Here is what I wanted to cook:
Here is what I ended up with:
Closeup:
1st attempt - failed. When I was looking through the recipe this past Saturday, I somehow figured it was okay to leave out the most important part of the dish (at least my favorite)...the dried shrimp/chili/etc paste. For some reason, when I saw that part, I thought that the Belacan would be good enough. I was totally wrong.
Overall, it was not a bad attempt. It was edible but definitely not KangKung Belacan.
Lessons Learned:
-I need to make the dried shrimp/chili paste
-I need to cut the vegetable into more pieces
-Gotta figure out how to not burn the garlic as easily
Since H is a meat eater, I decided to drop by chinatown and pick up some roast duck to complete the meal. I bought it from that corner restaurant on baxter and canal street.
I was fairly disappointed with the duck. It was kinda oily and the meat wasn't that good. H said they gave me the crappy part of the duck because I ordered in English. Maybe, maybe not. I've had worst duck before but I don't think I will be heading back to this place. (1/2 duck was $9)
Lastly, I finished my dinner with some frozen blueberries. Yummy! According to H, it's much better than ice cream.
This meal left feeling very unsatisfied. I ended snacking on some chips and cheese dip. The cheese dip expired in Dec but I ate it anyway. Sad right? :P
