#spring dinner

[elishalim]

Main Dishes - Halibut Cheeks with Ginger Orange Sauce

Cooking halibut cheeks is incredibly simple and delicious. In this dish, they are pan-seared and accompanied by a zingy orange sauce seasoned with Asian flavors. Excellent with jasmine rice and asparagus for a flavorful and light spring meal.

#tablespoon soy sauce #jasmine rice #ginger orange sauce #sauce #halibut cheeks #spring dinner

[mariorossello]

Recipe for Halibut Cheeks with Ginger Orange Sauce Halibut cheeks are really delicious and super easy to cook. Here they are pan-seared and served with a zingy orange sauce with Asian seasonings. Great with asparagus and jasmine rice for a light and tasty spring dinner.

#spring dinner #recipe #ginger orange sauce #asparagus #halibut cheeks #main dishes #sauce

[awhiteworkshop]

Asparagus and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Breasts Skinless, boneless chicken breasts are pounded thin, rolled around fresh spears of asparagus with mozzarella cheese, and baked for an easy spring dinner that's ready in less than an hour.

#potatoes #spring dinner #asparagus #mozzarella cheese #rice

[rememberdiana]

Halibut Cheeks with Ginger Orange Sauce Halibut cheeks are really delicious and super easy to cook. Here they are pan-seared and served with a zingy orange sauce with Asian seasonings. Great with asparagus and jasmine rice for a light and tasty spring dinner. 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 1/4 cup fresh orange juice, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, 1 clove garlic minced, 4 halibut cheeks, 2 teaspoons minced fresh cilantro, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root

#sauce #spring dinner #seasonings #asian #jasmine rice #ginger orange sauce

[elasticgirlsims]

Tart Lemon Triangles Recipe Lemon bars with both lemon juice and lemon zest, baked in a pie plate. Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries, if desired.

#sprig #lemon zest #spring dinner #lemon juice #pie plate

[stairwaytoparis]

Asparagus and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipe Skinless, boneless chicken breasts are pounded thin, rolled around fresh spears of asparagus with mozzarella cheese, and baked for an easy spring dinner that's ready in less than an hour. 2 large skinless boneless chicken breast halves, salt and black pepper to taste, 1/4 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs, 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese divided, 8 asparagus spears trimmed - divided

#mozzarella #mozzarella cheese #chicken breasts #spring dinner #asparagus #rice

[makeyrmomsad]

Main Dishes - Halibut - Halibut Cheeks with Ginger Orange Sauce

#Cooking halibut cheeks is incredibly simple and delicious. In this dish #they are pan-seared and accompanied by a zingy orange sauce seasoned with Asian flavors. Excellent with jasmine rice and asparagus for a fl #sauce #recipe #spring dinner #jasmine rice

[vegan-nom-noms]

Avocado Egg Rolls With Sweet Chili Sauce

#air fryer #avocado #egg rolls #spring rolls #sweet chili #savoury #dinner #lunch #food #recipe #recipes #vegan #veganism #vegetarian

[absolutebl]

BLs with Strong Historical Elements

Costume dramas, historical BLs, and BLs with time travel or flashbacks to historical locations & times.

These are in order of my personal preference, best at the top.

I Feel You Linger in the Air

2023 Thailand

IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). It's about a gay man from our time who falls into the past, becomes a servant to a noble house, and falls in love with the heir. It turns out this has all happened several times before. Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but not as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy soulmates BL... from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and as individuals) were excellent, particularly Bright (Yai) whose eye-work acting style is a personal favorite of mine. Pity about the ending. Oh it wasn’t that sad but it wasn’t good either. This show could easily have earned a 10/10 from me except that it fumbled the… erm… balls in the final quarter. Argh. Whatever.

Nobleman Ryu's Wedding

2021 Korea - WeTV

A boy cross-dresses to take his runaway sister's place as a bride to a shy scholar, turns out they like being married. A historical setting allowed this BL to use some seriously old fashioned romance tropes (arranged marriage, evil step-sisters, Cinderfella) but also modern BL stylings like fake relationship & secret identity (drag) plus some cute gay panic. It reminded me of 12th Night more than anything else which just happens to be my favorite Shakespeare play. For all these reasons, I adored it.

(the ghat kiss!)

Tinted With You

2022 Korea - Viki

Fun stylish time travel meets portal fantasy with a likable cast, historical setting, and two actual kisses that mitigate the rough plot and issues around anachronisms.

