{"id":512,"date":"2015-03-09T02:28:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T09:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2015-03-09T02:28:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T09:28:44","slug":"valentines-day-dinner-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynejeng.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/09\/valentines-day-dinner-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day Dinner 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I figured Valentine’s Day was an excuse to cook food. (It’s more personalized than going out to some overpriced crowded restaurant, anyway.) Joy likes fish, and I had a good experience<\/a> with swordfish, so I figured I’d make her a grilled swordfish.<\/p>\n

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Let’s talk about the side salad first. If you haven’t figured out by now, my favorite formula for salad is greens, fruits, nuts, and cheese. In this case, I went with the same “spring mix” (whatever that is), sliced pears, chopped walnuts, and goat cheese, topped with a home-made raspberry vinaigrette. (By the way, if you think adding extra Dijon mustard to serve as an emulsifier is a good idea, you’re wrong. Trust me on this.)<\/p>\n

The swordfish (sourced from Uwajimaya) was rubbed with salt, pepper, olive oil, and chopped rosemary (because rosemary is the best herb). Joy prefers her fish cooked well-done, so in addition to searing the swordfish (2 minutes each side), I also popped it in the oven for 5 minutes at 425 F. As it turns out, when fully cooked, swordfish is actually quite flaky. Apparently, I’ve never taken swordfish all the way to fully cooked before. (Also, I need to re-season my cast iron grill pan.)<\/p>\n

If that V-Day dinner sounds easy, it’s because it was. (Then again, my idea of “easy” might be skewed, because I tend to make ridiculously labor-intensive things<\/a> for dinner parties.) Don’t tell Joy *insert smilie face here*<\/p>\n

While at Uwajimaya, I discovered a fruit of special mention.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it’s called ugly fruit. And it’s even uglier when you see it in person.<\/p>\n

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But on the inside, they’re really just really big tangerines. They were so big that Joy and I ended up not finishing them. (I ended up forgetting about them, and a week later, had to throw away moldy ugly fruits. Apparently, they get uglier.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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