Pataphysics

Dinner today -> Mussel Ramen
Re-heated the leftover red pepper broth and added frozen mussels and ramen noodles.

Dessert was a bakers dozen +2 of Krispy Kreme donuts from Costco :)

I also snacked on some thinly sliced smoked octopus tentacle from The Whalesbone.  I got a couple on the weekend.  I really need to eat there, and it's right by my grandparent's place (near bus station on Kent St.).

Useless Magical Girl Info:
This translation article from an NMB48 show explains why magical girls (ie Sailormoon/Pretty Cure) are never attacked while they transform.  Isn't science... pataphysics awesome.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48 performance of "Kokoro no Placard" from last month.  This purely idol song is catching on to me, and Mayu seems perfect at center flanked by Sasshi and Kashiwagi.  I still need to order this CD soon.

More Mussels

RIP Robin Williams.  I learned it on twitter through the AKB tweets.

Sesame Street Tweeted Pic.

Useless Costco News:
Ed and I dropped by Costco at lunchtime.  We were there to get a box of 2 yolk Moon Cakes for $10.88.  Good stuff.  We also got Polish Sausages for lunch.

2 Yolk Moon Cake.

I also saw this giant teddy bear for $200.  Susanna wants it.

Gargantuan Teddy Bear.

Dinner today -> Mussels
Made another batch of Mussels today.  This time I recorded how to make it step by step.
Step 1: Prep the ingredients.  Chopped the garlic, onions, and shitake mushrooms.  Keep the water the mushrooms soaked in.  Washed the green beans and 2lbs of mussels (not seen).  Have the red pepper paste ready.

The fixings.

Step 2: Pan fry the garlic and onions.  Then add mushroom water, hot water and mix in red pepper paste.  Add abit of salt and the chopped mushrooms.

Step 2.

Step 3: Bring to boil and add green beans.

Step 3.

Step 4: Bring to boil and add mussels.

Step 4.

Step 5: Cover for 3 mins (or when all the mussels open).

Step 5.

Step 6: Uncover.

Step 6.

Step 7: Stir and plate.  Makes 2 servings or 1 Fongpay size portion (yep, I ate the whole thing).  Dip bread into the broth or just drink it.  Probably good with rice too.

Eat Time!

OR save the broth for later and mixing in ramen noodles and frozen pre-shucked mussels from Walmart :)

Weekend Report: Optimus Prime Tie

Food this weekend ->
Susanna picked up some JoJo's Pizzas: Jojo's Special and Combination.  It's OK.  Not a big fan of the pizza.  The dough needed to be more firm.

Tried out a new Moon Cake with lotus paste, 2 egg yolks, and abolone!  It was abit expensive because of the abalone, but it was pretty good.  The abalone was dried and chewy, but not bad.  Good for a 1 time treat.  No pic.  By the time I got to it, there were only 2 slices left.

I got some mussels from Farmboy this weekend and made them with some Korean red pepper paste, green beans, garlic, and shitake mushrooms.

Mussels Cooking.

I should have chopped up the shitake mushrooms instead of sliced them so it can get inside of the mussels.  I forgot to add some chopped onions too.  Other than that it was really good.

Mussels, Green Beans, and Shitake Mushrooms in Red Pepper Broth.

I used the leftover broth to make some tofu noodles from T&T.  The tofu noodles are not that good.  It doesn't absorb any broth and doesn't really untangle very well at all.  Won't be buying that again.

Tangled Tofu Noodles in Red Pepper Broth

Useless Gaming News:
Did some gaming at Brian's house on Friday.  We played Lewis & Clark.  It was an OK worker placement game.  Ben won.

Lewis & Clark.

We also played Archer: the Danger Zone Board Game, Get Lucky, and Flash Point.  I was surprised with Archer.  That game turned out to be simple and super fun.  Probably be better if I watched more than 2 episodes of the show.

Archer Game.

Useless Transformers News:
Got another 2 ties from Japan.  These were Optimus Prime ties. 

Optimus Prime Tie.

Got one for me and one for Ben as a belated Birthday present.  I should have gotten a Megatron tie too, but I think they are all sold out now on HLJ.

Prime Close-up.

Lego Storage Bricks

Useless Toy News:
Went to Solutions store at Trainyards and I picked up a few Lego Storage Bricks.  I got a red 2x4 brick, a black 2x2 brick, and a white 2x2 brick.  They were on sale for 20% off.  The cool thing is that they stack like real lego.  There were also 1x2 bricks and figure heads.  I'll probably use these to store my Lego and Kre-Os (though I've stopped collecting Kre-Os).

