How big is your wok? Mongolian BBQ at Big Wok

Husband is a big fan of Mongolian BBQ.  When we discovered an all-you-can-eat place in Manhattan Beach during one of our exploratory drives, he was ecstatic.  Big Wok has now become one of our “go to” places for when we don’t feel like cooking and want something inexpensive and filling to eat. This place is [...]

New Seoul BBQ

Over the Christmas break, the Husband and I met up with my parents for lunch in Orange County.  The last few times we’ve done this, we’ve gone to New Seoul BBQ, an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ Buffet.  The reason…meat-fest! Unlike Manna, the place we frequent up in LA, New Seoul is a self-serve buffet.  This is [...]

Manna

So this past Saturday was the Korean BBQ Festival in Koreatown.  The husband and I had plans to meet up with friends there and eat some yummy meat.  However, while we were driving down Vermont (in horrendous traffic), our friends called up to say they were already there and that it was…well…not really worth it.  [...]

The Melting Pot – Torrance

With the impending birthday, my husband arranged a dinner with some friends at The Melting Pot in Torrance Saturday night. For those of you not familiar with this place, it’s a fondue restaurant.  The menu at fondue restaurants is relatively simple, at least for the two places I have been to.  There’s a 4-course meal [...]

Sweet potato + carrots + honey + ginger = yummy mush

I got the urge to experiment in the kitchen again. I had bought some sweet potatoes (or are they yams?  the white-fleshed ones) and had some phyllo dough leftover from another experiment…hrm…mashed sweet potato cups!  To flavor up the sweet potatoes, I boiled some carrots, added honey and ginger and some curry seasoning and a [...]

Bacon is magical – it makes eggplant delicious

I used to hate eggplant. But recently, in my adult years, I’ve grown to like this purple plant. Wanting something light for dinner, I decided to make a salad. I pulled out a nice plump eggplant that I had picked up from the farmer’s market yesterday and grilled it up with some olive oil and [...]

Mint-basil-walnut pesto

Courtesy of Food Network…love their website for finding recipes. I just mixed this pesto together and it is tasty! It’s a slight variation of one of the recipes I found on their site while searching “lamb loin mint”. It’s got a nice lightness to it as it’s not overly oily. The mild minty-ness is refreshing [...]