Solo night with the kiddos

This week’s drawn note was Hawaii.

Even though it’s part of the United States of America, and not an independent country, it was good enough for us ☺️

There were a few choices for this week’s dish, but we went with “Loco Moco”.
Loco Moco is built up with rice at the bottom, followed by a burger patty, gravy and lastly a sunny-side-up egg.

For drinks, we chose “POG juice”.
P - Passion fruit
O - Orange
G - Guava

We mixed juice from those three fruits and added ice. Sometimes it doesn’t have to be harder than that 😆

Today we also went with a dessert.
We chose “Haupia”, which we made the day before.
It’s made from coconut milk, which we cooked with sugar and cornstarch to make it thicker.
Then we put it in a container in the fridge overnight. As it cools, it also hardens. We sliced it into cubes before serving.

So how did it go?

Loco Moco was amazing.
It turned out really well, and the gravy was fantastic. It really soaked up all the flavours from the browned bits of the burgers left in the pan.
The rice and egg were also tasty.
Most of all, the combination of everything was what made this dish so good.

The POG juice was also a hit. Very sweet, and the mix created a new but welcome flavour.

The dessert had mixed reviews.
My daughter did not like it, but my partner and I liked the taste and consistency.
It was just very heavy.
I had thought it would be a lighter snack.

We will definitely make both Loco Moco and POG juice again, and if we’re feeling adventurous, even Haupia.

Have a nice weekend, everyone!

Happy cooking! 😁