Noodle City

It started out as a lunch idea, then an early dinner idea, and it started with the suggestion of Mexican food. But somehow we ended up at Noodle City for Vietnamese food. We started off with spring rolls. Two for about $3.50, and a big pot of spicy peanut dipping sauce. The sauce is so [...]

Kobachi Izakaya Dining

I swear I rationed my stomach space, so that I could grab some late night nibbles with Ted at Kobachi. Most of the time I try to dine here early in the evening, before it gets crowded. But I’ve always wanted to take advantage of the late opening because I often feel that odd magical [...]

Grilling with friends

Heyo, it’s Michael’s graduation party! Good times, good friends, good food. Heather made this hummus combination dip that had the folks going gah-gah for it. Half standard hummus, and half hummus with peas and mint. Delicious! The hosts also made a batch of sangria that could sate the thirst of many many people. I heard [...]

Live Culture

Hey, it’s not me that’s all into frozen yoghurt, it’s Sandrine. If it weren’t for her persistence in inviting me along, I wouldn’t go out of my way. But through her I am experiencing a little of the latest trend that’s sweeping through Santa Barbara. Today we used my Axxess card, it’s a one use [...]

Cal Taco

Presenting… The great American veggie burger. Ta da! With onion rings, and ketchup and ranch dressing on the side. No charge for the ranch, I think, but they seem to only offer it with orders of onion rings. I went for the standard burger myself. Honestly, putting “taco” in the title of this breakfast and [...]

Sausage Fest 2009

Nathan and Erin offered to share their sausage-making gear with me. We set aside a Friday evening for a big sausage fest, making piles of sausages for grilling on the spot and for freezing for later. We had chicken and pork, which were first coarsely ground. Then we added seasonings. We used natural intestines for [...]

Bento lunch

Today’s bento box was the collapsible sandwich case, containing a salami and caramelized onion sandwich using homemade bread, some homemade gingerbread and a couple pieces of chocolate. The sandwich was put into the panini press for warm toasty sammie awesomeness. The idea behind the sandwich container being more of a mesh basket is to keep [...]

Who ate the Cool Whip

And now a departure from food. And I am serious about Cool Whip not being food. Anyway, we needed a break from work, and someone had brought in their lunch inside a Cool Whip container. McMarko had a brief Tourettes moment. Enjoy

Square One (closed)

Half an hour to spare before catching the Hangover with some girlie peeps, I popped into Square One for a little morsel. As luck would have it, the girlies were able to join on the short notice and we shared two desserts. But doesn’t the menu look fabulous? I had hoped to be able to [...]

Popcorn

I completely understand the convenience of microwave popcorn. In this generation of fast food diners, there aren’t even memories of stovepop popcorn. And that is a real shame, because a bowl of the stuff popped fresh on the stovetop, and served with sweet butter and salt is so much better and not especially inconvenient to [...]