Lola's foodblog
I'll play. :D I'm hoping not only to participate for Libby but also to shame myself into eating better. :p: Yesterday was a busy day otherwise I would've eaten more. :blush:
Sept. 29, 2012
In the morning, I ate sushi. In the picture, the plate of white rice belongs to my niece. The plate with nori was both for my sister and me. Yeah, wasn't much food. I drank a cup of osmanthus oolong tea. Lunch, I had a Vietnamese sandwich. It's about 7,8 inches long. It's cut diagonally so the left side sticks out and makes it look longer than it really is. Inside is shredded chicken, sliced cucumbers, sliced jalapeno, pickled carrots and jicama, Vietnamese mayo sauce and a dash of soy sauce. My sister adds that it's a Vietnamese secret mayo sauce that's equilvalent to McD's Big Mac sauce. :lol: For dinner, I had a hot and spicy chicken sandwich from McD's and a medium size banana.
Sept. 30, 2012
I ate half a dinner roll so I wouldn't have uler problems before making pancakes. Afterwards I only had 1/8 slice of an 8" pancake with 2 tsp. of syrup on the side because I was tired after everything was done. Had a slice and had to clean up. :greenface (Yes, I know the other one is kinda burnt looking, hihi.)
Ate at 2PM...
1/2 cup of rice with sautee bell peppers, mushrooms, tofu, and some imitation meat thingy (don't know what it is) and some fried eggs
1/3 cup of rice with Thai sour soup, which I had to add some lemon juice in because it wasn't sour enough for me. I normally would also add spoonfuls of hot sauce, but I've been getting heartburn so no extra spicy food for me for a while. :p:
one cream puff, 3 pieces of green tea mooncake
2 cups of hot tea
can I come live with you?
Damn. Now I'm hungry.
Again.
Why? The food isn't that great. :frog: I usually eat plain pancakes so I didn't think of buying anything to go with the "souffle pancakes" as the recipe is called. Told my sister the next time I'm making "pizza" pancakes, piling on whip cream, strawberries, blueberries, or bananas and have the banana maple syrup ready. Or pile on the pancakes with sausages, bacon, and eggs. She gave me a face and said, "no more gianenormous pancakes." :neutral: At least if you live here Foot, I could have fun making those pancakes and have someone eat them too. :D
Okay, 5:00 PM....had Lay's chips.
At the Full Moon Festival around 8:00 PMish...shared the food with my sister. I ate one eggroll, two pate bread, one steam bun sandwich with a slice of vegetarian ham, two cream puffs, some fruits, and a small cup of soda.
Around 10:30PMish, four slices of moon cake of the four flavors: lotus paste, mung bean paste, green tea with mung bean and salted egg (picture above), and durian paste. Also two pieces of dark chocolate and some tea.
October 1, 2012
8:00 AM Crust of a french bread roll, half with vienna sausage, half with butter.
9:00 AM Quarter of the leftover gianenormous with two slices of turkey spam. Iced coffee with a tsp of raw sugar.
11:30 AM A quarter piece of durian mung bean moon cake and a cup of osmanthus oolong tea.
(It's Full Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival season, so we have lots of moon cakes. :p:)
12:30 PM Two cups of lemonade
Goddamn. I miss 中秋節 something fierce. jealous of your moon cakes.
except the durian moon cakes. cat-piss-smellin' spiky-ass snot-textured things, i don't know how you do it.
Goddamn. I miss 中秋節 something fierce. jealous of your moon cakes.
except the durian moon cakes. cat-piss-smellin' spiky-ass snot-textured things, i don't know how you do it.
Haha...I would be so offended if I haven't heard worse descriptions of the durian smell. :lol: You know what people say about durian, either you love it or hate it. Fortunately for me, I have a dull sense of smell so I can tolerate lots of foul smelling food. I don't know about where you live, but most Chinatown should sell moon cakes. Pity you don't live nearby. I have 5 boxes of moon cakes lying right here, mostly lotus paste flavor. I would be more than happy to give you a box or two. (We already finished the mixed nuts moon cakes.) I'll be gaining a few or 10 lbs. after eating all these moon cakes. :p:
I don't know about where you live, but most Chinatown should sell moon cakes.
Burlington, VT (pop. 42,417) doesn't have much of a Chinatown, i'm afraid. There's a Thai market on my street and a Vietnamese one up the block, but that's about it.
And the Vietnamese store doesn't carry any moon cakes? I guess there's not much of an Asian population there. Pity. You should move to Houston. In Chinatown even the street names are in Chinese. :D
3:00 PMish Ate two slices of leftover pizza found in the freezer.
5:00PMish Had the last half slice of the leftover pizza from the freezer and 1/2 cup of juice that a sister of mine made. She told me what it was but I forgot what's in there. Almond milk, cherry, and something and maybe something else. She's a smoothie nut. :D
8:30 PMish A can of Canada Dry ginger ale.
Oct. 2, 2012
7:15 AM Two crusts of French rolls with butter.
9:30 AMish Two steam buns with vegetarian ham and cilantro. A mug of "cam thao" tea. It's herbal could be used for heartburn.
Sorry for the giant pix but I'm posting from my phone socouldnt resize.
Your food is so interesting!
Hehe....thank you? :D
12:30 PM I ate a McD's ice cream cone and half a large fries. I just found out a cone is 200 calories and a large fries is 400 calories. So, I just consumed 400 calories, and that's just a snack. Dang!
2:15 PMish I ate a plate of steam rice cakes with minced tofu and soyu sauce mixture. You can't see the steam rice cakes in the picture because they're white on a white plate. If anyone's interested in looking it up, it's called "banh beo" in Vietnamese. I also ate two pieces of moon cakes and a cup of hot tea.
5:30 PMish I ate my nephew's leftover rice and fried eggs. I added braised tofu and boiled egg. Then I shared a can of flavored sparkling water with my sister.
8:30 AMish A bowl of spinach soup with a cup of rice. About half an apple. Two pieces of moon cakes.
1:00 PM Half a cup of skim milk
Girl, that food really looks great, but you sure don't eat much!
Girl, that food really looks great, but you sure don't eat much!
Really? I've always thought the food I eat is quite ordinary. A literal translation from the Viet phrase is "commoner's food." :p: The food doesn't seem much but it's quite a bit for my stomach. And these days, I've been getting indigestion and heartburn. :greenface
2:15 PM Half of the leftover "gianenormous" pancake and 2 eggs scrambled and about 1 Tbsp of syrup. For dessert, I ate about half a bowl of papaya.
3:30 PMish Eight grapes (my nephew's leftover from lunch)
Honey, I think Addie eats more than you do.
Honey, I think Addie eats more than you do.
Hhehe....that's because she's still young. When I was in my early 20's I could eat more than some men. My middle age body can't handle food as well as it used to. :p:
6:00 PM About a cup of white rice with steamed broccoli and fried eggs. The bowl on the left is soy sauce with chili peppers. Spicy soy sauce makes everything tastes better. :D I also ate three baby carrots. For dessert, I ate 3 pieces of durian moon cakes and hot green tea.
10-4-12
7:30 AM The crust of one french dinner roll with butter.
9:00 AMish Instant noodle with some salad. A cup of cafe latte with a tsp. of vanilla Torani. Half a cup of goldfish.
10:30 AM A piece of Japanese hard candy
2:15 PM A big bowl of veggies and tofu and macaroni noodles soup. For dessert, a cup of grapes.
I just realized that I've been dismissing all the positive comments y'all have been giving me about my food. The reason is because my sister complains all the time how our food is so unappealing. Also, whenever this girl I know happens to come in during our mealtime, she would always sneer at our food. She couldn't understand how we could eat such unappealing food so heartily. So, in my mind, the food I usually eat ain't so great. When I received comments that my food looks good, my first instinct was, "Really??!!??" So, what I'm really trying to say is that I thank you for all your positive comments. :D
Looks good to me! Varied, healthy, tasty!
Looks good to me! Varied, healthy, tasty!
Aww...thank you. :D
Dinner at 6:00PM I didn't really feel like eating but was hungry so decided to eat a cup of white rice with spicy soy sauce. Normally you would see pieces of chili peppers in the food but my stomach is not quite back to normal yet. Therefore, I still need to stay off really spicy or sour stuffs. :( For dessert, I had half a bowl grapes and one bowl of papaya. Afterwards, I felt like eating something salty, hihi, so I had a 1/4 cup of goldfish. I'm measuring my food so I'd limit the junk food. If I eat chips from the bag, I would continue to eat forever. :p:
8:30 PM Wasn't hungry but when I saw my sister make the sandwich, I ate one too. Had an avocado and baby spinach leaves sandwich, one baby carrot, 1/4 white peach, 1/2 Snicker's ice cream.
I think measuring the junk food is a good way to keep it in the diet (gotta have some fun, after all!). I like salted peanuts and prefer to buy a bigger bag as it's better value. But then I try to remember to measure out a small bowlful and put the rest well away for another time (preferably not ten minutes later, but that happens sometimes!).
Mmmmm, great looking sandwich. Imma steal that idea from you!
Mmmmm, great looking sandwich. Imma steal that idea from you!
slice avocado, baby spinach (or whatever greens you have in the fridge), a tbsp of italian dressing or whatever dressing that's salty enough, a slice of cheese, dash of salt and pepper :thumb:
10-5-12
8:00 AM One slice of sandwich bread spread with chicken salad.
9:30 AMish A plate of egg noodles tossed with Vietnamese-style sate chili sauce topped with seafood balls. Two pieces of moon cakes. A cup of cafe latte with 2 tsp. of vanilla Torani.
2:15 PMish A bowl of chicken curry and french bread and a glass of tomato juice.
6:15 PMish A slice of the leftover gianenormous pancake (the last of it, thank goodness!) with syrup on the side, 3 baby carrots, and one juice box.
8:30 PM Cranberry Almond Thins...3 in a package
Are we still doing the foodblog? It's been a week. :)
Ibby seems to have stopped - probably for that very reason.
I now have to be all brown-nosed and say yours was my favourite.
Nothing wrong with the others, just yours contained more food I found unusual.
Because I eat more ethnic food, it seems more interesting. :p: Since some of you showed interest, I will post the food I eat that's Vietnamese (Asian).
For dinner today, I ate "chicken rice." A whole chicken is boiled in water until cooked. The water then is used to cook the rice so it'd have the chicken flavor. The uncooked rice is cooked in oil and garlic first then cook with "chicken broth." Chicken is shredded and tossed with a Vietnamese mint "rau ram." The rice and chicken is eaten together with a fish sauce mixture. Fish sauce is mixed with crushed ginger and garlic.
I splurged on junk food today. For dessert, I ate Chinese coffee sponge cake and some shrimp chips.
This All looks DAMN good !!!
Because I eat more ethnic food, it seems more interesting. :p: Since some of you showed interest, I will post the food I eat that's Vietnamese (Asian).
For dinner today, I ate "chicken rice." A whole chicken is boiled in water until cooked. The water then is used to cook the rice so it'd have the chicken flavor. The uncooked rice is cooked in oil and garlic first then cook with "chicken broth." Chicken is shredded and tossed with a Vietnamese mint "rau ram." The rice and chicken is eaten together with a fish sauce mixture. Fish sauce is mixed with crushed ginger and garlic.
OK, so this is what I mean. That looks delicious.
Okay, today's food is not mouth-watering, but it's different.
The first picture is brown rice eaten with salted sesame. Hulled sesame seeds are toasted, crushed, then mixed with salt.
The second picture is Vietnamese loofah stir-fry. It’s a type of squash, I think. I googled the Vietnamese name and that’s what I came up with. I ate plain Vietnamese loofah stir-fry; however, people usually stir-fry loofah with meat or shrimp.
The third picture is Vietnamese loofah. If you let the fruit over mature before before plucking it or simply let it dry out, you can cut it into the loofah bath sponges.
The first picture is fish paste. Fish is made into a paste with seasonings. You can cook into in soups or fried like in the picture.
The second picture is “bun rieu.” There are lots of variation to the dish so y’all can google it if you’re interested. The jar on the right is shrimp paste, which is added to the dish. Normally I also add chili sauce but I ran out. It’s like the one in the third picture except I eat the one without garlic.
that really does look delicious
If you think the food looks good, you ought to see the cook. ;)
Lola, have you quit eating? I haven't seen any food posts in 2 days I'm getting hungry.
I'm afraid Lola has starved to death.......
