Pancit Sotanghon and Hidden Mickeys

Pancit is another one of those traditional Filipino dishes that you'll always find at some type of Filipino gathering (or potluck). My grandma use to make a huge pot of this stuff when our extended family got together. Sure do miss her pancit and the get-togethers we used to have at her cabrillo house.





Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts sliced into strips

1/2 lb. peeled shrimp

16 oz pkg of Sotanghon noodles(Mung Bean Thread noodles)

2 cups chicken broth

6 garlic cloves minced

1 medium onion chopped

1 large carrot cut into matchsticks
1/4 head of cabbage shredded

1/4 c. olive oil

salt (or soy sauce) and pepper to taste

lemon wedges

Directions:

Soak the Sotanghon noodles in warm water (for about 10 mins)

Saute garlic and onion in the olive oil until tender

Add chicken and shrimp, stir frying until chicken is no longer pink

Add carrots and cook for about 2 minutes

Add chicken broth and bring to a boil

Drain the sotanghon noodles that have been sitting in the warm water

Lower heat, stir in the sotanghon noodles, add the shredded cabbage, and let simmer for about 10 mins (the noodles should soak up the liquid)

Serve with lemon wedges

Some folks stir in "fish sauce" or patice to get that good 'ol filipino stinky fishy flavor. Some also like to sprinkle chopped green onions on top.

That's it! Enjoy!

Hidden Mickeys

For those of you that don't know what hidden mickey's are, they are mickey mouse head shapes that the disney imagineers cleverly placed (or hid) throughout the disney resorts and parks (e.g. ). Click here for a nice hidden mickey detailed description: What is a Hidden Mickey?.

Back in 1996, the Alvarez clan met up in Disneyland during Christmas week (one of the most joyful trips we've had with the extended family btw... :). In preparation for that trip, i printed out all i could find on hidden mickeys and the clan had a blast looking for them while we were there. My sister Cindy even found a new one (at the time) while we were waiting in the queue line for the Toontown Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin ride, so we logged it on the HiddenMickeys.Org site.

I'm sure most folks familiar with Disneyland and hidden mickeys have seen this one while traversing the queue line of one of the major attractions:


The above shot was found at the hiddenmickeys.org site, which is a great reference for finding hidden mickeys at all the Disney Parks & Resorts. Another site that's a good reference and where you can also purchace a guide is hiddenmickeysguide.com.

The Disney Blog recently put up an article about hidden mickeys and folks left them comments about where to find others. Here's a hidden mickey video from that article:


Here's a youtube video from a person that bought a hidden mickey book and took pictures of the actual hidden mickey's described in the book:


Next time you hit a Disney Park, I hope you take a stab at finding some hidden mickeys with as much fun as others have had finding 'em!

This has nothing to do with hidden mickeys or pancit but... i think it's cool (haha... random):