Messy Report

There are reasons why one should not eat lunch at their desk. If you can't tell, I have tomatoe sauce splatter all over a financial report. Ops.

What's For Lunch?

Barbecue pork that my Dad made before he left for China, Chinese green vegetables grown in my maternal grandparent's backyard, and of course, rice. It was all very delicious. Especially the pork.

What's For Lunch?

I've been really slacking on blogging- sadly, nothing really interesting going on right now. I'll fill up space with a picture of my lunch today:

Roasted pork belly, broccoli heart, rice, and an apple. I'm not a big fan of pork belly because of how fatty it is and I mostly dislike it because my paternal grandmother's favorite food is pork belly. She had a massive heart attack a few years ago and in my head, I contribute it to that.

Either way, bon apetit!

What's For Lunch? Leftovers...

I was pretty hungry for lunch today because all I had for breakfast was three pieces of pig stomach in a brothy soup, supposedly really good for my health. By noon, I felt like all I had was water. I was really excited for lunch because I had roasted duck.

Then, I remembered that my mom said we were all out of good vegs and only had carrots left. I requested them raw because I HATE steamed carrots. They are too sweet and mushy. She steamed them anyway. It was not good. The only time I like cooked carrots are if they have been stewed with a big hunk of meat or thinly sliced in a stir fry.

I ate the carrots first so I could save the best (best being the duck and rice) for last. To my surprise, it was a tease! Under the duck, there was braised pork belly! Granted I like pork belly, but I realized today that I get whatever is the last of anything that is left from their lunches or dinners. Which explains why I only had two pieces of duck and two pieces of pork belly. And of course, the last of any vegetable in our crisper, too sweet carrots.

Hungry, Hungry, Panda

I fell asleep after work yesterday and woke up around 8:30pm. It was too late for dinner so I just read my book and played around until I was sleepy again. This meant the last time I ate was yesterday's lunch. By lunch time at work today, I was starving so I was pretty excited to see what was for lunch: rice, mushroom, and shrimp in a soy sauce type sauce. Although the coloring is not very good. It was pretty tasty. Or it could have been I was just a really hungry hungry panda.

What's For Lunch?

Today's menu consisted of roasted duck, broccoli, and rice. The coloring does not look too good. My broccoli was very mushy. But the rice and duck was tasty.

What's For Lunch?

When I was a kid, my mother never packed my lunch for school. Now that I moved home after college and am totally capable of packing my own lunch, my mother decides its time for her to start packing my lunch. Thus, she wakes up at 6am every morning. I told her to just make it the night before so I can microwave, but she thinks microwaving is bad for my health. So she packs things into my little Asian lunch box that keeps things hot for a few hours. It looks like a thermos, but inside there are three circular boxes that can hold about 8-10 oz of food. Perfect serving size.

Another note would be that my mom is a terrible cook, whereas my dad is an amazing chef, so why she ended up making my lunch, I'll never know. Sometimes though, my dad will cook my lunch at night and then my mom will reheat it on the stovetop (rather than have me microwave it). Those days, my lunches are usually delicious. It would be chow fun, roast duck, or some other yummy concoction. However, on the days when my mom makes it herself, this is what I get:

Rice, some type of green veg (I'm not sure what kind, something Asian), and bbq pork with scrambled eggs. I mean it wasn't bad, but its not as good as if my dad made it. But free lunches with no work, I shouldn't complain. She also packs me two servings of fruit. Today, I have grapes and an Asian pear.

I definitely eat healthier since my mom makes sure I get fruit and vegetables and I'm usually not hungry by the time I get home for dinner because I had a full lunch and all that fruit. If I ever find a house to buy and move out (hopefully before the end of 2009), I will miss the free lunches.