Menu for the Week 002

It was my birthday this week so I made a lot of food. It's been a little bit hectic for me but it's all good it's better to be busy than to do nothing at all and watch the days go by...
Here's our menu for the week:
Steamed Shrimps:


Adobong Alimango (Stewed Crabs):


It's my birthday week so I made a few dishes that are my favorites and reminded me of dishes that my mom prepared at home. So I steamed some shrimps and prepared Adobong Alimango. It's been ages since I had these dishes. Mr. L doesn't eat either of these dishes so I only got a few shrimps and crabs since I know that these dishes will all be for my personal consumption. Anyway, yay! The crabs weren't as big though as the ones that are sold in Manila. They were really tiny but oh so good. This was my first time to prepare both dishes. Oh my what a treat! Truly worth it. When Mr. L went away for a night this week for a business trip I even ate my shrimps with bagoong but I made sure that I opened all the windows and left the vent in the kitchen open and lit a lot of scented candles to make sure I didn't stink up our house and to ensure that I don't hear any complaints from our neighbors lol. At syempre nagkamay ako (I ate with my bare hands)! Mr. L was laughing on my birthday night as I was devouring my shrimps and crabs! It was almost like he was watching a savage eat lol!

I also prepared pork ribs since the ribs were on sale a couple of weeks back at Shop Rite (2 racks of ribs for $10). So I halved it and made these...
Korean Barbecued Spare Ribs:

This has been our favorite. I usually make this when we have ribs.
Spare Ribs with Black Beans:

This was our first time to try this recipe. I think we were suppose to use Chinese Salted Black Beans for this but we couldn't find one so we decided to use regular black beans. It still tasted good though. It would've probably tasted better if we had used those Chinese Salted Black Beans.

I also made Chinese Vegetables with Mushrooms and Oyster Sauce:


And of course I made Pancit Canton:

It has always been a Filipino tradition to serve noodles (any kind of noodles like spaghetti or vermicelli) on your birthday to symbolize long life. And you always have to make sure that you don't cut or half the noodles since it characterizes the length of your life. I know it all sounds too funny but I believe it anyway. I have nothing to lose if I don't :)