Fan Qie Chao Dan

Tomato and Eggs! Deeeeeeeeeelicious. Good with rice too. I made this for dinner with my good friend today and ours was not quite as soupy as we wanted it to. Apparently after asking my mom, she said that you need to add half a cup of water and then put a lid on the pan to let it steam in the pan a bit. Ah well, still good!

Xiao Hua Juan

These are basically green onion rolls from last week as well. Not too hard to make, and easy to store in the freezer to heat up again!

the dough is mixed up in a bread machine.. I missed this part kind of

roll out the dough, sprinkle green onion over some salt and oil

roll it up! press in the ends

chop it up! 

press the middle with a chopstick and pinch the bottom together.
it's supposed to look like a flower, hence the "hua juan" (flower..swirls)

and, sorry I did not take pictures of them, but afterwards you steam these little thangs and they are ready to eat!

Luo Buo Gao Making

This is way overdue..My mom and I made this last week and I have just uploaded the pictures. Luo bou gao is this cake made with radish (luo buo) I posted about eating it for breakfast earlier. But here are pictures of it at certain steps in making it. The process of making food is both interesting and important to understand, especially if we are to eat healthily!

the radish, in slivers + onions + garlic + bacon bits + mushrooms
all stir fried up 

adding tapioca powder and mixing

into the rice cooker! 

after taking it out of the rice cooker and pan frying it

Cinder Block Necklace!!!

This necklace was on Archinect.com

The block has been casted out of concrete and sets for a month (like how concrete in actual construction projects needs to set for a month) before you can wear it!

cuuuuuuute. but expensive for such a tiny thing.. maybe buying my own concrete and making my own mold would be cheaper (but also probably harder and less pro). anyone up for this project with me?

Off-Isle Lu Rou Fan

Today I had Lu Rou Fan in this restaurant named Cafe 88 in Charlottesville! It was a pretty normal Lu Rou Fan, but had a huuuge portion. The rest of the restaurant felt pretty Taiwanese too.

I also started to learn to drive manually today. It was very difficult, especially in a sloped parking lot. I made lots of "RRRRR" noises. I will try again tomorrow and perhaps I will improve!