hello! Food

Today, I had lunch at a place called Sushi Go Round in Lacey, WA. Very good. I wrote a review out on yelp.com if you’re interested in looking to see what I had say about it.

I recently wrote a mini review of Falls Terrace on Yelp. We went there for mother’s day for both our moms and I figured after 2 days in a row of going there, I had to say something about that place. Enjoy!

Ok, I’m sure you’ve had to have seen that Burger King commercial for their kid’s meal. There’s just something wrong with that only because I just don’t think it’s appropriate for children and yes, the meal is for kids. I don’t think the song is something appropriate for kids. Really. Even if the song is about Spongebob. Especially when Sir Mixalot says at the end, “booty is booty”. I somehow can’t believe enough people haven’t complained about it. Video is after the bump. However, I will admit that the song is pretty funny. Oh, and I still think the king is really creepy.

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Unless you don’t have cable, you should know about the show Man vs. Food. Basically it’s a new travel channel show that chronicles Adam Richman traveling the US finding incredible food and food competitions. It’s a very good show, and Adam is definitely amazing when he takes on some of these food challenges, including The Big Texan’s 72 oz. steak! It was just amazing watching him eat it. Anyways here’s a take on him eating an Italian beef sandwich in Chicago. I love it! It’s the Italian Stance! Video after the bump.

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Ok, so it’s been a while since i’ve posted here. Quite a bit has been going on and well, I have to admit that I forgot about this site for a while. But anyways have you seen this new commercial for Arby’s? It’s so wrong on so many levels, but also very very hilarious. You have to love how the logo appears above the guys head. Video after the bump.

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If you’re wondering, that’s a nickname that my arch-nemesis Swan gave me. She really loves to make fun of me.

If you’ve been to Japan or been exposed to Japanese culture, then you’ve probably heard of Yakisoba. When it comes to Yakisoba, it always reminds me of summer, and all the festivals. Because at just about every single festival I’ve been to in Japan, they’re always serving yakisoba. It’s definitely a dish I love to eat, and gives me plenty of great memories. Yakisoba, in case you didn’t know, is a fried type of noodle, very similar to (and derived from) chinese chow mein. It’s very tasty, and you can have all kinds of additions to it, like pork, cabbage, and so on. Very similar to ramen, except without the soup.

But the yakisoba that I’d like to talk about is an instant Yakisoba called UFO Yakisoba. It’s an instant type of Yakisoba, so it’s similar to cup ramen or cup noodle where you just add water and go. But of course, the question here is simple, why all the water if there’s no soup? Basically the water is to soften up the yakisoba noodles. After 3 minutes or so (just like cup ramen), you remove the water using a very ingenius contraption on the package. You can “tear off” one side of the package to reveal a sub layer with holes in it, just big enough to allow water to pass through, but not the noodles. Incredible you say? Hell, it’s genius if you ask me. Back in the old days you had to strain the water out and well, it sucked. But now UFO noodles makes it easy for you.

But I talk not about how good UFO Yakisoba is, but instead how the aroma of the yakisoba sauce totally brings me back to the old days of youth. It brings me back to Japan and the memories of hanging out with my friends. To me, UFO Yakisoba isn’t just about convenience and good eats. It’s about memories and friendship and mainly, it’s just about Japan. It’s probably a bad thing that an instant Yakisoba makes me think of Japan, but it’s so very true. If you ever get the chance to pick up some UFO brand Yakisoba, try it out. All you need is some hot water and 3 minutes later, you’ll be eating tasty Yakisoba just like me.

Perhaps you’ve seen that Pizza Hut is now offering pasta. You can get 2 different kinds of “Tuscani” pasta, alfredo or marinara. We tried out the alfredo sauce pasta since red sauce seems to be notorious for causing serious heartburn in this household. You know what, it wasn’t bad at all. Actually it was pretty good. If I had a complaint, I’d only complain that it was perhaps a bit too salty for my tastes. But that’s just about it. Each pasta order is enough to feed 4, and yes, it really is a lot of food. It comes with 5 breadsticks, which in itself are pretty good, but nothing earth shattering.

Overall, I’m pretty impressed with it. I think they might have made a pretty decent move. Now if only they’d come up with baked spaghetti, it would be just a bit better! The commercial is after the bump.

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Apparently, Food Network has announced the new Dinner: Impossible chef to be Chef Michael Symon. You may remember Chef Symon as the chef who won the Next Iron Chef challenge and currently also stands as on of the American Iron Chefs.

It looks like they’re also changing the format of the show and making it an hour long. I don’t know about any of you people out there, but that pleases me! I love the show Dinner: Impossible and love that it’s going to be an hour long. It’s really too bad that Robert Irvine is no longer the host, since he’s definitely one of my favourites, but I like Chef Symon as well.

Here’s hoping Chef Symon didn’t exaggerate on his resume either!

So yesterday, I spent some time making some Gyoza. If the word “gyoza” is greek to you, and you’re not sure what it is, I’ll explain. It’s also known as Mandu or Chinese dumplings, or it’s most common name of “pot stickers”. I make mine less vegetarian and quite meaty. I use ground pork and green onions. That’s about it for the filling. Then I put them in Gyoza wrappers or round wonton wrappers and seal them in. Mmmm good. Gyoza makes an excellent side for Ramen. I don’t think there is just anything better to go with Ramen except perhaps beer. Beer, Gyoza and Ramen, quite the combination.

Excuse me while I break into the Gyoza leftovers.

It’s been reported that “Downer” cows entered the food supply. The president of Westland/Hallmark Meat Company admitted that a couple of “downer” cows could have entered the food supply. Prior to this, he had said that no such cows have entered the food supply. So now, he’s admitting he’s wrong.

“Downer” cows is the term used for cows that cannot stand on their own or are sick. Downer cows are not allowed into the food supply because of the scare of mad cow disease.

He was quoted as saying, “the activities shown on the video are not ‘food safety issues.’ The cows shown in the video could not walk, were designated to be euthanized and were not put into commerce.” What I’d like to know is whether or not that it’s normal that cows that are to be euthanized are subjected to such treatment.

It’s quite obvious that the cows are being treated horribly. I for one cannot believe they would not at the very least be charged with cruelty to animals. Just because an animal is going to be euthanized, I don’t think that gives excuse for anyone to cause any kind of cruelty to them.

Because of the recall, they’ve lost millions of dollars and are possibly going to shut down operations. I say that’s fine, and they well deserved it.

Am I wrong to feel this way?