Sunday, November 28, 2010

BREAKFAST

My usual Sunday breakfast: a Chinese hot dog and scallion bun.

(Taste: always greasy)

LUNCH

More Thanksgiving leftovers (courtesy of my girlfriend).

(Taste: good)

I had some pecan pie that my brother made too.

(Taste: good enough)

DINNER

I pile of random leftovers in the fridge, some fish, some vegetables, etc.

(Taste: acceptable)

Some upside-down pineapple cake my girlfriend made.

(Taste: delicious)

End of the day. = Time to walk my dog.

Free is good!

So my coworker comes back from lunch and says, "they're giving out free orange juice on the street!"

I think to myself, free is good, but do I really want to walk outside in the subfreezing temperatures? Another coworker says, "oh yea I got one too."

Against my better judgment I decide I will take the one block walk to see if they're still giving out free orange juice. Besides, I had a letter I needed to go mail anyway.

This is what I got:

13.5oz, not from concentrate (100% pure squeezed orange juice).

I have not tried it yet, but it looks good, something to give me a little pick me up around 4:30pm or 5pm.

Update: I tried it, and it is good, totally worth it!

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Saturday (11/27/2010)

LUNCH

We decided to hit up the mall on Saturday, so we had lunch at the food court. Not sure why, but I wanted McDonald's, my girlfriend decided to go with hibachi. 

Chicken

(Taste:  greasy and good!)

McDonald's Fries

(Taste: my favorite, every bite is crispy)

The Angus 1/3rd Pounder

(Taste: delicious)

SNACK

Since we had lunch around 11am, we were pretty starving by 5pm (dinner at my girlfriend's place usually is not until 8:30pm. We decided to get some pizza.

1 plain cheese slice.

(Taste: NY style pizza is the best!)

Diet Coke

DINNER

For dinner I had Thanksgiving leftovers from girlfriend's family dinner.

Everything

(Taste: delicious!)

The Turkey!

(Taste: very tasty!)

Conclusion: for the day everything was good, nothing to complain about.

Samwonggahk (Korean food)

Meal: dinner (Fri 11/26)

From: Samwonggahk (Korean food)

Location: Queens

Cost: N/A

I went out to dinner with my girlfriend and her parents. Every time we go out to eat it is pretty much the same restaurant and the same food.

But I do not mind, because the food is pretty good. I order the same thing every time, a seafood noodle soup dish:

It is good, chalk full of shrimp, squid, scallops, etc.

Fried beef.

Some stuff they give you when you sit down, kimchi, pickled radish, black bean sauce and onions.

Taste: delicious!

Conclusion: no complaints here.

Taco Bell (a good post Thanksgiving meal)

Meal: Brunch/Lunch (BLACK FRIDAY! 11/26)

From: Taco Bell

Location: Queens Center Mall

Cost: around $12 for 2 people

After some good old Black Friday shopping (I got some socks), it was time for lunch, we opted for Taco Bell.

Assorted Sauces, Cheese Nachos.

A Mexican Pizza.

A hard shell ground beef taco.

A chicken challupa.

Taste: decent enough.

Conclusion: you what you expect with Taco Bell, nothing more nothing less.

Drink: a large Diet Pepsi with ice.

Thanksgiving Dinner (long overdue)

THANKSGIVING

After lunch my brother decided he wanted to make some mini pecan pies.

My dad was in China over thanksgiving and my family has not done a big thanksgiving since I went back to school in 2006. We used to do giant Thanksgiving dinners with 30 people. This year we opted to do a small one with me, my mom, my aunt and my brother at a restaurant.

Meal: Thanksgiving Dinner

From: Jane Restaurant

Location: 100 West Houston Street

Cost: Prefix $45/head

After we ordered they brought corn bread and some kind of corn thing (tasted like corn nuts).

(Taste: GOOD!)

For my appetizer I went with the butternut squash soup (it had pine seeds and apples in it)

I also ended up eating half of my aunt's and mom's appetizer, gnocchi with white parmesan cheese and truffle sauce.

(Taste: absolutely amazing, the soup was great, not too sweet and the gnocchi was REALY REALY GOOD!)

Based on the assumption that I would end up eating half of my mom's and my aunt's dinners, I opted for the untraditional pork chops (with mash potatoes and caramelized onions).

(Taste: GOOD, the caramelized onions were really good)

The Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner: turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes and artichokes.

(Taste: okay to good)

Pumpkin Pie (with fresh whipped cream)

(Taste: GREAT! The fresh whipped cream really made this great.)

I also tried some of my brother's chocolate bread pudding, it was too chocolaty for me...

Conclusion: although it was at a restaurant, it was a good civil Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving break is over...

Brunch: Thursday, November 25

So I slept in on Thanksgiving day, I was tired. My mom went and got some Chinese takeout.

(pork short ribs with cabbage over rice with soy sauce and an egg).

Dinner: Wednesday, November 24

Steamed ground pork (with mushrooms) over brown rice.

Lunch: Wednesday, November 24

Meatloaf with mash potatoes, gravy and corn.

Breakfast: Wednesday, November 24

A piece of coffee cake.

Dinner: Tuesday, November 23

Half of a leftover burrito that I found in the fridge... I think it was chicken... I think...

Some pieces of chicken I found on the stove, not sure what kind of sauce was used to cook them, but it was sweet.

Lunch: Tuesday, November 23

Stir fried chicken with onions, carrots and Chinese broccoli (with some Chinese sausage) over brown rice. 

Breakfast: Tuesday, November 23

A banana walnut muffin.