If you think the food looks good, you ought to see the cook. ;)
Well, she's a pudgy, middle-age woman and not me. :p: I'm too lazy to cook and whenever I do, I usually cook dishes with recipes where I can follow along. :D Not sure what it's called in English, but there's this practice where you can pay someone, restaurant, etc. to cook for you. Each morning I pick up lunch and dinner. I pay them monthly so I don't have to cook. :D This way, I get to eat food that's more complicated or time-consuming to cook.
Lola, have you quit eating? I haven't seen any food posts in 2 days I'm getting hungry.
Well, I've decided to post only Vietnamse food. I've been eating non-Vietnamese food the last couple of days. Well, on Sunday, I did but the presentation wasn't great since I didn't get a chance to sit down and eat til late in the evening. I was about all day and snacked on food samples on Costco. You know that you can get really full eating samples? Wow, I had everything from soup, appetizers, main dish, desserts, chips, and drinks. :lol: Yesterday, I had chicken fajitas all day. This morning, I had peanut butter and jelly sandwich. :p: Almost lunchtime, I'm gonna check the kitchen to see what to eat. Oh wait, there's fried spam. :yelsick:
fried spam? that's about the only way i will eat it
Now I know that Big Sarge is following this thread :hug:, I'm gonna post more diligently....LOL. I am pressed for time today and the whole doggone weekend, (parties all back to back where I have to throw them and not just come, eat, drink and leave the mess behind:greenface), I'm going to only list out the foods I ate yesterday. Will explain about the food more later.
Steam gai lan, fish, pastries.
boiled peanuts, baby bananas -- it rang up as Dominican banana
Had these for lunch/dinner. Been baking cookies all day, so tired. Finally had a chance to eat in the late afternoon. I ate chicken something, couldn't quite understand what the lady called it. Later, I ate some longan.
Hey Bunny. You cook rau muống, Kangkong? I started eating it in Indonesia. Can't get it around here
We normally just boil or sautee them. I heard they're very easy to grow. You think you'll be interested in growing them? I can ask around to see if it's possible for me to send you some to grow.
Water spinach is an Invasive Species, by USDA. Could probable find some wild, if I was able to stomp around in the swamps. :smack:
Water spinach is an Invasive Species, by USDA. Could probable find some wild, if I was able to stomp around in the swamps. :smack:
Haha....yeah, they'll kill the ecosystem if you grow them in the ditch, as they have been found to be grown by some. You can grow them in a container of some sort in your back yard. That way, they can't "escape." :lol: I just buy mine at the Asian supermarket. :)
I'm hungry. What's for supper tonight?
Hehe....Had this for lunch. Yes, very plain but very nice to eat after 3 days of party food and more days of leftovers. :yeldead:
Just plain white rice with boiled yu choy doused with spicy soy sauce. You like the pieces of chili peppers? :D I would've grabbed more but figured it wouldn't be good for my stomach, hehe.
For dinner, I had egg with cheese and tomato on wheat bread. Not Vietnamese food so I didn't take a pix. Thought I'd mention it for Sarge. :)
it does look good. i couldn't handle too many chili peppers. it would taste good going in, but.....
Had chicken pho today. :)
That looks interesting. What is in it? BTW, I'm having gumbo tonight
I would DIVE face first in to that Lola !!!!!!!
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Zippy's video explains it. I hope it works for you cuz it doesn't run for me. :p:
Anyways, I had star fruit for dessert, home grown. My mom grows the plant in a pot and it still yield lots of fruits.
Zippyt, I just noticed the white words! :lol:
Am I the only one who is aroused by that plate of food??
Silly, Sarge.
Had fried rice yesterday. This morning, I decided to have one of those 3-in-1 instant coffee. I had to add 2 tsp. of creamer to make a tad decent.
i can't stand coffee. i drink tea (iced sweet tea or hot tea).
i can't stand coffee. i drink tea (iced sweet tea or hot tea).
hehe...I know how you southerners drink your iced tea.
I've been busy so I haven't been taking any food pix. There were a few dishes that would've been good to show. Anyways, here are some different types of bananas I have at home at the moment. The kids love those teeny tiny bananas. They're sweeter than the others. I like the short, fat ones. However, I can't tell when they're ripe. I bought those tiny ones when they were green. When I saw the short, fat ones, I thought they were ripe because they were totally yellow. When I bit into it, my mouth had that sticky feeling of unripe fruits. That was two days ago. This morning, I ate another one and it was still a tad under ripe. Blah. I don't think I'll buy that type again since I can't tell when they're ripe. The bigger ones in the pix are the kinds you can find at any American grocery store.
Oh yeah, I drank this coconut two days ago. It turned out to be a dry coconut. Taking the meat out was a pain. I usually drink the young coconut, but I bought the wrong kind. DOH!
I love coconut milk! Please adopt me. I love Asian food
unripe bananas are gross!
unripe bananas are gross!
Try unripe perssimons. That's like 3X worse. And the sticky feeling in your mouth doesn't go away for a long time. :greenface
Had chicken ragout a few days back but never had a chance to post. The second picture, I'm showing you a Japanese cookie, brand Yoku Moku. What I was eating is coffee flavor. The third pix is coffee bought from Hawaii. Someone went to Hawaii for their kid's wedding and came back with gifts. Well, it wasn't given to me but the recipient doesn't like the vanilla flavor so I asked for it. :D No, I didn't take it in front of the giver, hihi.
This afternoon a friend gave me some desserts. It is steamed cassava root eaten with coconut milk and sprinkled with coconut flakes and salt and sesame seeds. The third pix is to show you the same dessert but bought at another store. I didn't eat that one, just to show you a difference. The last pix is a warm dessert, tofu with sugar syrup cooked with ginger. This tofu is cooked to be eaten as dessert and not the other kind where you can eat it as a dish. They are cooked differently. Usually a person would use a thin metal spoon and scoop out thin layers of tofu. I was lazy, so I just used a regular soup spoon. That is why the toful is chunky and ugly. :p:
I would try but prolly pass on the To( NONE FOOD )Fo
I would have to pass on the coffee. I can't stand the stuff
I would have to pass on the coffee. I can't stand the stuff
I should start a coffee thread. :D
This is yesterday's food. Not sure what it's called, I forgot to ask an older Viet person. I asked my sister and she wasn't sure either. :p: Anyways, I think it's meat mashed with other stuffs, spread eggs on top then steamed. I put up the top view and side view for y'all to see.
quiche is what I'd call it.
and it does look good!
It looks delicious. What's the crust made of? It doesn't look flour based. It looks more like tofu or some sort of meat paste.
It looks delicious. What's the crust made of? It doesn't look flour based. It looks more like tofu or some sort of meat paste.
It's egg white. Eggs are spread on top. The yolk stays on top while the egg white slides down.
Below is lunch. Looks little because I took the pix after I ate, hihi. Forgot to take them before. :p: The first pix is winter melon soup. The second pix is curry chicken.
I love quiche. Yours looks scrumptious
Girl, I don't think you eat enough to keep a titmouse alive! The food looks good, I'd just need jumbo portions
I am trying to lose weight. :p: Heck, everytime I eat, my mom would say, "I thought you were on a diet??" I would reply, "I need to eat otherwise I'd die!" :lol:
Anyways, here are today's food, lunch and dinner. I ate rice with braised mackeral and sour soup for lunch. For dinner, I had yuchoy soup and a tangerine for dessert. And just earlier, I drank some milk and a string cheese. That last tidbit info is for Sarge's sake to show that I eat a little more than just the pix I put up. :p:
I have to agree with BS , those look like Appetizers to me ,
TASTY Appetizers though
I have to agree with BS , those look like Appetizers to me
Being tiny as I am, if I don't eat "appetizer" portions, I will gain weight. :(
Okay, lunch. I ate a bowl of brown rice with the following. First, fried fish paste. The green stuff you see is leek. Second is mustard green soup.
Im just funnen with ya ,
like BS im a Big Boy , we eat big meals , and get biggerer
Your food looks YUMMMMMMMY , just small
Being tiny as I am, if I don't eat "appetizer" portions, I will gain weight. :(
It's true. Lola is physically tiny. Her stomach is probably the size of a walnut. But in intellect, personality and impact she's a cathedral of power.
Loving this foodblog. Even if I occasionally read it as foodbag.
It's true. Lola is physically tiny. Her stomach is probably the size of a walnut. But in intellect, personality and impact she's a cathedral of power.
Awww....you're always flattering me. :blush::hug:
This dish is grilled bbq pork with vermicelli eaten with mints, salad, bean sprouts, pickled carrots and jicama, sprinkled with crushed peanuts, and doused with mixed fish sauce. But below is a vegetarian version, hehe. So it's not pork but umm....whatever it is not meat :lol: and mixed soy sauce. Everything else is eaten the same way.
As for the green looking food, that's sweets. I've put an extract from wiki to help explain:
Bánh da lợn or bánh da heo[1] (literally "pig skin cake") is a Vietnamese steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, mashed mung beans, taro, or durian, coconut milk and/or water, and sugar. It is sweet and gelatinously soft in texture, with thin (approximately 1 cm) colored layers alternating with layers of mung bean, durian, or taro filling.
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That Bánh da lợn sounds really interesting, and it's certainly pretty.
That Bánh da lợn sounds really interesting, and it's certainly pretty.
I agree. It looks great
I would send y'all some to try except they'll spoil by the time the package gets there. :p:
Below is cabbage salad. It normally has chicken or in this case, shrimp, to eat with the rice congee. Typically people eat chicken cabbage salad with chicken rice congee. Anyways, the salad is supposed to have its particular sauce, which I never made so I don't know off-hand what are the ingredients. I gotta go so can't look it up either. :p:
Been eating lasagna and stuffs so no Viet food to post, hehe. Anyways, yesterday's food. This is vegetarian "shaking beef." And the coffee looks good so I decided to take a picture, heheh. Coffee, sugar, creamer, ice....yummmmmm.
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Posting from the phone So I don't have a chance to look up what the dish is called. Whatever it is called, this is the vegetarian version of it.
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Sweet soup. Has cassava root and tapioca.
In case anyone who doesn't know, sweet soup is dessert. Anyways, someone gave us this. Ginger preserve candy. It's homemade and quite good.[ATTACH]41701[/ATTACH]
I had vegetarian curry for lunch. Ate it with french bread, which I kinda burnt, hehe. I had to put a spoon in there to elevate the food. There was a lot of water. [ATTACH]41702[/ATTACH]
Chocolate mochi someone gave us. She bought it at theJapanese airport. It is yummy! Oh yeah, we already ate a few pieces, hihi.[ATTACH]41703[/ATTACH]
I'm really enjoying this blog. There are so many interesting things. BTW, we know you are a great cookie chef. Any chance you can bake some Twinkies???
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I'm really enjoying this blog. There are so many interesting things. BTW, we know you are a great cookie chef. Any chance you can bake some Twinkies???
Ha....you're a silly man. Why would I want to make Twinkies? Just go out to buy some. I'm sure generic brands are out there. The last time I ate them as an adult, they were sweeter than I remembered. The only thing I never got to try was the Twinkie with chocolate filling. A little disappointed.
Now I could really go for that crab and udon soup.
Yummeh!
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I've decided to give y'all a link to explain better the "ramie leaf glutinous rice steamed cake." Hehe....There's actually another link, which I may put underneath the first one, but it has a pop-up so I'm not sure if y'all like that or not. The first link is a blog. The second link a for tourism. I think the details a little better there.
http://vietspices.blogspot.com/2010/06/banh-it-la-gai-gai-leaf-little-cake.html
http://didulich.net/english/news/100/content/2526/banh-it-la-gai-a-little-slice-of-binh-dinh.aspxNow I could really go for that crab and udon soup.
Yummeh!
hehe....I think it's quite good and easy to eat. My sister is going to ask the cook how to make it. :D
That Crab and Udon is RIGHT up my ally !!!
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Looks great! What are the plans for Thanksgiving?
Gonna join my aunt's family for lunch. How about you, Sarge?
I was planning something special with the kids and my father, but it rapidly disintegrating. I guess it will be like last year, a Subway sandwich
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Thanksgiving with cousins. There were lots of appetizers, which are the pix below. The second pix is steam bun with duck, cucumber, and sauce. The last pix is my plate of food. I was so full, especially since one of the cousins kept on serving drinks. :p[ATTACH]41789[/ATTACH][ATTACH]41790[/ATTACH][ATTACH]41791[/ATTACH][ATTACH]41792[/ATTACH]
So that was a drunken post. :lol:
This dish is called "Thit Bo Nhung Dam." Literally, it translates as beef dipped in vinegar. When I googled it, one of the translation is "Beef Vinegar Hotpot." I never knew there were many variations in how to eat this dish. Basically, it's eye round beef, sliced thinly and cooked by dipping into a preferred broth. My household have always made the broth with cold water, vinegar, and a can of beer. The cooked beef is then rolled with salad, mints, and cucumber in rice paper. You then dip the roll in fermented anchovy sauce mixture (anchovy sauce, crushed pineapple, garlic, and chilli).
