passable Beef Stew and Dumplings all reconstituted from packets. There was also ‘pop’ made from a soda-stream type device which used a very radioactive-looking syrup to add that just like coca-cola taste.

prevalent in a lot of dishes. I used to HATE cilantro, but no more. So now I can enjoy the dishes the way they were ‘meant to be’. Blue cheese: I am a great lover of cheeses of all kinds, but always found blue to be...

fried (crunchy batter outside), served with syrup and butter for extra artery clogging goodness. Beef congee was sadly more watery than ricey/cottony but the beef was not bad. HK milk tea is definitely good, not superb, but way...

red lobster. the rest of the food may be so so, but those cheddar biscuits are still durn good. mcdonald’s. sometimes you’ve just gotta have those fries. dipped in sweet 'n sour sauce. and if it’s been a REALLY...

've ever really needed a measuring spoon was for cough syrup ... You?

I used to date a picky eater (chicken, crackers, coke with no ice, plain pizza, bread, butter, french fries, and rice krispy treats... nothing more). I got him to eat butternut squash/sweet potato puree by adding loads of butter,...

I am blushing, that was such a sweet shout out, thanks TDQ. To stay on topic, there is another place I wanted to mention before but forgot: Satay2Go in Apple Valley. It is meant to resemble a SE Asian hawker stand and features...

with an egg batter. It was perfectly moist with the batter and the butter, but too oily, as can happen sometimes. There was a light dusting of powdered sugar on the slices. It was served with maple syrup (I think the real stuff,...

I was raised to eat & appreciate what was served at any home. I happen to dislike sweet meat ( fruit or sweeten otherwise) but I have choked it down and smiled. I was also raised to NEVER eat in front of ppls whom I don’t...

and Nestle’s websites have the recipes. I also found that I love Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Chips for my semi-sweet chips. Look for 'em and a warning, they taste much better baked in a cookie than out of the bag for some...

discussed the horror of saccharine, corn syrup laden margarita mixes with him compared to his pre-made but home-made mix. A nice surprise but I don’t know how crowded it gets in the evening.

great). as to 41-82, about a block away, we stopped in for some of the large sesame breads (left side, almost to the back) and also ordered the dofu-nao (basically the tofu curd that is usually served sweet with a ginger syrup,...

ate so much gelato and sweets and often sat down to multi-hour meals. But I don’t ever remember buying processed food (by that I mean packaged food at a supermarket). Instead, I ventured to the outdoor markets and was able...

to be fairly wonderful in the hands of certain chefs. Too processed? Somehow allowing the soul of the potato to escape in the process of slicing? I don’t know, but my favorites certainly hit some inner sweet spot of mine.

with Balsamic and Goat cheese... you’re supposed to make a balsamic syrup, but I bet it would still be good just drizzled with balsamic that hasn’t been reduced. Really easy and tasty!...