Frito Pie or Chilitos

Well, you tell me.  What would you make when you’re faced with a small amount of leftover chili?  I’ll tell you what: Frito Pie.  Or, well, Chilitos (which to me, has a definite Latino flair to the word: it’s chiLEEtos – neck cranking optional).  Whatever you want to call it – and again, please don’t come screaming to me that this is not Frito Pie, or Chilitos, I really could care less about the “authenticity” in this case, because it’s just simply delicious, and that’s what I care about here   Regular Fritos on the bottom – I generally like [...]

Return to Sapporo

I’ve eaten at Sapporo twice before, but I’ve been hearing some reports that the quality has gone down… so I took a new photo.  This is the shio ramen, which I found a little too salty, but still very satisfying and tasty on a cold Saturday night after shopping all around midtown.  And with a total bill of $11 including tip and one gyoza order split amongst 6 people… a very delicious and cheap meal. recommended Share and Enjoy:

Banc Cafe

Another Birthday Bunch brunch… another for HB.  ANM said “We’re getting old; that’s why we do brunch now…”  I can’t agree more… hahaha. I’d made a reservation for about 10 people, 11:30 am, but of course, also per usual, we had our latecomers.  Starving by the time everyone was assembled, we quickly ordered and received our food fairly quickly – the restaurant had been empty when we arrived, but began to fill up around noon (Saturday brunch is like an insider’s secret to getting a table for brunch…). HB & her boyfriend both ordered what I believe was called the [...]

Christmas Reading

This is a special time of year for many people, regardless of faith or location… extra days off work, at the very least So, this will be my last post until December 29th… I’ll return with more then, and – gasp, lazy girl that I am - will again disappear for New Year’s.  The NERVE of me Round up of previous holiday-themed posts: Tasty, tasty salty caramels, perfect for gift givingHoliday Party, Yvo-style (hint: there might be a few similar posts coming up…)Christmas Breakfast, Yvo-style (see above hint) Ok, so I’m kind of lacking in Christmas posts.  Hopefully the next few weeks will [...]

La Nacional, Revisited

For a veryvery belated birthday dinner, I decided to take LTS to the very same place I’d taken StB for her birthday lunch.  LTS and I share a love of good paella, so it seemed fitting; when I read, just the day before we were set to go, that La Nacional was having money problems and might be closing down, I was even more eager to spend some money there.  We started with the seafood salad. While the seafood was very fresh tasting, and I loved the abundance of octopus, LTS and I agreed that the dish was less oomph [...]

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