mexican style rigatoni and failed attempt on bagels

have you ever had those random midnight cravings that you can’t seem to brush off? and if you ignore it, it will still be there in the morning? it’s mexican food for me and shawn. may it be carne asada fries from adalberto’s, or just about anything from taco bell. jack in the box is not safe either. but as i have said it’s mostly mexican food, and once that craving sets it, it’s time to stock up on gas-x. last night, while the whites were in the dryer ( shawn did the laundry, isn’t he sweet?) i got hungry. i realized that we didn’t really eat that much that day. i was supposed to eat the bagels i made the day before, but they became so dry and had this weird texture. i was supposed to post it, but it was a failure. but then again, lemme just show it to you.

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poached eggs on toast with creamy gravy

so me and shawn woke up late today because we took nyquil at around 6am, what an awesome idea, right?! we were coughing so much people.
even if we started out day late, i still wanted to have something breakfast-y to eat at 2 pm, again, i know. i thought of making poached eggs, so i asked him if he wanted eggs and he eagerly said yes. and then he asked me, “are you gonna take pictures?”, and i said yes. he told me that he was going to ask me that from now on since we started this blog, which i found so cute. i have been taking pictures of the stuff i eat for the longest time, and i never had a purpose for it. most of those pictures are just somewhere in my computer collecting… uhhhh… well, it’s somewhere in my hard drive.
i have been debating with myself (crazy?!, yes), if i should really post this or not, but then i remembered something. last december, when i was at my cousin’s house in hayward, i asked her what she wanted for breakfast and she told me whatever. so, i asked her, “did you want poached eggs?”, and she asked me “what is that?!”, and i was surprised that she haven’t had poached eggs… ever. so, i explained it to her on how easy to make it was and how delicious the results will be. she got excited after i told her all about it.
i am not being a snob towards those people who haven’t had or doesn’t know what poached eggs are. i just feel bad that they have been deprived of something so good (okay, i am getting very dramatic, very dramatic).
when i first made poached eggs, it was a total disaster. i didn’t follow any guide on making it. i just remembered how it looked like and tried to figure out how to do it. that was a very bad idea. when i cracked the egg into the pot with boiling water, that’s where everything fell apart. the egg looked like cirrus clouds in the water and i didn’t know what to do, i tried stirring it to make it all go to the center but on the process i broke the yolk. i gave up after that. then i saw what to do on food network and i wanted to do it again. with the tips i gathered from food network, the poached egg i made, perfect! i was so happy, the poached i made looked like i have been doing it in forever. thank you food network.

poached eggs are good on anything under the sun, maybe even sand, but i wouldn’t try it. i’m just saying, it is damn good. you seriously need to try it. the one i did for this post is poached eggs on toast with creamy gravy poured all over it. yes, fat heaven’s calling.

i should’ve taken pictures of every step but it was really hard. as much as i wanted to document every moment of it, i wanted to get out of the kitchen because it was so hot, and the outside temperature ain’t helping at all. it’s freakin’ 102 degrees today.
okay let me tell you how to do it before i melt away in this weather.

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bananas foster

how else can i start this blog, but to kick off with a dessert. it should tell you something about me. i love them, and i know that it shows too. i have a little bit of obsession with bananas, i know what you’re thinking, nasties! but no, i really do. may it be banana bread, banana cookies, or those sweet and savory filipino food with banana. i remember that little shack that i used to go to in high school for lunch. they serve this bomb ass beef and banana with sweet sauce and that is served on top of a lot of rice. ooohhh.. so good. i miss those days. okay before i talk about my days in high school, let me get back to the picture i posted on top of this entry. that is bananas foster on top of chocolate chip ice cream. i don’t like chocolate chip ice cream very much, but i have to make do with what my mom bought. i just leave those little chips on the bowl.
i started making this dessert last summer, and i got quite addicted to it actually. i was eating it almost everyday. sometimes, twice a day. i know, i know, but i can’t help it, i was still trying out different recipes. so i had to make different ones. and since no one likes them very much here at home, i assigned myself to finish everything because i hate leftover and food thrown away.
i found out about this recipe when i was watching paula deen on food network, and i was like, “that looks so good, and i have to do that thing, and be on tv and be friends with paula”. then, i realized what i just said, and i sounded a little bit crazy, but whatever, shawn’s used to it.

sometimes i think that paula deen and ina garten are talking to me from tv telling me to cook what they’re doing (oh my, did i just type that?!). one other thing that got me attracted to this, is that you set this thing on fire, and it reminds me of those times when i ate at benihana, when they set stuff fire in from of you, that never got old for me. so what do i do? i do the same thing at home, but on a smaller scale. i don’t want to burn out house down, like that time when i was around 12 or 13, when brownouts in manila (blackouts for you guys here in the states) are very, very prevalent (8 hours of no electricity is a normal thing for years) and candles are our best friend. so, what happened was i accidentally hit the candle on the shelf, and it hit the cutain, and voila! FIRE! good thing my dad and out neighbors got to it and it was put out before the wall was on fire ( we didn’t have a fire extinguisher, as if you do at your house). so that was an experience. now that i am older, i am more careful. i don’t set my food on that big of a fire, at least i try not to.

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