I will post pictures later. Gotta go now. Someone :mad2: is on my back.
Sounds good ... essentially a type of fondue, but I like the idea of rolling the cooked beef with salad, mint, and cucumber in rice paper. The sauce sounds yummy also! And all of it fairly low-fat. Nice!
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I'm looking for something interesting to eat today. What's on the menu?
Pizza....jalapeño and pineapple pizza from Ceasar's, hehe.
I ate a plate of sticky rice and Azuki red beans (said my mom because I didn't know what I ate :P). However, I searched for a picture and found the same pix, which turn out to be sticky rice with black urad beans. I ate it with braised tofu and boiled eggs and pickled veggies.
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I don't have the patience to eat pomegranates. They are super beautiful, though.
I like Adzuki beans (variation on spelling you find here)
They are very good for you. I'll have to put them on my shopping list again.
Chocolatl, I have pomegranate as a treat. Meaning I buy it as a ready to eat pack with a spoon. And I do eat the seeds too, so the only difficult part is spooning it into my mouth.
Probably breaks lots of fine dining rules ;)
Is pomegranate popular in Vietnamese cuisine?
My Indian/ Pakistani friends adored it, it was a standard in desserts and cordial. Shudder.
Their cultural version of sweet is far too sweet for me. Actually add Middle Eastern to that. I may add more other regions of the world after a good think. Me, I like a cheeseboard after a meal.
Sorry if your Mum just happened to pick it up at the market as my Mum would - I know so little of Far East culture I am always hungry to learn. See what I did there?
One of the boys in class 2a brought in some Indian sweets for a lesson on celebrations in religion (Diwali in his case). I joked that I was missing out, working in Key Stage 2 in the afternoons. He's such a beautiful, solemn little boy with huge eyes and a smile that changes his face - when he shows it. "Oh, Mrs M can save one for you I'm sure" he assured me. I told him kindly that I was just joking, and I'd rather his classmates enjoyed them. Well it was the truth in a gentle way.
Is pomegranate popular in Vietnamese cuisine?
Hmm....I don't know. :p: It is expensive though. I saw it at the grocery for $4 each. This lady I know got a box at Costco and if you calculate it, each fruit rounds out only to $2. So I asked her if I can buy just one off her because I thought my mom likes the fruit. Turns out my mom said she doesn't care for the fruit. :neutral: That's why I had to open the fruit myself. I don't eat the seeds so it's a bit annoying to spit them out.
Chocolat: I know what you mean by patience. It was time-consuming to open up the fruit. And dirty too. I changed into a shirt that I can bleach because it would be inevitable that red juice would squirt on you. I would just rather drink the juice. :D
Now, I better go pick up the pomelo someone gave me last night. I forgot it there when went home. She told me it was the perfect blend of sweet and tartness. :D
Ahh...yes. The next picture is Azuki red beans sweet soup. (post for you, Sundae :)) I'll explain what "sweet soup" is for those who don't know later this afternoon.
Seafood wonton noodle soup:)
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That Adzuki soup looks... murky.
Please reassure me about sweet soup later.
The won ton soup looks yummy though.
Hehe...yes, it does. This explains a little about Vietnamese "sweet soup." I will look up the recipe for the Azuki red bean sweet soup and perhaps that will explain why the water is so "murky," hehe. :p:
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Crab and shrimp Udon MMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!
YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMERSTERS !!!!!!!
Seriously Lola B. I cannot watch this thread.
Crab and shrimp Udon MMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!
YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMERSTERS !!!!!!!
Someone said the dish is getting boring to her. I still enjoy it. :D
Seriously Lola B. I cannot watch this thread.
Does this mean it's making you hungry? :p:
Someone said the dish is getting boring to her.
Good , the More for you ( or Me !!!)
I still enjoy it.
I Bet
Yesterday's food. I will post today's food later. Gotta eat now, yum!
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Does this mean it's making you hungry? :p:
Can I convert to Vietnamese? I've already converted to Buddhism.
Today's lunch. I'm still trying to find the name of this dish. :p the noodle is clear. My sister called it udon but I'm not sure if it is udon.
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One website calls it "clear glass noodle soup." It's rice noodle but it's chewier and stickier.
Foot: you don't have to be Vietnamese to eat Vietnamese food. Just move to where there are lots of Vietnam restaurants like Houston or Little Saigon Bolsa, California. :D
OK, rice noodle. I think the Cellophane noodles are made from beans.
I would have called that vermicelli noodles in pho soup, just based on the picture. But I have limited experience with Vietnamese food in general.
Hmm...I don't think that's rice vermicelli. Here's an example of the noodle I grabbed from the net.
I just grabbed this from the net. The Viet name for the noodle is "hu tieu."
Hu Tieu The Noodles (Bánh Hủ Tiếu)
There is really only one kind of noodle that is called hu tieu noodle. Once cooked, it is the chewy, clear and somewhat sticky kind that is made of tapioca, not rice. On a shelf in a food market, at first glance it may look like banh pho noodle, just not as white in color, or maybe a thicker bún (vermicelli.) But unless it is specifically labeled “Hủ Tiếu,” it isn’t. Like banh pho noodles and bun, bánh hủ tiếu noodles can be purchase dry or fresh.
I would have called that vermicelli noodles in pho soup, just based on the picture. But I have limited experience with Vietnamese food in general.
Clod, I just eat, I don't even know the names of many of these dishes. :blush: I usually have to ask someone for the names and sometimes the ingredients before I post. There you go, my confession. :D
Here's an example of the noodle I grabbed from the net.
I see crab in that photo.
You grab that picture it might grab you back.
Delish as always. What was lunch on the 6th December? You didn't come back to say.
My guess is grated carrot, strawberry leaves and turkey meatloaf.
I may be wrong.
The dish with cellophane noodle was Dec. 6th's lunch. :D
And today, I had chicken "pho," chicken noodle soup. This is eaten with rice vermicelli. :) I was in a hurry, so I put all the greens in before I poured the broth in. By the time I grabbed my phone, the mints have turned brown. :( Well, just looks ugly, still can be eaten. :D
I forgot about yesterday's food. I had vegetarian "shaking beef" with ketchup rice and veggies.
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Is this a restaurant, the back room of a restaurant, or like a private someone making meals for people that come to her house? I wonder because it doesn't look like you picked it up and brought it home to eat.
There's a communal kitchen where there's a different person cook each day. I come to pick up my food each day. If I'm not home during food pick-up time, I can call and ask them to set it aside for me. I bring my food home in containers. I then set it out nice and pretty so I can take pictures for y'all. :D If it weren't for you guys, I would sometimes just dump my food in a big bowl and eat. :lol:
FINALLY I can criticize something in this blog:
Those tomatoes look like hell. There goes Lola's foodblog plummeting to the ground off its pedestal. neener neener neener
Damn, now the Cellar is getting blamed for all those dirty dishes. :lol2:
Damn, now the Cellar is getting blamed for all those dirty dishes. :lol2:
Oh yeah, and we forgot to mention tonight's your dish night. (My night was the one with the paper plates.):p:
I don't mind doing dishes, as long as I don't have to cook. :p
Foot: Those tomatoes may not be red but at least they're not soft. I've eaten worse. :p
FINALLY I can criticize something in this blog:
Those tomatoes look like hell. There goes Lola's foodblog plummeting to the ground off its pedestal. neener neener neener
I eat plenty bad food. It's just that I've been only posting food I feel is decent. Should I post EVERYTHING I eat, so you'll feel better, Foot? :p:
Phew. Lola eats the pretty food but doesn't cook it.
As opposed to the pretty things she cooks but probably doesn't eat.
She is not completely omnipotent!
Nope, doesn't reassure me.
I would still feel like an enormous pale jellyfish beside you :(
Doesn't stop me wanting to meet and eat with you though!
Those are great quality photos from a phone, well done. Take some more of yourself :)
I eat plenty bad food. It's just that I've been only posting food I feel is decent. Should I post EVERYTHING I eat, so you'll feel better, Foot? :p:
It's ok for me to have a dented fantasy, not an annihilated one.
Leftover salmon with pickled mustard greens and white rice. Of course, doused with spicy soy sauce. Spicy soy sauce makes everything taste better. :D
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... Spicy soy sauce makes everything taste better. :D
But does it stay in place like whipped cream?
Spicy soy sauce makes everything taste better.
I can DIG IT !!!!!
But does it stay in place like whipped cream?
What does that mean? Anyways I have no problem with chili peppers, be they going in or out, if that's what you're wondering, hehe.
Spicy soy sauce makes everything taste better.
I can DIG IT !!!!!
:D
Salmon Janet evening
You may eat a stranger
You may eat a stranger
across a crowded room...
So, thanks to Foot's wit, I become more cultured and well rounded. Whew, had to do a bit of researching...
And I prefer to eat with a stranger on that enchanted evening. ;)
Burnt, well, almost burnt tuna croquette.
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Pasta with chicken. Looks good but wasn't :(
those roses look delicious and oh-so-low in calories.
But they'll break my teeth...
I just sigh when I check your food blog. The food looks delicious, plus your presentations are great
Lemon plum green tea... Tis good.
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Hey, that's Davin's place.;)
Okay, I'll ask out loud. What's Davin's place? Or who is Davin?
I was curious about the name on the glass.
TeahouseTt.com
TeaHouse Beverage Inc.
Davin Huang
2089 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, Texas 77098
Ahhhh....I went to teahousett.com and found it to be a distribution and wholesale page. I bought my drink at the HK City mall location.
Had banana maki for dessert. Fried banana topped with whip cream and fruits.
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I will have a dozen of those please.
I could've eaten a dozen myself! We shared that platter, there were only 6. :(
Yum! My mom used to make similar for me.
Yum! My mom used to make similar for me.
Lucky you!
Braised catfish with white rice. No pretty presentation today.
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Maybe not pretty but sounds and looks teh yummeh!
Hehehe..,,,thanks, Limey. :)
Had this for lunch. I'm not sure what this is called and no one is around to ask at the moment. :p
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Vegetarian "crab meat" rice vermicelli soup. Had it for breakfast and now I'm feeling hungry again. :p
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Veggie stir fry eaten with white rice. I was too lazy make spicy soy sauce, so I splashed soy sauce onto the rice and ate each bite with a bite of chili pepper.
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Dobukki
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Brown rice with quinoa eaten with mixed vegetable
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Forgot to post. I enjoyed a movie with some mini wontons and red wine on New Year's Day.
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There's stuff I'm not familiar with, but it all looks so yummy.:yum:
Egg noodles with shrimp and veggies...
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A Vietnamese salad....grapefruit with dried shrimp and sauce. It's a new dish from Vietnam. A friend who travels back and forth made this dish for us to try. At first I was, " ewwwww......I am not eating that." After some coaxing, I gave it a shot. It was surprisingly good. :D
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You eat a lot of healthy stuff... at least the stuff you show us is. ;)
the shrimp and egg noodles , OH HELLLLLLL YA !!!!!
the salad , i try it
You eat a lot of healthy stuff... at least the stuff you show us is. ;)
Hmmm.....I never thought of that. Well I usually just post up the Viet dishes. I eat American food too, which I feel might be boring for y'all to see. For example, I had fried chicken and cherry pie from McD for lunch. :p
Hmmm.....I never thought of that. Well I usually just post up the Viet dishes. I eat American food too, which I feel might be boring for y'all to see. For example, I had fried chicken and cherry pie from McD for lunch. :p
I correct myself. I post Asian food. Dobbuki is Korean food. :D
I had dim sum today. Took a pix of all the dishes I ate except for the egg custard, which I forgot.
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I always wondered what was in those bags. :lol:
Eh??? :eyebrow: No, really, your joke went over my head. I'm really curious to what you're talking about. :p:
Please adopt me!! I love the pics of your food
Please adopt me!! I love the pics of your food
Hmmm....panda bear as a pet....hmmm
It's Bunny food. :haha:
Hehehe....I see....
Anyways, I've been drinking coffee for breakfast. A diet tragedy. Yes, do roll your eyes, hehehehe. And I found it saves time for me to exercise. I've been slacking too much. New Year is less than 4 weeks away, and I'm still more than a few inches away from fitting my dress. :haha:
Someone just gave us a plate of curry lemongrass mussels and shrimp. OMG...it was so good. We already ate half of it before I remembered to take a pix. :D
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Callem what ever you want that looks YUUUUUMMMMYY !!!!
green lipped mussels. they are delicious.
