Breakfast Toasts

Every morning, I have my favorite breakfast of avocado toast and hot honey lemon water. It's such a nourishing and delicious start to my day and I always go to bed excited to eat that the next morning. I usually just sprinkle on some Himalayan pink salt and cracked black pepper on top of the avocado. I get this amazing wheatberry bread from my neighborhood bakery that has the most amazing texture and fragrant seed topping. I add half a lemon to a cup of hot water with raw honey. I love it to be piping hot but I also have to make sure that the water is not too hot or else it would ruin the honey. Recently I've also started eating toast with almond butter, banana, and coconut flakes. It is absolutely dreamy and I highly recommend eating both for breakfast for a sweet and savory combination! 

It's so crazy to think of how I used to not eat breakfast... or sometimes I would have instant noodles for breakfast. Breakfast is such an important meal and this always makes me feel so fulfilled and happy.

Steak at Matt's

M and I love to cook together and one of his speciality dishes is steak :D We decided to pair it with some mushrooms and shallots and garlic spinach.

Thanksgiving

My family and friends mostly did not celebrateThanksgiving in Hong Kong and it was not until college that I discovered how amazing this holiday was. I really love the whole concept of how my American friends invited me and other international students to share this holiday with their family since they knew we were far away from home. I also love the idea of "friendsgiving" where a group of friends who are unable to spend Thanksgiving with their family gather to cook a great feast together and have an amazing time. The holidays is all about being with loved ones and I've always been so lucky to be surrounded by delicious food and great company. Below are a compilation of photos of the friendsgivings that I partook in this year. A little late since I already have photos from my Christmas dinners but here you go!

July 4th Festivities

I've never celebrated July 4th before as I was always back in Hong Kong for the summer so I was super excited to have my first July 4th celebration in the US of A. We had a BBQ and we also made a lot of sides and dessert.

Pilot and his little hat :)

Oooey gooey cheesy corn dip 

Wynonna's Roast Chicken Feast

My friend W always makes the most amazing food and I am so lucky to be able to shove my face with her creations all the time. She decided to make a roast chicken feast last week and here are the results. 

Avocado Toast

Avocado toast is my all time favorite breakfast meal (bacon, eggs royale, omelettes.... comes veryyyy close). I use to have it on top of this sweet corn bread from ktown but I recently discovered a mindblowingly good wheatberry bread from Silvermoon Bakery near my apartment. The bread has an assortment of seeds and grain on top of it and when paired with a perfectly ripe avocado with a sprinkle of salt and pepper... there is nothing better.

Thanksgiving!

We cooked up a feast this year! W and I arrived at D and K's new apartment around 1 and transformed their apartment into a Thanksgiving wonderland and also did such a great job fitting everything the oven. I really loved making all this food for friends and I will definitely be celebrating Thanksgiving even when I am back in Hong Kong. The menu this year is as follows:

1. Turkey
2. Pot roast
3. Cranberry sauce
4. Gravy
5. Sausage and sage stuffing
6. Corn pudding
7. Mashed potatoes
8. Mashed sweet potatoes 
9. Corn spoonbread 
10. Spinach artichoke dip
11. Cheesy garlic bread
12. Maple syrup and bacon brussel sprouts
13. Cheddar broccoli casserole

Annnd for dessert!

1. Blueberry crumble + vanilla ice cream
2. Apple crumble
3. Pumpkin pie 
4. 2 chocolate cakes
5. Chocolate tart 
6. Pumpkin cake 

And we also made rum punch and mulled wine for drinks!

Everything was absolutely delicious and I was in the perfect food coma after. I also got home with lots of yummy leftovers. It was such a lovely Thanksgiving and I am a happy happy girl.

We decided to go all out with costumes :)  

The perfect plate. It was amazingggg 

But there is always room for dessert

Haven't play beer pong in such a long time! 

Party planning committee! Great job guys!