Thursday

 

美國東西岸的差異 - 外帶食物所產生的垃圾量

  食物外帶自紐約曼哈頓某家中國餐廳,請數數你協助製造了多少的垃圾:很厚的塑膠外袋、紙袋、可進微波爐品質很好的餐盒、塑膠餐具、一疊餐巾紙、保麗龍盤......









  另外這張則是外帶自加州Palo Alto趴羅阿多市的泰國餐廳,我只拿到一個紙袋、一個薄塑膠袋與外帶盒,沒了。







  我不知道是不是因為加州人比較有環保意識還是政策使然,外帶自許多餐廳,至少在趴羅阿多市裡拿到的垃圾量明顯比紐約少非常多。還記得前不久舊金山市要求民眾自備購物袋,這樣的革新與創建,真是要為他們拍拍手啊!另外,我也觀察到一點,美國知名的食物連鎖商WHOLE FOOD MARKET在你結帳時會問你要塑膠袋還是紙袋,如果你說都不要的時候,你的帳單上就會顯示BAG REFUND -.05,錢雖然不多,也算為環保盡份心力。但是,這好像只發生在加州的趴羅阿多市,紐約的我沒被問過。

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芥蘭牛便當

  打從踏上美國的中國餐廳,我一直以為芥蘭指的是"芥蘭菜",那種莖很粗有黃花的綠葉植物,但點了之後才知道,原來那是"綠花椰菜"!!完全顛覆我的想法。

  這也是在午餐特賣時買的,此可謂本區(Palo Alto downtown)價錢最漂亮的餐廳,想省錢的人可別放過這一家。不過可能老闆炒的太過火,肉焦掉了,這是失敗之處。(敢情這也是為了配合老美的口味,老美也喜歡吃焦掉的東西吧?之前吃過一個漢堡,那漢堡肉其中一面完全焦掉,哇塞,這樣也敢拿出來賣?我只好自認倒楣...)然後右上角那兩塊"油炸混沌皮"堪稱經典之小菜,成本絕對不超過台幣兩元,我想。

$ 5.35(with Tax)

Add: University Ave. & Emerson St., Palo Alto CA (旁邊有另外一家金金飯店,紅燒牛肉麵超讚的!肉質鮮嫩可口,湯頭又健,加上採用拉麵,吃完整個讚,莫怪被評選為最佳餐廳達數年之久,我吃到忘我而沒拍照片,請大家自行想像)

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Seafood Noodle Soup

  這是在Palo Alto Downtown 7-11對面的泰國餐廳買的,服務生小哥大大的笑容很南洋喔!

  食物部分,在我特意要求要更酸更辣之後,我覺得湯頭還蠻不錯的,雖然辣感還是不夠,但料多味美,吃的我快炸了。泰國菜就是要有花生、香茅、南薑等材料出現才算數,這些東西都可以在湯裡找到,加上海鮮有jombo蝦、花枝、淡菜(腥味有點重)、Sea bass 魚肉,配上滿滿一碗泰國米粉,肚子不炸掉才怪。:)

$ 9.65(with Tax)

Add: University Ave. & Waverley St., Palo Alto CA

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Mint leaf - Thai Basil Chicken

  真真真的好吃!辣與鹹都恰到好處,特別是那個醬汁,我巴不得把便當盒都給舔乾淨!

  此為午餐特賣,因此除了主食以外,還有春捲與油炸混沌皮加甜辣醬的小配菜在一旁。這油炸小配菜應該是配合老美胃口吧?我覺得還好,但那主菜,天哪,我都要融化在帶有九層塔香氣的雞肉堆裡啦,還有一大堆竹筍絲,超級下飯的,喜歡九層塔香氣的人一定要試試。

$ 9.70(with Tax)

Add University Ave. Palo Alto CA


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Tuesday

 

蛋撻王茶餐廳 - 榨菜肉絲米粉

  真的很好吃(淚)!尤其再加點辣椒醬,辣鹹辣鹹的超入口,肉絲燉的帶有嚼勁、榨菜也不是那種死鹹感,一定要去吃看看!

$ 3.00

PS.我實在是搞不清楚哪些店該給小費,那些不用給,所以當小姐說只有三塊啊?我真想回她,難道不是嗎?給我ㄧ杯水打發,就要給你小費,哪有這麼便宜的事?不過這是本地的習慣,還是入境隨俗的好,以免被轟出來。我匆匆又在桌上留了小費便快步離開。

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新奇士餅屋Sun light bakery corp. - 腸仔蝦米腸粉

  小小一家店其實不太起眼,是他們店門口的廣告吸引我的目光的:徵推腸粉工一名。腸粉?就我印象,應該是吃起來很像沒有切開的河粉,可用了那個動詞"推",就令我百思不解了,到底是何推法?
  
  在門外乾猜,倒不如一吃究竟。這推腸粉原來是有他的道理的。客人點完以後,小姐便轉身過去拿了個方形不鏽鋼淺盆去盛"應該是"太白粉之類的水,灑上腸仔蝦米與香菜青蔥後,便將淺盆放入蒸籠裡蒸約五分鐘,五分鐘後淺盆上原本那不知名的水,就變成一層薄薄的粉皮,只見小姐這時拿起一塊白色塑膠塊,把腸粉皮從淺盆邊緣又刮又"推"地推到保麗龍盒裏,加上醬油露,好吃的腸粉就可入口囉!所以,因為最後那個把粉皮從淺盆刮下來的步驟,才有推腸粉工這個名詞的產生。

  整體來說這是一個很可口的小食,另外你還有雞豬牛等口味可以選擇,由於價錢"超便宜",我個人認為相當值得試試。

$ 1.25

Add: 160 E. Broadway

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Saturday

 

狼炒芝麻

預約完餐廳掛掉電話, 自己突然感到很困惑....
為什麼我要跟這個一直以來都被我嘲笑是腎虧的敗腎男出去吃飯啊?