Prawns.
I call everything 'shrimp' ....lol. So, what's shrimp, then? Wait, never mind, I'll google it. :D
Callem what ever you want that looks YUUUUUMMMMYY !!!!
It was surprisingly really yummy. I wanted more, lol. Lately, shrimps, or prawns, just don't taste right with me.
Hmmm....panda bear as a pet....hmmm
Think hard about it. I'm even somewhat house-broken. As far as that crustacean, we call them shrimp. I love shrimp fixed just about anyway. Please post more pics. This is my favorite thread
This is F###'n ridiculous. You haven't posted in over a week. Are you trying to starve me to death??
I call everything 'shrimp' ....lol. So, what's shrimp, then? Wait, never mind, I'll google it. :D
Sorry, it was meant as a joke. Or at least a jokey reference to the fact that Anericans ordering prawns over here are very surprised to be served with prawns.
It's like biscuits or chips - same words, different food.
UK shrimp are tiny and brown and only satisfying in enormous quantities. Kinda like whales feel about krill I guess.
UK prawns are pink when cooked, larger and fleshier, as in your photo.
This is F###'n ridiculous. You haven't posted in over a week. Are you trying to starve me to death??
No, I was trying to starve myself. :lol: Joking aside, I've been on a diet, eating salads and rice paper rolls. Nothing mouth watering to see. Let me upload an example of my rice paper rolls. I would put whatever food rolled with salad. Yesterday, I rolled with braise fish. This morning I rolled with fried tofu. The kitchen made vegetarian shaking beef dish. I left that for my mom to eat because I'm cutting rice and bread the next two weeks.
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Roasted pepper and spinach chicken sausage.
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Yes indeed, that's cool as hell. Is that an Asian thing? Texas thing?
I dunno....bought it at Costco, hehe. I'll check the brand later. Could be a Texas thing, or not. :P
Just decided not to wear my Viet long dress for New Year so I'm eating dessert. :D
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Chobani won't mess up your look. High protein yogurt and some curls will give you First Lady biceps.
Lola, I don't know what brand of sausage you got, but we regularly get a brand called Aidell's that has several different stuffing combinations. Our favorite is mango-jalapeno.
Aidell's I can get at Safeway, in Newark, DE, according to their website. :)
Here's the package...,
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OK, that's a CA company that make 4 kinds of sausage and 2 kinds of meatballs. They don't say what their territory is, or sell from their website, though.
6g fat per sausage looks good to me.
Hey, hang on - I thought you guys were all Imperial?
Or are you bi-lingual like us? Nature programmes tend to use km for example, but all cars and signposts are in miles.
Cookery books still have measurements in g and oz, but only show C or gas mark for temperature. Only quite old ones (or American ones) use F. No new cookers are sold with F markings.
Markets are the last bastion of oz. I buy my lychees by the lb.
Most of us are not bi-lingual but we've been teaching kids two systems of measurement since the seventies... I'd rather speak Italian.
I am of '70s vintage.
We spoke Imperial at home and Metric in school.
I ended up being unable to estimate any measurement apart from a metre or a mile.
My bro - 4 years later - was better integrated.
Personally I think we should make our minds up and simply go for metric. None of our school rulers have inches on, so why do we still still calculate distances in miles?
Grilled chicken and steamed broccoli.
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yum. you are making me hungry
I have a char sui paste.
I am intending to make a version of Nigella's slow roasted pork when the 'rents are away.
Why wait for them to go on holiday? Because you cook it overnight.
Mum simply wouldn't allow it...
Me and Nigella know different ;)
Happy New Year, Lola. :f213: :celebrat:
Thank you, Bruce! :hug: I'll take some pix of traditional Tet food tomorrow. Better headnoffnto bed now. So hungry. Been busy all day and didn't get a chance to eat much. :(
Lunch today....still waiting on margaritas .....
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Snacking on spicy cuttlefish
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I think I got cuttlefish when I went on my Asian Supermarket bender.
I don't know why dried fish are rare in this country. And when I say rare I mean unheard of in terms of national cuisine. We're a pretty chilly island nation though, perhaps drying has never really been necessary.
Jellied, yes, fried yes, frozen (these days) yes.
And the Scots smoke theirs [/smacks lips].
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Hmm.... Wonton noodle soup, I think.
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Banh Tet is traditional New Year food. It's mung bean paste, pork, glutinous rice wrapped in banana leaves. The middle picture is pickled veggies people eat with banh tet. The sliced chili pepper is all me. People usually don't do that, hehe.
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Why am I back here?
Because you know I started eating decently again? Hehe....I've been so busy right before New Year that I haven't been sitting down to eat properly. I finally have a chance to sit down to enjoy my meals again. :)
That is a Bowl of Bad ass right there , and the rest looks good to
See? You know what I'm talking about.
Speaking of Phở...
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I think I got cuttlefish when I went on my Asian Supermarket bender.
I don't know why dried fish are rare in this country. And when I say rare I mean unheard of in terms of national cuisine. We're a pretty chilly island nation though, perhaps drying has never really been necessary.
Jellied, yes, fried yes, frozen (these days) yes.
And the Scots smoke theirs [/smacks lips].
http://www.squidoo.com/squidpunkWe eat cephalopods. Just not dried.
I'd eat a squidpunk too. If'n I was trapped and he was my only food source.
Or if he was sexy ;)
Had some wine and chocolates....Happy Valentine's Day! :D I'm celebrating V-Day with my niece and nephew and ice cream cake later.
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Foot, you were heard. I had chicken pho today. :) picture not pretty but thought I'd show Foot I ate pho, hihi.
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That looks betterer than what i had tonight ,
A new Viet place opened up , they have Pho , i had it for dinner , the broth was WATER , just water , i give it a 2 out of 10 , there was some other stuff that looked interesting on the menu though , so Im Not writing this place off yet
aww...that sucks, zippy. I hope the other food on the menu is better.
See, Valentine's always better with more wine. ;)
Not just Valentine, wine makes any day better. I'm putting another bottle in the fridge tonite for tomorrow's enjoyment. :D
Duck congee
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...forgot to take a pix until there was only 4 pieces left...
How many did you start with, I mean what's the normal serving size for that stuff?
Don't know what's a serving size is. My sister-in-law bought some from the grocery store and lay them on a plate. It's been a while so I can't imagine it now. She filled a 9 in. paper plate. How much a person eats really depends on a person, I guess.
How many did you start with, I mean what's the normal serving size for that stuff?
My guess is the normal serving size is: Too big.
Yeah, maybe. I was wondering what a restaurant would serve.
To be frank, I'm not really sure. I usually don't eat out, much less a sushi place. Once a year, someone we know comes to visit and he'd treat us out. I've only eaten at a sushi restaurant twice so far in my life. I usually buy my sushi at the grocery store when I want to eat some. I think the serving size depends on what you order too? A dish, a boat, bento box? The last place I went to is called Ra Sushi. You can check out the website; they have pictures. Hmm....looking back at my pix, I think I mentioned the dessert dish we ordered had only 6 pcs. Perhaps a sushi dish had around there too.
Yeah, you're so spoiled with the community kitchen, family, and friends trying to fatten you up. :haha:
Yeah, you're so spoiled with the community kitchen, family, and friends trying to fatten you up. :haha:
:D
This is for Zippy for saying "yuuuum" every time I post this food.
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Then let me Not dissapoint ,
YUUUUUMMMMMYYY !!!
C'mon zip, you're drooling on her soup, man. :haha:
"What's that?" you ask. It's vermicelli noodle doused with spicy soy sauce. It is very yummy! Well, if you like to eat simple and very spicy. :D
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Vermicelli? You got an italian in the kitchen rotation. ;)
Um.... I meant rice vermicelli :p
I had some beignets yesterday.
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those look like figs to me.
Not figs. Well at least it doesn't look it to me.
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Chinese Plum, Loquat, Mispero/Nispero.
Purple sweet potato
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Bruce, how's that you know everything?
Because he is the great and Powerfull Bruce
Does purple sweet potato taste like regular sweet potato?
Bruce, how's that you know everything?
I've got Goo Goo Googley eyes. ;)
Does purple sweet potato taste like regular sweet potato?
As much as sweet potato tastes like regular potato. (i.e. it ain't a potato, in my eyes [see whut i did thar?])
;)
Went to take a pix of the tree...
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Potato Puns
Thanks for the heads up.
Does purple sweet potato taste like regular sweet potato?
Yes, but sweeter.
I've got Goo Goo Googley eyes. ;)
How do you google with just a picture?
He, s just that good Lola ;)
I would try the last dish but not order it
Zippy, that dish if done right, has this shrimp sauce paste in it. It is an acquired taste for Americans. Heck, I know some Viets who can't eat it, and many are surprised I can because I grew up in the States.
Vegetarian cheeseburger. Secret to a good vegetarian burger is to fry the patty, makes it nice and crunchy and no bean taste. Also, get the right type -- Morning Star grillers prime.
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How do you google with just a picture?
Wence you go to google.com click on the images tab ... this will allow you to search for images OR if you click on the little camera in the search bar, it'll ask you for the url of the image your searching by
it's a nifty little trick
Thr secret to a good vegetarian burger is ground bacon added to the beans at a ratio of 25:1, and plenty of toasted cumin
The secret to a good veggie burger is not to order one.
Sorry, Lola, most of your food looks yum. And mebbe I'm put off by the enormous serving of raw tomato. But I'll pass on that one.
When I want veggie I go Italian or Indian, as Limey will testify.
I have a beluga lentil burger recipe I've been meaning to try - is a good reminder.
vegetarian is fine as long as it's not trying to be something else... if you want bacon eat the bleeding bacon :) (it's the gateway meat mwhahahahah)
Don't get me wrong, I probably love all the ingredients in that burger.
But I see lentils I think dhal, not burgerer (although technically that makes it Kali Dhal)
Don't get me wrong, I probably love all the ingredients in that burger.
But I see lentils I think dhal, not burgerer (although technically that makes it Kali Dhal)
If you add rolled oats to it then it would be Rolled Dahl.
Thanks folks, I'll be here all week, try the Giant Peach.
You talkin' bout my butt?
If you add rolled oats to it then it would be Rolled Dahl.
Thanks folks, I'll be here all week, try the Giant Peach.
If you added some south american meat product to it....
You'd have a Rolled Dahl Llama
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You talkin' bout my butt?
About your butt....
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Blimey.
I am delicate like a flower.
But I wouldn't advertise a desire for anal quite that openly.
Cheers though, made me giggle like a Japanese schoolgirl.
Those things are yummy! Hahahaha ha......I'm kidding. Did I make anyone cringe? :P Long ago when I first started to eat vegetarian, I ate these imitation stuffs. Some were okay, some weren't so tasty. None tasted like the meat/seafood counterpart though. Of course, I wasn't looking for imitation meat/seafood; I was looking for variety. Consequently, I didn't care for the taste nor were they healthy to eat. I still like my veggie burgers and hotdogs though. :D
I saw tinned vegetarian "duck" when I lived in Leicester.
I was on a budget (really, what a surprise?!) and it wasn't any cheaper than real duck. I bought neither. That might have been in the days before Jesus gave me an oven.
Even if I had all the money in the world I doubt I'd buy it now. I seem to remember it being very high in fat, for a start.
We went to a Singaporean restaurant today. Here are the dishes we shared.
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Now thats some real food , f all that vegie wanabe gloop !
Oh and you must have been shooting into a mirror because the to hot girl is howt !!!!!!!!
Wow, that's a banquet. :yum:
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There were a lot of food, almost too much! Afterwards, we went to a cupcake shop for cheesecake, cupcake, and ice cream.
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If I can't convert to Vietnamese, can you at least adopt me?
Um, you're all splitting those desserts, right?
If I can't convert to Vietnamese, can you at least adopt me?
I'll adopt you any day, Foot! :D However, that's not Vietnamese food. It's Singaporean food. Someone said Singaporean food is a mix of Indian and Malaysian food.
Um, you're all splitting those desserts, right?
Hihi...of course! But I ate most of the brownie cheesecake (the one closest to the camera) because no one eating it. There were some ice cream leftover, but I just couldn't handle anymore food, so I left it.
It's just that all the food you eat is so delicious looking. It doesn't have to be Vietnamese.
Going to a wedding next month. I'll try to remember to take pix then. :D I heard that this restaurant doesn't have the greatest food so we'll see.
My birthday cake...hihi...