Word of Honor

2021 China (censored) - Viki/YouTube?

I don’t rec Chinese stuff often, because I believe in censoring the censors, but this show is one of my favorites of the post 2016 censored bromances. It’s two murder-gay assassins (pining sunshine/tsundere), and they are so insanely gay for two boys who will never be allowed to kiss. Tropes include: wuxia, soulmates, paranormal, historical, and fantasy elements.

To Sir, With Love AKA Khun Chai

2022 Thailand - YouTube?

This is a true lakorn (basically Thai tellenovella or soap opera) with scenery chewing performances, especially from the mother characters. Gone With the Wind + Days of Our Lives but gay. That said? I loved it: A glorious central brother relationship (the best, made me cry), het romances, class divide + gay *gasp* main romance - oh my word, the campy drama of it all! Arranged marriage, rebellion, cut sleeves, over-the-top death with curses and regrets, beautiful if inaccurate costumes, secrets unraveling, cover ups, sparkle murder, sex herbs, coils within coils including snakes and murderous green metallic sequins (is anything gayer on this earth?). It’s a WILD ride but it does end happy for our gay boys. A man cries when he finds DEATH GLITTER. Come on! You haffa watch it. That said, like Manner of Death I struggle to rate something on a BL scale when it patently isn’t a BL. So I ended up giving this exactly what I gave that show, 7/10 I enjoyed it a whole lot, but not as a BL.

The Untamed (Special BL Edition)

2020 China (censored) - YouTube

Censored wuxia bromance, amorphous ending. Probubly the best known BL of its kind out of China and responsible for bring many fans to the BL side.

Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go

2023 Thailand - YouTube

I was nervous to watch this PondPhuwin vehicle but I liked it a lot! Doomed soulmates + paranormal time travel to fix the past. I’m happy for the outfits and the dancing (if not the singing). It’s not a bad premise and it’s nice to see GMMTV lean into its high production values for a change. I'd adore a full historical starring these two and this was definitely the best of the second series of Our Skyy. I don't think you have to have watched the original Never Let Me Go to enjoy this.

Legend of Long Yang: Rebirth

2017 China

Gaga

Whipping boy trope... literally, servant character takes the strap for the prince, who then makes him his bodyguard and lover when he becomes king. Low budget historical, comes off as kind of cosplay wuxia version of Irresistible Love, but we get (in the credits) an actual kiss, and they both live. So yay for small mercies.

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner

2023 Korea (historical flash backs)

iQIYI

A new employee at a film company encounters a director who claims to have lived 300 years and insists that they have to date (eat, hug & kiss) if baby doesn't want to die. It has a lot of Japanese elements, not the least of which are: an office setting, the fact that every character in this show is unhinged, and a killing of the gays. Featuring a gorgeous & stellar cast, TDWBMD should have utilized them less for melodrama and more for chemistry. This BL surprised me by going there with a lipstick mark AND an actually gay idol. But (you knew there was a but) while it's a unique twist on an office romance it is NOT a unique twist on the doomed red thread trope, resulting in it feeling less than the sum of its parts and ultimately unsatisfying. This might have also had to do with the fact that this was one of those KBLs where I felt how very short it was the whole time I was watching, like I was missing something constantly, in every episode. Worth watching for some but seriously flawed.

First Love Again

2022 Korea (historical flash backs) - Viki

A popular novelist who remembers his past lives meets his soulmate for the third time, only to find she has been reincarnated into the body of a man. This one started out a touch mean-spirited, but we eventually got a good kiss. The confession/rejection scene was justified and the reconciliation and ending was... fine. All in all, the pacing felt rushed and the romantic arc was underdeveloped. They go from like to love to boyfriends in a red hot minute. But that’s par for the course with Korea’s short form. If you don’t mind a heavy does of melodrama in your BL this one has a solid story with a strong concept that’s well acted and produced, making it a classic KBL with better than average chemistry but ultimately a touch forgettable.

Love in Spring AKA Spring of Crush

2022 Korea

This show was all over the place with uneven acting, narrative, and focus (sometimes it wanted to be a slapstick comedy, sometimes a depressing melodrama) which meant no one, actors or viewers, took anyone or anything seriously.... AND it’s a bromance. I was left wondering if SalHyung is now code for “they were roommates” in Kdrama historicals but otherwise largely apathetic and unimpressed. Korea, I now know you can do better. Do better.

Mermaid's Jade

2019 China (censored-esk) - Gaga

Kills the gay.

The Male Queen: Han Zi Gao

2016 China - Gaga

Kills the gay. Schrodinger's BL, both a BL and entirely not one at the same time.

Diary of Heong Yeong Dang

2014 Korea

Kills the Gay

I was gonna do a top 10 list, but there aren't enough by my metrics, so many end sadly.