好吧, 跟誰吃飯不是重點, 而是老娘吃到長久以來朝也思暮也想
號稱 "全台北最好吃的蛋捲" !!!!! 嘎哈哈哈哈~

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當飽滿的海鮮蛋捲端上來, 老娘頭都昏了眼也花了所以相機準頭也茫了對焦活像呼過麻照出來的照片沒有一張是清楚的。你們..就加減看吧

只知道老娘吃了第一口時, 不自禁的.....像春風一般的微笑了.....
滋味鮮美多汁的蛋捲, 一隻隻肥碩有彈性的蝦仁, 搭配一旁烤的微焦香酥土司, 厚!晴西整個輸!
再看看敗腎男的義大利麵也一副很美味的樣子...
凹嗚~老娘又找到一家值得一道道菜去仔細品嚐的好餐廳啊!!揪甘心......*哭了

午間套餐很便宜喔!除了主菜還有湯、沙拉跟餐後咖啡
湯有兩種選擇, 海鮮濃湯跟南瓜濃湯。我點的南瓜濃湯表現中規中矩, 比較沒什麼特別, 沒辦法, 京都second house的南瓜冷湯太過傑出, 害我魂牽夢繫之餘對南瓜濃湯要求就苛刻。倒是那碗堆的滿滿的每日沙拉, 以往吃這種附沙拉的套餐, 對於沙拉唯一的感想就只有...."對, 這是沙拉" , 但芝麻站的沙拉, 醬汁酸甜適中, 加上使用的蔬菜相當新鮮, 光嚼就有如陽光般的汁液流出。

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而最後老娘又加點了份布朗尼。大推薦呀!!!

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美妙的冷熱雙重奏。
鬆軟結實裹著一顆顆巧克力仁的布朗尼是溫熱的, 香甜不膩口的鮮奶油則是絲絲冰涼。叉起一塊布朗尼在鮮奶油裡稍微滾過, 送入口中..........喔!我確實感受到所謂和情人接吻的甜蜜感........


雖然看到旁邊坐著的敗腎男就如被潑糞.....被潑冷水的情緒瞬間冷卻。XD

敗腎男事實上長的很不錯啦!只是從認識到現在總愛一個人自以為是窮搖小說裡的憂鬱王子, 永遠都是完美45度角讓老娘看了就想把他踹飛上馬路給車碾死。

尤其當他用低沈刻意強調磁性的聲音對我說 「親愛的碗資小姐~~」

...........拎州罵老娘的雞皮疙瘩瞬間如暴雨般淹沒跨下。


在他找我吃飯, 我第一個念頭就是, 你這小兔崽子是忙工作忙功課忙到腦纖維化還是真的腎虧所以養眼俏麗的幼齒美少女玩不動了想換個口味來塊老肉磨磨牙嗎?

不過好歹人家今天給我很多找工作上的中肯建議, 老娘還在這裡打嘴炮實在有夠不道德 XDDD。
因此......之前差不多談好的工作........我還是再看看吧, 哎。



下次前進超好吃又下飯的泰式椒麻雞!!!!!! *吸口水



芝麻站歐法小館
在哪裡:龍泉街74號
幾多錢:200~500不等
揪甘心的好味道:讓小宇宙炸裂的蛋捲、橙汁鴉、魚子墨魚麵、紅酒燉牛肉

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Pret - Slim Tuna三明治

  這是這店裡"最便宜"的三明治,我別無可選,由於感時間又想要找個東西果腹,就選了這個來打發,口味是還可以,有生菜、兩片小黃瓜以及鮪魚沙拉醬,麵包還是五穀的很健康,但請猜猜這要多少錢,三美元!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!林老師的哩!台灣的兩片"完整的"土司加上鮪魚醬、蛋、小黃瓜等,也只要25元,你這要台幣200元(含稅),我吃金子啊我!?

$ 3+Tax=3.5x

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蛋撻王茶餐廳 - 沙嗲牛肉公仔麵+奶茶套餐

  我吸哩呼嚕不到五分鐘嗑完,大家就應該可以想見有多好吃吧!肉質滑嫩鮮美,趕快去試試!

$ 3.9x

Add: 中國城有兩家茶餐廳,慢慢找吧......

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Go go curry - Katsu(炸豬排)

  這家店的開幕,為附近帶來一陣不小的影響,因為他們的低價策略徹底成功!開幕頭三天,內用口味不限一律只要50分,50分!這種價格你在台灣也找不到!因此頭三天是大排長龍排到不行,我實在是懶的排隊,所以錯過了。不過,他們後來還有一個新方案促進消費,那就是五月底前內用口味不限只要五元!有興趣的可以來搶便宜。

  不過,(口味挑剔的)我覺得,吃起來差強人意。米吃起來像壽司米,圓圓的,應該是日本來的沒錯,可惜有點乾;豬排倒是非常酥脆,配得上它的卡滋名稱;但那咖哩就實在是!!!有夠鹹,鹹到爆炸,除了鹹味以外,咖哩味實在不怎麼重,我吃完口腔裡甚至沒有"齒頰留香"的感覺,相當失敗,難道是因為他們的低價策略而價低了其口感品質?另外我還覺得他們太白粉加的是有點多......

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  在此特別提一點他們的服務態度,接連兩天光顧日本餐廳,你真的會為他們親切的招待感到很溫暖及捨得花大把的銀子,如果你還會講一兩日日語,侍者甚至會從頭到尾把你伺候地好好地!他們真的與中國餐廳裡冷到不行的侍者有著天壤之別!也許因為這樣的原因,未來我會選擇去日本餐廳吧?

