A blog about SoCal food and travel, with a spicy Asian flair
Marching along we’re adventurers/ Singing the song of adventurers/ Up or down, North, South, East, or West, an Adventurer’s life is best!
3/4 large yellow onion, chopped fine 4 cloves garlic, chopped fine Black pepper Olive oil 2 c San Tomas Bomba rice 5 c chicken stock plus extra 2.5 tsp Chiquilin Paella seasoning 1 pinch saffron, bloomed in hot water 2 Bay leaves 1/2 c peas Cooked chicken, bite sized pieces 2 Aidells sausage, small chunks Salt to taste Saute the...
Speaking of Halloween candy… Candy Bars – Ranked “Butterfinger – there is no excuse for Butterfingers in the candy bar kingdom. People who like Butterfingers are not nice human beings. They’re the types that leave stale food in the office refrigerator for weeks, don’t pick up their dog’s shit, and cheat on their taxes. The last time I saw a...
This place has under gone several name changes but the menu has stayed pretty much the same. Tonight we tried the Samurai Roll: krab and tempura shrimp inside, Seared salmon on top, and deep fried onion strings ftw! Very tasty.
First pumpkin pie of the season! 5.99 is such a huge deal. There is no better pie than Costco’s. Nice flaky crust, well cooked custard. And tonight is the first Marching Band tournament of the season.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sd-me-f35-miramar-20181005-story.html “The crash of a Marine F-35B in South Carolina last week has some residents concerned about the jet’s impending arrival at Marine Corps Station Miramar in 2020. The Marine F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter attached to an East Coast training squadron crashedon Sept. 28. The crashed jet belonged to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 based out of...
This is my first try with knitting cables. At first I tried to do it without a cable needle but it was difficult to cleanly pick up the loops with this fuzzy yarn and those little loops made by the missed strands just stand out too much. I don’t have an actual cable needle so I am using an extra...
Mr A says he likes the idea of Roy’s more than the actual food but it’s still one of my favorites, in fact it was one my three (!) requested dinners on my birthday weekend. We sat at one of the high bar tables against the kitchen. The other dining room tables are often windy and cold under the air...
I love this place. I love the streetside tables under the Gaslamp sign and right across from the Convention Center. We are never disappointed with the food. My drink was their version of an Old Fashioned – in a Manhattan glass. This type of glass has a quite old fashioned feel to it – very “Some Like It Hot” style....
“So, if you have an Echo in the kitchen, living room and a child’s bedroom, you can say, “Alexa, announce that dinner is ready,” and Alexa will repeat the message on each device in your voice — no skill necessary.“
Parrots Are a Lot More Than ‘Pretty Bird’ https://nyti.ms/1pYeC4l “And in an act of ingenuity that Dr. Auersperg called “sensational” for an animal not known to use tools in the wild, a cockatoo named Figaro one day started carefully chipping at the edge of a larch wood frame until he had formed a long, slender pole, which he then wielded...
Why Bitcoin is Stupid “Let’s get this straight: in order for Bitcoin to be a real currency, it needs several things: easy and frictionless trading between people to be widely accepted as legal tender for all debts, public and private a stable value that does not fluctuate (otherwise it’s impossible to set prices) Bitcoin has none of these things, and...
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one “Thanks to that work, we now know that the Pacific Northwest has experienced forty-one subduction-zone earthquakes in the past ten thousand years. If you divide ten thousand by forty-one, you get two hundred and forty-three, which is Cascadia’s recurrence interval: the average amount of time that elapses between earthquakes. That timespan is dangerous both because it is too long—long...
In the northern boonies of LA, but outstanding food selections from 144 Asian food booths. Almost everything we had we loved. Noodles, chicken skewers, Buffalo chicken buns, mandu, lumpia, cupcakes in a jar. Pretty high food quality as would be expected from the 626 area code. Because let’s face it, Alhambra is LA’s REAL Chinatown. The primary cuisines we saw...
https://www.fastcompany.com/90223472/hurricane-lane-tracker-how-to-follow-the-path-latest-prediction-models-and-storm-updates They are saying it’s the biggest storm this close to Hawaii since Iniki. The track is changing as I watch it this morning, showing it moving slightly away from the islands
A trip to Costco, a Mai Tai at the pool, a walk on the beach at sunset, before a fancy dinner out. This is the life. Wow what we cook up with these! We stayed at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort. Just north of Lihue (centrally located); pool bar; nice walking beach with a small natural pool behind a reef;...
This is my new favorite restaurant on Kauai. Every single thing we had was totally delicious, down to the bread and the ice tea. So with no further ado… Passion guava martini, Cruzan guava rum, fresh lilikoi, lemon juice. For Mr A. I think I had just had a (strong) Mai Tai at the resort so I didn’t feel like...
Usually our first stop when we land, as our flight from California puts us on the island before noon. We had to skip Hamura the first day since we were meeting up with friends for snorkeling, but soon enough we were back. Simple, fast, delicious. Small Saimin for me, plain Saimin with extra noodle for Ms S , Special Saimin...
We were very impressed by this little place in Kapa’a. We were just looking for a quick bite but loved the tacos. The fish Tacos were fresh and made for a great light lunch. The carnivores selected the regular, and the plain, Carne Asada. Don’t miss their red and green salsas!
Fresh fish, daily specials. No seating… No problem. Just a stone’s throw away from Ahukini, where everyone comes to eat lunch in their cars. Ginger Miso Ahi
A possibly underrated restaurant at the Kauai Beach Resort. Jazz Flute on Wednesday night in the lobby bar, which serves a complete menu! Here’s the ribs appetizer, which was excellent. They also had a very thoughtful bar menu – serving Old Fashioned’s, and Sazerac’s.
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I love discovery, adventure, and the unexpected and my partner loves points and miles. Based in San Diego, our goal is to reach every continent, World Heritage Site, and Disneyland park…and everything in between. This blog is our trail of breadcrumbs. Join us…and Kungaloosh!