Eileen Likes To Eat

Typhoon Restaurant
3221 Donald Douglas Loop S.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 390-6565
http://www.typhoon-restaurant.com

Dr. P’s friend Timmy has been talking about trying out some cooked insects from Typhoon Restaurant.  I proposed the idea of an insects dinner party to Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 and got picked!!!!  Thank you, Foodbuzz, for giving the seven of us the opportunity to chow down some insects (and amphibian too) last night.

Typhoon Restaurant is located inside Santa Monica Airport on the 2nd floor.  Our reservation was at 5:30pm.  The restaurant was already full.  People just kept on coming in the entire night.  We were surprised how popular this restaurant is.  Does everybody like insects that much?

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May 31st, 2009 | Category: EAT | Comments (19)

Yesterday was Dr. P’s friend Joe’s birthday.  He organized a birthday BBQ party at Huntington Beach.

Dr. P and his friends.  Birthday boy (in the middle) just turned 35, but he still looks young.

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May 31st, 2009 | Category: TRAVEL | Comments (1)

Have you guys been to QQ Cafe lately? Last night we got takeout from QQ. I didn’t take pictures because we always get the same things and food has always been good so I didn’t think I need to blog about it. But it was the first time that we didn’t think the food was good.

Popcorn chicken (鹽酥雞) was way way way over-fried. It was so hard and dry. We ended up throwing the whole box away. Stew Pork Rice (控肉飯) was so fat (and not the good kind) that it was just oily and gross. The flavor was different, too. Pork Chop Rice (排骨飯) was alright. Dr. P thought it was a lot sweeter than usual. I ordered my slushy ice with milk for extra $0.50 and there was no milk.

What happened to QQ? What is going on with my favorite Taiwanese restaurant? One thing I did noticed was the owners were not there yesterday. Did they go on vacation? Has the food gone downhill because they weren’t there? I don’t know….

I probably won’t go back to QQ for a while now. If you guys go, please let me know if they food becomes “normal” again.

May 30th, 2009 | Category: EAT | Comments (5)

Kingswood Teppan Steak House
上林鐵板燒
250 W Valley Blvd #L
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 282-9600

I tried to take my parents out to eat at least once a week.  When they go out to eat, they always go to the same restaurants and ordering the same dishes.  I like to take them out to try different things.  They haven’t had teppanyaki for a long time.  When I suggested to have teppanyaki for lunch, mom was really excited.  Dad didn’t like the idea first because he thought it would be too expensive.  He was nice and didn’t want me to spend too much money.  But I assured them lunch special at Kingswood isn’t expensive at all.

You can pick two items for $9.50 or 3 items for $12.50.  That’s a pretty good deal for teppanyaki.

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May 30th, 2009 | Category: EAT | Comments (5)

Beef Noodle King
政記牛肉麵大王
1265 E. Valley Blvd.
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 281-4836

We haven’t been back to Beef Noodle King for the longest time.  It was about 9pm on Monday night and this restaurant was still full of people.  That gotta show how good the food was.

黃瓜Spicy Cold Cucumber ($1.95)

Dr. P’s favorite, Spicy Cold Cucumber.  It wasn’t spicy at all, but still good though.

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May 29th, 2009 | Category: EAT | Comments (4)

Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle
阿宗麵線
140 W Valley Blvd #208
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 280-0186

Ever since our visit to Ay-Chung last time, Dr. P has been craving for their noodle.  We were just driving by and randomly decided to go in to get take-out for a snack.

阿宗麵線 House Special Thicken Soup Thin Noodle ($4.60)

The House Special Thicken Soup Thin Noodle was really good.  Dr. P loves the soup, and I love the intestine.

I miss Taiwan, where I can get the thicken soup thin noodle for $2.  If it’s $2 here in LA, I would eat this ALL THE TIME!

May 29th, 2009 | Category: EAT | Comments (1)

Oriental Express Cafe
東方特快
158 S. San Gabriel Blvd.
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 292-1868

We were trying to save money.  Where do you go for cheap and good food?  Oriental Express Cafe of course.

3 Items Combo ($4.60)

Dr. P picked the 3 items in this box:  smoked chicken, meat balls, and spicy tofu.  He liked everything.

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May 29th, 2009 | Category: EAT | Leave a comment

Last Sunday we went to Dr. P’s friend Timmy’s house for Memorial Day BBQ.  We ate a whole lot of food.

Chips and Guacamole

We started out with some chips and home-made guacamole.  Loved the guacamole!

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May 29th, 2009 | Category: COOK | Comments (1)

MC Hotdog is probably the biggest rapper in Taiwan right now. I met him and A-Yue’s bandFree 9 back in 2004.  They have been back to LA a few times to perform.  This time they were in LA for a concert, along with TriPoets (參劈), a rap group from Taiwan.  I asked Dr. P to go to the concert with me….

Dr. P:  Hmmm…. I don’t know.  I won’t understand the lyrics.  I don’t know their music, either.
Me:  Why don’t you look up MC Hotdog’s music video on YouTube and see if you like the music?
Dr. P:  (Found this video on YouTube)  Oh yeah…. that’s what I’m talking about, yo!  Hoochie Taiwanese girls in bikinis shaking booties.
Me:  Yeah, there are gonna be lots of girls like that at the concert.
Dr. P:  Yes, we’re going FOR SURE!

So here we were, at Club Tatou on Saturday night.  We hung out in their drinking dressing room before the show.  MC Hotdog 熱狗 had major jetlag for the past 2 days.  But he was ready for stage on Saturday night!

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May 29th, 2009 | Category: RANDOM, TRAVEL | Comments (4)