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波崎Hasaki - Miso soup, Sushi, Sake, Ice Cream(Green tea and red bean flavor)

  據我們的朋友大力士說,本家店是紐約市十大有名的餐廳,同時其價位也在可接受的範圍之內,因此,我們就特地來這品嚐"正統派和食"。

  以我的角度來說,第一,其室內裝潢算頂有日式的,生魚片師傅則有三位,站在冷藏櫃後等候你的臨幸。再來是食物部分,味曾湯還好,可能是紅味曾的關係,味道稍重,還有點點焦味?但生魚片就很棒啦(至少大力士是這麼推薦有加的),份量剛好一口大小,加點醬油及芥末,嗆辣的口感與新鮮的魚片,尤其是鮭魚卵,在你口腔裡激盪出美妙的樂章。你能從照片裡分辨有多少種魚料嗎?吃完生魚片,侍者還會送上日式抹茶,算是替你洗嘴巴,迎接接下來的冰淇淋。這冰淇淋奶味很重,配上甜度適中的紅豆沙,很不錯喔!總而言之,這家店能擠進前十名不是沒有道理的,客人都排隊排到外面了!如果你有閒錢的話,這裡值得來吃看看喔!

$ 10x(3人份)

Add: 210 9th St.

  

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榕園 - 素菜撈麵Lo Mein

  除了價格還可以之外,其它實在不太行:有焦味、太油、太鹹、和菜太少等缺點!

$ 3.55+Tax=3.85

Add: 435 Park Ave.S

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Sariku - Bento Salmon Teriyaki

  看起來很不錯,吃起來也不錯,可惜份量太少啦!!加上價錢偏高,有點不太划算(雖說這價格算是很中等了)。

  我不知道這樣的歸納正不正確,但似乎日本食物偏甜?

$ 6.95+Tax=7.55

Add: 174 Lexington Ave.

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Monday

 

Pancakes for breakfast


This was a real American breakfast! Bacon, egg, sausage, pancakes with syrup, etc. The only thing that didn't suited very well was the healthy green pea soup!

Score: 7/10

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Saturday

 

火車頭 - 蝦米檬捲,海鮮粉,豆腐西筍

  太好吃啦!!!安德斯如此推薦著.

  這家餐廳一走進去就是濃濃的南洋風,感覺又回到了巴哈馬的海邊......蝦捲份量夠,沾醬為甜麵醬加碎花生,甜而不膩.海鮮粉有大蝦三隻,花枝,蟹肉與各式蔬菜,湯頭為大骨熬煮,甘甜香醇,不過如果能有再多一點的檸檬汁就更南洋啦!豆腐西筍搭配蠔油快炒,是道非常下飯的料理.

$ 蝦米檬捲3.50 海鮮粉4.50 豆腐西筍6.00

Add: 86 Mulbeery St.

PS. 最近我們不太敢吃肉類(雞豬牛),所以改吃海鮮或蔬菜,以免吃到遭受有毒中國飼料污染的動物的肉),請大家響應吧!無論如何小心為上!

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Curry - Lamb curry with eggplant and beans

很好吃!!!尤其是茄子糊,非常令人印象深刻(雖然我根本沒吃到幾口,都被某人搶光了).整體來說不鹹不膩也不辣,適合追求口味清淡的人喔.

$ 6

add: 29th E St. & Lexington Ave.

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Thursday

 

西餐餅屋 - 三寶飯


  $3.75 便宜又大碗,請各位看官趕快去吃吃看吧!

  三寶飯顧名思義有三寶,三寶是哪三寶呢?當然不是人蔘貂皮烏拉草,也不是彩虹星星什麼鬼的,是油雞火鴨和叉燒,另外,你還可以選一樣副菜,加上免費的湯(幾乎每天都是水煮腐皮鹽巴湯,有點遜)和紅茶,真的很划算啦!

  對啦!這裡同時也是我被一個墨西哥人搭訕上的地方!噗噗!

Add: 38th W St. & 8th Ave.

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Friday

 

Chinataste in Central Park


*包著鹹蛋黃、綠豆豆沙的鹹粽 $ 1

Chinatown is usually quite crowded. During the Taste of Chinatown food festival, is was super crowded there. So when we were full, we grabbed a 粽子 and a special bun with meat, and went to Central Park to eat. Very relaxing.


*烤鴨割包 $ 1 for each

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Taste of Chinatown


Some pictures from last weekend's food festival in China Town. Many delicious things were served, at a price of one or two dollars.

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Aki筷子樓 - 湖南牛飯


  這是一家日本餐廳,不過我買到的食物卻是中國菜(這景象在紐約很常見,服務生甚至廚師都說中文,總讓人覺得是假的)。商業午餐組合為主菜+飯(白飯或糙米飯)+湯(酸辣湯或蛋花湯)或春捲,老實說很划算,加上份量大,吃完只能躺在地上等他消化完畢才走得動(當天我外帶到中央公園的綿羊草場Sheep Meadow野餐,隨後倒在地上曬太陽)。

  湖南牛我真的不知道為何叫做湖南牛,沒去過湖南,無法明說。裡面混合著綠花椰菜、草菇、甜椒、紅羅蔔、荸薺與口感滑嫩的牛肉,很下飯。

$ 5.xx~6

Add: 128 W 36th St. NY

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Pax - 綠花椰菜塔

  極不推薦!尤其是拿來當早餐,油膩膩地只會讓你作嘔。中間是花椰菜混蛋的合成物,還可以接受,但是外面一圈派皮就........。油炸物放久之後再吃,除了有油變老的臭味之外,雖然吃起來還算酥脆,但是,渣渣會黏在我的口腔裡,極不舒服,我發誓我以後再餓也不會飢不擇食到買這來吃。

$ 4.x(超貴)

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Tuesday

 

雙喜飯店 - 星洲炒米、酸辣湯

  我對星洲炒米這個名詞好奇許久,這次終於下定決心試試看啦!星洲炒米原來是新加坡式炒米粉,至於何為新加坡式呢,而且菜單還說這道菜會辣,唉呀,不過就是用了咖哩粉!話說回來,雖然只有咖哩粉、蝦仁、豆芽、蔥......不過味道好極了(一點都不辣)。我在家試過炒麵炒飯炒米粉炒冬粉,為什麼都不會像餐廳一樣"根根分明"啊?都會糾結在一起,是沒有分叉斷裂,但是就是口感與視覺不太好,這非常困擾我,可能的原因是我的油放不夠多,但是油放太多又不好.....
  
