PPQ Dungeness Island

Directly following my trip to Peru, I left on a research trip to the West Coast for two weeks.  What was I researching?  Glad you asked: a book on Stadium Eats!  Um, yeah, without a deal in sight currently (hint, hint, anyone reading this who is interested!), I went to preemptively scout out the 6 West Coast stadiums and eat my way up and down the West Coast at the same time, starting in San Francisco, working my way down to Los Angeles, then San Diego, back up to San Francisco and then to Seattle!  Phew!  Tune in at 4:15 EST (or 1:15 PST, lunchtime on the West Coast) for the next 6 weeks to see what I ate and where I ate it… and how I gained 10 lbs in two weeks!I made my way back up to San Francisco to return the rental car and catch my flight to Seattle.  On my last night there, I really wanted Dungeness crab, which I felt had been in short supply on my trip.  Okay, it really hadn’t been, but I wanted to hit up Crab House at Pier 39 since it’s been 3 years since my last time, and I really... [continue reading]

Thursdays with TT: Veloce Pizzeria

Over the past couple of months I have become quite the food blogger. I or (CT) bring a camera to every restaurant we go to. Since Yvo has been busy with school, I am stepping up and will now have a weekly column, Tuesdays with TT. Bon Appetit! UPDATE: I am becoming a blogging machine, so I will also be reporting on Thursday afternoons for you. CT has been traveling a lot lately for work. During one of her visits back to the city, we were able to go out for dinner. I suggested we use one of my BlackBoard Eats coupons, since we were so happy with previous experiences with them. Veloce Pizzeria’s 30% off coupon was expiring the next day, so we decided to check it out. I heard mixed reviews about the pizza, so I was keen to try it out myself. The first thing I noticed when we sat down was a picture of Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve on the ledge above the table. I found this quite odd in a funny way. CT chose the wine. The Nero D’Avola 2008. She chose it from the description of full, rose petals, blackberries... [continue reading]

Congee Village

After a couple of hours at the batting cages, BF and I had sufficiently worked up an appetite – despite my brunch – and met up with BlindBaker plus BF’s former coworker, JP (I don’t know why I referred to him as this in a previous post - one of the downsides to using initialed nicknames constantly) and his wife, VSa, to grab some food.  JP and VSa wanted to hit up Congee Village in Chinatown, which caused both BlindBaker and I to cringe internally, but I decided to put my gameface on and put aside my prejudices.  (With a name like Congee Village, I really want to ask them WTF they were thinking.  Plus, I’ve been twice in the past, and their congee sucks – how are you going to put “congee” in your name and then not make it properly?!)  ***I should note here that I actually co-hosted a baby shower here – for ANM and T of TCC – three years ago – and I enjoyed some of the food, as noted below.  Because I speak Cantonese semi-fluently (especially... [continue reading]

Fuddruckers

Directly following my trip to Peru, I left on a research trip to the West Coast for two weeks.  What was I researching?  Glad you asked: a book on Stadium Eats!  Um, yeah, without a deal in sight currently (hint, hint, anyone reading this who is interested!), I went to preemptively scout out the 6 West Coast stadiums and eat my way up and down the West Coast at the same time, starting in San Francisco, working my way down to Los Angeles, then San Diego, back up to San Francisco and then to Seattle!  Phew!  Tune in at 4:15 EST (or 1:15 PST, lunchtime on the West Coast) for the next 6 weeks to see what I ate and where I ate it… and how I gained 10 lbs in two weeks!On my last day staying outside LA (near Disneyland), I decided to bite the bullet and eat at Fuddruckers.  I’d actually never set foot inside a Fuddruckers before, though I’ve driven past them in New Jersey and a few times, people have mentioned their mile-high-mud-pie to me…  This one was also apparently a Korean BBQ place. ... [continue reading]

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red velvet cakes used to scare me; I’d never seen a RED cake before but, as is my approach to life, I was willing to try it.  Which was when I fell in love.  So for a recent family get-together, I baked red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.  I was aiming for a deep red, fine-crumbed vanilla cake with just a hint of chocolate… … Oh, who am I fooling?  I dumped cocoa in there like it was going out of style!  And if cocoa is really going out of fashion in your part of the world, please tell me so I don’t ever have to visit such a godless place!  Also, please tell me why we use phrases like that?  Why would someone want to do more of something that’s about to go out of style? Ahem. As I was saying, I was aiming for a deep red, fine-crumbed vanilla cake with just a “hint” of chocolate, and cream cheese frosting that was creamy, tangy, and rich. Main ingredients for red velvet cupcakes.  The bottle of red food coloring got cut off on the left, but rest assured, it’s there! For... [continue reading]

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