Homemade: Curry Pork Chops

Homemade: Guacamole

homemade guacamole

2 Hass avocados, ripe, but firm, cut in 2″ pieces
2 oz. white onion, cut into 1″ pieces
2 garlic cloves
1 small tomato cut in 4 parts
1 tomatillo cut in 4 parts
juice from 1/2 lime
30 cilantro leaves
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 jalapenos (optional)

Add all ingredients into food processor and pulse until desired consistency is reached.

Things I would do differently next time:
use 1 jalapeno and not 2 because my tongue was on fire
blend all ingredients except tomato, onion, and tomatillo
cut tomato, onion, and tomatillo in small pieces and fold into blended mixture (to give the guacamole some texture)

Tea: San Pao Tai

The specialty tea of Lanzhou, China. I want more, but I don’t know where I can find it!

三炮台茶 (San Pao Tai tea)

Zoe’s Kitchen (Dallas, TX)

[Zoe's Kitchen]
5710 W Lovers Ln
Dallas, TX 75209
214.357.0100
http://www.zoeskitchen.com/

Protein Power Plate ($7.75)

Chicken Roll-Ups ($7.45)

The Blind Pig (Nashville, TN)

[The Blind Pig]
2317 12th Ave. S.
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 292-2655
http://www.blindpig55.com/

The Blind Pig

Sauces

Smoked and Pulled Pork Sandwich Platter with Fries

St. Louis Spareribs with Mac & Cheese and Mashed Potatoes

Meaza Ethopian Cuisine (Falls Church, VA)

[Meaza Ethopian Cuisine]

5700 Columbia Pike

Falls Church, VA 22041

703-820-2870

http://www.meazaethiopiancuisine.com/

I venture here on a weekday for my work’s one hour lunch break and it was bad idea. There service was horrible, but I can understand that it’s a language barrier issue. The waitress didn’t understand what I said when I ask does it come with injera? She thought I asked for bread! We didn’t have our water refill in a apporiate time, plus the food is very spicy. Overall the food was good, but I don’t like the service. I much rather order to go or go to another Ethopian restaurant. We ate at this place because it was my cousin’s birthday and I was treating her to lunch. This was my second time there in about a couple of years. We were in much need of satisfying our Ethopian cuisine craving and yes we did!

We order the Meaza tibs (cubed beef) and Ye Asa Dulet (cubed fish). I really liked the fish and not the beef. The beef tibs weren’t very flavorful. It needs a tad bit more spices, but the cubed fish was delicious.

Meaza Tibs (cubed beef)

Both dishes top- cubed fish/ bottom-cubed beef

Below is a link that the washingtonpost.com said about the restaurant:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/restaurants/meaza-ethiopian-cuisine-and-cafe,1105768.html

[Malaysia Kopitiam]
1827 M St NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.833.6232
http://www.malaysiakopitiam.com

Hainanese Chicken Rice

Penang Prawn Mee Soup

Seafood Noodle Soup

Malaysian Chili Shrimp

Spicy Tamarind Beef

BUZZ: Bakery, Coffee and Lounge (Alexandria, VA) Round two!

[BUZZ: Bakery, Coffee and Lounge]
901 Slaters Lane
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 600-BUZZ
http://www.buzzonslaters.com

I’m a full-time distant learning college student and I like to use free wi-fi in public when possible. Study and doing schoolwork in public helps me to stay focus rather than doing it at home or a usual location plus having a study buddy is always great. I ventured to Buzz on a night of much needed catching up schoolwork to do. There atmosphere is rather noisy because of the background music and those that are chatting away, but I tune it out. They are open until 12am which is awesome! There are also tasty pastries, coffee, sandwiches, beer, and wine– what more do you need? 

coffee and cupake= ready to do school work! =)

Chocolate Cupcake

Pastry--it had lemon in it don't remember what it was called

wall art decoration

Enjoy! =)

Homemade: Green Bean Casserole

One green bean casserole...

...and then there were two green bean casseroles.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted. There will be quite a few postings in the next few days from the past few months of places I’ve eaten at. Thank you readers for still reading and being patient with us. I sincerely appreciate the time you guys take to read our food postings. Cheers! =)

I made this green bean casserole for a baby shower party for one of my coworkers at work.

I used the following ingredients:

4 cans Cambell’s green bean french cut style

2 cans Cambell’s cream of mushroom soup

2 % Milk

French Fried Onions

Bacon bites

Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Shredded Mozarella Cheese

Salt, pepper, and garlic powder seasoning

Baked if for about 30 minutes

Tacklebox (Washington, DC)

[Tacklebox]
3245 M St NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 337-8269
tackleboxrestaurant.com/