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A friend just gave me these cupcakes as a birthday present. I said to her, "Don't you know the wedding's in a month??!!??" She said she's tired of being sensible and give me exercise stuffs. Hehe....well, 2 1/2 cupcakes are gone. The rest will be gone by tomorrow. I think I may need to lose more than 3 lbs. :P
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Um, I don't supposed you considered sharing them with family, friends, or neighbors. Oh wait, you couldn't do that, it was a gift. That would be rude, :haha:
I did, but I got greedy. :p I sat there and ate and ate. :blush: The cupcakes were very yummy! And I just had to try all the different flavors, hihi. But if you were here, Bruce, I'll share with ya. :D
Story of my life... if only. :haha:
Wait, you're getting married in a month? Did I miss something?
And is that a... silhouette of a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer on the little decorative circle bits?
Your eyesight clearly has not been damaged by researching porn.
And is that a... silhouette of a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer on the little decorative circle bits?
No that is a Mixmaster, I used to have one It is a good machine. Now I have a Kitchen Aid. It is much better.
Wait, you're getting married in a month? Did I miss something?
No, I am attending a wedding in a month. I want to look good rather than looking like a frumpy, middle-aged woman. :right:
And is that a... silhouette of a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer on the little decorative circle bits?
I guess Fargon answered it.
No, I am attending a wedding in a month. I want to look good rather than looking like a frumpy, middle-aged woman. :right:
Why would you want to look good when you already look GREAT?
Because Lola has a "plain-speaking" family/ community.
Which I might call rude, except it's not my business to criticise other people's families.
Stay short and beautiful, Lola.
And know that when I come to visit I will never feel more like a female wrestler than I will standing next to you.
And know that when I come to visit I will never feel more like wrestling a female than I will standing next to you.
FTFY ;)
For all Lola's amazing sweetness, I sense the iron thumb-gouging of a Tarantino heroine beneath.
I'm happy to travel cross-country with her. Especially to Wolf's Hide-out in the case of an apocalypse, zombie or otherwise. But wrestling her? No. I'd end up on the compost heap with leftover noodles.
Sundae, I'll wrestle you any day. :wink: I think it'll be fun. :D
Had chicken pho today.
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Someone just gave us this. Don't know the name in English. Perhaps almighty Bruce could figure it out. It's ca bong mu.
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Type of boneless fish, but I don't know what kind of fish it is.
Diet food....
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Lost my post, so here I go again in a shorter version. I went to a wedding reception tonite. thought I'd give you guys a look at what a typical Vietnamese wedding menu looks like. We were at a Chinese restaurant tonite though, and the food was not good. I'll explain more tomorrow. Here are the menu and food pix. I didn't take a pix of the first two dishes, which are the soup and the cold cuts.
Menu. They served soup then cold cuts. Pity I didn't take a pix of this dish cuz it was interesting.
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Crab claws
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Shrimp balls with scallop:
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Peking duck. I was told to put the sauce, the green stuffs, and the Peking duck into the steam bun and eat it as a sandwich.
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Braised abalone mushroom with vegetable:
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Sautéed fish filet on crispy fish bone.
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Rice and shrimp steamed in lotus leaf (my translation from the menu)
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Last dish was taro paste sweet soup. It's a sweet dessert dish.
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Besides 2 liter bottles of Coke and Sprite, there was also cognac and champagne.
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Cake was pretty and tasted decent but I forgot to take a pix. A cropped pix of the cake here. Hope it's not too blurry.
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In general, the food wasn't good to me. I've tasted much better.
Ohmigosh!
It might not be good to you, but to me it looks double mega gorgeous.
As I expect you did too.
Any pics of you in your wedding garb?
You look uber-cute in that photo of you and your "nephew" :)
I am going to post up my pix, both from the morning ceremony and at the night reception. I'm going to wait to grab my pix from my friend first then choose the best ones. :D
Japanese chips....yuuuum!
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I need to shame myself into eating right again. So, I am going to start posting everything I eat. It'll be my food diary. :p
Breakfast...
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those chips are great, I've had them (or ones like them).
Shame? Really? that's the motivator here? Oooookay...
shame shame shame
There. Better?
Big V: those chips were awesome. The person who gave us those bought them in Japan. Some have dry shrimp baked in them too. Sadly, I don't know where to buy them here.
I have not been eating too healthy lately and started to gain weight again. :(
Anyways, here's lunch. Vegetarian Vietnamese sandwich, coconut water, and some kind of dessert. I forgot what it is. :p
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Had one for snack...
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Earlier when I was snacking, my sister asked if I would like to share a sandwich? I told her I'd prefer to wait until later to eat the whole thing myself because I was eating corn then. She heard me wrong and divided the sandwich for dinner. I told her I wanted to eat the whole thing, so she went and cut the second sandwich in half in order for each person to have one whole sandwich. Ha....silly girl.
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Had two of the jackfruit and a glass of artichoke juice for dessert.
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Lay's flaming hot chips....for dessert also... :p
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Found some corn in the microwave while cleaning the kitchen before going bed so I decided to eat one. It wouldn't taste as good after being reheated. I also drank a glass of celery juice/drink.
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Taking care of leftovers so watercress soup for breakfast. And drank some maharaja chai oolong & samurai chai mate tea. Got no idea what all that means. To me, it's just tea with cinnamon flavor. :D
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Green curry mussels. I ate some white rice with the curry. Had a bag of goldfish afterwards.
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Mocha ..... Smoothie?
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Pineapple
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I love pineapple! I could eat an entire one if they didn't make your tongue hurt
Fun fact: pineapple makes your tongue burn not because it's acidic (many foods are,) but because it contains tons of a digestive enzyme called bromelain. This means that eating fresh pineapple with your meal, especially the core, will help you digest the rest of your meal. But it also means that while it's in your mouth, before it gets to the protective layer of mucus in your stomach, it is literally digesting your own flesh.
You call that a "fun" fact? That's horrifying! D:
Thanks, Clod. That is very useful info.
Corn dogs for breakfast?? Yes, corn dogs for breakfast! :D (Btw, I only ate 5. :p )
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You call that a "fun" fact? That's horrifying! D:
I knew that :) That's why it is such a good meat tenderizer. Still gonna eat it! :yum:
I love to eat pineapple with salt and chili peppers. The torture I must've put my stomach through and didn't know. :p
Green smoothie: milk, spinach, banana, grapes, and a tbsp of flaxseed oil. I tossed in some old kumquats, which I'm never gonna do again. Made the drink tasted a bit weird.
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French bread, cheese, and pastry....
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Crab and tomato noodle soup... (I haven't added the chili and the shrimp paste yet.)
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pineapple makes your tongue burn because it contains tons of a digestive enzyme called bromelain. This means that while it's in your mouth, before it gets to the protective layer of mucus in your stomach, it is literally digesting your own flesh.
Okay I snipped that. But I didn't alter the meaning.
Thank you for the info!
I always thought I was weirdorama because fresh pineapple hurt the corners of my mouth. They were obviously the most sensitive parts; I stopped when it started hurting.
I'd still be tempted by really fresh pineapple though. I ate it every day in Sri Lanka and it was like going from black and white TV to colour.
French bread, cheese
What cheese you got there Lola? Looks yummy.
What cheese you got there Lola? Looks yummy.
I think it's Havarti cheese with jalepeno. I'm not too sure because I already threw away the container. :)
We went to an Indian restaurant for lunch. We already started eating before I remembered to take a picture. I was so full. I don't think I'll eat again until tomorrow.
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Next to the restaurant is an Indian snacks and British candies shop. I asked the owner's permission before snapping a picture. :D
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I saw this and thought it was funny.
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"Special barf?!" Ha! Was that like a "garbage cookie" - a dessert with everything in it?
Today is vegetarian day so we has spinach soup, spinach stir fry, green bean stir fry, and cucumber. The sauces are spicy bean curd sauce and spicy soy sauce. Afterwards, we had Japanese green tea and chocolates.
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Breakfast? Lunch? .... Brunch! :D
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Since Bruce asked about sushi portions. I went to a sushi place the other day. I shared a bento box and a sushi roll with my sister but forgot to take a picture. However, I took a snapshot of someone else's, hihi. (My plate had 8 sushi.)
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Fried ice cream. Have always wanted to try this, but it was a disappointment. There was thick batter covering the ice cream.
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Hmmm..... How come I get the attachment problems, and I can't even go back in to delete the duplicate pix. Oh well....
Lola, you are a 21st century woman. Some of us do have attachment issues.
Thanks once again for the photos. Always love them.
My ex loved fried ice-cream (we could only get it at a Mexican chain restaurant.)
I can say it's one of many high-fat-sweet-treats I couldn't abide.
But I admit, no patting myself on the back here.
Whenever we went to a good English restaurant (not an oxymoron) I'd order the cheeseboard instead of dessert and eat until cheese came out of my eyes and ears.
Lola, you are a 21st century woman.
I feel like a dunce if I ask what everything means but I'm really curious. I googled the expression and still couldn't get an answer. So, what do you mean by "you are a 21st century woman"?
Just a play on words.
You have attachment problems ie attaching/ deleting photos.
We live in a time when women don't necessarily want to "settle down" ie they have issues with getting too attached to people. Attachment issues for women who live in the 21st century.
Seeing that I'm still single and probably won't get married at all, you were simply stating a fact. :p
Oh babba, you and me both.
Still, at least we had the choice.
If we were born in another century we'd have been married off regardless and just have to make the best of it.
If'n we didn't die in birthing multiple children.
A woman, a spaniel and a walnut tree, The more they're beaten the better still they be.
If we were born in another century we'd have been married off regardless and just have to make the best of it.
If'n we didn't die in birthing multiple children.
Good lord, you're right. Am I glad I'm a woman of the 21st century. :D
Had this for dessert after we ate "pho."
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My brother wanted us to make something for the family since we just got a new oven. My sister made this over. I only help chop and wash the veggies. The brown curlie thingy is sliced banana flower.
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Hey 21st century ladies. 3F and I are available
Hehehe.....you don't want to go near my sister. :-x As for me, I can't cook....seriously. :-(
Extra large pizza from Russo pizzeria
Baloch gola, Indian shaved ice with fruits. Started eating before I remember to take a picture.
The brown curlie thingy is sliced banana flower.
I'd never heard of that so I went to
Google images.
Looks interesting.:yum:
Baloch gola: is that what that's called? Ahhh. My gran used to make something like that.
Lola, is that green tea icecream on the previous page?
Dana, that might have been green tea ice cream. I don't exactly remember. :p:
As for baloch gola, it was my first time eating an Indian dessert. It's similar to other south Asian shaved ice dessert, like the one in the previous page with the green tea ice cream, except this one doesn't have ice cream. Dana, did your grandmother put syrup and condense milk into the shaved ice and top with fruits too? Or how did she make it? The others I've eaten, Taiwanese, I think, don't put syrup, just condense milk and have more fruits and ice cream. I think I like that better. :p:
A friend just gave me a slice of chocokate cake. Was just gonna take one bite since it's at night, but OMG!!!!!! It's so Yummmmmy! Not too sweet, moist and a hint of cinnamon. Mmmmmm...mmmmm.....gooood!!!!!
The frosting has coffee in it. OMG!!!!! So good. I...can't...stop...eating...!!!!
I think I will go to bed happy. Hahahahaha......
Dana, that might have been green tea ice cream. I don't exactly remember. :p:
As for baloch gola, it was my first time eating an Indian dessert. It's similar to other south Asian shaved ice dessert, like the one in the previous page with the green tea ice cream, except this one doesn't have ice cream. Dana, did your grandmother put syrup and condense milk into the shaved ice and top with fruits too? Or how did she make it? The others I've eaten, Taiwanese, I think, don't put syrup, just condense milk and have more fruits and ice cream. I think I like that better. :p:
Ohhh goodness, I don't rightly recall. I just remember something that tasted and had a texture something like you just decribed.
I know she used quite a lot of milk in her sweet making. She used to boil it down to a kind of mush. Wouldn't surprise me at all if some condensed milk hadn't made it in there. I remember it being very sweet. Not sure whether there was golden syrup, but hers was more likely to be a recipe from India rather than Taiwan, so probably.
I'd never heard of that so I went to Google images.
Looks interesting.:yum:
Because you thought so, I looked to see what dish could be made from it. Voila....banana flower salad.
This is a great thread, LB.
Great for viewing after the rush so I can shoot into town and grab foods as seen here.
Thanks, Slang. Did you end buying any food? If yes, what did you get?
Baked orka. This time cayenne was added so it was nice and spicy. :-D
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Oops, forgot the pix, hihi...
