Haha... "regularly posting" ... that's a joke, right? xP
Anyway, here I am again ... trying to resurrect this blog once more. Thankfully it's only been, what, 5 months since my last post? That's not TOO bad, right? Right?
::tumble weeds blow by::
Ok ok. The world happened ok? There was this convention in November called PMX where I was in charge of TWO departments ... then a whole holiday season thing at Disney with Christmas & New Years ... then Anime Los Angeles with the staff lounge-ness happened ... plus I started taking some online classes ... and of course working 5 days a week too .... yeah. THE WORLD HAPPENED.
If I can post ONCE A MONTH, I think that'll be good. This will count for "March" ... so I guess I'll see you in April maybe? xP
Oh yeah ... just an FYI: I'm gonna try the relatively new Umami Burger Anaheim today (Saturday) with friends. Hopefully pictures will be up sorta soon (though lately, it's taking several WEEKS to get pictures done) ... so we'll see!
Ciao for now y'all!
Have an awesome day & keep on eating! ^____^;;
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Monday, October 22, 2012
Halloween Insipiration
Halloween's coming up. I need to make something for my workmates both at DL & DCA.
Probably gonna end up being 2 things:
1) BACON BROWNIE GRAVEYARD
2) CANDY CORN CUPCAKES
Now to gather ingredients & figure out who to give what to. I think I'll sleep on it. G'nite & keep on eating y'all! ^_^;;
Probably gonna end up being 2 things:
1) BACON BROWNIE GRAVEYARD
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| Mine's probably not going to look like this. xP |
2) CANDY CORN CUPCAKES
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| I think I can make these ... maybe. Possibly add bacon. xP |
Thursday, October 11, 2012
BELLY BOMBZ ARE DA BOMB.
I know it's been a while since I've posted pretty much ANYTHING, but hey ... that's life.
But when something titillates my taste buds SO much... to the point where I literally said out loud in my car "I need to tell the interwebz about this" ... I had to write a blog about it.
As I have mentioned in the past, there's a weekly food truck gathering every Wednesday night at the Babies-R-Us parking lot in Cerritos, CA. I try to attend when I can, but as many of you know working for the Mouse sometimes limits my free time.
So today (Wednesday) I had my one day off for the week, so I decided to head to the gathering & try something new (like I usually try to do when I go to a food truck gathering).
I saw the Belly Bombz truck there, and from people I know, I had heard about it. So I figured it was my chance to try out their stuff & make an opinion for myself.
On their menu, they had a 2 slider deal for $8. They only have one kind of slider: pork belly. Not that I was complaining or anything.
The description of the pork belly was as follows, "3 Day brine, 5 hour braise, crisped up on the grill. Served in our house made donut fried "HOBBANG" bun, slaw & mom's recipe sauce." My mouth immediately started drooling, so I knew I had made a good decision in wanting to try those sliders.
The wait was relatively quick, and I was off to my car to sit & enjoy my sliders.
OMG. FLAVOR EXPLOSION. It was SO GOOD. Seriously. The pork belly was crispy & tender... the bun was crunchy... the slaw was fresh & crisp... the sauce had awesome sesame flavor & had decent acidity to counter the fat of the belly. WOW WOW WOW.
I ate the first one before I could take a picture ... so I only took a picture of my 2nd slider. xP
HOLY DELICIOUSNESS BATMAN!!!
Apparently the truck also has Asian fusion chicken wings too, but I was overwhelmed by the yummy flavorness that high-fived my taste buds. I guess it's just an excuse for me to go back & try their truck again.
So... pretty much this whole blog is telling you to EAT THE BELLY BOMBZ BOMB @$$ PORK BELLY SLIDERS BECAUSE THEY TASTE SO FREAKING GOOD!!!
Thank you & have a nice day! :)
... & keep eating y'all! ^_^;;
But when something titillates my taste buds SO much... to the point where I literally said out loud in my car "I need to tell the interwebz about this" ... I had to write a blog about it.
As I have mentioned in the past, there's a weekly food truck gathering every Wednesday night at the Babies-R-Us parking lot in Cerritos, CA. I try to attend when I can, but as many of you know working for the Mouse sometimes limits my free time.
So today (Wednesday) I had my one day off for the week, so I decided to head to the gathering & try something new (like I usually try to do when I go to a food truck gathering).
I saw the Belly Bombz truck there, and from people I know, I had heard about it. So I figured it was my chance to try out their stuff & make an opinion for myself.
On their menu, they had a 2 slider deal for $8. They only have one kind of slider: pork belly. Not that I was complaining or anything.
