Yuki unni's Farewell party / Girls' Night

"Your reservation for 4 at Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse - Philadelphia is confirmed for Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 6:30 PM. The reservation is held under: Sophie Lee."

 

One of my Japanese friend/unni will leave America this Friday, so 4 girls decdied to have a nice dinner for the last time. About three months ago, Amex sent me a $50 gift card and that's how we went there. It was a bit pricy, but we had a great time talking about things that we couldn't share at the meetup.

 

 Bread topped with some herbs and rock salt with whipped butter and cream

 Prince Edward Island Mussels $15 Prosciutto and lemon cream sauce

 Wollensky $12

we ordered sauvignon blanc bottle

 Smith & Wollensky Vintage 2009 - Red Wine

 Sacallops & Cider Braised Prime Beef $36, Oyster mushrooms, roasted butternut squash with spinach and bleu cheese fondue

 Filet & Shrimp $52, 10 oz. filet mignon and grilled wild shrimp with blood orange ginger sauce

 Roasted Wild Mushrooms $10

 Roasted Asparagus $10

 

 

American Brasserie - XIX Nineteen (Philadelphia, PA)

About once a month, I exchange language, Korean and Japanese, with my Japanse conversation partner. We have the conversation at restaurants, and he always takes me to quixotic restaurants which I may visit less then 5 times in a year.

 

Last night, I went to a very nice restaurant in downtown Philly. It was very cold and windy, but the warmth of the epicurean food spoiled my palate.

XIX Nineteen

(19th floor of Hyatt Hotel in Philadelphia, PA) 

200 South Broad Street #19

Philadelphia, PA 19102
http://www.hyatt.com/gallery/nineteen/xix.html

 

 Reception and tea/gathering room

 Restaurant decor

 steak frites $26

grilled marinated flat iron steak, maitre d’butter, shoestring fries

Sauteed pennsylvania lake trout $23

yukon gold potatoes, green beans, almonds, brown butter, capers

 Wine tasting room

 Bar area

Reception and tea/gathering room

Gyoza Party with my Tangsuyuk- 酢豚と餃子パーティー

One of my friend, Brad, invited some Japanese English Meetup members to his house for Gyoza Party. He made Kimchi + tofu and pork. They were so good so people won't realize these gyoza was made from him. He folded almost 100 gyoza for us with very pretty shape. Here are some photos of the party~ :)

 

 Brad is cooking...

 Grilling and steaming~

 Here is my Tangsuyuk~



Tangsuyuk - 탕수육 - 酢豚

 

재료: 파인애플, 양파, 당근, 2TBSP 케첩, 목이버섯, 마늘, 오이, 2TBSP 식초, 돼지고기, 피망

소스: 간장, 참기름, 생강가루, 설탕,

튀김:부침가루, 계란, 전분

材料：パイナップル、玉ねぎ、にんじん、2TBSPケチャップ、きくらげ、ニンニク、キュウリ、2TBSP酢、豚肉、ピーマン
ソース：醤油、ごま油、生姜パウダー、砂糖、
天ぷら：浮き沈み小麦粉、卵、澱粉

Ingredients: pineapple, onion, carrot, Auricularia, 2TBSP ketchup, garlic, cucumber, 2TBSP vinegar, pork loin, color peppers
Sauce: soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger powder, sugar,
Fried: frying flour, eggs, and corn starch

 Marinade the sliced pork with some soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and ginger powder.

 soak the Auricularia in the warm water

 slice the cucumber

 Let's make the frying mix. In a pancake mix, add some corn startch (about 1/3 cup)

some black peppers

 Some salt~

 Crack an egg and mix well

 transfer the marinated meat into the frying batter

 Now, let's make some sauce for tangsuyuk. In soy sauce (1/3cup), add few drops of sesame oil

 Add the ketchup (1.5TBSP)

 add the vinegar

 Add the chopped garlic

 Let's start cooking! In a pan, add some cooking oil and cook the mushroom for a while.

 Add all of vegetables. Onion in!

 Bell peppers in! Cook them about 3min.

 Add cold or warm water (about 3cups)

 Add the sauce that we made

 When the sauce starts to boil, add diced pineapple

 Add the carrots.. and wait until the stock starts to boil..

 add some corn startch (melted in small amout of water)

 Let's fry our porks. In a oil, I dropped some sesame oil for flavor~

 Yeah~ Done :) It looks pretty and the taste was sweet, sour and tangy~

Thanksgiving dinner starts now!

My Japanese friends invited me for their thanksgiving dinner!

I was very happy to share my dishes with my friends.

 From the top left

Hideko's cranberry - my frozen edamame- Hideko's green beans - my gravy

My stuffed pork, grilled garlic, mushrooms - my corn bread stuffing - Hideko's mashed potato

 My stuffed pork with mushrooms

 My stuffed corn bread

 Hideko's mashed potato

 My gravy

 Hideko's green beans

 Hideko's cranberry sauce! *VERY GOOD*

 My frozen edamame

 Hideko's GREAT whole chicken!

 Look at this juicy chicken!!

Hideko husband's table set! Very good hospitality.