April Food's Month (and condolences)

April 16, 2023

It's been a while read champs! And I am back here again.

They said that April is Fool's Month. But for me, it is Food's Month. I'm not fooling you. It's just that, my April started with a food trip and was followed by more.

Shall we start the food trip?

I should blame this Chinese family. Ever since we moved to this new place, we seldom cook at home and usually eat outside or take out some food. Well, I have no choice but to join them, or else, I'll starve at home.

On April 1st, which was the pre-birthday of my female boss, we went to Whampoa to have samgyupsal after many years. The last time I had samgyupsal with them in the same Korean restaurant was before the pandemic, probably in 2018.

Pork and beef were grilled, wrapped with lettuce along with some side dishes, and eaten while the meat was hot. Korean food lovers here definitely know how to eat this set of food. The last dish that was served was Korean chicken soup which reminded me of chicken tinola.

On Tuesday, a day before Ching Ming Festival, I was left alone at home and I have nothing to cook for lunch but only a banana and sweet potatoes. I thought of making a banana cake, especially since I was smelling the delicious aroma of food from restaurants on the bottom floor.

It was just a random recipe mixing all ingredients in one bowl and then steaming. It tasted good and I liked the combination of banana and sweet potatoes with cinnamon, and oats, topped with sunflower seeds and chia seeds. You can check the full recipe here.

On Ching Ming Festival after doing some business, I thought of finding a place to drink something hot coffee, or tea as I felt cold. I opted to look for a cafe and that was my first time visiting a more decent cafe in Kowloon City after five years of living in the city, lol.

It was a pretty Stone Houses Cafe located just near my favorite park. I ordered its famous English breakfast set with a cup of hot latte. After savoring my delicious food, I checked other rooms of the stone houses to see the historical relics reserved on site. If you want to see more photos in this Stone Houses, you can visit my post on Cinnamon Cup of Coffee here.

Then on Sunday, while thinking about what to eat at dinner, I visited MX located just on the bottom floor, and tried Malaysian cuisine. This is pandan-coconut rice with beef rendang.

It was my first time eating this kind of rice and I liked it. I really tasted coconut and pandan flavors.

Every Good Friday, we used to do fasting in our country. But with this family, fasting is out of the vocabulary even if it's holly week. After eating in a buffet restaurant at lunch, we traveled to Sai Kung, and I was glad to see it again.

The food we ate at lunch hadn't even been digested well yet but we ate snacks. This is a popular Hong Kong bread. It is cooked by soaking bread filled with peanut butter in an egg mixture, then frying it. Then you can either spread it with condensed milk or honey before eating. Too much lactose and gluten, lol. But I ate it. On another plate is fried fish fillet with salad. It's a typical snack here that can be changed to fried chicken.

At night, just a few hours after eating snacks, we dined in at a Shanghai restaurant just located within the vicinity of our new place. And it was my first time eating at a Shanghai restaurant. From the name itself, all foods are Shanghai cuisine that originated from Shanghai China.

Then on Sunday, during our trip to Macau, it was another food trip day!

A popular Macau pork chop bun was served for breakfast. It wasn't really my type but I love their coffee and doughnut.

Macau doughnut. It is so soft inside and coated with white sugar.

At lunch, we visited a famous Portuguese restaurant called A Lorcha. And it was my first time eating Portuguese cuisine. Food may be similar to Filipino foods, but the taste is different. In the end, we paid more than a thousand HK dollars for our lunch.

In the afternoon, we visited the southern part just to eat a famous Macau delicacy which started from that area, the Macau egg tart in Coloane Village. This isn't the same egg tart you are buying in your bakeshop. It has a flaky crust and so soft egg custard. This is just one of the iconic food in Macau which is known throughout Asia.

Night came, and we visited a local restaurant serving local Macau-Chinese food at Rua do Felicidade. These foods were followed by more and we also paid a thousand for our dinner.

I'm lucky enough to be with this family who likes food-tripping. I don't need to pay just to taste expensive and new culinary flavors.

And I should add the latest one. Just last Wednesday, only the two of us (the lady and me) was left at home. We explored the new place and she treated me for lunch. We went to a noodle shop and ordered these. I didn't know that the bowl was too big, so it made me too full. Even if we were full, we still bought tea that day at a tea shop and sipped them while walking back home. Should I say, eating is our way of bonding too? But I wonder why I don't add weight though when we just keep eating here.

And I should add this one I cooked for my lunch last Friday. Guess what it is? It's just a simple recipe using hard tofu, Italian herbs, and tomato sauce. Another experimental cooking of mine and it tastes good.

It's been a while since I posted here. And I just came back to post foods. Should I say sorry to those who craved? 😅 This post was drafted days ago and I just waited for this day to post it so I could interact with this community as well.

However, have you heard the sad news recently? One of our beloved writers, ate @pachuchay passed away. My deep condolences to the bereaved family. She has been my ate on this platform. We may not be that close, but it was so saddening upon hearing the sad news as she's been part of the read.cash family. I heard that the Filipino community on Hive will be making fundraising for her. Readcash family can donate as well.

This was her last comment on my post on Hive 9 days ago. Just 9 days ago!

Life is really uncertain, so don't take it for granted (especially your health because that's your life as well), and make each day happy because you don't know when will be your end.

Your battle is over. You may now rest in peace Ate 🤧🤧.