Burnaby. These and many more establishments in the area caters to Chinese (from HK and mainland). 98% of signage are in Chinese only, there was not one non-Chinese soul in sight. It felt like home.
The other favorite (and very different) of mine, is the Public Market at Granville Island. Oyama Sausage Company has the best looking and selection of charcuterie and cheeses. The proprietors are French :). Definitely not approved to go across the border. ChocolaTas has some amazing chocolate on display. Macaroons in rainbow colors at La Baguette Bakery ....
Fuzzies could not keep their paws off the snow machine. We woke up to a small bit of snow ...
Now that my latest consulting gig was outsourced to India, I have some time to focus on improving this site. Some of the items I'm working on are to allow registered users to do the following;
1. Registered users will have their own photo blog under the new Photo blog dropdown and have the ability to upload and create entries on this site.
2. Fix the registration process that currently is broken due to 3rd party integration.
Since this site is all about the muonio family(and not me), your questions on getting your photos displayed on this site will be answered as quickly as possible.
Please email me at glen@muonio.org for any question(s) you might have or about getting your photos displayed.
Trying my hand on Panna Cotta. This is black cherry, before the compote ... Not bad. I used half and half instead of cream. The texture was good, not as luscious as the full-fat version ;-) This went along with a mushroom shallot quiche and carrot + fennel confit.
Pretending to be in the leisure class has some advantages ... such as taking a driving trip off-season and during a weekday. We took the fuzzies to Mt St Helens via 504 to Elk Rock view point.
N and J came over to play boardgames last night. They brought food for twenty (food detail on flickr). We played a few rounds of Carcassonne (next game purchase will be expansions), attempted to play Thurn and Taxi but gave up (guess game of the year doesn't guarantee our interest!) , then ended the evening with a few more rounds of the bean game. Woot! So happy to have N + J back, yay boardgames :D
mmm.. table full of snacks. Our friends N+J came over for Christmas dinner. (welcome back!) They braved crazy nutty slush and more slush to share Christmas with us. They brought lots of goodies - sweet peppers, marinated peppers and garlic, nummy breads, drinks, and their cheerful selves! (details of fud on flickr). May this be the first of many wonderful fud we will share :) The fuzzies mostly behaved themselves. (Hi Kooler! She is hiding on the right side on the table. Winter spent a lot of time under the table and attacked J's bread in her bag! ).
on 16th of December... G was diagnosis with kidney failure and we checked him into Swedish Hospital emergency room in Seattle around 10am in the morning. He stayed in intensive care for two days, and general / Nephrology for another two days. He came home on the 19th. He is on a special diet while he is on dialysis - low potassium, low phosphorous, no add'l salt, high protein, and various changes. He is going through the treatment process and will find out what's waiting on the other side.
At the same time, we have consecutive snow storms since about the 14th. I did not grow up around snow, and usually stay home in this weather. According to all the weather and news reports, this area has not seen snow like this. Needless to say, it has been quite frightful between G and this weather ...
