Almost a year in Argentina

So here I am, it’s been a year and 10 months and yet I still can’t speak Spanish well enough. That is my fault because I didn’t have any more Spanish classes nor practiced my Spanish with people. However, I can converse now unlike before where I was just completely lost. So even if I can’t speak that much, I still think of it as a big improvement from not being able to speak at all.

Last week,  I celebrated my 2nd birthday. It’s quite a big difference from last year because it was just me and Fernando. I didn’t really have friends or know people. This year I had some guests over and I cooked Filipino food for them! I had to do it for two nights because our place was really small and we only have a limited number of chairs.

Im sure my guests found the dishes strange, specially  the Argentinian ones , but I would like to think they appreciated it. One thing which was such a winner was  the puto ( steamed buns ). They  were such a  huge hit indeed. I also made some sotanghon guisado, a very simple but good dish. The sotanghon, was made of rice noodles with ham, cabbage, green onions and carrots: )

On the first night , the main dish was baked chicken in olive oil with pepper and salt! I would love to do a fried chicken but people here are not really so fun of fried stuffs. It makes them really sick.  The second night was more traditional because the guests I had then wasn’t really that strict with their preferences, so I made them some Chicken Adobo!

Both nights were quite a success that they would like to do it again! So tomorrow I am having another set of guests over for some puto again and some creamed chicken curry!Oh I really love chicken curry but this version is closer to the Filipino one because its a lot more lighter it terms of the amount of spices, unlike the Indian version that I posted here which was very strong. Actually I think I like the cream one better : ) The difference between my version and the Filipino one is that im using regular cream as opposed to coconut milk. They sell it here too but its just way too expensive that I had to think of another way.

So as a conclusion, even if I feel like such an idiot and loser for not being able to speak in Spanish. This also the reason why Im not confident in applying for any job yet because I just feel ridiculous! On the positive side however, I was able to improve and learn how to create some really nice dishes. In a country where materials are limited and expensive , you are really force to be a little bit more creative. So cheers to that!!!

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