  另外一個是酸辣湯,總算是有正常的口感了,雖然跟"四海遊龍"比起來還是差些。

$ 星洲炒米 6.95 / 酸辣湯 1.95(?)

Add: 81 Mott St.

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Wednesday

 

蘭州拉麵、水餃 - 羊肉拉麵

我這個麵條愛好者,總算是找到一個不錯的店啦!麵條是師傅現做的(不時傳來麵團被摔在木板上的聲音),口感實在、料與湯頭都不錯,價錢也只要四元,可以來吃吃看!他們另外還有包的很精緻的水餃,十顆只要兩元!這麼便宜你還等什麼。

$ 4

Add: 144 E. Broadway (close to the subway station)

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Phiily cheese steak - A diner in Stamford

光看菜單我還以為是菲力牛排哩!結果是三明治,害我有點小失望。加上油膩膩的薯條與炸過的法國麵包,怪不得我身旁有這麼多體型碩大的美國人!不過,牛肉與洋蔥的味道相當搭,不會太鹹,口味甚至有點像吉野家的牛井喔!

$ 9.95

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Monday

 

Whole Food in park

April 15, 2007: Sitting in a sunny park in San Francisco, eating a mix of food that I bought at Whole Food. They charge per weight, $8 per lb, but their food is really fresh and nice. I mixed tofu, salad, rice, cheese and some nachos.
Price: $14
Score: 8/10
Priceworthness: 7

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Sunday

 

Chicken with asparagus

April 14, 2007: The lunch today was chicken with asparagus at the second of Palo Alto's four Chinese restaurants. The chicken was good, and the asparagus as well. But the sauce mixed with the rest was not very delicious. It made the food taste...American!
Score: 6/10
Price: $14
Priceworthness: 4/10

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Thursday

 

Dinner in Koreatown

April 2, 2007: Korean food... Delicious but spicy. Very spicy. HOT! (But 阿珮 felt fine :-)) Three main dishes were ordered, but many small dishes were served before that, that's a nice Korean tradition.

Score: 5 (too spicy...)
Price: $48
Priceworthness: 4

Add: 49 West 32nd St. New York

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Cheese cake rice pudding

April 9, 2007: This is a really awesome place, called Rice to Riches. They serve many different kinds of rice puddings (Ris à la Malta). We shared a small one with cheese cake taste. Yummy!
Price: $5
Score: 9
Priceworthness: 6

Add: 37 Spring St. NY

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BIG EVENT - 2007 TASTE of CHINATOWN

Let's go for food!

Spring 2007, Taste of Chinatown will be held on April 21, noon - 6 p.m, rain or shine!

WOW!!! I can't wait!!

More info is here.

 

Rice at Rice

April 9, 2007: There is a Asian/European/American mixed restaurant called Rice. They especially serve many different kind of rices. I took black rice with satay chicken, and 阿珮 took ratatouille with white Japanese rice. The white rice was too dry, but the rest was not bad.
Score: 7
Price: $20
Priceworthness: 6

Add: 292 Elizabeth St. (Houston & Bleeker St.)

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Chai tea time at Tavalon

April 7, 2007: There are not many cafés with a real DJ playing your favorite music. Tavalon, next to Union Square, is one who does. Their chai tea was also very nice, and perfect for a chilly April evening in New York.

Add: 22 East 14th St. NY

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Dunked LES donut

Grabbed a donut with cheese and egg, at Dunkin' Donuts on Manhattan's lower east side. Suitable when starving...
Price: $1
Score: 2/10
Priceworthness: 4/10

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Wednesday

 

Wendy burger

April 7, 2007: Wendy's in Brooklyn serves burgers and giant cokes. Greasy and salty; just what the body wants... We didn't choose the burger, but instead a chicken salad with bread, and a spicy chicken burger.
Score: 5

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Chinese chicken wrap

April 11, 2007: Grabbed a wrap on my way back to downtown Palo Alto from Stanford University. And the wrap was not bad. Or was I simply too hungry and jet lagged? I turned it into a combo with rice, beans, drink and some chips for an extra dollar and a half.
Score: 6
Price: $9
Priceworthness: 4

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Monday

 

Chicken broccoli

Chicken with broccoliCut some pieces of chicken, add boil it together with broccoli. Make a sauce of black beans and starch. Boil some cabbage. Cut a mango. Voilà - you've got a very nice dinner!

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Home made mix

April 8, 2007: Home made is often delicious. This home made dinner consisted of semimanufactured stuff but was still nice, indeed. Dumplings, shrimps with pea pod, and a salad with Parmesan cheese and olive oil made a nice lunch.

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Friday

 

More Italian than the original

April 6, 2007: Today we shared a big pizza for lunch. My boss, Glenn, says that this pizzeria makes better pizzas than the Italians themselves. I agree. It was better than the original. That extra mozzarella and dried tomatoes really made a difference.
Score: 8

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Organic blackberry breakfast

Organic breakfastOrganic is the only word to use here. It seems to be very important that food is organic here.organic indeed Take a special look at the sour milk package... Does it mean that all things, that are not explicit expressed as organic, are artificial?