This post at the behest of @verymuchof thank you for the idea!

Dated April 2023, includes only BLs that had finished their run by that date. Not responsible for cool costume flix that come after that. But you should check the comments to see if any have been added by others!

I might have missed a few that only have time historical elements since I don't always track those.

Also I would like to point out a decided lack of Japan on this list. My ninja yaoi consuming tiny past self is VERY upset about this void.

WHERE ARE MY GAY NINJAS??!!!

(source)

#historical bls #time travel bls #bls with historical elements #korean bl #chinese bl #thai bl #I Feel You Linger in the Air #Nobleman Ryu's Wedding #Scholar Ryu's Wedding #Tinted With You #Word of Honor #Khun Chai #to sir with love #The Untamed #Never let me go #Legend of Long Yang #The Director Who Buys Me Dinner #First Love Again #Love in Spring #Spring of Crush

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue December 1973

Marisa Berenson in a short silk georgette dinner dress. By Oscar de la Renta (Werner fabric). Cartier jewelry, David Evins shoes, feather boa, Madcaps for Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Carita Hairdressing.

Marisa Berenson dans une courte robe de dîner en soie georgette. Par Oscar de la Renta (tissu Werner). Bijoux Cartier, chaussures David Evins, boa en plumes, Madcaps pour Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Coiffure Carita.

Photo Helmut Newton vogue archive

#us vogue #december 1973 #fashion 70s #spring/summer #printemps/été #oscar de la renta #cartier #david evins #madcaps #saint laurent rive gauche #marisa berenson #helmut newton #dinner dress #robe de dîner #carita

[daily-deliciousness]

Gua bao (pork belly bao buns)

#gua bao #bao buns #pork belly #asian food #food #dinner #steamed buns #cilantro #sesame seeds #spring onions #pork #sandwich #tasty #street food #foodporn #delicious #cooking #food photography #foodgasm #recipe

[morethansalad]

Easy Colorful Spring Rolls (Vegan)

#vegan #lunch #dinner #spring rolls #easter #easy to raw veganize #rice paper #carrots #dragonfruit #lettuce #noodles #avocado #kiwi #mango #strawberries #cucumber #parsley #hemp seeds #banana #cabbage #beets #butterfly pea #beet powder #turmeric #dips #peanut butter #soy sauce #lime #maple syrup #garlic

[sincericida]

ANDREW GARFIELD at the Zegna Spring/Summer 2024 Fashion/Dinner Show.

#andrew garfield #he's so freaking smooth and delicious #why is he so cute and so hot at the same time #god i need to [redacted] with him so much #my pussy is soaked #judge me idc #his smile is so special #zegna dinner show #zegna fashion show #zegna spring summer 2024 fashion show #zegna #milan fashion week #the italy era is back #italy #peter parker #spider man #the amazing spider man #tasm #tasm peter parker #tasm peter #andrew peter parker #andrew peter #sincericida

[mostly-natm]

Everyone who likes this post gets ten boops from me!

#I am back at college from spring break and 45 minutes from dinner plus sad #I could use a boopin’ distraction

[jasmine7031]

Indian curry and Basmati Rice is so tasty. The fresh spring rolls were cooked with great care and delicious.

#dinner #夕食 #indian curry #basmati rice #インドカレー #生春巻き #spring roll

[isalabells]

"When [Aleida] opens the door [to Margo's office after the JSC bombing], I think the immediate fear is, "Margo died, and I never got to tell her that I love her." There's shock there, so she isn't thinking straight, but I think that's what it is — that she's been arguing and fighting with this person, and at the end of the day, she just wants to tell her that she loves her."

#For All Mankind #forallmankindedit #Coral Peña #Aleida Rosales #Margo Madison #ya think Aleida managed to mention she now also has a daughter during the one month period where she was playing #love note express for Margo and Sergei or did she invite her over to dinner and spring a wholeass child on Margo on top of everything else #no but I love how Coral's s3 interview is perfectly in synch with what we see in s4 #AT THE END OF THE DAY SHE JUST WANTS TO TELL HER THAT SHE LOVES HER #it was never about the stupid engine designs and it sure af was not about Margo betraying the United States #Aleida couldn't care less she's not loyal to 'murica it's like Coral said her loyalty lies with Margo #THAT'S the betrayal that hurts. Margo not confiding in her. then leaving her. then not contacting her. is what seems impossible to forgive. #then suddenly she's back and it makes everything worse. and for a bit their s3 fight continues in s4. #until they manage to break the cycle. because 'you're not him' and 40something Aleida isn't 28 y/o Margo