More Experiment

The beauty about working at home is that I get to experiment cooking lunch. Hmmm, I may be unemployed (or a more appropriate term: unsalaried) -- but I still have a stack of journal articles to read in order to finish my two manuscripts. There's some experiments waiting for me in the lab but I had impressed on my mentors I can't (and won't) do it until I complete my write-up (and since I've graduated and I'm "unsalaried" I don't think they can pressure me into it, hahaha). But I'm digressing.

I discovered Thai food several years ago and Pad Thai has been a favorite. I watched Alton Brown make it in Good Eats -- and I knew I will never be able to make it from scratch! (Perhaps I can attempt when I have my own kitchen -- the operative word here is "my"). I actually found it a little odd that he used thin rice noodles -- I've never seen Pad Thai that way. Nevertheless, that inspired me to try out the ready-made sauce packet I recently discovered. Unlike the boxed Pad Thai (which tasted like such -- a chewy carton), this requires me to get the noodles and the meat (I chose shrimp, of course). It also allows me to add some more fresh ingredients: lime juice, freshly ground peanuts, chopped green onions. Not bad.

Which reminds me of the time that my college couple-friends were in town and we were all craving for Thai Food. Joel suggested: How about Arun's? It was supposedly cited as a must from a book about 1000 places to see before you die (or something to that effect). I smirked, Ha! I wasn't in the mood to dish out $85 bucks for dinner. Jeejay and I dared him to call the restaurant and ask if we can just have a take-out Pad Thai.

Of course we ended up just hanging out at his tita's house and eating pinoy food.