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Korean spicy seafood noodles with mussels
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OK so Like Have you ever tried fried squid... I've been going down to Engine 9 on the Corner of I think Central and MLK over here in the "DOME DISTRICT," of ST. Pete.. and please understand that that's why I am "THUNDER DOME-ING IT"well anyway "FRIED CALAMARI" is what it's called.. you ought to try it...
Yes, I've eaten fried calamari. They are delicious.
Did you end up buying any food? If yes, what did you get?
Baby squids for my wife. No pics though.
Recipe for the Okra, please.
I would need to ask my sister for specifics, but it's just salt, pepper, olive oil, and cayenne pepper (if you want it spicy). Then just bake to the desired crisp.
Call me a nutter if you like but when I'm making a fruit salad I add a bit garam masala or even standard curry powder.
as long as you don't overdo it and leave it to sit a couple of hours it takes on a lovely spiced flavour (like mulled wine) and doesn't taste "curry" at all.
really good if you've got some ripe banana in there too.
I commend it to the house.
mind you I like tomatoes, sweet peppers and cucumber in my fruit salads as well
(I'll get me coat,....)
Call me a nutter if you like but when I'm making a fruit salad I add a bit garam masala or even standard curry powder.
as long as you don't overdo it and leave it to sit a couple of hours it takes on a lovely spiced flavour (like mulled wine) and doesn't taste "curry" at all.
really good if you've got some ripe banana in there too.
I commend it to the house.
mind you I like tomatoes, sweet peppers and cucumber in my fruit salads as well
(I'll get me coat,....)
Sounds rather interesting and might be quite good. I wouldn't mind trying it, if you make it for me. :D I may make it taste nasty. I've tried Indian snacks(nuts, cereal, chips, etc) where they add Indians spices. They were really good.
For you Buster. Recipe grabbed from Allrecipes.com:
Ingredients
Original recipe makes 3 servings
18 fresh okra pods, sliced 1/3 inch thick
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste
2 teaspoons black pepper, or to taste
Directions
Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Arrange the okra slices in one layer on a foil lined cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
Thanks. I looked at a few, one called for some millet flour. WTF. Wonder if frozen okra would work?
I googled it and found a blog where a woman roast frozen okra, no thawing necessary. She did say that to bake it longer, like 25-30 minutes.
Any frozen vegetable is going to come out mushier than if you roast it fresh. The freezing breaks down the cell walls. But maybe with Buster's teeth issues, softer is better. :)
Okra is soft, even at its "crunchiest."
ps, for my spicy fruit salad I fill a leakproof plastic tub, add slugs of cider/wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil in roughly 1:2 proportion (rather than the vinaigrette proportion of 1:4 or 1:5) then take it to work for my lunch.
Bruce had asked once aboit the portion of sushi. My cousin invted us out tonight. I forgot to take pix of the first 5 dishes. I got these from the second round of order. I also tried fuji apple cold sake, which was yummy.
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Are they all for you or shared.
We ordered 8 plates (rolls) for 5 of us, which was too much. Didnt stop me from wanting dessert though, hihi. But we all shared that one plate of fried banana and green tea ice cream. I will try their mochi next time. :-)
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ranch parmesan crusted chicken with mash potatoes and corn
Thank you. It would've tasted better if I didn't over bake it. :p: My mom, who likes her food a bit dry and overcooked, thought it was delicious. :D My sister thought the chicken needed more seasoning and dry, the mash potato was bland, and the corn wasn't sweet enough. However, she feels that I should cook again so she won't have to. :rolleyes:
I just came from the 40 maps thread, and for a second I couldn't figure out what countries your plate of food was supposed to represent...
:D My sister thought the chicken needed more seasoning and dry, the mash potato was bland, and the corn wasn't sweet enough. However, she feels that I should cook again so she won't have to. :rolleyes:
Well of course, you need more practice... and being a good sister she's willing to let you. ;)
Ha! Cook AND clean? Blah.....
Anyways, I found a bunch of recipes I'd like to try out. She's okay with me trying the chicken and fish recipes but when I tried to get ingredients to make desserts, she discouraged me. :rolleyes: The woman actually stopped me from buying Disaronno??!!?? Seriously???? :D
Hey, you're 21. You can buy any damn thing you please. If she doesn't like it, don't give her any. :drunk:
heheheh.....I didn't have enough cash at the moment and didn't want to use the credit card (my sister just paid it off for me :p:). I'll probably buy it when my wallet fattens a bit. By the way, the amarreto is to make cake. Of course, I can also enjoy the leftover. :D
Zucotto Pudding
I was at Home Depot the other day and Spec's Liquor is in the same shopping center. I juuuust had to stop in. I checked out their amaretto selection and found something cheap. I figured it's for baking, so I may not need to spring for something that cost 3X as much. Anyways, here's the preparation for it. The finished product is not ready to eat until it's been in the fridge for 24-48 hrs.
Ingredients, less riccota cheese, which I forgot in the fridge.
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Taking a sip. Made me wonder if I should've put out more money cuz there's a lot leftover.
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Toasted almonds
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Ricotta mixture, sadly I grabbed the low fat one. I hope it'll taste ok.
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All packed and wrapped. Gonna put a plate and something heavy on it then off it goes into the refrigerator.
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Forgot to take a picture before cutting it. My cousin's wife said, "It's actually not bad!" I told her she was supposed to say It's good! :lol:
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I'm missing something here, you smooshed up a bunch of stuff, cookies, nuts, booze, chocolate, ricotta, and refrigerated it. That's all? It looks like it was baked? :confused:
Not baked, just refrigerated. I found some recipes that call for whip cream rather than ricotta, but I decided to use ricotta instead.
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I think the cocoa powder dusting fooled me into thinking it looked cake like. :smack:
It certainly looks decadent, probably take my blood sugar to record highs.
I cooked pork curry. No one was happy!
I cooked pork curry. No one was happy!
Why?
I cooked pork curry. No one was happy!
Yes, why not?
I think the cocoa powder dusting fooled me into thinking it looked cake like. :smack:
It certainly looks decadent, probably take my blood sugar to record highs.
Hehe....I omitted the candied fruits. As for the chocolate, I based on the video instruction, I just put a handful amount in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asB14gQ9jW4&list=UUpSgg_ECBj25s9moCDfSTsA&feature=share&index=29Yes, why not?
Well the pig is dead and there is curry on the pork so...
Why?
I'm guessing the red neck shit got them. Still good today for me:cool:
Translated: duck noodle herbal soup
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What part of the duck is the noodle? :eyebrow:
the corkscrew bit, I've heard
What part of the duck is the noodle? :eyebrow:
Hehe....the broth? I just took the name from the menu. :-P
Went to lunch with my friend today. I had quinoa pasta with stuffs....lol...forgot what's in there. Bell peppers, jalapeno, tomatoes, beans, chicken, and whatever.
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I'll take the whatevers in the second photo please
:)
you eat the best things! I'm so jealous
Thanks, Sarge.
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Went to Ihop this morning. Chicken florentine crepes and berry french toasts.
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The portions at Ihop are huge! A friend of mine is sleeping with my mom at night until she is well enough to move around safely by herself. So, this morning my sister and I took her out to breakfast. She choose Ihop again because we wanted to go someplace near home. I ordered chicken fajita omelet. It was humongous. I had to make myself eat half so I wouldn't have too much leftover. I guess I'll be eating that for lunch too. Anyways, I forgot to take pix today. :p:
Went to lunch with friends. Tofu and veggies.
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I think you have more banquets than normal meals. :haha:
I think you have more banquets than normal meals. :haha:
Hihi.....Well, a Vietnamese meal is comprised of your own rice bowl and other dishes you can scoop from to put into your bowl. This meal is a lot though. There was only 3 adults and my friend ordered 4 dishes. She also ordered a separate dish for her kids because they're picky eaters.
Having lunch with my friend. I'm eating hummus with flatbread. She's eating a salad, which I ate a quarter of. And we're sharing a dessert.
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That's a lot of flatbread.
Hihi.....don't know what happened with the attachments. Btw, I won't be sharing a dessert with her anymore. She only ate 3 bites then refused to eat anymore. Said she's watching her weight. She's like half my size. :-/
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That's a very fancy dessert, must be a banquet. :haha:
she's half your size????? you've always looked like I could scoop you up with one hand and carry you away in a cargo pocket. well, if she is smaller there is no way she is prettier
A strong gust of wind could blow her away. I'm sure of it. Don't know if she's prettier, but she is pretty.
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That's a very fancy dessert, must be a banquet. :haha:
You're such a dork...lol.
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Went to lunch with my friend. I eeni meeni minni moed between Mexican or Japanese food. Japanese it was. :)
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My friend gave me some gourmet donuts. Ate one before I remember to take pics, hehe.
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You'd already eaten 1,000,000 of the 4,000,000 calories?
Yes when I took that pix. Just ate another one. So yummy! Not as sweet as a regular donut from such places like Shipley's.
the sushi looks beautiful, delicious.
All 4,000,000 calories gone. :D
All 4,000,000 calories gone. :D
And gained 4 lbs. Seriously???!!!??? Can a person really gain 4 lbs. right after eating 4 doughnuts????? Apparently, I did. :right:
Maybe it was all the booze you washed them down with. ;)
Maybe it was all the booze you washed them down with. ;)
Couldn't drink that day so no booze to blame that day. Hmm...but I can drink today. :D Oh wait, gotta lose that 4 pounds and more. :thepain:
Did you drink about two liters of water? That's about four pounds right there, minus the alcohol, of course.
Chicken enchilada with roasted veggies and cilantro rice. Was really yummy. Also, a virgin pina colada with the meal.
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Oh that looks SOOOOO Yummy !!!!!!
Their chicken and beef empanadas were really good too. I'm going to come back here to try other dishes.
I'm so glad this Chinese grocery store carries Hawaiian Host varieties. I used to have to order all the way from Hawaii. Either pay $25 shipping or order $100 worth of Hawaiian Host products. I ate a lot of chocolates one year. :D Anyways, it costs more buying it here but paying a bit extra to satisfy a once in a blue moon craving is worth it.
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My sister saw a recipe for banana pancake, consisting of only bananas and eggs. Cool, potassium and protein, she thought. She made it and instantly hated it because it was sweet. Uh...okay. Banana = sweet. I told her it would taste better with whip cream, strawberries, and chocolate. She went out and got the ingredients. Still didn't like it that much and prefer sour cream with the pancakes. Weird. But now I've got my dessert. Hihi...
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Bunny, there's a pig hiding in your pancakes!
Still, better than a banana IMO.
Bunny, there's a pig hiding in your pancakes!
Still, better than a banana IMO.
Pig...bacon...yummy. :D
Fried black bean burger and curry fries.
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Pardon my drooling. :) Was that as good as it looks?
Pardon my drooling. :) Was that as good as it looks?
I didn't care for the curry fries too much but the burger was yummy. :D
Cafe mocha... surprisingly strong and good.
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Arugula with bunch of other things...haha...and goat cheese salad.
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What? No one thinks the salad looks good? :p: :lol2:
Salad is what food eats.
:D
Hehe....true...true....I'll eat food next time.
Lunch with my sister and friend...
Dessert....yes, that's ice cream. The egg yolk thingy is mango puree and the small scoops are parfait. I actually asked the waiter, "That's it?!?"
That looks like the YUM!!! Makes me wish I could eat fish. Excellent photography.
That looks like the YUM!!! Makes me wish I could eat fish. Excellent photography.
Why can't you eat fish?
Went out for lunch. This place have sparkling sake. That sounds interesting, so I wanted to try it. However, my friend treated us, so I didn't order any. :-(
(Ugh...can't upload. Will do later.)
P.S. We went home for coffee and gelato. Why waste money when we have yummy stuffs at home? Hihi....my friend said I don't have money, so she didn't want me to treat her. I told her I'll treat her to coffee another time. There's this nice coffee place with light food. Will post pictures again in two weeks. :))
Well, something is wrong with the phone or app. Can't seem to upload pix. Oh well....just more sushi pictures. Y'all must be bored of them. :p
Don't just give up, you have to get on top of this so when you take those nude selfies they won't be delayed. :haha:
Why can't you eat fish?
I am allergic to all seafood.
Bummer, Fargon. I loves me some fish every now and then...
I am allergic to all seafood.
That is a bummer.
Don't just give up, you have to get on top of this so when you take those nude selfies they won't be delayed. :haha:
No nude selfies then... :haha:
No nude selfies then...
Fuck.
Fish tacos at Moody Garden restaurant.
(Can't upload at the moment. :-()
No nude selfies then...
