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Friday night be and i went to his parents' house in Douglaston for xmas festivities. Noteworthy food items consumed were mini quiche, assorted Spanish olives, cucumbers with dill in yogurt, yellow rice, Parisi bread, curtido and iced pound cake with fruit. Our two gifts from "Santa" were a box of chocolates and a fondue cheese & chocolate set. One of our gifts (from a real person, not a fake white guy) included a box of Godiva hot chocolate powder. I suspect everyone in Eastern Queens thinks i'm addicted to chocolate -- and they're not wrong!

Saturday was xmas at my parents' house. Growing up, we never did an official fancy dinner or had extended family and friends over. Xmas is really just a non-religious affair where we exchange presents and have the day off. Food-wise, my brother gave me a copy of The Vegetarian Table: Japan and one of the cast iron corn stick pans i requested. Later in the day, my mom made multiple dishes for dinner which included: stir-fried shrimp and pan-fried breaded Tilapia fish for be (his favorites), sauteed spinach, peas, stir-fried mushrooms and tofu and julienned assorted vegetables, plus steak for my brother (who hates seafood and mushrooms). My mom is such a great cook! She makes the best fried tofu; no matter how many times i watch her or attempt to recreate it, it's just not the same. In addition to all the food she made, we also gorged on yummy pears, mangoes, clementines, cookies and of course chocolate candies.

I'm not sure of the plan tomorrow, but i suspect my mom wants to have dim sum. I want to make a trip to Grand Mart, which is my favorite supermarket in the world. Imagine a huge, multi-ethnic, amazing-selection-of-produce store, where you can get the rare El Yucateco XXXtra Hot Mayan Style hot sauce (11,600 Scoville units! Compare to Tabasco at 2,500-5,000.), 5 different kinds of eggplant, fresh tofu, 10 kinds of white cheeses, countless kinds of rice, pita and kimchee all under one roof. I haven't been to Super H Mart but i hear that's good too. This article goes into a little background about the various supermarkets around DC.

posted by beXn @ 2:08 AM