Cinnamon Juice

It's good to get back into cooking since I was eating out a bit much during the months of August and September. I've been more confident in my cooking recently and have been throwing together different ingredients to experiment more.One day, I decided that asparagus, eggs, and chicken with penne pas

I had passed by the Educated Palate a lot in the past three years of living here in San Francisco. I never thought to go inside until recently....The concept is interesting, intriguing: walk on in and you feel like you've entered into a super-fancy, super-pricy place. That's the point: but the price

There have been quite a few new restaurants popping up nearby; luckily for me, my brother is willing to try out these places with me, considering they're all walking distance from our place.From what I've seen so far: seems like noodles are trying to make a bigger presence out this way. We have a lo

I went to Off the Grid on Thursday evening with my friend aka Froyo Girl. There were about ten mobile food trucks/carts at the event, but we were especially interested in the tacos offered at a couple trucks.First up: a sisig taco (picture on the left), a blend of ground meat in sour marinade (well,

Just a photo to share today: I don't recall the exact name of this salad, but I do remember how I had to topple the whole presentation to eat it (after the picture was taken). One of the main ingredients of the salad was avocado, which complemented the crunchy bits on top quite well. I went to this

The whole time my family and I was in Las Vegas, one of my sisters and I got room service for breakfast. We wanted to eat something substantial before we headed down to the hotel's fitness center.On the first couple of days, I went with breakfasts that were similar to my usual: cereal and milk or yo

I was in Las Vegas a few weeks ago; tasted many delicious foods there. The trip started out with an Italian seafood dinner consisting of many tastings and unique vintage wines.The picture to the right was one plate of samples I had; everyone kept saying the sardine was too strong in taste and smell,

Five mini mooncakes, five different flavors!Ah, a new season is coming. And always at this time of the year I feel excited to eat mooncakes for the Autumn Moon Festival (or, sometimes the holiday is referred to as August Moon or Mid-Autumn Festival). I admit, the significance of many holidays for me

(image from Wikipedia) I first tried pupusas earlier this year, a day that I won't forget (not related to pupusas though). Still, the threads of that fond memory are interlaced with trying pupusas, so the two memories will always be connected for me.Pupusas are Salvadoran delicacies, kind of like a