this past weekend, my wonderful mother and sister came to visit me in dallas for a day! we chilled, went shopping at tj maxx and cooked dinner! i learned how to make yummy steamed fish (tilapia).
YUM.
oriana and i also tried our hand at molten lava cake! i bought 4 ramekins at walmart and oriana made [...]
i had the most delicious dinner with steph tonight. the last time i visited tei tei, I liked it already… but now this second time made me love it more.
we had the:
- marinated sea bass (again)
- “feed me” roll (again – but it’s different every day!)
- agedashi tofu
DELICIOUS! i LOVED my feed me roll this time. [...]
tonight, steph and i put some effort in putting some lessons into practice. steph’s mom was here for the weekend and taught steph a whole ton of good cooking tips.
our menu:
Brown sticky rice
Black bean Eggplant with Pork
‘Clay Pot’ with Green Bean Vermicelli, Pork, Shrimp and Napa Cabbage
Steamed Sea Bass with Soy Sauce
Chinese Meatballs with Napa [...]
i always forget to let you know when i’m gone. i’m bad at that – sorry. just got back today from tampa. had loads of fun. ate one good meal (thanks oystercatchers). had the most popular booth at the outback bowl. won $205 profit at the hard rock casino in 2 tries on slots. got [...]
went to the grand opening of pinkberry in dallas tonight. waited 15 minutes for my free small cup of original with raspberries and chocolate chips.
i forgot how good pinkberry was. now i remember.
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even though it’s jessi’s birthday this week, she wouldn’t let us take her out to dinner since it’s her foodie day this week. we enjoyed some french dining at rise nº1. michael was our guest for the night.
when: 7:00pm, monday
wait: around 20 minutes, due to seating whole party at once.
customer service: A-
food rating: A
rise is [...]
my week! trying some japanese at tei tei robata.
when: 8:00pm, thursday
wait: around 45 minutes for a table
customer service: A+
food rating: A+
tei tei is on n. henderson (uptown area) – right at the corner of the intersection where the road curves. across from the old monk and next to the porch. good luck finding parking on [...]
italian night at ristorante cibus caffe
when: 6:30pm, tuesday
wait: none
customer service: A 1/2+
food rating: A
right in a nook within northpark mall and across from la duni. when you first look at cibus it’s brightly decorated with orange colors and beckons you with the tasty looking gelato and desserts in the window. past the initial sitting area [...]
tonight, the girls and i hit up coal vines – uptown pizza wine bar.
when: 7:15pm, tuesday
wait: 30 minutes
customer service: B
food rating: A-
when steph and i first pulled into the small parking lot (coal vines is a little hard to see as it’s right on a corner in uptown) – we got a spot right in [...]