Skydreamer Eats: Korean Soy garlic chicken

One of my fastfood guilty pleasures is Bon Chon's soy garlic chicken. I love it so much, that I researched online how to make it. At first, I used Mccormick's ready made Korean soy garlic mix. It was ridiculously easy to do, but tasted nothing like Bon Chon or Chosun Chicken (that Korean place in Mango).

So I searched around the net and found a relatively easy recipe from James Strange:

I asked my husband to cook for us since he's better at it than me. One of the ingredients listed is mirin, which is a form of Japanese rice wine, but has less alcohol than sake (definition from Wiktionary). Since we couldn't find it here, hubby substituted it with apple cider vinegar; we followed everything else in the video. Also, we used Kikkoman soy sauce. 

Here's the finished product:




Korean Soy Garlic Chicken

 

So, how was the chicken? I'd have to say that the homemade version is a lot better in taste, and although our chicken wasn't as crispy (even though we deep fried them twice), the meat was definitely more tender and juicier than Bon Chon's. I love our family's version and we make a batch of this at least once a month.

Try it, and let me know what you think! :D

Skydreamer dines in Cebu: Vanille Cafe and Patisserie

Happy Mother's Day to my mom and to all the mothers out there!

To celebrate that, I have a special post about french macarons. After all, who doesn't like to have a taste of la vie Parisienne?

I first tasted these delicate sweets a couple years back and although I feel like it's too sweet sometimes and a bit on the expensive side, I still get a couple of macarons every now and then.

In Cebu, I love Vanille's hazelnut and pistachio macarons. I take them with coffee to balance the sweetness. It's also great with hot tea.




Hot Cafe Mocha with hazelnut and pistachio macarons

  Vanille Patisserie Information:

They have a branch in SM Northwing
and a stall in Ayala Center Cebu
Facebook Page: Vanille

My Face Deconstructed

I don't normally do a beauty post, but that doesn't mean I don't love makeup. So just for today, humor me while I interrupt my usual foodie post with this:

Products I used last night

Face:

The Body Shop Extra Virgin Minerals in Rose Ivory

Human Nature Perfect Coverage Mineral Foundation in caramel

Eyes:

Elf Eyelid Primer in Sheer

Milani double impact blush coffee n cream 03

Chanel Quad Eyeshadow

LA Girls Fineline Liquid Eyeliner

Tarte Lights Camera Lashes

Cheeks:

Human Nature Mineral Blush in Petal Bloom

Rimmel Mono Eyeshadow in Spun Gold

Lips:

Avon Extra Lasting in Always Rose

Maybelline Colorsensational in Summer Sunset