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Noodles!

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On this segment of “Cooking” with Victoria, I show you how I don’t really cook!

On September 10th, I decided to try some new ramen that I bought at a magnificent store called, Tang Frères. (Interesting observation: In America, people would hear my last name, Tang, and make some sort of “witty” reference to the orange juice drink, Tang. But here in Paris, people make “witty” remarks about my “relation” to the store Tang Frères.)

This ramen is a special kind of ramen. It’s Pad Thai! ramen-ified. Verdict: does not really taste like Pad Thai and is lacking the vibrancy of the actual dish, but still tasteful as is. And very very spicy. So, I went out and bought myself a few more packs.

Ramen Pad Thai

Then, on September 11th, I had another ready-to-eat bowl of noodles, this time, French version! Tagliatelles à la bolognaise. It was okay, but I’m not THAT big of a fan of tomato-y sauce things (aside from lasagna). Hm, that makes me wonder why, if I already know that I don’t like tomato sauce that much, why do I keep buying so many tomato-based sauces and food? Something is not clicking in my brain when I shop.

Tagliatelles à la bolognaise

Trying to get rid of food in my fridge

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September 9th:

Rice again, except this time, I was just trying to get rid of food in my fridge, namely vegetables and eggs. (Eggs, I had way too many, but zucchini, I was scared that it would go bad soon. Veggies here don’t last long.) I fried zucchini and an egg. And I might have also put soy sauce in the dish. Then, I mashed the egg and mixed everything together. Simple, but delicious!

Frying an egg

Rice with zucchini and egg

Later that day, I still needed to get rid of more zucchini (I need to learn to control my food shopping habits) as well as some yummy smoked cheese from Holland that I still hadn’t opened after receiving it almost a month ago. On a whim, I decided to slice pieces of zucchini and equally-sized pieces of cheese and put them together. The end-product: the easiest snack I’d ever created, but also the healthiest and tastiest. Score.

Chopping veggies and cheese

Zucchini & cheese

Packaged and all ready to go for school snack tomorrow!

Holy cow!

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September 8. Remember when I said I have zero cooking skills? Well, look what I made! Grilled basse-côte de Charolais beef with stir-fried green beans on the side. I don’t even like vegetables! Back in NY, I never ate vegetables at home. My roommate Cali did not believe me when I first said that because for the first two weeks living together, I was eating a slew of vegetables everyday. I looked vegetable-crazy! In all honesty, I was trying to be healthier, but on a shopping spree with my relatives here in Paris, my “great-grandmother” kind of cornered me into buying tons of fruits and vegetables. Not wanting to waste food and trying to turn over to a new, healthier leaf, I stuffed myself.

Feast your eyes on this beauty!

Basse-côte de CharolaisTo this day, I still think back to this magnificent creation of mine. Never having cooked before, seeing the end product was so exciting. (Hence, why I even have a category of posts dedicated to my cooking. It’s all an adventure, living abroad.) Not to brag or anything, but I even got Cali to eat this! And she NEVER eats vegetables. (Well, at the time she didn’t. Now she does every now and then. Actually, probably more than me…)

Oh, by the way, if you haven’t checked out my friend/roommate Cali’s blog, here it is: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/calip/

The evolution of my ramen

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Watch as my ramen gets fancier.

My dinner on September 6.

Chapagetti with veggiesSeptember 7. My lunch, prepared with then-new friend, Ariel. Stir-fried broccoli, carrots, and zucchini with Chapagetti. Why so many vegetables stuffed in one bowl? Because veggies here rot so quickly. I had too many. My broccoli head was yellowing. I panicked. Didn’t know what to do. So, I stuffed them all in one meal. Yay health!

Very fancy Chapagetti

September 2nd, meal of the day

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A fancy schmancy salad consisting of lettuce (laitue), knacks d’Alsace, shredded carrots, and melted brie cheese. Oh là là.

Fancy salad

And here is a variation of the salad (no carrots or brie, but with a brioche roll and Belin Chipsters) that I had for lunch the next day. I felt so proud of myself for bringing a homemade lunch to class! I’d already settled myself in Paris.

Fancy salad v.2