blow 'em out!

blow 'em out!, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Happy Birthday Ivy! Maggie is soooo cute and growing so fast!

special of the day

special of the day, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Barrio in Seattle on 12th Ave. I love it that Capitol Hill is turning into a Foodie Mecca. There's loads of new places all along 12th and they all look scrumptious.

coned

coned, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

not again... :(

Judy Fu's Snappy Dragon

This is the nastiest American Chinese food joint I've been to in years! Thick won tons boiled and a heapful of peanut thai sauce covering it up and served as appetizer. Neil said the fried wings were overly salted.

This was their quart of beef brisket noodle soup. You know what's missing. Flavor of 5-spice. The noodles looked like a bowl of pig intestines. There was sooooo much noodles, you couldn't even drink the soup before they absorbed every ounce of liquid.

On a positive note, the beef was cooked till it was literally melting in your mouth. Or I could assume that because no one orders it, it just sat there until an idiot like me ordered it.

The place was in Roosevelt, in the middle of no where and everyone who worked there to the customers were ummm...WHITE. That says it all. There's a ton of stickers on their front door noting how they're top favorites for every foodie category nominated. REALLY?

Bottle Shock

watch it

Since I've been sitting at the desk making jewelry, I've also been watching movies on the side, well more like "listening." If you enjoyed Sideways, you'll enjoy this movie.

perch

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My offshoot jewelry project.

Big Nothing

watch it

Good twist and turns. Loving Simon Pegg!

tick tick tick tick

Cute movie. I guess working from home has it's advantages. I can launch a movie and have it playing in the background. So instead of listening to the radio, I'm "watching"/listening to a movie.

sweet

sweet, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

I love sweet potato fries!

Jai Ho

I'm glad this little gem won for BEST PICTURE. If you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for?!

lunchbox

lunchbox, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

I was tempted to rip the STAR WARS ones off the wall for Nathan but I don't think it would have gone well with the owners. Interesting place, great concept, overpriced.

honey

honey, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

it's always fun to visit pike place market and get some locally made goodies.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Triple Chocolate

Triple Chocolate, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Went to Pearl tonight. Just wasn't in the mood to cook and wanted a real meal.

The salad was a bit heavy handed in the balsamic dressing but good. I think I had enough of Salumi items. They're really not that good, IMHO.

Scallops were cooked perfectly but the risotto cake was missing.

The free-range chicken was good but also a bit over salted. You know how you eat potato chips and your lips pucker up because of all the salt?

We mentioned that it was a bit salty to the waiter when we were ready for the bill and he asked us how everything was and Neil mentioned the salt issue and the waiter graciously offered to comp a dessert.

Overall, great service, great atmosphere, and good dishes.

GOOMBA GRINDER

GOOMBA GRINDER, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

A year or so ago, we tried Salumi and the guy we sat next to told us about heading north on Aurora to eat at Grinders. He said it was his second favorite grinder style sandwich after Salumi.

Since we were up north anyway, we decided to give it a try. A salad and sub was a little more than $20. OUCH.

OK, the salad and sub was split between 2 and no drinks except water. Sure it was delicious and fresh but I'm realizing that I'm become a very frugal person.

Skirt Steak w/chimichurri

Skirt Steak w/chimichurri, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Look up a chimichurri recipe and make it. It's sooooo good on steak and anything else you want to put it on!

Blue

Nice to see Blue every now and then...