Anniversary!

It's hard to believe it's already been a year since we got married. This weekend we're going on a little trip to Fredricksburg to celebrate! Our plans are to hike Enchanted Rock and Inks Lake, and then go stroll the streets a little bit during Oktoberfest and grab some yummy German food.

I'm about to embark on a little foray into fancy Chinese cooking. Whenever we travel, my aunt always brings these delicious braised beef shank sandwiches with cilantro on a shao bing, so I decided that I would learn how to make them.

Even buying the right cut of meat was a trial. I naively thought that HEB would carry the right cut of beef shank, but theirs is already cut up into filets, and when I asked the butcher if he had any more, he went into the back and brought out the actual leg, shrink wraped, with skin, bone, and all. :P A trip to MT led me to what I was looking for, and now it's sitting in my refrigerator, silently mocking me.

I found this recipe that looks pretty good. We'll see how it turns out!
http://www.tastehongkong.com/recipes/stewed-beef-shank/