The description of the pork belly was as follows, "3 Day brine, 5 hour braise, crisped up on the grill. Served in our house made donut fried "HOBBANG" bun, slaw & mom's recipe sauce." My mouth immediately started drooling, so I knew I had made a good decision in wanting to try those sliders.
The wait was relatively quick, and I was off to my car to sit & enjoy my sliders.
OMG. FLAVOR EXPLOSION. It was SO GOOD. Seriously. The pork belly was crispy & tender... the bun was crunchy... the slaw was fresh & crisp... the sauce had awesome sesame flavor & had decent acidity to counter the fat of the belly. WOW WOW WOW.
I ate the first one before I could take a picture ... so I only took a picture of my 2nd slider. xP
HOLY DELICIOUSNESS BATMAN!!!
Apparently the truck also has Asian fusion chicken wings too, but I was overwhelmed by the yummy flavorness that high-fived my taste buds. I guess it's just an excuse for me to go back & try their truck again.
So... pretty much this whole blog is telling you to EAT THE BELLY BOMBZ BOMB @$$ PORK BELLY SLIDERS BECAUSE THEY TASTE SO FREAKING GOOD!!!
Thank you & have a nice day! :)
... & keep eating y'all! ^_^;;
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Yeah ... about that whole "posting on a regular basis" thing ... OOPS!
WHOOPSIE!
I seriously wanted to try and post on a more consistent basis.
But then the holiday season happened ... Anime Los Angeles happened ... more work happened ... I read books ... the Hunger Games came out ... Spring Break season happened ... Easter happened.
Yeah basically LIFE kinda snuck up behind me without me knowing and PULLED ME AWAY from this blog.
::sigh:: That sneaky life.
Anyway, I'll try to keep up with this blog thingy. I'm debating on possibly switching to Tumblr, but I do enjoy having the Blogger connected to my Google account.
Well ... I know this update didn't really have anything food related to it. I apologize for that. I did make a cool banner for this site though ... check it out!
I'm currently using it as part of my signature on the AM² Convention forums. Oh yeah ... I'm trying to plan for that too.
OH I ALMOST FORGOT! For Lent I did the unthinkable & gave up pork products (including BACON). Crazy right? Well Easter has come & gone, and I can eat the wondermeat again. xP
To celebrate, thanks to Living Social & the Baconery, I got an awesome bacon sampler pack & a t-shirt for only $22. I will enjoy this sampler pack while wearing the shirt. When this occurs, I'll be sure to take a pic & post it. :)
OH! Also ... I recently joined Instagram! Follow me: j0ceyj0ce ... I'll try to take pictures of awesome food with that app too.
So there ya have it. A cluster F* of what's been going on.
I hope you've had a good year so far. Please look forward to my updates & keep on eating y'all! ^__^;;
Sunday, December 11, 2011
No Beef Wellington? It's ok ... Sticky Toffee Pudding saves the day!!!
I had Saturday off this week. This is a rarity, since I do work at the Disneyland Resort where we often say "We work while others play..." hence why I usually work Saturdays.
I asked for this Saturday off because I needed to go to a general staff meeting for Anime Los Angeles. (January 6-8, 2012 at the LAX Marriott ... register NOW!)
Anyhoo ... after the long day of executive meetings, interdepartmental meetings, and general staff meetings, it was time for my friend & me to meet up with another friend in Orange County (Santa Ana to be exact) to partake in dinner.
For some odd reason I have been craving Beef Wellington (I know ... kinda random, right?) ... I mean, I'm searching for recipes on Google, and I'm looking up videos on Youtube on how to make them (the most famous of which is THIS).
It was almost like I NEEDED TO EAT BEEF WELLINGTON SOON. So I was trying to find a local restaurant that had beef wellington on the menu, and lo & behold there was one in Orange County! The Olde Ship is a British pub & restaurant that actually has TWO locations: Fullerton & Santa Ana.
So I suggested this spot for dinner since it was SUPPOSED to have beef wellington on the menu on Saturday nights as a special. (this is what we call FORESHADOWING.)
After driving through dismal traffic from LA to the OC, we finally meet up with my friend at the restaurant. I immediately bust out my camera & prepare myself to take pictures.
It's nice & warm inside, with a loud yet welcoming revelry, one would assume would be at a British pub.
We sit in our booth, which happens to be located next to a private birthday party who hired a bagpipe player to entertain them. Yes ... a bagpipe player. The family was of Scottish heritage. xP
Our waiter came up & took our drink orders, & when he came back I ask the question of the night:
"So, do you have your Beef Wellington special tonight?"
"Oh not tonight. We have our Christmas specials all this month instead."