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Swedish muesli

Last time in USA, I found it tricky to find breakfast that were not too fat or sweet. But this time, I even found some healthy and nice müsli (granola)! But after looking more close to the package, I realized that it was actually produced i Sweden... Anyway, it was as delicious as havregrynsgröt (oatmeal) :-)
Price: $7
Score: 8
Priceworthness: 3

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Wednesday

 

Chinese lunch bargain

April 3, 2007: There is a restaurant named China Palace, close to my work on Park Avenue. There are three good things with that place:
1) They serve food really fast.
2) You get much food, it is cheap, and a soup is included
3) They like to speak Chinese with me

Today I choosed their tofu with vegetables and fried chicken. Delicious, quite healthy and cheap :)
Price: $4
Score: 7
Priceworthness: 8

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家鄉味 - 自製料理

老娘心血來潮,興沖沖地煮了1.白菜、波菜、蝦皮、金針菇大混炒,2.蝦仁豆腐羹,3.乾拌麵線。還蠻有個樣子的吧!回到台灣,生活太過方便根本不會想要自己下廚;紐約因為華人多,中菜館到處都是,要不是外食還是偏貴,我想我也不太可能繼續下廚,當初在瑞典練出來手藝,就會這麼荒廢掉喔!

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Street food - Arabic beef kebab

今天下雨,想說灰塵髒東西會少點,所以我就在轉角買了牛肉烤肉三明治回來吃看看。好吃喔!牛肉非常多汁(juicy),值得一試!肉是有點鹹啦,但是混著美乃滋與麵包皮吃,就很有烤肉時肉片加吐司的家鄉味。裡面還有生菜及番茄,算是有考慮到營養均衡的原則。

$ 3. 可以選擇三明治模式或是只有肉串(stick),醬有白醬美乃滋與紅醬辣椒可選。

Add: corner of E 54th St. and 3rd Ave.

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Tuesday

 

Chinese food, too salty?

CNN

Until now, I guess I know why they have this kind of impression. One Turkish friend told me that he thinks Chinese food is too PLAIN, so when he gets food, the first action he will do is to add more salt on it! Oh my!... And I recalled when I was in Istanbul, I found their food sometimes too salty, like stewed meat, oh, it's so impressive. So to conclude, in order to adapt "foreigners'" taste, Chinese chefs changed their way to cook!?

A-pei mama said, the less salt you add, the healthier you will be.

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Gray's papaya - Hot dogs' special

Unhealthy food again, don't blame on me, Mr. An~~~~~

Well, I should say, if I can choose, I prefer danish hot dog. :-)

Because I don't know what toppings I should put on my hot dog, I said "everything" which I learned from Wei Xu's English book. And it works! Haha!!

I found it so so. Bread is very common, and so is hot dog. However, onions, sauerkraut, ketchup, and mustard...go well with hot dog and bread. As for PAPAYA drink, it is worth taking a try. Unlike Taiwanese papaya milk, it tastes lighter.

$ 3.5, tax included. 2 x hot dogs and 1 drink

Add: corner of W 37th St. and 8th Ave.

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四菜一湯 - 台灣自助餐

  關於菜色部份,安先生已提及,這裡不再贅述。這裡我只想提,能聽到台語歌或是台灣來的中文歌真是太棒啦!老闆,不介意的話請給我麥克風吧,我真想唱卡拉ok~~~

  目前我們已在華埠發現三家這種四菜一湯四元的台灣自助餐店,說真的,要不是我們有"絕對不要去同一家餐廳兩次"的目標,基於營養以及經濟的考量,我絕對會天天來的!:-D

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Sunday

 

Pig's ear with rice

GrisöraApril 1, 2007: Did you think that eating Chinese food only once a day is enough? I don't think so... It was worth to spend some time to eat pig's ear, tofu, eggstuff and vegetables with rice. Cheap and nutritious.
Score: 6/10
Price: $4
Priceworthness: 7/10

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本樓撈麵House's special LO MEIN

This one is unlike what we ate before (tasted like all the oyster sause was poured on the dish, terribly salty). It's quite ok. And because of "House's special", you can eat at least four kinds of meat and five kinds of vegetable, very nutritious. But, it is still too oily...

$ 4.5.

Add: E 106th St. & Lexiton Ave.

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Chinese pecan chicken in Harlem

I was really hungry after visiting a church in Harlem, New York. So, while looking for an African restaurant, a Chinese suddenly popped up instead. Well, why not grab a pecan chicken with some wonton soup? It was not bad, and not too salty. But the vegetables could maybe have been more fresh.
Score: 5/10
Price: $5
Priceworthness: 6/10

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Friday

 

Street food - Arabic over rice

  每天早上街道轉角的小攤販總飄來陣陣香味,我的腳步總是不自覺地慢慢地往那移動,哇!看看那鐵板上的肉片兒,和著誘人橘顏色的香料,老闆!全給我包起來! .........
  
  下課後我就決定今天一定要試試。嗯,知道什麼叫做有距離的美嗎?那你應該就瞭解我的意思,$3,就這麼又流入臭黑幽暗的下水道裡啦。飯、雞肉太乾,乾巴巴的東西在嘴巴裡感覺很不舒服,辣椒醬很一般,並沒有像是tabasco還有令人驚豔的多層次混合著辣與酸的期待,當然不是要求要用那個,只是老闆沒有"特調",有點失望。

Add: Corner of 37th St. and 8th Ave.