No problem , I would Be MOOOORE than happy to help you with this !!!! ;)
Hehe...Zippy, you're gonna post one of yourself up? [emoji4]
On a diet but must have cake with coffee, hihi....austin cream and strawberry cake
GAH!!
Alien finger!!! Alien finger!!!
Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-do
I have a perfect puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-dee
If you are wise, you'll listen to me
What do you get when you guzzle down sweets?
Eating as much as an elephant eats
What are you at getting terribly fat?
What do you think will come of that?
Heeeeewy! Hhaha....bah...I know you'll still love me. [emoji6]
I had this for lunch. Zippy may appreciate it.
(Tapatalk on mobile sucks. Still can't attach pix. )
Gonna try attach picture from laptop rather than my phone since I still have trouble attaching from it.
The dish I ate was spicy tonkotsu ramen. I took a shot of the menu to show what's in it.
Try turning your phone sideways when you take a picture.
OMG !!!! That looks SOOOOOOO Good !!!!!!!
Try turning your phone sideways when you take a picture.
The phone automatically rights the picture. I'll try to take a picture before it adjusts next time. I tried flipping the picture, but no matter where I rotate it, the picture always lies sideways.
OMG !!!! That looks SOOOOOOO Good !!!!!!!
I knew you would appreciate it. If you're ever in Houston, contact me. I'll take you out to eat. :D
Even if it rotates the picture to the way you're holding the phone, I'm wondering if something in the upload process indexes it to one point regardless of how it was taken.
Went to Red Robbins with my sisters yesterday. Had half a burger and shared a liquored shake.
I found out that my pics on the phone are too big to upload. So, I have to reduce them in order to post them up. There goes the convenience of taking pics on the phone. Anyways, here's the burger and shake...
Another liquor lunch, eh.
The PA Farm show is on the tube and some dude is making Wild Mushroom Couscous with Vegetarian Demi Glace. Looks good.
Went to lunch with my friend today. Had sushi then went to have to crepes. Tiramisu flavor: espresso mascarpone with vanilla ice cream. It was yummy.
Had my biweekly or monthly lunch with my best friend. We went back to Sweet Paris to try the savory crepes. I had the truffle something. Forgot what it's called. Had mozzarella with cherry tomatoes and truffle oil. Came with salad, as you can see. I also ordered chai spice latte because my friend said it was really good.
Living large, eh. :thumb:
Went to lunch with my sisters. This picture is missing one last dish.
My friend took me to lunch for my birthday today. Had ceviche, soft shell crab taco, and strawberry margarita. Afterwards we went for coffee.
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Happy Birthday dear Bunny!
Lookin' good, as always.
So is Friend!
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Happy belated Birthday Lola Bunny.
Thank you. But my birthday was on the 15th, so y'all weren't late. :D
Now there's a couple of tasty dishes.
The food looks good too.
After my CHL class, I went for sushi. Since the plating was pretty, I thought I'd take a picture. [emoji4]
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Now I love sushi, and am a lesser fan of sushimi, but those pieces of raw fish look inedibly enormous to me.
Please reassure me, Bunny, that it's about the angle they were taken at; they're not really the size of a yacht sail...?
The plating is pretty though.
Thank you for the photos.
I've been staying out of this thread because I've been trying to lose weight for my Dad's 75th birthday. Given my meal out is now a week away I've accepted that it's probably too late to stress about it.
Isn't looking at the photos the calorie-free way if enjoying the food?
Sent by thought transference
No, it makes me hungry.
And a hungry Sundae is like Godzilla, I want to devour the whole of Tokyo.
Or do a runner in the nearest Yo! Sushi. [COLOR="White"](Disclaimer - I have never left a restaurant without paying and never would)[/COLOR]
BTW sushimi was a typo. Sashimi.
Sundae: Well, you could consider the pansy in the middle of the frame a size reference.
Lola: Delicious! (as always)
I bought a cookbook at the book fair and decided to try out the recipes. The recipes were simple and I have most of the ingredients. However, they don't taste too great, and the clean up is a hassle. Frankly, I think it's me. I don't cook well and I take too long at doing everything. [emoji29] I'll post up the recipes for anyone interested in giving them a try later. [emoji1]
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I ate the food with rice, of course. After a while, the flavor wasn't so bad, just different. Anyways, here are the recipes.
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That's a lot of sugar. I make glazed carrots by sauteeing the carrots in a lot of butter until they are tender, then add some dill and a teaspoon of honey.
They look tasty, sorry you were disappointed in the taste. :(
That's a lot of sugar. I make glazed carrots by sauteeing the carrots in a lot of butter until they are tender, then add some dill and a teaspoon of honey.
Yeah, 2 1/2 tbsp is a lot. I didn't use that much though because I didn't have that much carrots. I like how you make it better. Maybe it's the vinegar cider that made difficult to eat. Anyways, I think I'll stick to munching on raw carrots from now on since I don't really care for carrots much.
They look tasty, sorry you were disappointed in the taste. :(
I gave my nephew a tiny bit of carrots to try. He'll try a tiny bit of anything for the first time. (I've trained him well....or should I say I've "put the fear of God in him," so he'll eat anything I give him. :D I put the phrase in quotes because that's what my sister said and my nephew agreed. :lol: Anyways, he immediately made this face ever so slightly. I asked if it's okay or not. When he wouldn't answer, I told him I'm going to make him eat it because I didn't receive an answer. LOL....He immediately said, or he might've have said it didn't taste so good but I swear I heard him say I don't feel so good after that first bite. :lol: So, no carrots for him. However, he ate the chicken. :D
I used to glaze carrots with honey.
But then I wasn't going for the speedy version - I'd roast them, which brings out their inner sweetness anyway.
Good for you for trying something different, Bunny.
I've decided not to give up on trying the recipes in the new cookbook I just bought. So, here's the chicken piccata I made today. Rather than wine, I replaced it with chicken broth. The flavor was good. Recipe is easy, so y'all feel free to try it. [emoji1]
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Thank you, Sundae. I don't cook well, so I'm hoping with practice I can cook faster and better.
I'm reposting the recipe because the other file was too small, which made the words not too easy to read.
The picture keep on uploading sideways. This is my last attempt. [emoji29]
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Don't stop! I like a woman who uploads sideways.
Funny man. If only you were younger....;)
My goal in life was to become a dirty old man. I succeeded! :D
Funny=good....dirty=not good
I just made some kimchi fried rice. The flavor is a bit lacking. I think perhaps my kimchi is old and bad. [emoji30] Anyway. ....
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Funny man. If only you were younger....;)
My goal in life was to become a dirty old man. I succeeded! :D
Funny=good....dirty=not good
There's a new thread in which you might like to post. You can give tips on how to best employ foodstuffs like whipped cream, honey, olive oil, and being a Texas gal maybe even BBQ sauce! Your passion for food may lead to other passions in
that Cellar thread..
kimchi can go bad???
how?
kimchi can go bad???
how?
I know, right? I think maybe it's not the kimchi itself but the recipe I used. It calls for 1/2 kimchi juice 1/2 water. I think that diluted the flavor. I mistakenly think it's the kimchi's fault. Frankly, the older the kimchi, the better kimchi fried rice would taste. Anyways, the fried rice tasted better the next day. :)
After my niece's 5th grade graduation ceremony, we took her out to lunch. These are the food we, not the kid, ate. [emoji4] The first 2 dishes are Singaporean noodle and clams. The next 2 are sauteed bean leaf and calamari. The last dish is crab.
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5th grade graduation ceremony? :facepalm:
I'm guessing the stall at Leeds Food Festival was very much Anglicised, as I didn't see any of the yummy dishes you photograph for us. I've still yet to eat Vietnamese food (as opposed to Vietnamese-style food), but this wasn't the right place to start.
The man leaving the stall apologised to me for getting in the way of my photo.
Bless him, it's his stall!
5th grade graduation ceremony? :facepalm:
I know, right? My cousin posted on FB pix of his son's graduation ceremony from PRE-K. Yes, you read that right. And his daughter had a cap and gown graduation ceremony from kindergarten.
Sundae: We went to a Chinese Vietnamese restaurant, so it was a blend and not pure Vietnamese food. As for stalls, you're more likely to get "ba le" (baguette) sandwiches, egg rolls, springrolls, and other finger and "fast food" style food.
Sushi and a cocktail after work.
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What's that last thing, a desert?
They call it apple pie. :D I like it. Not too sweet and the crust was nice.
Looks kinda like an Apple Brown Betty. Kinda.
Sorry, but it looks like something a cat sicked up.
Jus sayin...
Sorry, but it looks like something a cat sicked up.
Jus sayin...
A
British woman
from England just said that. Really.
:lol2:
Forgot to upload from Monday night. My boss took us to dinner at a nice steak, seafood, and crab place. The dark was dark, so the pics are kind of blurry. She invited my sister too because my boss knows her. I had seabass and she had bass and we shared a carrot cake.
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You're living mighty high on the hog.
Sorry, but it looks like something a cat sicked up.
Jus sayin...
You mean the "apple pie"? Wasn't sure what you were talking about at first. :p:
You're living mighty high on the hog.
Hihi....might as well when I can. :D
A British woman from England just said that. Really.
That comment is so lazy I won't even :blah:
Expected better of you.
You mean the "apple pie"? Wasn't sure what you were talking about at first. :p:
Yeah. Maybe I was being mean. I assume it tasted yummy. And if you'd made it yourself I'd never have been so rude.
Your boss treats you well!
Can I come work for her too?
Then again she probably looked at your tiny frame and thought she'd get away lightly. One look at me and she'd know I could pack it away like a starving miner.
That comment is so lazy I won't even :blah:
Expected better of you.
Lazy? I labored to make it that nice!
I only found your comment funny (and my reply
was written with humor in mind, not as an actual insult) because a great deal of British cuisine (and I use that term loosely, very loosely) looks to have been eaten by a cat, yakked up by said cat, then that cat yak eaten by a badger, and then shit onto a plate. Seasoned with coarsely ground thistles and pine cone shavings.
That's the
lazy version of that comment.
Don't ever expect much from me, you'll only be disappointed. It's what I do, afterall, disappoint.
I'm sorry if you were actually offended by that, Sundae. It was not my intention to insult.
I don't know why I suddenly decided to be all offended by what was a comment made in jest. Perhaps it was a backwash of guilt for really being quite rude about a photo Lola was kind enough to share publicly.
I defend American eating habits and food so often myself, when people who have never even been to America make fun about all Americans being fat, lazy, stupid and eating crap food all day every day. It's so obviously not true, but the poor souls who trot it out are just dumb enough to believe it.
I still think that British cuisine can be held up against some of the finest in the world, but there was no reason for me to get pissy about it.
So my apologies to Lola, and to you Grav.
Hey, at least you get to keep your Great Offender title ;)
Your boss treats you well!
Can I come work for her too?
Then again she probably looked at your tiny frame and thought she'd get away lightly. One look at me and she'd know I could pack it away like a starving miner.
It was the office's one year anniversary. She is generous to her employees. She gives us free eye exams and whatever we buy, i.e. glasses, contact lenses, etc., she let us get it at her price. Most places just give their employees discounts. The doc took the whole office to dinner (just 4 of us, plus my sister and her son) and one of the workers is a 300 lbs. (so he claims even though the other girls think he's heavier) man. He ordered an entree that comes with a 10 oz steak, a humongous lobster tail, and mash potatoes. Sundae, I'm sure you would eat less than that. :p:
Went to dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday. I had a salad, lobster mac-n-cheese, filet mignon, and a cocktail. Oh yeah....mash potato and strawberry shortcake.
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Looks like one of them fancy places where ya gotta have shoes and stuff. ;)
Hihi....it was. There was a dress code and everything.
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It was the office's one year anniversary. She is generous to her employees. She gives us free eye exams and whatever we buy, i.e. glasses, contact lenses, etc., she let us get it at her price. Most places just give their employees discounts. The doc took the whole office to dinner (just 4 of us, plus my sister and her son) and one of the workers is a 300 lbs. (so he claims even though the other girls think he's heavier) man. He ordered an entree that comes with a 10 oz steak, a humongous lobster tail, and mash potatoes. Sundae, I'm sure you would eat less than that. :p:
That might explain why glasses cost $575.
That might explain why glasses cost $575.
