Hi Cody!!!!

Late lunch/supper this evening:

Thai style braised beef
Egg noodles with fried garlic
Chicken Milanese (leftover)
Tabouli Salad
Secret Sauce

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God Bless America!

I’m sorry, I’m going to have to eat those mangoes!

For after dinner nosh!

Mexican mangoes are good but I prefer the Filipino ones which I will get today at Sam's Club & will post the photos! :)

I only have Mexico mangoes - I can’t find true Filipino ones because I’m not going to the correct grocers. The korean grocery store has mexican mangoes - Manila style but made in Mexico.
I love Manila mangoes more than Tommy Atkins mangoes and I buy both at a grocer; both are made in Mexico.

I really want the ones made in Asia.

the korean grocer has mangosteen but I’m afraid to try them for $11.99/lb.

Now that restaurants have reopened, I had my first meal out since mid March - so exciting! Started with grilled mackerel salad, followed by prawn gremolata accompanied by chips (what a long lost indulgence) and seasonal cabbage. A wonderful reminder of the real world even if some of the practices are a little weird - unset bare tables, staff with masks and hygienically wrapped cutlery don’t add to the atmosphere.

Grilled evergood hot link with cold sauerkraut, kosher, and sautéed onion
deli potato salad
grilled italian spicy sausage with sautéed onion on warm wide roll-ppang (roll-ppang in large size)

thanks to LapLap I can now make hamburger buns in roll-ppang style, a new size to the “slider” size I already make. Big yay.


separate:
grilled turkey cheddarburger with raw red onion slices
kettle salted crisps

cheesy wide roll-ppang
kettle salt & vinegar crisps

For brunch today, we made cheese soufflés with creamed chicken (sauce volaille a la Le Soufflé in Paris). Had a fruit salad with lime/ginger/honey dressing and my cousin brought croissants from a local patisserie. Pretty tasty stuff.

What a great idea...i haven't had a souffle in forever.

Philippine mangos are on regular rotation at our house. I can't recall ever seeing ones grown on Asia here in the Bay Area, only ones grown in Mexico and perhaps Guatemala.

There is nothing like fresh, ripe tropical fruit while you're in the tropics.

even my friends whose parents are from different parts of India or Asia get their mangoes at Costco. I should just return to the India grocer Neelam in san Bruno to see if they have mango from India.

I’ve seen the Mexican type of mangoes, and another, skinnier yellow type that I’m not sure where they’re from. As long as they’re ripe and sweet, it’s good to me.

I think they’re just starting to get good mangoes in Indonesia. Had some really good ones a week ago. No affordable cherries, unfortunately. Mangosteens, Rambutans and lots of other good fruits, though.

so when I see skinnier yellow mangoes, they’re called Manila mangoes but they’re made in Mexico. The red/green Tommy Atkins are also made in Mexico.

I bought rainier cherries today back at $8.99/lb, on sale from $9.99.

Should I buy mangosteens at $11.99/lb at the korean grocer? They’re prebagged at about a pound per bag. This is where I buy the strawberry cherries which are similar to red cherries but just a bit tastier.

What happened to your money saving kick? Every store in town has cherries from $1.99 to a max of $3.99 (including whole foods) and you buy the most expensive cherries on the planet...many times. :p
$8.99 or 9.99 is what I would pay for a nice steak...definitely not cherries.

:) For meals that I make at home, I pay less than $9 or $10/serving--usually closer to $5-$6/serving. I wouldn't pay that for cherries. :D