i know i have no updated this thing in forever but i really haven't been cooking much
i've been fattening up i guess
i really need to start cooking more but i just seem so exhausted all the time...& i kept going between home & berk that i never had the time to go grocery shopping
anyways...
3 new places are checked off of my list of places to eat in berkeley before i leave
1. ryowa ramen
2. cafe baguette
3. tropical paradise
the ramen place was as good ramen could probably get for me...i like ramen but sometimes it's almost too simple & i think to myself i could make this better...but i guess the key is the soup...the soup for mine was a sesame miso..it was yum..obviously i wouldn't be able to make a soup like theirs
cafe baguette was so empty i felt bad for them because the food is actually decent & cheaper than eat-a-pita...the plates have a lot more variety though they probably don't give as much i got the mediterrnean plate it had on it 2 falafel, baba ghanoush, hummus, pita, 2 dolmas, some cucumbers & tomatoes, & i chose lamb kebab (there was also chicken kebab & shwarma) audrey got the 1/4 roasted chicken plate...they were out of rice but gave her extra veggies...she said it was slightly spicy...i'm sure if i wanted med food i'd probbaly go there again...& supposedly it will have indian food soon
tropical paradise was a nice surprise...it's ghanian/caribbean food & besides having a bite of chris' jerk chicken from the emeryville public market & trying to make jerk chicken ourselves i haven't really had experience w/ caribbean or ghanian food...i got the jerk chicken lunch special it came w/ fried plantains & jollif rice & either a black eye peas or spinach casserole-ish thing & a mini salad...i chose black eye peas cuz i was curious even though i wasn't sure if i chose the right one..both were sup'd to be good...the spinach one was sup'd to have melon seeds in it which sounds interesting...but yea the rice had bay leaves in it & it was good...the black eyed peas were excellent & the jerk chicken was skewer style not what i was expecting but it was good too...plantains kicked butt too....each thing had such a distinct flavor it made me feel like i had so many options on my plate...it was yum
yesterday i went w/ pierre to khana peena because my coupons from teh good life expire today...w/ the coupon the buffet there is incredibly worth it...$8 normally but w/ coupon it was $12 for 2 people...w/ tax....but that's about $6 something a person & that's sooo cheap...even cheaper than just going to naan & curry...the chicken tikka masala is creamier there now...it used to be more tomato based i think..but then again that was almost a year ago i had it...crazy (i forgot it was that long ago...we ate there the night we cooked for chanda's dinner because we couldn't eat the food we made for her) sooo....yea it was tasty too bad for expired coupons...we went to ben & jerry's afterwards & i had "in a crunch" which was pb ice cream w/ fudge & krispy swirl & choc covered peanuts...it was yum too though i was full beyond belief
we went to a going away party for chanda's yogurt park co-working & since it was a alcohol but more win & cheese party we brough guniess & a bottle of pinot grigio...(i had gone w/ chanda to pick cheeses earlier that day...we got brie & smoked gouda & amce baguette & herb slab)...pinot grigio is yummy so is guniess..both fo which i had for the first time...i couldn't finish either though cuz i was too full
hmm & now i must start cooking more
oh yea when i went home we went to the farmer's market & my mom & i discovered the most amazing white peaches...& we wanted to buy more but when we went back they were already closed...& it makes me feel like the berk farmer's market is just way too pricey...they have so many $1 produce stands...we barely have that in berk...i think berk ones focus too much on organic & whatever...everything was more expensive even the fruits by the lb....
ah well
ok i need to restart my cooking because i don't have money to spend going out anymore...yay for that



