Sour Cream Fries

This afternoon found me looking for a small reward for getting myself out of the house for something productive — getting a haircut.

Instantly I thought of my fill of my Food-of-the-Month: a Cappucino McFlurry from McDonald’s. However, as I stood in line for my 30-peso delight, my eyes drifted to the menu plastered on the ceiling behind the counter.

Try the new McShaker Fries! In Sour cream or Chili Cheese! Only 42 pesos.

Being a sour cream-on-anything fan, I decided to try it out. The fries were placed in a paper bag, and I was given a packet of the sour cream powder. After shaking the bag with the powder, I was delighted to see that the powder evenly coated each fry, with the ones at the bottom getting more than the others, since the powder had more time to stick to them.

Rewarded I was, with a full 10 minutes of palate pleasure. The powder was really sour, not justin small measure, but truly tongue-watering sour. The salt content was negligible. This is the way (powdered) sour cream should be done.

Now, will McDonald’s come out with the real sour cream?

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Moments like this afternoon remind me that amid the chaos of everyday, in between work and more work, beyond the momentary preoccupation of the tired worker, there lie experiences waiting to be relished. Maybe it’s not a pack of french fries. Maybe doesn’t have anything to do with food.

Maybe it’s simple conversation. A walk in the park. An unexpected opportunity to be more of a friend to others.

As John Mayer put it: I am bigger than my body gives me credit for. Live!

Yoghurt ice cream

Yoh-gürt Froz, Tomas Morato Ave, QC

(right in front of Office Warehouse)

This frozen yoghurt kiosk opened about a week ago and tonight I got my taste.

Much like the BTIC line of yoghurt ice cream, Yog-ghürt Froz offers a healthy alternative to ice cream. One chooses from an array of mix-ins that are blended into the yoghurt. They are then served in cones or cups.

The good: It's healthy; it boasts of a wide range of benefits that include better digestion and nutrition. The consistency keeps well, though I'd really not know, since I eat my ice cream (or any food for that matter) more quickly than most people.

The bad: It's a bit pricey: a large cup (no bigger than a standard McDonald's ice cream sundae) costs PhP 90 already. And, they don't sell pints.

The store is still in soft-opening, so there's still more room for improvement. I definitely recommend this for people who are watching their weight but still crave for frozen delights.

Unhurried Rating: (4.5)

Training

As part of my "house-band training", I decided to try my hand at preparing breakfast for my girlfriend fiancé. The sole item on the menu was a simple corned beef recipe, paired with rice. The rice was cooked the previous night, hence there was no preparation involved. As for the corned beef, well…

the cooking actually went better than I expected. Even half-asleep I did a pretty good job, I think. I chopped the onions right; I remembered to put in the garlic; I broke two eggs without pieces of the shell going into the bowl; I cooked the meat well enough.

All in all, it was a good experience. The icing on the cake? We arrived in school early.

According to my fiancé, the corned beef would've been better had I let the eggs dry up and leave the corned beef flaky. (Yum)

had a happy meal lately?

about a week ago i learned a new lesson: happy meals don't come with toys anymore.

ever since i was a kid, a happy meal meant a trip to mcdonald's, getting a burger and a coke, and the latest toy. as i grew older, happy meals weren't so happy anymore (primarily because i wasn't a kid anymore, hence the uselessness of the toy).

little did i realize that i'd come across another type of happy meal. note: a happy meal, not the happy meal.

how much would this cost?

asado siopao (2 pcs)

bola-bola siopao (2 pcs)

hakao

pork siomai

shark's fin dumpling

pork tausi on rice

three coke lights

and a whole lot of chili garlic

just a little over four hundred bucks, baby. that's barely $8.

after that meal at le ching, i felt bloated, but happy.

now i know that happy meals don't come with toys anymore. they come with chili garlic.