::jaw drops to ground in dismay::
Instead of doing this ....... ╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ , I order something else, while my friends order their dinners.
The food was relatively decent! Of course my brain was set on beef, pastry, etc., so I ended up getting their roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. The gravy was really good! Beefy, but not too salty. Very hearty, and it was smothered over pretty much most of my plate.
My friends enjoyed their meals too. We all were stuffed, and yet I wanted to try one of their signature desserts (and a British holiday tradition) ... sticky toffee pudding.
So all three of us shared one pudding. I took the first bite ... and let me say ... it made up for the restaurant not having beef tenderloin. Honestly, I forgot I WANTED beef tenderloin. Eating that sticky toffee pudding made me realize that I ended up at that restaurant BECAUSE OF THAT DESSERT, not because of beef wellington. Weird how things work out, right?
The shirt I was wearing to dinner was from a popular Youtube video featuring bacon (watch it here: THE BACON SONG) ... a line from this song is "It tastes like heaven, but it looks like bacon!" Well, this dessert tasted like heaven & looked like sticky toffee pudding. :)
Add all of that, plus waiters & waitresses with legitimate British accents, seeing dudes in kilts, & hearing bagpipes ... my experience at The Olde Ship was a positive one.
Here are all the food-like pictures I took, via my Flickr ... enjoy & keep eating y'all! ^_^;;
I asked for this Saturday off because I needed to go to a general staff meeting for Anime Los Angeles. (January 6-8, 2012 at the LAX Marriott ... register NOW!)
Anyhoo ... after the long day of executive meetings, interdepartmental meetings, and general staff meetings, it was time for my friend & me to meet up with another friend in Orange County (Santa Ana to be exact) to partake in dinner.
For some odd reason I have been craving Beef Wellington (I know ... kinda random, right?) ... I mean, I'm searching for recipes on Google, and I'm looking up videos on Youtube on how to make them (the most famous of which is THIS).
It was almost like I NEEDED TO EAT BEEF WELLINGTON SOON. So I was trying to find a local restaurant that had beef wellington on the menu, and lo & behold there was one in Orange County! The Olde Ship is a British pub & restaurant that actually has TWO locations: Fullerton & Santa Ana.
So I suggested this spot for dinner since it was SUPPOSED to have beef wellington on the menu on Saturday nights as a special. (this is what we call FORESHADOWING.)
After driving through dismal traffic from LA to the OC, we finally meet up with my friend at the restaurant. I immediately bust out my camera & prepare myself to take pictures.
It's nice & warm inside, with a loud yet welcoming revelry, one would assume would be at a British pub.
We sit in our booth, which happens to be located next to a private birthday party who hired a bagpipe player to entertain them. Yes ... a bagpipe player. The family was of Scottish heritage. xP
Our waiter came up & took our drink orders, & when he came back I ask the question of the night:
"Oh not tonight. We have our Christmas specials all this month instead."
::jaw drops to ground in dismay::
Instead of doing this ....... ╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ , I order something else, while my friends order their dinners.
The food was relatively decent! Of course my brain was set on beef, pastry, etc., so I ended up getting their roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. The gravy was really good! Beefy, but not too salty. Very hearty, and it was smothered over pretty much most of my plate.
My friends enjoyed their meals too. We all were stuffed, and yet I wanted to try one of their signature desserts (and a British holiday tradition) ... sticky toffee pudding.
So all three of us shared one pudding. I took the first bite ... and let me say ... it made up for the restaurant not having beef tenderloin. Honestly, I forgot I WANTED beef tenderloin. Eating that sticky toffee pudding made me realize that I ended up at that restaurant BECAUSE OF THAT DESSERT, not because of beef wellington. Weird how things work out, right?
The shirt I was wearing to dinner was from a popular Youtube video featuring bacon (watch it here: THE BACON SONG) ... a line from this song is "It tastes like heaven, but it looks like bacon!" Well, this dessert tasted like heaven & looked like sticky toffee pudding. :)
Add all of that, plus waiters & waitresses with legitimate British accents, seeing dudes in kilts, & hearing bagpipes ... my experience at The Olde Ship was a positive one.
Here are all the food-like pictures I took, via my Flickr ... enjoy & keep eating y'all! ^_^;;
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Atomic Eats - Cerritos, CA... featuring the Slummin' Gourmet!
So there's this little food truck gathering that happens every Wednesday night at the Babies R Us in Cerritos, across the street from the Target Greatland.
This has been happening since September, and since then has grown into this citywide tradition. I try to go as often as I can, though work (among other things like birthdays, life in general) tend to get in the way.
This group (Atomic Eats) sets up these events each week, bringing the finest gourmet food trucks from LA & the OC together in the Babies R Us/closed Office Depot parking lot.
