Pizza Night from Papa Murphy's

Everytime I got lazy cooking at home, our favorite "replacement" for home-cooked meal is the "take and bake" pizza from Papa Murphy's in Albuquerque. My hubby calls for a pizza order reservation after he gets off work, and then passes by Papa Murphy's to get it, so he doesn't have to stay in line once he gets there. The best thing about " take and bake" pizzas is that you get to eat it at home, freshly baked from the oven, so it still feels like you cook it yourself and you get to eat it fresh and yummy!

We have our favorite kind of pizzas that we always order, it's either one of these two kinds most of the time: the chicken-bacon stuffed pizza or our own version of Hawaiian pizza which instead of the Canadian bacon,we have the grilled chicken with the pineapple on it.

So tonight is one of our pizza night not because I was lazy to cook,lol, but because we want to tone down a little on eating heavy meals from the holidays. We've been eating all those heavy, yummy, comfort foods so we opted to have a lighter meal tonight. So we ordered one of our faves, our Hawaiian version, lots of pineapple and grilled chicken slices on it topped with a lot of cheese ( can you believe it? I'm still drooling while writing this blog even if I ate a lot already, lol). So below you can see photos of the pizza before it was baked and after it was baked. Look so yummy doesn't it? I guarantee you, it is really yummy!:) Next time I'll post some photo of our other favorite stuffed pizza.

A Visit to Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant

Yesterday, my hubby treated us to a late lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant. I've been bugging him a week before in going to one. I haven't been to a Vietnamese restaurant before, that's why I wanted to see and know the difference between Filipino dishes and Vietnamese one. Since Philippines and Vietnam are in Asia, there could be a lot of similarities and there should be a difference, too. So at last my curiosity was put to rest yesterday.

We went to Saigon Vietnamese restaurant, one of the few Vietnamese resto in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of my friends told me about it and she said that they have very good grilled meat and it taste almost like the Filipino ones. So, I've googled some Vietnamese restaurant in town, and Saigon does have a very good review. So that's why I decided to choose this place.

We arrived at about 2 pm for a late lunch. There was just a few customers left after lunch time. We were greeted with a smile by one of the waitresses. She gave us cold water directly even before we ordered, which was very nice because my husband and son were already thirsty. It took us a while to choose what to order since it was our first time and we didn't know what is good. But I had read some reviews from other customers and they suggested some dish. I told my hubby to get the Rare Beef with Rice Noodle ( Pho Tai). And he told me to get a dish with fish, since he knows that I don't like fish, LOL! Just kidding! Being a Filipino, that's what I missed here most eating fresh caught fish. So I ordered the Steamed Bass with Rice Paper. And added some Tempura Prawns for appetizer and Avocado Shake with Tapioca.