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Cubicle salmon

March 26, 2007: In USA, office people use to eat lunch in their cubicles. This day, I did the same, chewing some salmon with pasta and fried carrots. It was delicious, especially the pasta - since it was baked together with some cheese and other stuff.
Price: $9
Score: 7/10
Priceworthness: 4/10

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劉媽媽炒手-紅油炒手乾麵


想要吃好吃又道地不亂來的美食, 多方搜尋資料準沒錯, 尤以網路口耳相傳的店家最是值得一試。

藉著做展示設計的作業, 便和青蛙來到了天母, 有著不少異國美食的天堂。

看很多網友都對兩家店念念不忘, 總說, 到了天母一定得去吃。一家日式居酒屋, 另外一家就是 劉媽媽炒手。去之前早已有了"這家店不好找"的心理準備, 沒想到真的, 真的很難找。和青蛙繞了天母金石堂一圈又一圈, 都快要放棄的時候才在極隱密處發現劉媽媽炒手的招牌。但事實上也不是說這店有多隱密啦, 只是你不仔細注意, 就很容易晃過去了。

而尋覓台灣好吃的料理也是有些技巧的, 被媒體炒作的那種名店, 十家有九家賣的是大糞, 至於真正用上心的料理, 則總是店面破舊、陰暗、狹小又髒, 往這種店裡鑽, 八成不會失望。(其他兩成就是你沒那鳥運氣啦~)

對他抱以極高期待的炒手乾麵, 果真不同反響, 端上來, 光聞那撲鼻的香氣, 就夠醉人了。將麵條細細攪拌, 使摻著紅油的醬汁和炒手均勻混合, 便迫不及待的送入口。......絕品!那麵有嚼勁又彈牙, 粗細適中的醬料可以很適當的沾裹, 更別說那主角, 炒手, 嫩薄的麵皮、濃郁肉汁的內餡, 吃的我眉開眼笑的。聽從大家的意見選擇小辣, 讓口味再多了層次, 吞嚥下去在舌尖口腔上縈繞的是滿足還有些微嗆鼻的爽快辣味。或者你是吃辣的佼佼者, 也可以拿每個桌上都有的小罐子, 裡面盛著店家特調的辣油, 紅艷艷的辣油拌著辣椒子及其他香料, 嘗起來除了濃厚的辣, 還有清新的香氣跟甘甜的味道。

這實在是家會想要成為熟客的好店, 尤其, 他又有所謂的祕密菜單, 沒有寫在菜單裡的菜色, 是要熟客才會知道的唷~!下次你們也安排個時間, 來天母嚐嚐這好滋味吧!


..........這還是我第一次這麼認真打美食文章耶!


幾多錢:50還70啊?
地址:天母的某處。(笑)

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Wednesday

 

Taco Bell - 墨西哥捲餅


  捲餅套餐(加上洋芋片及大杯飲料)美金六元多,值不值得,答案是dei-dei,太貴。捲餅份量夠,不過餡料對我而言太鹹。餡料由豆沙、絞肉、蕃茄泥組成。那個腳肉基本上是捲餅的重心,可是吃起來一點也沒有樂趣,就是絞肉加醬油炒一炒而已,如此而已。然後是那個洋芋片,還是翹鬍子的好吃,這是我的結論。

Add: 523 8th Ave. New York

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養老乃瀧Yoronotaki - 日式美食

  這個店的名字真是熟悉,不是嗎?前幾年在台灣有分店,內湖的分店那時還大排長龍呢。

-Beef Don牛(井+、),$7.95。吃過"吉野家"牛井的先生小姐們,再來吃這個,就會想衝進廚房把廚師給殺了!完全的失敗,成功地,大概就只有附贈的那碗味曾湯(媽呀)。肉片不夠入味、洋蔥生味太重、(什麼,還有大白菜?)大白菜只有20%程度熟,放在這兒不知道是做啥用的,與洋蔥牛肉不搭、醃黃蘿蔔也很糟糕,沒有甜脆的口感、最後是差強人意的肉汁.......果然!操著中文假裝是日本來的廚師果然是不行啊!!!(跟昨天的日本餐廳一樣)回去練練再來騙亞洲人吧,受不了,你那三腳貓的功夫可以騙不懂又愛裝懂的洋人,騙我就省省了。

-California Mali加州壽司捲 $10.25。裡面是加了酪梨及蟳棒的壽司,口味清淡爽口,可惜那個"米粒",感覺煮過頭,太黏滴滴。我第一次吃是在舊金山,便利商店有賣包裝好的壽司,可能因為他們放在冷藏櫃吧,熱熱的天氣配上沁涼爽口的壽司超享受,嗯,這裡真的有差,即使他們是有名的店。

*在美國吃飯最麻煩的就是要給小費,一般來說為消費的10%~15%,老娘是那種一毛不拔的鐵公雞,沒有出現在帳單上的(像是台灣就寫的清清楚楚),要我擠出錢來給你,別想!(所以在舊金山中菜館就被瞪衛生眼)可是這是他們的文化,你只能接受,無法改變,所以,我今晚就試著給小費,但由於那個服務生只問安德斯How's everything?沒問我,我消極的抗議就是只給10%左右,哈哈,真的很消極。

Add: 106 Fulton St. New York

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Tuesday

 

Japanese dessert

March 27, 2007: Stopped by a Japanese place close to the UN building, to have a dessert after the evening meal at home. Fried ice cream and a little warm sake was the result. Not bad.
Price: $8
Score: 6/10

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Blueberry milk

Mixed blueberry, strawberry and a fresh piece of papaya with milk, using a mixer. Fluffy! But some minutes in the freezer would probably have made it even better.
Score: 8/10

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Sunday

 

Papaya milk

March 25, 2007: This morning, I made some papaya milk. Just take some papaya, add some sugar and milk and put it in a food mixer. Delicious! However, I used brown sugar, and is will probably taste even better with white sugar, which doesn't have so strong taste.
Price: About $3 for two glass
Score: 7/10

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Vietnamese noodle soup

25 March, 2007: Visited the restaurant Thái Son, on 89 Baxter Street, and ordered two very typical Vietnamese dishes; Bò Vien Khong (Rice noodle soup with meat balls, made by beef) and Goi Cuón (Summer roll with shrimp, wrapped with rice paper). The latter was served with a delicious peanut sauce.
The spring rolls did have a feeling of "light" meal, which is understandable since Vietnam is located in tropical area. They tasted good, much thanks to the peanut sauce.
The soup was not bad at all, and had a touch of cinnamon. The rice noodles were perfect, and the meat balls very chewy (in a positive way). Adding lemon to the dish is very typical to Vietnamese food, but it actually made the soup tasting a little too much lemon.
Price: $10 for all
Food score: 7/10
Priceworthness: 6/10

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Dim Sum

March 24, 2007: Stopping by a Chinese restaurant to have some wonton soup and some kind of steamed dumplings. The soup was not bad, and the dumplings were really delicious! The reason for the non top score for the soup is that it was a little bit to sweet; The lips actually got sticky after eating.

