Lately, I’ve been noticing more California Proposition 65 warning labels on food items at my local grocery stores and decided to do more research by going directly to its official website. Key Takeaways: I have a friend who used to be a public health researcher and years ago he stated only around ten percent of […]
I drove down to Portland to visit my friend Wes one last time before he moved to Ohio. We mostly did food cart crawling around Lloyd Center, the waterfront near the Willamette River and Saturday Market, and Portland State University. Wes and I were impressed that Portland State University had its own Farmer’s Market inside […]
In my opinion, this was an epic road trip to say the least since it involved driving from Kent all the way down to San Diego and back again. Notable cities/towns visited were of the following: Portland Fresno Bakersfield Los Angeles San Diego Monterey Monterey Park Encinitas Santa Barbara San Jose San Francisco Redding […]
I was at Southcenter Mall not too long ago and stumbled across this so-called promotion. The reality is that this was once the location of Zoopa Express — a salad, soup, and pasta restaurant. I have to give credit to the mall management for their craftiness to hide the negativeness; from my observations, about half […]
Made a simple chicken curry udon comprising of frozen udon and the following for the sauce: water carrots red potatos red onions chicken bits mild Japanese roux mix Overall, I thought it was a simple dish since it comprised of mostly ready-to-cook ingredients. Nonetheless, it was tasty and much more satisfying than eating out at […]
After all these years of cooking, I realized that I’ve never cooked a seemingly simple dish like potato pancakes. So I went online to look at some recipes to make the dish, but to my surprised the task was quite tedious. I must have spent triple the amount of time grating the potatoes and onions than actually […]
For Christmas Eve this year, I went with an old friend to Kum Kang San BBQ Grill Buffet since we were anxious to pig-out for Korean BBQ. The place had a decent selection of meat – (e.g. bulgogi, spicy pork, thin sliced beef, short-rib, etc) as well as other selections such as kimchi, California rolls, […]