the curse and the ramen: a story of noodles and the consequences thereof

 

cucumber gimlet : lemonade : mint cucumber fizz

 

spicy beef udon

 

tokyo ramen (pork, bamboo) : miso ramem (chicken, corn)

 

okonomiyaki (japanese pancake)

 

We all went to Boom Noodle today (I’m up seeing Paris and Nat Nat) and the curse hit again. Every time I eat out with ONLY Paris and Tara, I inevitably order the least yummy thing out of the three of us. Apparently, the curse has grown now, and it affecting me when just with Paris and any other person. Although my tokyo ramen was good, it was no where as awesome as the other two noodle bowls.

Major highlight though: the japanese pancake. I used to have a little ghost place in my neighborhood that served these things. So delicious! They are sprouty egg cakes, griddled, with fish flakes, japanese mayo, a brown sauce and lots of other goodies on top. Kind of difficult to find, but this Boom Noodle did a wonderful job.

One Saturday evening in May

   

 

 

 

 

 

Riconsito!

You want good, real, and cheap Mexican food on the eastside? Look no further than Taqueria El Reconsito!

I love this place so much that I convinced the person interviewing me at Microsoft that we should go there for my lunchtime interview.

Why do I like it so much? It is hard go get good Mexican food in the Redmond/Bellevue area, but this one place may just make up for it. Tasty and properly made dishes are here, like medudo, posole, birria (they just have great soups in general), enchiladas, quesadillas…and my favorite…Tacos! The real tacos, in two little soft tortillas, with grilled meats and cilantro, for about a dollar a taco.

This is me waiting for my tacos to arrive, my limes, radishes, and green salsa eager to be used. To help mitigate the pain of waiting, I recommend the horchata. Yes, they have great horchata and other aguas frescas, such a tamarindo, mango, and piña. With endless refills!

And here they are, the moment of truth:

Served with grilled onions and jalapeño, you squeeze your lime on the tacos, pour on your salsa, put radishes on the meat, and add a sprinkling of salt. Then dig in.

Amazing.

Pomegranate, Redmond Wa

I like the Pomegranate Bistro in Redmond, Wa. I had always driven by for a long time before Natalie took me there for my birthday one year.

I don't know these people, but when I took the photo the little girl was laughing at me.

It's warm, nicely lit and has good food. Most of the food incorporates pomegranates somehow, and they have homemade bread. You also have a view of the cooks and some kind of industrial complex, where it looks like they either make beer or nuclear missiles.




For starters we had flat breads, and a warm mushroom salad. They were great, the salad was just about pure warmed mushrooms with toasted bread, and was wonderful. The breads were flat and cooked in a fire oven and were fun to eat alone or with the mushrooms.




For entrees, I had a roasted chicken and Natalie had pork chops. The roasted chicken had a mustard sauce, and my favorite part: little crispy fried sage leaves. I have never had something like that and they were great! I just wish there were more of them on the plate.

Natalie's pork chops had a pomegranate glaze, and were tender and flavorful.

For dessert we had pomegranate sorbet.

If you come to town we should go, it's pretty close to my house.