chef chu's

i'd like to know who is on yelp giving chef chu's four starts??  shame on you whoever you may be and let me help introduce you to the world of good chinese food.  i mean come on it wasn't even worth eating the leftovers.  the main asian, alexis and i ordered mongolian beef, bbq pork chow mein, cashew chicken, garlic string beans and chicken fried rice.  they missed the mark big time and i'm not sure i've ever been to a chinese place that messed up on every dish.  plus add the fact that these are very common dishes that are ordered regularly.  i'm not sure how this place is so popular or how they've got their parking lot filled.  after tasting the food i realized that the main asian had mentioned that there were no asians eating inside when she picked up our order.  that should've been a clue in itself but sadly we had already ordered and paid by the time we realized and by then it was too late to turn back.  each dish we ordered lacked the luster of real chinese food and it left us both unsatisfied and still hungry.  my advise to you is save the fifty bucks we spent on take out and hit up panda express where you'll have a better experience.

han korean bistro

i was able to try another place in palo alto, a korean spot called han korean bistro.  for dinner i ate dolsot bibimbap which literally means "mixed rice".

it's a bowl of white rice topped with sautéed vegetables, an egg and meat, i ordered it with pork. once i received my meal i stirred the entire bowl of ingredients and topped it with chili pepper paste type sauce. it's served in a pipping hot bowl that continues to cook the rice as it forms a layer of crispy flavored goodness.

throwback thursday - gone till november

back in 1999 (maybe 2000 but i'm almost certain it was '99) i saw wyclef jean at the house of blues in orlando.  the show was good from what i remember but mostly what i remember wyclef smoking on stage.  hahahahaaa i know that's a dumb thing to remember but i don't like the smell of smoke or weed so that part of the show sucked.  anyhow i'm not his biggest fan or anything but i have respect for his talent and i admire the love he has for his country.  back then this song made me think of a boy who i wasn't going to see for awhile and even though it was sad i for some reason liked this song.

“i dedicate this to all the brothers taking long trips and your girls who get the message that you ain’t coming back, she sitting back in her room, the lights off crying, then my voice comes in and this is what i tell her for you”  - hahahahahaha seriously so lame but back then it totally is worked.

cartel

since i'm unable to see cartel play in sf tonight i thought i'd reminisce on the time i was able to see them. it was exactly 1 year and 4 days ago when elle and i saw them at slim's with this providence.  i would totally see cartel again but for some reason they couldn't align their schedule with mine so i'm sitting this one out.

eat meat or else!

my little brother was in town for a short visit.  somehow we were able to squeeze in dinner with four of us siblings.  we drove to my older sisters house and decided to take my younger brother to bbq and make him eat meat.  you see he's been a vegetarian for nearly 2yrs and we wanted to break him of that bad habit.  i'm not saying you need to eat meat with every meal but to avoid meat is way beyond something i could ever do.

the forty water

happy birthday to one of my favorite rappers of all time... earl stevens aka e-40.  thank you for making so many hard hitting beats.  i love playing your songs in my truck, when i listen to the base slap it makes me dance in the car every time.

legolands load of pasta

this weekend i went with my sister rose, her family and my cousin the storm trooper to legoland.  we all know that amusement parks jack up their food prices to a ridiculous amount but we somehow managed to find a place for lunch that had large portions of good pasta for just under $10.

overall the park was a fun experience but the fact that most of the scenery was made from lego's made the park that much cooler.  my nephews and cousin had a blast and there was even a location in the park for them to stop off and build whatever they wanted.  although legoland is not a place i need to visit again i was happy that i was able to enjoy the past few days with family.

at the end of our second day we decided to head to the beach to unwind and let my nephews run off some of their energy.

before driving all the way home we stopped off at magic mountain.  i've never been a person who loves roller coasters so this wasn't necessarily my cup of tea but it was fun to ride some rides with my nephews and to see one of them step on and off of his first adult roller coaster... seriously priceless!!