Valentine's Day 2014 for Western and Chinese

Last Friday was the Valentine's day. However, my husband and I always believe that this day has been commercialised so we rarely go out and celebrate. Also, we both needed to work on that day. My husband agreed to cook me a valentine dinner on the following night.

Firstly, I would like to mention that my husband is just an OK cook. I didn't have a high expectation. When he was nearly finished cooking, I opened the first wine which we bought from Virgin. I then sat down at the table waiting for the meal to come. I didn't anticipate that he made the starter: smoked salmon with egg on toast. It seemed like a simple dish to make but it looked great!

Then, the main: oyster mushroom with risotto rice. I really could not believe that he chose to make vegetarian meal as he is a meat eater. He drizzled some lemon juice and tarragon on the risotto. It tasted really good. I even asked him for the recipe.

Last but not least, his famous dessert in the house: cherry cake. Hmm... this was the best dinner he had made since I married him. This meal was way better than eating at any of the restaurant!

(PS after all the food and drink, it's time to do some exercise. My work place organises a 'Pedometer Challenge'. The point is to fight against mental illness. The rule is to find 5 people to form a group. Then using this Pedometer to measure how much we walk. The team who walks the most will be the winner. I participate because I am carious to know how much I walk normally. Our group target is to walk ten thousands steps per person per day from today for two weeks. Could we achieve it?)

Updated 08/03: I didn't manage to walk ten thousands step per day, but some days I walked more than usual. So on average, I did it!

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