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Did a turducken for Thanksgiving this year. I pre-ordered from Big Lou’s Butcher Shop in Gastown. A turkey stuffed with a chicken then a duck then pork sausage. Sounds amazing right? I know!
I came up with my own marinade. Which consist of honey, soy sauce, lots of minced garlic, oyster sauce and hoisin sauce. I baked it at 375 for approximate 3 hours and basted every 30 mins. The Turducken was super moist especially with the duck fat. All the boys loved it. Personally, I thought it was weird to have all the different meats stuck together like that. If you like meat then this is an A+
We were treated to an extra special valentines this year. One of our good friends invited us over for a gourmet, homemade valentines dinner. My talented friend and her sister created this 5 course dinner that was ever so delicious and memorable. Great flavours and fresh ingredients. We were definitely spoiled from the 6 hour dinner. (thanks so much!)
pan-seared foie gras with toasted garlic baguette – potatoes cakes topped with slightly seared scallops - french onion soup with a flaky top – duck breast with a red wine reduction – “create your own” ice cream bowl (homemade chocolate cups)
On actual Valentines Day – We went and did the most romantic thing ever….eat fried chicken! Matt is lucky that I’m so easily satisfied =) I’ve heard good things about Zabu Chicken on Robson Street and decided that’s what I wanted. The atmosphere and the seating of this place is pretty good. But the best thing is the chicken! We ordered the Original Zabu Chicken which is a whole chicken fried then tossed in a sweet, soya sauce based sauce. The chicken was crispy and I like how you actually get a whole chicken instead of just the usual thighs and drumsticks. We also shared a tofu soup which was decent but much better at other Korean restaurants on the strip. I would definitely recommend this place if you are a fan of fried chicken.
During the trip the boys decided on doing an Iron Chef Night where all the boys would make a particular dish. I was a little worried at first, thinking that we wouldn’t end up with anything edible. However, it turned out to be Yummy-O! To keep it competitive the girls decided on an ingredient that had to be incorporated with each dish. Tomatoes it was!
Cream Tomato Pasta!
Tomatoes with Beef and Cheese!
This dish was actually made by one of the girls but we’ll give the boys credit!
BBQ-ing in the dark was indeed hard!
Great job marinating boys! Delicious!
Photos: Courtesy of Mable Lo
Happy Socks!