And yes Cerritos (quoting one commercial) ... "take the 605 to South Street ..." (quoting another commercial). xP
Anyway, I absolutely LOVE this event simply for the fact that it is literally a 2-3 minute drive from my house. Honestly, if I wasn't Forever Lazy, I'd probably walk to Babies R Us!
On this specific occasion, I decided to have dinner with my friend, Mr. Nick Noell (aka. Kami Digital Media). He's a photography student at LBCC, and he's pretty awesome. Cosplay, street photographs, portraits, graffiti, etc. I've been talking to him a lot about my recent surge into food photography for any pointers, and he's been an awesome help.
Anyhoo, we went, we talked, we grubbed, and of course I took pictures of food type things.
It was delicious.
All the food I ate came from the Slummin' Gourmet food truck. On their website, their motto is "fancy without the schmancy" & honestly, they are right.
My dinner consisted of a lobster corn dog & a Kobe beef slider. Talk about your unorthodox surf & turf from a food truck! Both items were DEELISHUS. (yes that's improper spelling ... DEAL WITH IT INTERWEBZ!)
The pictures tell the tale, so you can make your own decision ... or just follow the truck on their Twitter, & you can try them yourself!
I loved their combo of fancy food delivered to you in a very unfancy way. It allows the masses to try delicious & glamourous flavors of 5 star restaurants at the convenience of a food truck in the middle of a baby store's parking lot.
::with a snooty voice & nose straight up::
"Mmm yes... I had the Kobe beef AND the lobster tonight at the Babies R Us. It was quite exquisite. Now I must return to my Rolls Royce and swing by the WalMart to partake in their 'rolling over' of prices...." xP
DESSERT WAS GOOD TOO. Nick & I shared a crispy banana chocolate bread pudding which also came from the Slummin' Gourmet truck, and it was very yumtastical. It was served with a large scoop of vanilla bean ice cream, and it really hit the spot, especially on a cold evening in the middle of December.
All in all it was a fun time.
If you get the chance, check out Atomic Eats each week at the Babies R Us in Cerritos (address below), and follow the Slummin' Gourmet on Twitter to try their delectable goods.
Babies R Us
11540 South Street
Cerritos, CA 90703
That's it!
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WAIT.
You want to see my pictures, don't you? I almost forgot!
Well ... here's ONE (and the link to my Flickr too hehe.)
Enjoy the pix & keep on eating y'all! ^__^;;
This has been happening since September, and since then has grown into this citywide tradition. I try to go as often as I can, though work (among other things like birthdays, life in general) tend to get in the way.
This group (Atomic Eats) sets up these events each week, bringing the finest gourmet food trucks from LA & the OC together in the Babies R Us/closed Office Depot parking lot.
And yes Cerritos (quoting one commercial) ... "take the 605 to South Street ..." (quoting another commercial). xP
Anyway, I absolutely LOVE this event simply for the fact that it is literally a 2-3 minute drive from my house. Honestly, if I wasn't Forever Lazy, I'd probably walk to Babies R Us!
On this specific occasion, I decided to have dinner with my friend, Mr. Nick Noell (aka. Kami Digital Media). He's a photography student at LBCC, and he's pretty awesome. Cosplay, street photographs, portraits, graffiti, etc. I've been talking to him a lot about my recent surge into food photography for any pointers, and he's been an awesome help.
Anyhoo, we went, we talked, we grubbed, and of course I took pictures of food type things.
It was delicious.
All the food I ate came from the Slummin' Gourmet food truck. On their website, their motto is "fancy without the schmancy" & honestly, they are right.
My dinner consisted of a lobster corn dog & a Kobe beef slider. Talk about your unorthodox surf & turf from a food truck! Both items were DEELISHUS. (yes that's improper spelling ... DEAL WITH IT INTERWEBZ!)
The pictures tell the tale, so you can make your own decision ... or just follow the truck on their Twitter, & you can try them yourself!
I loved their combo of fancy food delivered to you in a very unfancy way. It allows the masses to try delicious & glamourous flavors of 5 star restaurants at the convenience of a food truck in the middle of a baby store's parking lot.
"Mmm yes... I had the Kobe beef AND the lobster tonight at the Babies R Us. It was quite exquisite. Now I must return to my Rolls Royce and swing by the WalMart to partake in their 'rolling over' of prices...." xP
DESSERT WAS GOOD TOO. Nick & I shared a crispy banana chocolate bread pudding which also came from the Slummin' Gourmet truck, and it was very yumtastical. It was served with a large scoop of vanilla bean ice cream, and it really hit the spot, especially on a cold evening in the middle of December.
