Savory Pandesal

 You know what? 

I miss it here. I miss writing my thoughts. I guess I will be posting as often as I can again.

By the way, I baked a Filipino bread infused with an American flavor and ingredients, and it was a hit with my regular diners (the mister, the boy, and the boy's brother from a different mother, Christian).

Around New Year the other year, we came to Showroom, a modern American casual restaurant in our town. One of their famous appetizers was this biscuit served with whipped butter and strawberry spread. 

... and OMG! It was to die for. In fact, we ordered two servings. 

Yesterday, I baked another batch of this pandesal inspired by the biscuit appetizer from Showroom. 

Thus, I called this recipe the Showroom Pandesal.

The mister and I had a piece this morning with our cafe latte. I toasted it perfectly this time, served with spreadable butter and strawberry preserve from my favorite local brand called McCutcheon's.

Lunch Date

I was ecstatic about our first lunch date since the pandemic began.

We had lunch with a very dear friend and our oldest friend (not in terms of his age) in America.

He's a friend and a former boss of the mister back in Cebu, Philippines. They were coworkers when the mister and I had only been married for a year, in early 1996.

We had planned to visit each other in May. Unfortunately, the mister and I went on a week-long out-of-state trip with the children.

We agreed to try a Thai restaurant that newly opened in April of this year. It's just a mile walk away from our house.

I loved the interior. It's eclectic.

The food were exactly as what was advertised, and it tasted so good as it looked!

Crispy Calamari

Steamed Dumpling

Crispy Pork

Crispy Tilapia

Spicy Eggplant

Crispy Banana

The prettiest sticky rice and mango that I've seen in my entire existence. I looked forward to this---love Sticky Rice so much.

It was the first dining experience here for our long time friend, Josh and he promised to come back.

Guess what?! We were there for 2 hours. So much catching up to do, and we're planning for another lunch date again, if our schedules permit. 
 

THAI MERIC EATERY & BAR - FREDERICK 

1170 W Patrick St Ste E 

Frederick, MD 21703 

(240) 651-0998 or (301) 228-9794 

eatery@thaimeric.com