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More Ramen Goodness
Ok, since Melanie was in town and she reminded me that I love ramen, I had to have some more ramen – again. This time it’s slightly a bit different on the toppings.
I’ve spiced it up a bit with some seaweed in the back, and also making it look a little “prettier” I suppose. It’s supposed to add to the presentation. That the green looking things in the back of the bowl.
I also added some spinach which I had blanched and seasoned with ponzu and sesame seeds. Pretty tasty on it’s own, even better in my ramen. It’s on the left.
On the right I added corn, because you have to add corn. Ever since I had it at a ramen shop in Japan, I Totally fell in love.
Finally I added some bamboo shoots. It was a total last minute thing. It didn’t taste as good as I thought at first, but it did absorb some of the ramen soup, and it made it taste a little better. I’ll try better next time.
No charsiu, since I have made any (which makes me think I should), and actually no protein either. I don’t have any tofu anymore. This goes to show you that ramen isn’t just something college kids eat because they’re broke. Ramen can be a somewhat fancy meal if you wish, and top it off with a variety of items. Which reminds me, I should buy some bean sprouts for ramen…
Who will be the Next Iron Chef?
I’m sure this is the question that’s going on in a lot of people’s heads that are watching the Food Network show, “The Next Iron Chef“. What started out as 10 has now been trimmed down to 2 finalists. It’s been a grueling and long journey for all of them, and for those who have finally come to Kitchen Stadium to battle it out, and cook the best meal they’ve ever cooked, I applaud you. Well…not Really.
Here’s where I say there are spoilers and if you are watching the show on DVR or whatever, this is the point to turn back. The rest of this article after the bump.
Big Boss Grill – reviewed
I’m sure you’ve seen the Big Boss Grill. It’s basically the grill with interchangeable grilling plates, including an omelet, panini, griddle, and more. Of course, it does include a donut maker and a waffle iron. Pretty sweet. So, I decided to buy it. I haven’t regretted the decision. It’s so easy, and quick to make a lot of foods, although some of the recipes are a bit too simple in my opinion. They could Really use some help on the recipes.
So far, we’ve managed to make waffles, meatloaf, burgers and plenty more just easily. Clean up is a jiffy with this grill since you only have to clean the grill and it’s not very big. Which I suppose could be the only drawback.
However, today, when I plugged it in, it didn’t work. I think this might be a fluke and not a normal occurrence. I called customer support and they said there’s Really no way of troubleshooting it since the device is pretty simple and it should just work. I mean you plug it in and it goes. What could it possibly be? So they told me since I just bought it, they’ll just ship another one out and I just have to send the one we have back. It was pretty painless. Needless to say I was surprised. It’s probably just easier for them to do that anyways.
All in all, I’d say I’m very satisfied with the Big Boss Grill. I’m just such a junkie for the “as-seen-on-TV” stuff. I do have to say that the plates themselves are pretty light and feel kinda cheap. But it works (well, most of the time LOL) and that’s all that matters.
First Thanksgiving on my own, and we all got through it.
This is my obligatory Happy Thanksgiving post, since, everyone is doing it. I figure I’d take the time out of making food (ok, we only got mashed potatoes and cranberries) and make this post. I see a lot of other folks are wishing thanksgiving, like here, here, here, here, here, here, and so on. Those are just ones I’ve just seen on my news reader as of now.
I also want to remind everyone that it is Free for all Friday (FFAF) tomorrow, and Danalyn has opened up her blog for FFAF posts. So go on over there and make a post on her blog, she’ll appreciate it, I know.
Also, don’t forget to visit the Freaky Japan site which we created. I’m sure you’ll have some good laughs, I promise!
P.S. Can anyone tell me where the title of this post is quoted from?
My savior x3!
Ok, so today I was just trying to remember and figure out which of the igoogle themes was the “madness” hamsters. Searching for hamsters in themes just didn’t cut it. I couldn’t find it. After talking to ocB about it she actually found it here. I forgot it was Really part of the Edward Monkton artist theme. The only reason I couldn’t remember it was because the hamsters was only one part of the theme. So savior x1 to ocB!
Then, I was trying to put plime.com to the front page of my google and I couldn’t add the freaking atom feed. But I couldn’t find the RSS 2.0 feed either. (obviously I’m lazy and I wasn’t looking hard enough.) But wait, ocB to the rescue! She IMed me the RSS 2.0 URL! So savior x2 to ocB!
Finally we all know all awesome things come in threes. And I asked Danalyn what I should eat for dinner tomorrow. She was no help but she made me hungry by telling me that they had fried rice. Hmm sounds good. But it just wasn’t enough for me. Again ocB to the rescue, she told me what she had for dinner. Bacon Spaghetti. Say what? I’ve never had this. So cook up some bacon, break it up into bacon bits, saute it with some cooked spaghetti noodles, add some olive oil, some garlic (4 or 5 cloves), and Parmesan cheese! You can even add some cherry tomatoes. So savior x3 to ocB! (and kudos to Danalyn for the fried rice because she made me hungry)
And that’s pretty much a few hours with me today. How was your day?
Pizza Hut Tuscani pastas
Pizza Hut Tuscani pastas @ hello! Food Have you tried these out? They’re pretty damn good!
Don't drink the water
Robert Irvine of Dinner Impossible – Liar and a Chef?
100 facts in 100 days – Fact 30
I’m getting there with these facts. It’s tough coming up with 100 facts about yourself. Luckily I didn’t say 100 days in a row.
30. I might have mentioned this before, but I’ll try any food at least once. If it’s served to me, and I know I haven’t eaten it before and hated it, I’ll eat it. Sure. But I’m a hypocrite. Because there are certain foods I KNOW I will not care for, therefore won’t even try it.
One of those foods is cow tongue. I know, I know, there are a lot of you out there who think it’s awesome, and so good. No. No no no NO. I will not eat that. There is only one tongue in my mouth and no other tongues are allowed to be in my mouth to be eaten. That is just plain gross. If you’re gonna feed it to me, it better be hard to distinguish because I’ll know it’s not something I normally eat.
Oh yeah, another one? Rocky Mountain Oysters. Oh hell no!
What foods would you never ever eat?