All in all it was a fun time.
If you get the chance, check out Atomic Eats each week at the Babies R Us in Cerritos (address below), and follow the Slummin' Gourmet on Twitter to try their delectable goods.
Babies R Us
11540 South Street
Cerritos, CA 90703
That's it!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
WAIT.
You want to see my pictures, don't you? I almost forgot!
Enjoy the pix & keep on eating y'all! ^__^;;
Saturday, December 3, 2011
A new spot for Dim Sum?
So the parents and I usually go to lunch on Saturdays before I go to work.
At first they were thinking about getting some Mexican food, when my dad on a whim decided he wanted dim sum.
Our local spot that we used to go to (Happy House ... who I always felt was run by Triads, but that's a WHOLE OTHER STORY THAT I WILL WRITE ABOUT SOON) closed down, so we needed to find another spot to fill that gap.
My dad's sister (aka. my aunt) told us about this place in Artesia called Great Seafood Harbor. It's on Pioneer Boulevard, just past Little India.
So we headed there for lunch.
Parking was as atrocious as any primarily Asian parking lot. It was small, cramped, and people weren't parked straight AT ALL. Thankfully we found a decent spot & went to the restaurant.
There was a lot of hustle & bustle in the restaurant, which was good, because I knew the food was going to be fresh. My mom said it was because Happy House closed down. Either way, it was exciting to see all the carts walking around.
As soon as we got to our table (mind you, we haven't taken our seats yet) THREE carts with a large variety of tasty morsels came up to our cart to offer their succulent dishes.
Siu mai. Machang. Guylian. Har gow. Shrimp anything. YES YES YES.
The best thing my family & I ate: leek & shrimp potstickers. I should have taken a pic of this lady. She was pushing around this metal cart with a gas burner inside of it, with a flattop grill on top of that. Then on shelves above that, she had pre-steamed dumplings filled with fresh leeks, shrimp, & other seasonings just waiting to be placed on that hot griddle. When you order from her, she'll grab 3-4 dumplings & fry them up TO ORDER for you.
I'm a sucker for table service ... seriously. Those things were AWESOME.
Now ... is THIS place run by the Triads? I don't think so.... but I do think that they have their protection hehe.
Try it out if you can if you're in the area. Oh and another interesting note: on the weekends after 3pm all Dim Sum items are 50% off! No excuses now. xP
Great Seafood Harbor
18329 Pioneer Blvd
Artesia, CA 90701
(562) 860-7794
I took some pictures of the food we ate on my Flickr, so enjoy those too.
Keep on eating y'all! ^__^;;
At first they were thinking about getting some Mexican food, when my dad on a whim decided he wanted dim sum.
Our local spot that we used to go to (Happy House ... who I always felt was run by Triads, but that's a WHOLE OTHER STORY THAT I WILL WRITE ABOUT SOON) closed down, so we needed to find another spot to fill that gap.
My dad's sister (aka. my aunt) told us about this place in Artesia called Great Seafood Harbor. It's on Pioneer Boulevard, just past Little India.
So we headed there for lunch.
Parking was as atrocious as any primarily Asian parking lot. It was small, cramped, and people weren't parked straight AT ALL. Thankfully we found a decent spot & went to the restaurant.
There was a lot of hustle & bustle in the restaurant, which was good, because I knew the food was going to be fresh. My mom said it was because Happy House closed down. Either way, it was exciting to see all the carts walking around.
As soon as we got to our table (mind you, we haven't taken our seats yet) THREE carts with a large variety of tasty morsels came up to our cart to offer their succulent dishes.
Siu mai. Machang. Guylian. Har gow. Shrimp anything. YES YES YES.
The best thing my family & I ate: leek & shrimp potstickers. I should have taken a pic of this lady. She was pushing around this metal cart with a gas burner inside of it, with a flattop grill on top of that. Then on shelves above that, she had pre-steamed dumplings filled with fresh leeks, shrimp, & other seasonings just waiting to be placed on that hot griddle. When you order from her, she'll grab 3-4 dumplings & fry them up TO ORDER for you.
I'm a sucker for table service ... seriously. Those things were AWESOME.
Now ... is THIS place run by the Triads? I don't think so.... but I do think that they have their protection hehe.
Try it out if you can if you're in the area. Oh and another interesting note: on the weekends after 3pm all Dim Sum items are 50% off! No excuses now. xP
Great Seafood Harbor
18329 Pioneer Blvd
Artesia, CA 90701
(562) 860-7794
I took some pictures of the food we ate on my Flickr, so enjoy those too.
Keep on eating y'all! ^__^;;
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