Price: $7 for all
Score: 7/10
Priceworthness: 6/10

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Chicken Lo Mein at King Wok

March 24, 2007: The King Wok Restaurant ("We use no M.S.G.") was very busy with home delivery orders, but almost no people did sit in in the restaurant itself. That is very understandable; The environment was not very relaxing, even though with big pictures from China on the wall. We ordered Chicken Lo Mein, but got Beef Lo Mein. But it was not bad; the meat was very juicy and in thin slices. However, the food was far too salty.
Price: $7 for one quite big serving
Score: 4/10
Priceworthness: 6/10

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Icecream

March 24, 2007: There is a ice cream store in Chinatown, offering ice creams with taste of ginger, as well as green tea, chocolate and mint chip. I did chose the Oreo, which was very tasty. The store was crowded, even though it was quite late in the evening, raining and some snow still on the streets. I can imagine they will make big money when the "real" spring and summer arrives...
Price: $3
Score: 4/10
Priceworthness: 3/10

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Saturday

 

Strawberries

March 24, 2007: We were offered a package of strawberries when passing by Chinatown. Well, summer is coming, so why not? However, they were quite tasteless. The color was partly red, partly white. Maybe that's why they were so cheap...
Price: $1
Score: 2/10
Priceworthness: 3/10

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Home made dumpling soup

March 24, 2007: This is a delicious home made Miso Dumpling Soup. But in fact, the only thing which is home made is the cooking... The dumplings were in fact made in advance and comes from a shop, as well as the miso soup touch. But is was still very delicious! :)
Price: Really cheap
Score: 7/10

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ZZNC - Bubble Tea

March 24, 2007: I was very happy when I found the Tapioca Peals in HongKong Supermarket in New York's Chinatown. After cooking the pearls at home, you can put them into milktea, and voilà: ZhenZhuNaiCha is made. Here in USA, they call it Bubble Tea.
Price: $1.30 for a bag of pearls
Score: 8/10

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Friday

 

Hot chocolate at Starbucks

March 23, 2007: On the way home, we stopped at Starbucks for fika, and to grab something to drink. My personal favourite is usual their Chai Tea, but today we shared a hot chocolate - the biggest size. The bottle was very large and the taste was strong, actually a little too strong to drink in the evening.
Price: $3.80
Score: 5/10
Priceworthness: 6/10

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Thursday

 

Guy & Gallard - 義式混美式熱壓三明治


  店內食物種類豐富多元,適合忙碌的上班族消費。

-Chicken Parmigiana $5.95 + Chicken dumpling soup,$6.95 (Combo w. soup)。很好吃(吼)!會牽絲的馬札瑞拉起士真是棒透了。炸雞肉餅也很香酥鮮嫩,Must eat! 不過,那個雞肉水餃湯,我撈了半天連個我認知裡水餃該有的鬼影子一個也見不著,莫非那吃起來像是沒有攪散的"麵粉塊",就是傳說中的水餃???知道那個挪威畫家孟克的"吶喊"嗎?那表情正是我想表現的(三條線)。

Add: 120 East 34st St. (corner of Lexington Ave.)

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Master Yap葉 - 中國菜


  再次申明,在國外點湯之前真的要三思!

  我只點雲吞湯,因為價錢最便宜$1.25。但嚐後我真有想立刻衝出店外的感覺。

  第一,湯頭,失敗。縱使是雞湯或是骨頭熬出來的高湯,但也不需要放這麼多的鹽巴吧?加幾片叉燒肉並不能使湯頭提味,OK?亦或這是你們想要彌補一時失手放太多鹽巴的錯?超˙級˙鹹!
  
  第二,雲吞,大失敗,徹徹底底的失敗。你那叫做雲吞?讓我死了吧,雲吞皮有三公厘厚,這樣煮出來,怎麼會有雲朵的感覺?叫"麵皮包肉"還差不多!內餡更是不用說了,感覺是"剩肉"加上太白粉裹在一起的感覺,罷,罷。

  第三,很像油條的玩意,失敗。一看顏色就知道是"炸過頭"的產物。傷身啊!也傷心,我好歹也是付了錢,結果只有這樣的味道。


*不是我嘴刁,到目前為止,雲吞湯好吃的,只有丹麥Aarhus那一家,瑞典Ski....鎮上唯一的中菜店的雲吞湯也很令人懷念,不過只侷限於加了蛋花等芶芡的湯頭,雲吞本身也不行。

Add: 155 East 52nd St. New York

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故鄉味 - 中國菜

  這家店在曼哈頓中間靠東邊區塊,價錢自然是高貴不貴>"<。本餐廳以四川菜為主。

-雲吞湯:$1.65,失敗中的失敗,我從來沒喝過這麼難以下嚥的雲吞湯,雲吞本身基本上還可以,雖然只有三粒,但是那個湯!我真是一口也喝不下肚,超級無敵宇宙爆炸鹹!想提早得腎臟病的,這個是你最好的選擇。

-糖醋魚片:$16.95,還不錯,適合配飯(意思就是稍鹹)。

-清蒸雜菜雞:$9.95,雞胸肉與什錦蔬菜的組合,另有醬料搭配食用,有白醬、棕醬、蒜蓉醬與豆豉醬可選。雞肉相當滑嫩,讓人不禁懷疑他們加了什麼,沒辦法,大陸來的東西不太叫人放心。我對面的食客對這兩道菜稱讚有加,如果你可以接受這嚇死人的價錢,可以來試試。

-棕飯:這裡的飯有白飯、棕飯(糙米飯)可選,單點菜後,飯是免費的,如果不夠要續碗,一碗一美元。

Add: 1049 2nd Ave. New York (Bet. 55th & 56th St.)

