Thai fried cashew with chicken dinner

For dinner, I put together a delicious dish of fried cashew with chicken using my trusty cook book from Baan Thai cooking school in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

1 smallish chicken breast, sliced thin
1/4 C raw cashews
~1 1/2 C oyster mushrooms, torn in strips
3 baby corns (or a small carrot)
1/2 large onion
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 small bell pepper
1 green onion
1/2 t fish sauce
2 T oyster sauce
1 t sugar
2 T peanut oil

Heat the oil in the wok (er, pan) and fry the cashews until cooked, then remove. Add the garlic and chicken and mix it until the chicken is cooked. Add the onion and bell pepper, and cook for a few minutes. Add the mushrooms and corn. When cooked, add the fish sauce, oyster sauce and sugar, and mix together. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the green onion and cashews. Serve over rice. I like to dribble sriracha on top for some heat.

Best... tacos... ever

I say a lot of things are the best ever, especially tacos, and I got what I wanted in Los Barriles. The guys and I pulled up to a little home front taqueria-- two tables with chairs and a counter with some stools-- and were greeted by a large, smiling hostess who took our orders and went inside to cook. The fish was fresh and delicious, deep fried in a light batter, served on homemade corn tortillas. With the tacos came two salsas (verde and chipotle), a bowl of grilled jalapenos and onions, and fresh cabbage, cucumber, and limes. "Prefecto" was uttered more than once during lunch.

¡Viva Mexico!

Sorry for not posting lately, but work was rough and I took last week off to travel to los cabos in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Unfortunately my digital camera took on water during a fishing trip, so I don't have pics of tasty plates like I'd like to, but pics will come later.

We spent most of our time around Los Barriles, staying at Martin Verdugo's Beach Resort. We also spent a night at Hotel Punta Colorada the eve of our big fishing trip-- 8 tuna, 5 red snapper, and a 100 lb marlin. The marlin and one of the tuna went back in, and we had three of the tuna and two of the snapper filleted and flash-frozen-- there will be pics of cooked fish on this page soon enough.