It's been a busy week!

This has been a really busy week at work, but I still managed to cook a lot!  It's relaxing to just focus on chopping and stirring and washing when I cook and not stress about what's bothering me at work too much.  And there are tasty things that come out at the end!

Monday dinner: sort of Japanese?

Rice
Soy simmered bamboo shoots + minced chicken,
Stir fried celery with a dash of sesame oil and soy sauce and chili peppers
Meyer lemon grated carrot slaw
Steamed egg with ground pork.

Wednesday dinner: Blue Apron meals at a friend's place in Palo Alto.
Triple Pork Ramen with roasted garlic and pea shoots
Piri-Piri Chicken with Coconut smashed plantains and stewed collard greens

Friday dinner:  sort of Korean?
Simple Bulgogi marinade for beef with soy sauce, sugar, garlic and green onions. 
Carrot and potato stir fry with sesame oil and green onions
Spinach

I wanted to go out and try a new dessert place after dinner (there always seem to be more and more dessert places opening up around here) so we went to one called La Terra Bakery and Cafe.  Yelp told me they have different pastries and breads and cakes, as well as ice cream, coffee, and shaved ice!  I was overwhelmed with too many options.  So I decided on the mango compote and coconut condensed milk shaved ice, which apparently comes in frappuccino sized cups, so I had to very carefully eat it with a spoon.  The mango compote was ridiculous good!  I think they stewed the mangos with sugar and maybe some citrus to give it such a nice flavor.

Saturday: we had friends over for lunch and grilled some chicken with sumac and lime, zucchini and bell peppers, and one of them brought paneer tikka kebabs!  The others who live in SF brought over Bi-Rite ice cream (YAY!)  Clearly we were too hungry or the food was too good, but I didn't even think about taking pictures!

Sunday dinner: let's try making Burmese food again!
Tofu (instead of paneer) in tomato sauce with shallots, green onions, cilantro, and I added peas, peanuts and lime over rice noodles.

Tired and a bit sore from biking up Old La Honda to Skyline today.  Good night!