Chong Qing Mei Wei Szechwan Restaurant
重慶美味川菜
5406 Walnut Ave #C
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 651-8886
We haven’t had spicy Chinese food for a while, and we were craving it bad. Seriously, those Szechuan pepper must have some kind of addictive ingredient in it or something. We went back to the best Szechuan restaurant in OC, Chong Qing Mei Wei Szechwan Restaurant.
風味冷菜 Cold Appetizer ($5.50)
It was raining outside, and the restaurant was full with a few people waiting. They quickly put us at a 6 people table. We also saw a couple sitting at one of those big 10 people table. I like how they didn’t make us wait for a smaller table. Dr. P went to the cold appetizer counter and picked 3 items. Those are our favorite 3, spicy beef & tendon, green veggie, and kidney & onion.
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February 7th, 2010 | Category: EAT | Comments (4)
House of Kabob
92 Corporate Park
Irvine, CA 92606
(949) 261-8004
http://www.ochouseofkabob.com
I was too lazy to cook dinner, so Dr. P got take out food for dinner. I was even too lazy to think about what I wanted, and just asked Dr. P to get anything he wanted. He decided to try some middle eastern food from House of Kabob. That reminded us how we use to have Sunnin take out all the time back in Dr. P’s old apartment in West LA.
Kabob Barg ($16.99)
Charbroiled of filet mignon marinated in our special sauce.
The boxes felt really heavy. We opened the box and saw the reason. Man, they gave you a lot of rice here. Kabob Barg was made with filet mignon, and it was very tender. It had a nice grilled + middle eastern spices flavor. Love the grilled tomatoes.
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February 7th, 2010 | Category: EAT | Leave a comment
Shabu Shabu Bar
1945 E 17th St #108
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 954-0332
It was a casual weekday. I turned on my computer in the morning, and saw some Shabu Shabu Bar’s pictures on wintervalley’s Facebook page. I thought “hmmmm look good.” Then I checked my Plurk, and saw more pictures posted by wintervalley. I thought “hmmmm I kinda want shabu shabu now.” After that I saw wintervalley’s blog post, then I thought “I GOTTA HAVE SHABU SHABU TONIGHT!”
After Dr. P got off work, we followed his navigation lady’s commands, and drove around the streets near Shabu Shabu Bar in circles for 30 minutes before finally finding the restaurant. That lady is going crazy and almost drove me crazy!
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February 7th, 2010 | Category: EAT | Comments (4)
Our anniversary is only 2 weeks apart from Valentine’s Day. So we decided just to get one present for each other for both occasions. One really NICE present, of course.
One day I was watching Lady Gaga on TV, and I mentioned I want the headphones that Lada Gaga designed. Dr. P remembered it. He said originally he was going to get the headphones for me. But then he thought, “wait…. she doesn’t even have an iPod! So is she just going to wear the headphones with no music…. for fun?”
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February 6th, 2010 | Category: GOODIES | Comments (2)
Chipotle Mexican Grill
2300 Harbor Blvd
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(949) 646-1288
http://www.chipotle.com
I listen to everything Oprah says. When Oprah said everyone should watch Food Inc, I made Dr. P watched the eye opening documentary about where food comes from with me. I highly recommend this film to everyone. It will make you think about what you put in your mouth and start making conscious choices about what you eat. We also saw the interview with Chipotle Mexican Grill’s founder Steve Ells on Oprah. He said that everything in Chipotle is freshly made in the restaurant. There is no frozen vegetable except corn. All of their chicken and pork are natural raised, and 60% of their beef is grass-fed. There is no machine operation in their restaurant. Everything is chopped, cooked, grilled, and prepared by their cooks. After watching the interview, Dr. P stopped by the restaurant to pick up some healthier Mexican fast food from Chipotle for us to try.
Salad With Chicken ($5.70)
Chopped romaine lettuce with choice of beans, meat, salsa and cheese, with freshly made chipotle-honey vinaigrette. Naturally raised chicken, marinated in our Chipotle adobo, then grilled.
The menu at Chipotle is very simple. There’s salad, burrito, and taco. Meat choices are chicken, pork, and beef. There’s also vegetarian option. Dr. P got a Salad with Chicken for us to share. All the ingredients tasted so fresh, even the frozen corn! The grilled chicken was tender and very flavorful. I like the honey vinaigrette, but Dr. P thought it was a bit too sweet for his taste. He said next time he’ll request to have salsa as dressing.
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February 6th, 2010 | Category: EAT | Comments (5)
有一套初學韓國話出售，這是我幾年前回台灣的時候在誠品買的，但是一直放著也都沒有用。最近有把CD拿出來聽聽，發現韓國話不容易耶！比日文難多了，所以我…. 放棄。
書本和CD都是用中文教學的，所以必須看得懂中文和聽得懂中文的人才能使用。
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February 6th, 2010 | Category: DEALS | Comments (1)
Roy’s Restaurant
641 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 356-4066
http://www.roysrestaurant.com
My parents enjoy going out to eat, but most of the time they go to the same Chinese restaurants or noodle & dumpling places over and over. I like taking them out to try different cuisine. Most of the time they will say something like “Chinese food is much cheaper and better value… blah blah blah.” But I know they are happy that I am taking them out to eat. They just don’t want me to spend too much money. That’s family love. ^^
I picked Roy’s Restaurant in Pasadena to take my parents for dine LA Restaurant week. Valet parking was $7. But we found free parking in the building’s parking garage. The gate was opened and nobody was there. So we just parked. Lucky!
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February 5th, 2010 | Category: EAT | Comments (5)
Vito Restaurant
2807 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 450-4999
http://www.vitorestaurant.com
We went up to Santa Monica to have dinner with Dr. P’s friend Arthur last weekend. Santa Monica is far, I mean farrrrrr, from Orange County. It was 50+ miles from our house to the restaurant! Dinner was at Arthur’s favorite restaurant, Vito.
We got there a little earlier, and sat at the bar to have a drink while waiting for Arthur. There were quite a few silver haired customers sitting at the bar for early dinner.
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February 5th, 2010 | Category: EAT | Comments (3)
Cafe Bizou
91 N Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 792-9923
http://www.cafebizou.com
It’s dineLA Restaurant Week! The special is only on Sunday through Thursday. Dr. P has to work on weekday, and just doesn’t have the time to go up to Los Angeles. Too bad for him! I took the opportunity to take my parents out for some bargain deal meal.
I picked Cafe Bizou for lunch. It was $16 for 3 course lunch. The original plan was to take my parents, but they had some plumbing problem at home that morning so dad stayed home with the plumber to fix the problem.
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February 3rd, 2010 | Category: EAT | Comments (2)
Sage Restaurant
2531 Eastbluff Dr
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 718-9650
http://www.sagerestaurant.com
It was our 4 year anniversary, and it happened to be Newport Beach Restaurant Week, too. Nice! We get to go out for a nice dinner and save money at the same time. After browsing through menus online, we decided to try a New American restaurant named Sage.
Sage is tucked away in a corner at Ralphs and CVS plaza in the back bay area in Newport Beach.
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February 3rd, 2010 | Category: EAT | Comments (1)
