a little bit about travel, a little bit about food, a lot of everything in between; as seen, tasted and experienced by different points of view..
after work, i felt like treating myself to some japanese food. i’ve been looking forward to trying out this place specifically for its name. the place is small and had around 10 tables. the waiter/owner took awhile to entertain me. i ordered a dinner bento …
this place is expensive. the prices of the menu they were displaying outside the restaurant were outdated. i ordered chicken teriyaki bento. it came with onion and mushroom soup. i was a little disappointed they did not serve miso soup. the bento also came with gyoza, fried mashed potato and salad. the salad did not come with the usual japanese sauce or mayonnaise. i surprisingly liked the gyoza. the fried mashed potato was very good. it was crispy and not mushy. the chicken teriyaki was average.
it was accidental that i ate at this restaurant since i had a hard time finding parking space close to an organic mexican restaurant i wanted to try out. this restaurant has a mix of burmese and chinese cuisine. i ordered their chicken curry lunch …
driving by pizza restaurants everyday reminds me of my craving for pizza. my first attempt to satisfy this craving was getting a frozen di giorno four cheese thin crust pizza from the supermarket. the taste was below average so i had another excuse to try …
i filled my first plate with salmon, tuna, white fish sashimi, mix of maki rolls, ebi sushi, and seaweeds wrapped in tamago wrap. my first plate started well.
Kona Grill is one of our favorite Friday lunchout place. It tops in the number of times we eat here because of their lunch specials or what Kona calls as perfect pairings where one could pick two dishes from a list of delicious choices. Perfect …
Verdict: N: 5/5 seriously, I can eat a bucket of these and I’ll be the happiest person on earth =)
We often go to the cheesecake factory meaning to order cheesecake but we end up sampling their entrees until there’s no more room for dessert.
This time we resolved to change that so we had an early dinner and after a fair amount of strenuous activity to burn the meal (read: shopping) we decided to refill our calories with cheesecake.
I ordered the Kahlua Cocoa Coffee Cheesecake because I wasn’t really in the mood for something sweet and I expected this one to be bitter. My friend ordered their Tiramusi which she claims is their best dessert yet.
Our orders came surrounded with whipped cream, which I’m not really a big fan of, so it was a total turn off =p. I took one bite each and then called it a night. We had the leftovers to go and I grabbed a slice of their famous chocolate bread appy that I like.
I don’t know why but now this restaurant reminds me of Sheldon ^^
Verdict:
N: 4/5
For my friend’s birthday. her housemates took her out for a sushi dinner, it’s an hour drive from Buffalo Grove but it was all worth it. After feasting on sushi in Vancouver, which costs really cheap over there, somehow a $20 sushi place looks so …
What’s the first thing you would do right before crossing the border at 4 in the morning? Eat a hearty breakfast! Especially when you know it’s gonna be a long day with eat and sleep at the bottom of the agenda. So, IHOP it is, and I ordered their specials – the super rooty tooty fresh ‘n fruity – I just love saying that =) It’s composed of two fluffy pancakes topped with either strawberry, warm blueberry or cinnamon-apple compote plus whipped cream topping – talk about carb and sugar overload! The combo also comes with hash browns and eggs and is worth $4.99; for a little extra you can add bacon, sausage or ham.
After a 13-hour flight, a two-hour layover, another three-hour flight and four hours of driving, I decided to get all the add-ons – yeah bring it on! Unfortunately, my poor jetlagged tummy couldn’t really handle all those so I ended up just eating all the meat and having the rest to go. Imagine this conversation:
Border Patrol: So what are you bringing from the US?
Me: Two fluffy pancakes with strawberry and whipped cream toppings plus hash browns to go please, I mean sir. ^^
All I can say is IHOP in the States is definitely waaaayyy better than the lame greasy IHOP that I went to in Burmaby. I’m glad I stopped over.
N: 4/5 great service, friendly staff and good food
IHOP
| 3619 Byron Street Bellingham, WA 98225-6018 |
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