I’m An Anomaly (As If You Didn’t Know This Already)

Uhm, I’m kind of weird. The people who know me are probably thinking what haven’t you told us that we already know. Let me explain. I love street food. But, I prefer not to eat “on the street”. I don’t like to be rushed when I’m eating. Eating “on the street” make me feel rushed.

Today, I was near Costco running an errand. Lunch was the cheapest I know of (besides eating from home).

Costco Hot Dog

A buck fifty (plus tax), drink included. I’ve eaten outside of Costco before with less than satisfactory results (I usually end up dropping or dripping on my clothes).

This time I tried something different. I brought containers to take some condiments, along with the hot dog, home to eat.

Condiments

In addition to the onions and relish, I used the sauces we have at home.

Mustard

Horseradish Dijon Mustard Mayonnaise

We were out of ketchup.

Eating at home, I could control the condiment for each bite (I didn’t have to pile of everything at once). I also had space to read a book and listen to music (have to have the right atmosphere). I didn’t end up wearing part of my lunch. The experience was much more enjoyable than “eating on  the street”.

So in conclusion, I’m weird, period.

Enjoy.

The Mouse

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Brain Too Small

I think my brain is too small. Picked up a couple of fried rice musubi from 7-Eleven, they were on sale, a dollar each. Forgot I tried them before and posted about it too. Sigh. Oh well, at least I can post the new pictures.

$1.00 Deal

Ingredients

Side View, Top View

As I posted previously, fried rice usually doesn’t make for good musubi. At least not for its original purpose. The fried rice normally is not sticky enough to hold together in a musubi package (maybe it should have its own category). As fried rice goes, these are decent (wish there was a slice of SPAM though). But for a dollar each, hard to go wrong.

I think my picture taking skill are improving (just a little). Now if I could only find my memory.

Enjoy.

The Mouse

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Green River

Green River is posted to pages.

Enjoy.

The Mouse

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Another Hole in the Wall

I have a soft spot for hole in the wall eating places. Let me rephrase, I have a soft spot for hole in the wall eating places that serve good food. The people who own/run these places are not looking for stars to add after their businesses or ways to franchise the name. The chefs are not promoting themselves as the next big thing. They’re working hard for their money (I seem to be paraphrasing songs today). That’s not to say that celebrity chefs are not working hard, but to me, it’s just different.

I knew about this placefor over twenty years. I used to work nearby and it was the go to place for many a Friday plate lunch (Monday through Thursdays were usually lunches from home). I was in the neighborhood the other day and passed by, had to stop and see if it was still good.

Sign

The menu seems familiar (except the prices have understandably changed).

Menu

Chinese Menu

More Plate Lunch Selections

Sandwich Menu

They also serve breakfast but I didn’t get pictures.

I ordered the bitter melon with chicken plate and added fried rice for $6.50 plus tax.

Bitter Melon With Chicken and Fried Rice

If you can see the details of the picture, celery and onions were included with the stir-fry. The addition of the other vegetables added to the texture of the dish. This is how I remembered their food. Not fancy, just food done well (the socks came off). Big happy.

For the Chinese selections, mac salad is not included (I think we used to add on mac salad as a side).

I have to make it a point to be nearby during lunch in the future.

Enjoy.

The Mouse

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A Guilty Pleasure

Posting about several thing today.

My jeans were feeling a bit looser lately. Yesterday, the scale at home read 195 pounds! Big smile. I think I have about ten more pounds to go. Sigh.

One of The Cat’s client has been telling her about this place: http://www.heeiapier.com/. The website seems to be under construction, here’s the Yelp.com page. I wanted to try their lunch yesterday but there was no parking. Sigh. Full of tourists. I figured the wait would be too long anyway.

Ended up here, my standby, go to, never disappoint place.

Sign

If it’s take out lunch, more often than not, it’s their lunch plate “A”, probably not the most healthiest of choices, but I was in a mini celebration mode. Plus, I haven’t had their plate lunch in months (I’ve been a good mouse).

Plate "A"

I usually take the rice out for later (I took the rice out before remembering to take a picture, my bad). Lemon chicken, beef broccoli, chow mein, and crispy won ton (the broccoli plays the role of token vegetable to give me the feeling that it’s a balanced plate). A guilty pleasure.

BTW, I’ve been playing with a few social network sites out there:

Foodspotting (actually, the picture from my phone was composed better, oh well).

Gowalla (I’m still trying to figure this site out).

Photovine

I finally was able to get on Google+, just when I was getting used to Facebook (just as well, due to operator error, I can’t access Facebook right now, although WordPress is still connected).

Funny, about a year ago, I didn’t even have a clue about “Web 2.0″ (still a neophyte). Now, I’m curious about it. It all started with this blog, thanks WordPress.

Enjoy.

The Mouse

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