No, glasses don't cost $575 because sometimes an optometrist decides to be generous to her employees and treat them to a nice restaurant once a year. In this instance, just this once because we don't know if she'll do that again next year being our office just only celebrated its 1 year anniversary. Glasses can cost up that much whether the doctor decides to share the money with his/her employees are not. I'm just lucky I have a very nice employer who treats her employees well. Actually, she's a very nice lady. When I asked her to help Buster who's a vet, she agreed right away without asking any questions. When a patient seems not have much money, she gives him/her discounts. More and more patients are using vision insurance. Contrary to what many of us may think, the insurance companies don't pay the doctors the difference of the what patients don't pay. Patients pay insurances a premium each month, so they only have to pay a small amount of copay when they go to the optometrist. When the office files a claim for this, we are only reimbursed a fraction of what we charge for services. I am not saying optometrists (doctors) are poor. I'm merely saying they aren't highway robbers. Why are Walmart and etc. places charge less for their glasses? Cheaper frames and lesser quality lens.
That might explain why glasses cost $575.
No, glasses don't cost $575 because sometimes an optometrist decides to be generous to her employees
No, glasses cost $575 because optometrists decide to employ such beautiful petite women that the customers
have to buy glasses to check them out properly :love:
No, glasses don't cost $575 because sometimes an optometrist decides to be generous to her employees and treat them to a nice restaurant once a year. In this instance, just this once because we don't know if she'll do that again next year being our office just only celebrated its 1 year anniversary. Glasses can cost up that much whether the doctor decides to share the money with his/her employees are not. I'm just lucky I have a very nice employer who treats her employees well. Actually, she's a very nice lady. When I asked her to help Buster who's a vet, she agreed right away without asking any questions. When a patient seems not have much money, she gives him/her discounts. More and more patients are using vision insurance. Contrary to what many of us may think, the insurance companies don't pay the doctors the difference of the what patients don't pay. Patients pay insurances a premium each month, so they only have to pay a small amount of copay when they go to the optometrist. When the office files a claim for this, we are only reimbursed a fraction of what we charge for services. I am not saying optometrists (doctors) are poor. I'm merely saying they aren't highway robbers. Why are Walmart and etc. places charge less for their glasses? Cheaper frames and lesser quality lens.
OK That was a joke.
The thing I really wonder is: Why does
this cost $599, it has image stabilization motors, automatic focus, 13 groups of 17 elements (that's individual lenses) all multi-coated to prevent glare and other optical distortions, all made from the highest quality optical glass, it has a motorized zoom, is sealed against dust, and it is amazingly accurate even after years of handling and operation, but two single lenses made of polycarbonate with a non glare coating, and a frame cost at least $375 online and close to twice that at an optometrist. It's not economy of scale, Canon has just recently only made its 50 millionth lens. It's not just labor. Unless there is a 1000% markup the wholesale cost for the lenses must be astronomical.
A camera lens, significantly more complex, is a luxury and the market won't bear an extraordinary cost. Eyeglasses on the other hand are essential to people who need them and, well, tough shit if you need them and don't have them.
The Luxotica cartel is probably behind this, I'm not blaming optometrists, they are essentially the middlemen, but what would the glasses cost if the lenses were only five bucks?
There are non name brand lenses that are nearly as good as Canons and Nikons- most people can't tell the difference. There are name brand frames and knock offs the relative price difference remains.
One reason is that the camera is the same design, 10,000 times. Glasses are not like that, they're individually fitted, both for frames, which are a balance of cosmetic and functional, and the lenses which are all function, but not necessarily the same from one production unit to the next, unlike the camera.
if people taped that canon to their forehead i think they would want it in different colors
designer colors
because we can't pick colors ourselves it is difficult
... Eyeglasses on the other hand are essential to people who need them and, well, tough shit if you need them and don't have them. ...
When you've got them by the eyeballs, their cash and credit will follow.Foot: Ahhhh....ok. Didn't mean to be sensitive about it.
We went out to eat after taking my nephew to watch The Minions. The dish was big, so I shared my dish with my sister. We all shared the banana pudding. Blah...who orders banana pudding at a restaurant? My sisters did. [emoji30]
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Does the waitstaff ever give you the evil eye for splitting rather than each ordering their own?
Give Lola the stink-eye? They'd have to be made of stink to do that.
What Lola wants, Lola gets :)
Sharing dishes over here is considered quite reasonable and normal. But then I suppose tips make up a smaller part of the waiting staff's wages over here, so it's really none of their business how much you order or who eats it.
Mum and I would often share a starter because I had a smaller appetite and she wanted room to finish on a dessert.
Does the waitstaff ever give you the evil eye for splitting rather than each ordering their own?
No, and they're more than happy to let you do it. Some places will split the entree into two plates for you. However, some places WILL add an extra charge for that. Therefore, I usually ask if they charge extra for splitting the dish. If they say no, then I say okay. Otherwise, I would say, NO NEED! Hehehehe.....But yeah, we just ask for a plain plate and we split it ourselves.
What Lola wants, Lola gets :)
Damn Yankees made it over there?
Lunch after movie. Good day. [emoji4]
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Movie? Pasta? Is that part of your training regimen for the run of death? :haha:
Yes. I gotta de-stress, you know. But I workout this morning. Did Insanity, so I kinda did balance things a bit. :D
A friend is leaving town soon, so we went out for some Thai cuisine and a foot massage. Then we went for ice cream. The flavor is called mangonada....it is mango ice cream with mango chunks sprinkled with tamarind syrup and powder.
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How many miles to burn that off. :haha:
Hmm...let's see....
4 miles @ 13'34"/mi = 278 cal
3 miles @ 13'05'/mi = 214 cal.....
so I'm going to estimate it to be 15 miles? :D
Do you see the picture on the wall in the background? It's drawn by chalk on a blackboard. Cool, huh?
Dang it Lola! I live in envy of the food you eat.
I was going to have only a sushi roll, but I was so hungry so I ordered a spicy ramen. Yummy but so full.
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I'm trying to figure out what that is?
I'm trying to figure out what that is?
Not fish -- pork belly...eww...sounds nasty but tastes okay. not very good for cholesterol level because there's a thin layer of fat. meat very soft and tasty
black stuff -- seaweed
noodles -- that's bean sprout
??? next to noodles -- that's the noodle, ramen
tomato sauce and cheese -- nopes. that's the broth, yummy and spicy, don't know what it's made of. I couldn't tell the taste even after eating it. That's why I don't cook well. And even if I did have a vague idea, I forgot by now. :p:
OK, thanks Bunny. :thumb:
That looks gorgeous.
I often wonder "Where does she put it, she's always so slim?!" Then I remember the dreaded E word - exercise.
I have to get back to that after my parents come up. No point trying to establish a routine before, as we've already decided we're eating out the two nights they're here. Indian and Italian - and there will be tea shop pit stops to give Dads a rest too...
Please keep posting. I live vicariously through your food pics
YUUUUUMMMMMYYYY !!!!
If you ever come to Houston, give me a holler. I'll take you out for ramen. :D
That looks gorgeous.
I often wonder "Where does she put it, she's always so slim?!" Then I remember the dreaded E word - exercise.
Oh nooo....I exercise so I would not gain weight. If I want to lose weight, I would have to stop eating all these yummy food. :(
Please keep posting. I live vicariously through your food pics
For you, I'll keep on posting. :D
If you ever come to Houston, give me a holler. I'll take you out for ramen.
You my dear have a deal !!!
Notice she only wants to go out in public with zippyt? I guess she is ashamed of the rest of us. I promise not to sniff my feet at the table. Why I'd even wear pants for you if I could figure out where I left them.
Notice she only wants to go out in public with zippyt?
It's safer that way. For both of them.
Haha.....ANYONE who comes to Houston, give me a holler. I'll take all of y'all out for any yummy food. Not everyone cares for ramen, so you can choose whatever kind of food you want. :D I'm easy going, but I do require you to wear something more than your undies. ;)
That's ok. You are ashamed of us. Sniff-sniff. I'll just sit under the bridge and you can throw me some scraps when you and zippyt come home from the restaurant in your Maserati convertible. sniff-sniff
Ice cream and coffee after lunch yesterday. ...
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After lunch. In addition to lunch. Along with lunch. :eek:
OK, 10K every morning for a week. :p:
Chicken empanada.....
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It's a good thing you work for a dentist. :drool:
Ha....it was her fault I had to eat.the cream puff all by myself. She said she'd share with me but at the last minute said she had already consumed too much calories, so she wouldn't eat it anymore. So, I had to eat the whole thing myself.
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Of course, you [SIZE="4"]had[/SIZE] to, because there are children starving in China, or Africa, or someplace mother babbled about. :haha:
So, my husbands cooks for me. I've been having problems posting from my phone (it says my limit is 0k :right:). Anyways, I guess I'll post whenever I can coming to work with Bruce. (I finally got my data fixed on my phone.)
What is that? Firemen are generally good cooks. Nice dishes too.
smoked grilled chicken with cheese and mushroom, mash potato with gravy, garlic knots, homemade pesto sauce, and apple cider
I purposely resized the picture smaller because I've been having trouble posting. However, I still couldn't post. Kept the small picture anyways.
Enchilada and taco rice....
Looks like you've got the
whole enchilada. :cool:
Looks like you've got the whole enchilada. :cool:
Yes, I did. He even helps with the housework. :D
Last night's dinner...bbq chicken...
If you weren't sitting around all day watching TV and tapatalking, he wouldn't have to help with the housework.
:lol2:
I'd like to register an objection to the "if you can't lose weight, don't look at me," comment: these meals are clearly all conceived by world-renowned Chef Starchy of Carbville. Teach that boy to eat some veggies! And if he won't, just say, "if your heart stops beating, don't look at me."
I'd like to register an objection to the "if you can't lose weight, don't look at me," comment: these meals are clearly all conceived by world-renowned Chef Starchy of Carbville. Teach that boy to eat some veggies! And if he won't, just say, "if your heart stops beating, don't look at me."
True dat. He doesn't really have veggies in his meals. I once bought a bag of salad and ended up eating it most of it myself. It's not that he doesn't eat junk food. It's just that he doesn't care for the same junk as I do.
I showed Bruce Clod's post and he said, "Mash potatoes are made from potatoes, and potatoes grow in the ground. They're vegetables." :lol: He added that corn is vegetable, and we have that at home. He'll serve corn tonight. Hahaha.....What will we eat corn with? I don't know. :p:
Dude, everything grows in the ground, or else it's meat. :lol: White potatoes are a starch, corn is a grain. Get him to try mashed sweet potatoes, and work him up from there.
Hahahahaha.....yeah. I laughed and said the green stuff. He's a very picky eater. That's why I let him cook rather than insisting on it. (okay, I lie. I let him cook because I don't like cooking. :lol:) But seriously, he's a really picky eater. At this age, I doubt that I can make him try new stuffs. But mashed sweet potato is good.
update: Bruce just walked in and I told him about mashed sweet potato. He said, "No..no..no..no." He said he has tried it before and didn't care for the taste. :p:
In all honesty, I don't blame him, sweet potatoes are gross, they're just generally palatable to people who like potatoes.
The answer, clearly, is to batter and deep-fry everything. Start with onion rings, then move up to fried cauliflower, fried okra, fried carrot sticks, fried Brussels sprouts...
I LOVE sweet potatoes!
Can't have them now as I can't cook in my kitchen. But even when my life was normal it was tricky to have a normal sized portion as I didn't know anyone else who loved them too.
Sold Mum on sweet potato crisps (chips) but you need to watch them as they catch fire very quickly. Even got her occasionally eating sweet potato oven-baked chips (fries.)
Now mash though, never mash. But in our house we didn't do the whole cream and butter thing to mash. Just a bit of vinegar.
Introduce him to tempura , its a good cross over
I LOVE sweet potatoes!
Can't have them now as I can't cook in my kitchen.
Why can't you cook in your kitchen?
Why can't you cook in your kitchen?
Can't afford the electricity. Also it fronts onto a reasonably busy junction, so when things are bad in my head, it makes me paranoid. Or do I mean when I'm paranoid it makes it bad? Every car horn, every slamming door, every coach pulling up. All coming to get me.
Also it's filthy, I have no idea where to start with the cleaning, I have no unused crockery or cutlery and I hate the place.
Still like cooking.
Just not there.
I'm sorry that you don't like your kitchen. Is there any other place that is affordable that you can move to?
I like sweet potatoes. :D
Yesterday, we stopped by a restaurant for lunch. Ended up ordering their special: chicken tenders on open bun with chili. Was really yummy but I tried to finish everything (except for fries) and overate. I still wasn't really hungry at dinnertime, so I made salad for us both because Bruce had to go to a meeting at work.
Used those edible eyes! :D
.:eyeball::eyeball: :lol2:
So I've cooked a few times, but I can't upload the pictures to prove it. Maybe I'll remember to post them up when I have access to internet other than my phone. :-P
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