We ate really well. Unfortunately, many of the tastiest bits of the trip went undocumented because whatever was in front of me looked so good, I devoured it before remembering to take a picture. However, the food set is still worth a look through. Ninja restaurant will get its own post later because it's THAT cool ( Read more... )

( bacon, tea, or me? )

I've been sitting here licking cheese off a knife for a good quarter of an hour now. Seal Bay triple cream Tasmania. It's SO GOOD. Oh man. It's not even at room temperature and it's so good! Mmm. I hope it turns super-stinky-cheese-yum!

While trying to find out more about the company, I found this neat SF Gate article about beer and cheese ( Read more... )

I made curry oatmeal this morning! I used some leftover Japanese curry from last night's Curry Soba Sammiches* and mixed it into my oats. One should note that I make my oatmeal a bit watery (close to the consistency of Chinese porridge) and with lots of sugar. This plus curry is good, says my happy mouth and belly. Before trying this concoction ( Read more... )

I've been to IKEA 3 times in the last couple weeks, buying adorable chests of drawers to get organized. They carry this candy made by Kraft in Scandanavia called Daim. If you haven't tried it, I urge you to do so. Cruncy caramel with tiny almond bits trapped inside, all wrapped in scrummy chocolate. You will eat a million of them. I do. ( Read more... )

Christmas dinner was a success! I invited over a couple student employees from the library who were staying around for the holidays. One brought shrimp scampi and chocolate truffles, and the other baked a pumpkin pie, which paired nicely with my Esprit de Noel tea from Marriage Freres ( Read more... )

From this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/50eats_index.shtml

The BBC asked people to vote for the top 50 things everyone should try a bite of in their lifetime. Bold the ones you've eaten. (even a bite counts)

The top 50

1. Fresh fish
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I was listening to the Chamber of Secrets audiobook yesterday (Stephen Fry version, of course) and thought, "Oh, what I wouldn't do for just ONE!"

teapotgirl happpened to be craving bacon this morning as well, so she came by, and we went on the hunt. We remembered seeing a pile of bacon at Espresso Experience last week and hoped that they made sandwiches ( Read more... )