Long weekend at Subic

We spent last week's long weekend at Subic and we went there via SCTex- a really impressive highway. The highlight of the trip was our afternoon at Ocean Adventure.

The fun is in trying :)

Here is a video of Trixie trying to pump a balloon. Trix, try and try until you succeed... well, even if she didn't really succeed in making a huge balloon, she had loads of fun trying.

Chicken Teriyaki

Here's another winner recipe for chicken teriyaki.  I got the recipe from Pinoy Cook, but I added some elements to our liking.   This is one satisfying meal; next time, we will try grilling the chicken instead of frying it in a pan.

Chicken Teriyaki
(Serves 3)


Ingredients:
About 400g chicken thigh fillets, skin-on
1/4 c light soy sauce
1/4 c of mirin (sweet rice wine)
1/4 c of sake
2 Tbsps. sugar
Ginger strips
Cornstarch Slurry (1 Tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1 Tbsp cold water)
Toasted sesame seeds (I did this in the oven toaster.)


Procedure:
Combine soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar then marinade the chicken fillets for several hours in the fridge.  (I did it in three hours and it was enough.)  Drain the fillets and save the marinade.
Add oil to a pan and when hot, add the ginger stips until fragrant.  Add the chicken pieces with the skin side down and fry until brown, then flip to the other side.  Drain excess oil if necessary.   Add the marinade and simmer until chicken is cooked through.  Remove chicken pieces from the pan (leaving the sauce in the pan) and cut into slices.  Put the chicken on top of hot rice. 
Let the remaining sauce in the pan boil then add the cornstarch slurry and cook until the mixture thickens.  Lower the heat to prevent the sauce from boiling over.  Pour the teriyaki sauce on top of the chicken slices then top with toasted sesame seeds.


Tip:  Save remaining teriyaki sauce for another dish; i.e. Pan-seared/ Baked Salmon with Teriyaki Sauce (Yum-yum!  Will do this soon.)

Silly Faces

After dinner, Trix was in such a happy mood so we took these photos of her making silly faces.