>I only come here for the Cubano (or Cuban) sandwich. It’s sooooooooooo good here. The bread is toasted and pressed down — kinda like a grilled cheese — but with roasted pork, ham, cheese, pickles inside and ya gotta eat it there while hot. Don’t take it somewhere else. Just eat it there even though […]
>Formosa — comfort all around
>It’s rainy, cold and I’m in the mood for some comfort food. The question is, what kind of comfort food? Well, today I wanted Chinese. So here we were at Formosa and I’m debating between soup noodles and my friend, kung pao chicken, and we just thought, what the hell, they give you free soup […]
>Mimi’s Cafe — first instinct is always right
>Should’ve stuck with my first choice of eggs Benedict. I kept thinking I’d been eating lots of eggs this week so I better be good and go for something healthier. I went with the low carb breakfast of egg whites omelette with broccoli, mushrooms, tomatoes. It was really bland. My friend had the Benedict and […]
>Nem Nuong Khanh Hoa — chewy, savory, yummy
>I love these suckers — banh khot — but I only like ’em at this place. Other restaurants uses the same mixture as banh xeo (Vietnamese crepes) to make these little “cups” but I don’t like that taste simply cuz it’s on the sweet side. Khanh Hoa uses the same mixture as banh beo to […]
>Canton — plate lunch Viet style
>So many types of Vietnamese plate lunches, so little time. Here’s one for ya. The com thit nuong cha gio (pictured) or bbq pork (thit nuong) and eggroll (cha gio) plate lunch from Canton restaurant is rather delish. The bbq pork is succulent and charred to perfection and the eggrolls are Vietnamese style, not Chinese […]
