lunch n dinner
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
No bacon and no fresh mushrooms, so I decided to experiment today with chicken thigh and button mushrooms!
2 servings,
200g Spaghetti/Linguini
1 can button mushrooms
2 chicken thighs, de-boned and sliced
4 shallots
5 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp butter
1 chilli padi
Olive oil
Italian herbs
Parsley
Basil
Salt
Pepper
Lime
I melted the butter in the pan and lathered the sides with olive oil, throwing in the diced shallots and garlic when it started to sizzle. In went the chilli next, plus the chicken slices. The aroma was present already without any marinate. The sliced button mushrooms went in next, and finally, the spaghetti that was already cooked.
Cheryl experimented and it seems like if you put the spices in later, rather than at the very beginning, there's more flavour. Like it's more even-ed out once the mass of pasta goes in. Interesting,
to me at least.
My parents made a booking at Casa Verde in the Botanical Gardens for a new year's eve dinnner tonight, and I'm kinda glad they did. It's been too long since we went for a stroll and took meals easy and slow. Plus, they had in mind ample time to soak in the lush greenery before settling down for dinner, something bonding for a change.
For example, I can't even recall the last time we went to town for the day, looking around, or even window shopping :\ So I think it was a great night, family-ish.
Not really soaking anything in for the new year, never really have.
penned by joel at 4:11 PM
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