Stackable Lego Storage Bricks.

Lunch today -> Fusion.
Went to Fusion Dim Sum & Sushi for lunch.  We stuffed up on mostly sushi, pad thai, and meat.  I was disappointed with Steve's ability to put down food today.  He hardly ate his money's worth and he had skipped breakfast too.

Chicken and Shrimp Pad Thai, and Shrimp Tempura.

Spicy Salmon, Chicken, White Dragon, and Short Rib Rolls.

I finished with deep fried banana with VANILLA ice cream.  It was so much better than the last time when they served it with mango ice cream.  (BTW Julie: no deep fried hair in my banana today ^_~ ).

Hairless Deep Fried Bananna.

Dinner today -> T&T.
Ate some discounted spring rolls and bakery pastries from T&T for dinner today.

Discount T&T Foods.

Breakfast Friday -> Cheese and Sausage.
Picked up a platter of discounted cheese and sausages from Loblaws for breakfast on Friday.  (CMC people, I'll leave leftovers at Becky's desk if you want some.)

Friday's Breakfast.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48 performance on "Ongaku no Hi" this past weekend.  Kashiwagi was on camera alot ^_^

Kashiwagi during KFC.

The video starts with Mayu's new election song "Kokoro no Placard", then "Manatsu Sounds Good", and finishes with "Koisuru Fortune Cookie".

New Ties

Dinner today -> Hamburger Helper
Made some Hamburger Helper for dinner.  The box had expired in Feb 2013, but everything still tasted fine... so far.

2013 Hamburger Helper.

Useless Transformers News:
I got new Transformers ties in from Japan.  I was hoping to wear one to Justin's wedding, but they showed up late, and I didn't end up going anyways.

New Ties.

I got both the Decepticon and Autobot symbol versions.

Transformer Ties.

Screwed by Hasbro

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENO!!!

Useless Softball News:
CMC Strike Fighters beat Lockheed Martin tonight 24-14.  We were losing 9-3 after 2 innings, then Marc showed up and turned the game around for us.  I was trying to play in his Short Stop position, then he took over and I went back to Catcher (thanks Margaret for catching the first 2 innings) and the game calmed down for us.
I hit 3-for-4 tonight: Line out, triple and 2 singles.

Dinner today -> Beef Chow Mein.
After the game, I went to Rideau Restaurant to pick up some tasty beef chow mein.  It was cooked so fast!  I only sent out 2 text, and the food was out.  I saw Mark heading in as I was heading out :)  He was getting Schezwan Beef.

Beef Chow Mein.

Useless Toy News:
Since Wednesday last week, I've been refreshing the Hasbro site every hour to get the exclusive San Diego Comic Con: Magic: the Gathering: Garruk's Axe Set.  It was selling on eBay for $300-$850.  It was finally made available on Monday morning around 10:23am.  I was online when it happened and I immediately added it to my cart.

Garruk's Axe Set Available.

When I tried to checkout, it kept churning and coming back to the shopping cart page.  4 frustrating minutes later, after multiple clicks of the checkout button, it came back as sold out!

WTF!

WHAT THE HELL!!!  I was online when it was "in stock" and because of Hasbro's site slowness, I couldn't buy it!  They screwed me!  I was so pissed!!!  (I'm also annoyed that all of Hasbro's new Transformers toys SUCK.)

Sold Out.

Long Weekend Report: Sriracha Shirt

Useless Shopping News:
Was out shopping on Friday night at Target and Walmart.  Gordon told me Target had a clearance sale in the video games.  I picked up Batman: Arkham Origins for XBox 360 for $12.50.

Clearance Batman: Arkham Origins.

At Walmart, I found a Sriracha shirt!  I can wear this aslong as Ed doesn't wear his on the same day :)

Sriracha Shirt.

I also found Walmart had the "Share a Coke with ..." bottles with names on it.  I looked through 4 shelves of bottles, but I couldn't find my name.  I did find an Ethan and a James bottle.  I picked those up for them.  If anyone finds mine, but it for me!

Ethan and James Coke.

Food this weekend ->
Bought more salmon on Thrusday night before the sale was over.  I made some salmon sushi rolls.

Salmon Sushi.

I also made some butter chicken with a side of salmon sashimi.

Butter Chicken and Salmon Sashimi on Rice.

The shredded the leftover chicken drumsticks and soaked it in the butter chicken sauce.  Ate it with some pita.

Shredded Butter Chicken with Pita.

I was at a new Farmboy out at the Trainyards and picked some lunch from their buffet.  The selection was the same as Kanata, except for the Korean Spiced Beef.  It was really good.

Farmboy Lunch.