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steamed broccoli, slathered in mayo. scrambled eggs with sriracha. moffles with pb&j. frozen corn or peas cooked in lots of butter, salt, pepper. fried rice made form leftovers. a fried egg on top of something... anything.

i think what makes grilled pork banh mi so good is the "grilled" pork. there is no chargrilled flavor if you cook it in your oven. this seems sad.

bye bye jack in the b-fish

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my childhood friend's brother used to catch squirrels in their backyard. they cooked em. sometimes i'd find frozen squirrel parts in the freezer.

that's my soup dumpling!

this is at Nan Xian Man Tou Dian in Shanghai. there was only broth inside with tiny bits of crab meat and roe. it was ok, not crazy good. i think the novelty of it is better than the actual flavor of the soup. you are not supposed to eat the dough, but i tried it. it was much like soggy pie crust.

the xlb here are not as good as the taipei chain, din tai fung. but this is supposed to be a landmark restaurant to visit while visiting shanghai.

Some friends have a cat named Butters. They used to live across the street from a cat that looked just like Butters. We called him I Can't Believe it's Not Butters.

i had horse nigiri in japan last year. i could barely swallow it, but i think it was psychological.

popeye's red beans and rice and biscuits

um, and chick-fil-a's chicken sandwiches

i'd suspect the cd spindle is not made from food-grade plastic, and therefore should not be used to store food.

here in austin, we are seriously lacking in the chinese restaurant department, but i had an absolutely lovely CNY meal with some egulleters last night at Pao's Mandarin House in Lakeway. Pao's really is the best authentic chinese restaurant in austin, and one of the best in texas, even rivaling those in coastal cities with larger chinese population. the friendly and knowledgeable staff, some from beijing, filled us in all the meaning behind the food choices for our new year's celebration. and everything was perfectly prepared. i have pics on flickr that i would link to right now, but flickr is having a massage. :(