It is monsooning like crazy here. <--video of the monsoon from my apartment


On another note, I had a cooking fail tonight. :(

I made a mushroom rigatoni bake which sounded so good in the recipe but it did not turn out well at all. I am thinking there are two reasons I didn't like the recipe. First of all, I am not too familiar with making a white cream sauce from scratch and the flour for the sauce never completely dissolved, possibly resulting in a weird flavor. Also, the recipe called for asiago cheese which is a very strong cheese and it is possible that I simply do not really like asiago cheese. Whatever it was, I did not like the taste of this dish and it made me sad. But I am determined to blog about it anyway because I am a learning chef! Below are pictures of my failed creation.
I need something happy in my mouth. Time for some icecream.