“Chee Fahn”

Thanks to Twitter, I got a tip on chee fahn or literally, sticky rice.  I haven’t eaten one of these since I was very young – my mom would buy them for me as a quick snack.  I guess it’s a Chinese version of onigiri or rice balls (since I’ve seen Japanese ones formed into long tube shapes)… but it’s sticky rice (sticky rice being a kind, as opposed to sticky modifying and describing rice’s attributes) wrapped around a piece of fried dough alongside from dried shredded pork and pickled vegetables.  I guess it doesn’t sound that appealing, but it’s [...]

Menchanko-tei

Post-Midtown Lunch February HH, I needed some real food to eat before I passed out drunk on the sidewalk.  (Okay, I wasn’t that blitzed, but still.)  We headed over to nearby Menchanko-tei for some ramen yums!  I also opted to add on two rice balls or onigiri for $3.50, which is a meh price (I usually get them for about $1.50 each, but not freshly made that minute ones).  I got sake (salmon) and mentaiko (spicy cod roe), which were both underfilled and kind of eh for me.  My dining companions – my three bodyguards, hah – tried some and [...]