FoodGenic! Food Blog

Food from San Diego

Larry — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:13:00 +0000

We also went to San Diego with some friends, here’s what we ate:

First stop: Aloha Sushi

Tuna skewer was really well made.

Fried calamari

Taste of the ocean – oyster shots!

Rainbow roll

My favorite from when I was in college – Magic Shrooms.

For dinner, we went to my favorite place in San Diego – Tajima!

The drink I absolutely love and can’t find anywhere else – Calpical Chu-Hi – sparkling calpical + sake.

Clam ramen, the best thing was their special salted eggs. Perfectly cooked.

Oyster Zosui – porridge

Ton-pei Okonomiyaki – pork Japanese pancake

Food from LA

Larry — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:54:47 +0000

We went back to LA during thanksgiving. Here’s what we ate there.

Fried dough & soy milk – a classic chinese breakfast.

Oyster Pancake from A-Zong Noodle

The famous A-Zong Flour Rice Noodle

Chicken Soup from Din Tai Fung

The famous Xiao Long Bao

So juicy!

Cold dish from New Capital Seafood Restaurant in Rowland Heights

Steamed shrimp dipped in special soy sauce is fresh and delicious! I used to eat this in south part of China.

Beef was tasty and tender.

I was really impressed by this plate of snow fish. Soft fish meat melts in your mouth.

It was my mom’s birthday, we got her cake from my favorite bakery – Rj Patisserie.

What we’ve been eating lately

Larry — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:49:08 +0000

We’ve been busy lately, so here’s a giant picture post to recap what we are up to in the past couple of weeks.

Mango Sticky Rice from Thai Thai Noodles

Yichen made me delicious lunch box.

Cocktail from Dosa. -To celebrate Yichen getting her new job, we went to Dosa for dinner with Grant and Philip.

Dosa from Dosa

Bhatura from Dosa, it’s big and delicious!

Beer from Thirsty Bear. -Dinner with Bryan before he moves out of the city.

Lamb pizza at Thirsty Bear

Duck leg

Paella

Pizza, hotdog, and Coke from Target. Just what we needed after a day of test drives. -We were looking for a new car!

Tuna salad in San Mateo.

Seafood noodle soup.

Cumin Lamb from Old Mandrain

Yichen’s favorite – Lamb Dumplings!

We said the first thing after we get our new car is to eat Little Sheep Hotpot, therefore we went. -We got a beige colored New Beetle Convertible!

We were looking at apartments in San Mateo, so we went to Outback Steakhouse. -To celebrate again, something I’m not ready to announce.

12oz steak, perfectly cooked, but was a little too big.

Ahi Tuna Salad, more delicious than we thought.

To finish off, I will use something Yichen said, which I thought was ingenious:

“The best thing in the world is when you want to eat something and you got it” -Yichen

Blueberry honey smoothie

Yichen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:36:59 +0000

During my trip to Santa Cruz two years ago, I visited the local farmer’s market and came across their Farmer’s Market String Band. The group of 6 or so musicians sat casually next to booths selling freshly picked tomatoes, cabbages and sunflowers, and plucked cheerfully at their instruments, putting together a fun show of swing/jazz for the Sunday morning shopping crowd. I was immediately drawn to their music and bought the CD. After returning to New York City, that CD was my only audio link back to the West Coast. Whenever I put the music on I was taken right back to the smell of fresh herbs, lively bargains and a laid-back crowd in the warm sun.

As I’m playing the CD again today, I thought to myself, what goes better with the cheerful music than a cup of blueberry smoothie! So that’s what I did – frozen blueberry, a drip of honey, plain yogurt and low fat milk and – BLEEEEND. Perfect afternoon dessert ready in 2 minutes!

Thai Thai Noodle Revisited

Larry — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:19:03 +0000

Tom Yum Noodle Soup

Delicious Mango Sticky Rice

Friday happy hour at Lalola Bar De Tapas

Larry — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:03:23 +0000

It was Friday after work, and for once we ran out of ideas of what to do to keep ourselves entertained. As we were wandering around Nob Hill, a tapas bar caught our attention so we decided to give it a try. It was called Lalola Bar de Tapas, happy hour, packed with happy eaters.

Street view from inside the restaurant.

Two dollar sangria. Pretty smooth and fragrant.

Very flavorful white anchovies in vinegar…

…went well with the baguette.

Grandma’s croquette. The first bite was memorable as the teeth cut through the crispy skin into the warm delicious potato fillings.

Fed. Happy. Slightly buzzed.

Also very appropriate for Halloween – see that headless ghost in white sweater holding a camera to the left of the picture?

Homemade soup and salad

Larry — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:09:50 +0000

There are times when nothing beats home-cooked food — tonight is one of them. It was as simple as soup and salad.

Fresh romaine leaves tossed with provolone cheese, smoked honey ham, dried cranberries and dripped with ginger salad dressing.

Black pepper leek and chicken stir-fry.

Larry’s signature chicken soup. It was delicious! Boil chicken, dried dates, ginger, leak and black fungus in one pot on low heat for an hour.

When served, sprinkle with fresh cilantro leaves.

Midnight Guilty Pleasure – Cookie and Milk

Yichen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:39:55 +0000

I know I know… 1 am is not supposed to be food time, and we just had a big dinner, and the doctor said to cut down on carbs, and I have a mission-impossible weight loss goal. But WHATEVER! It’s cookie and milk – the most perfect food paring ever invented in human history!

The innocent cookie staring at us. It says “Eat me pleeeeease.”. I swear I heard it.

The innocent cookie after one bite.

Thai Thai Noodle will soon become a local favorite

Larry — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:08:39 +0000

Cold weather always calls for an appetite for Asian food. Hence when the chill wind started blowing tonight, we wanted nothing but a bowl of steamy hot beef noodle soup from Thai Thai Noodle, which is just around the block. This small eatery just opened a couple of weeks back. Clean, bright, neighborhoody, and opens till 1 am daily. To top it up, all dishes are 15% off till the end of the month!

This bowl of beef noodle soup looked simple and unsophisticated… until we had the first spoonful! THE WORLD IS NOW A BETTER PLACE, seriously. The broth tasted meaty but clean, with a hint of sweetness left lingering in the mouth. The beef well-cooked and tender. The thin rice-noodle boiled to just the right amount of softness without compromising its chewiness. This bowl is classy and unpretentious.

… and with all those texture in one spoonful, it’s a joyous explosion of flavors.

We also ordered Drunken Noodle (or Drunk Man Noodle, or Basil Noodle), well, because it’s common enough a Thai dish to make it the ultimate test of any Thai restaurant. Not surprisingly, it’s another delightful find! The twist of the dish lies in a thick layer of white pepper sprinkled on top, and the fact that the beef had a nice charcoal taste.

Savory crepes from The Crepe House

Yichen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:38:25 +0000

The thing about crepe is, it is one of the basic dishes that could taste either “bleh” or truly amazing. The savory crepes in The Crepe House didn’t disappoint us. Their wide selection of both sweet and savory crepes averages to <$10 bucks each, very recession friendly.It was a great way to end a chill Sunday evening.

Miami Heat crepe topped with salsa. The potato is worth noting for the golden crunchy skin and the nicely mixed herb taste.

Chicken Pesto crepe before we jumped to destroyed it with forks and teeth.

Chicken Pesto crepe again – the warm mixture of molten swiss cheese, fresh tomato, basil, pesto and chopped chicken breast was hard to resist!