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新世界茶餐廳 - 港式美食


  我個人對港式美食情有獨鍾,從我們那時在香港一天吃"五餐"就可以一窺!

-三絲撈麵:三絲指的是叉燒肉、臘肉與雞肉。鹹度適中、麵有嚼勁,一定要來吃啊!Must eat!

-油雞飯:$3.5,上面雖然只有油雞與水煮大白菜(= =" ),但是雞肉一咬下去,就讓我感覺回到香港~Must eat!

-酸辣湯:我覺得美國雖然比瑞典好一點,比較容易在餐廳看到熱湯的身影,但是套句我從店員那聽來的一句話:這湯是拿來騙"外國人"的,你就知道,下次你決定要點湯以前,最好是三思而後行!這湯真的是又酸又辣,似乎是白醋與辣椒不用錢似的,吃到後來胃不太舒服(連我這嗜辣的都不舒服,搖頭),極不推薦。

Add: 地下鐵Canal St.站下車後,沿著該街往東走,該餐廳在上面寫著China Town華埠字樣的旅客資訊亭對面。

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Cuba food in Brooklyn

Feb 18, 2007: Brooklyn is a beautiful place, and there is obviously room for delicious food as well. I recently tried Cuban food, just south of Brooklyn Heights. It was a belly pepper, filled with vegetables and cheese, served with rice and some kind of soup. The serving was maybe a little bit small, and the server was not really keen on speaking Spanish with me, but the food's taste was great!
Price: about $15 per person
Food score: 8/10
Priceworthness: 5/10

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量飯店 - 台式自助餐

  我們是被看板吸引過來的:四菜一湯,外帶$3.5、內用$4!媽哩!哪裡找這麼好康的自助餐!!當然是衝啊!Must eat!進去我就"笑"了,裡面傳來蔡啟田卡拉OK版的故鄉,哈哈哈,太有趣了!問了店員,果然老闆是台灣人!台味十足!
  
  這裡真的很划算,不像台灣肉類與菜類價格不同,也就是說這裡隨便你選,反正四樣四元!如果你想要有"賺到了"的感覺,你一定會跟我一樣狂選肉類的!哈哈哈!
不過,蝦仁芶芡綠花椰菜臭酸啦!!(基本上我要說這在台灣也很常發生,中午賣不完,晚上加熱繼續賣.....今天賣不完,明天繼續......所以囉)本來我想直接找老闆算帳的,但是怕隔天上報,就縮了回來......(孬)。


*美國餐廳的特色就是使用大量塑膠製品及保麗龍製品(這該死不簽京都協議書的爛國家),看在我這個半個綠黨人的眼裡非常不舒服,如果可能的話,購物及外帶食物或是內用......隨你啦,請"自備餐具及塑膠袋"!!

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Taiwanese restaurant

March 13, 2007: It is something special with eating Taiwanese food. It was really delicious and super cheap. Soup included, but it almost didn't taste anything... Anyway, this was a real enjoyment. I just hope that the restaurant could stop using the styrofoam...
Price: $8 for two people!!
Food score: 8/10
Pricewothness: 9/10

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Pizza

March 17, 2007: Grabbing a pizza after St Patrick's day Parade. One slice with broccoli and chicken, and another with cheese and chicken. The chicken was quite hard, but it felt very healthy to eat broccoli...
Price: $7 for two slices
Food score: 5/10
Priceworthness: 6/10

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Metro Deli - 義式混美式熱壓三明治

  知道什麼是"熱壓三明治"嗎?(如果不知道,可以搭公車287、630、617、247、21......在黃石公廟那一站下車,然後往圓環方向走去,在圓環西南角的"Ryan's"可以進去嘗嘗。算是打小廣告啦,之前在那裡打工過。)我點的是Toasted Montecristo,滿滿的是巧達起士及火雞肉,超好吃!(我這個人基本上不喜歡漢堡什麼鬼的)Must eat!

  價錢的部分原本是$6.25一份,但是可能是晚上、還是因為我太可愛,店員只算我$3.75,非常開心。

Add: 918 Third Avenue New York

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Chicken wrap at Ranck1

March 19, 2007: Ordered a Chicken Ceasar salad "combo", which included iced tea and French Fries. Very delicious, but a little bit too greasy. The Ranck1 was inside another food store, Metro Deli, which served other food as well.
Price: $7
Food score: 5/10
Priceworthness: 6/10

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亞三屋 - 馬來西亞美食

Food   這是一間裝潢結合台灣啤酒屋以及南洋風的店,一進去,眼界所及盡是喝著啤酒吃著小菜的人,哇!有台味,太有趣啦!

  我們點的是海南雞(1/4隻)、蒜蓉豆苗、椰飯。

 -海南雞($4.75):雞皮顏色漂亮、肉質鮮嫩富油脂、特製的酸辣醬料相當對味、小黃瓜也很爽口!Must eat! 補充:我永遠忘不了那時去完雲南在香港等轉機的那兩個小時,因為持台胞證可以入境香港一次,我和安德斯、小吳,發了瘋似的急忙入境,然後跑去"大家樂"點"海南雞飯"來吃,吃完再匆匆出境的蠢事(很久以後,某次在香港機場海關內發現也有大家樂,也就是說我們那時候根本不需要衝出去再衝回來,只為了那一頓.......)
 
 -蒜蓉豆苗($9.95):我原先以為蒜蓉,指的是切得細細小小碎碎的蒜末,一看才知道是切了片的大蒜。鹹味適中,不錯。
 
 -椰飯($0.85):我特別要稱讚連連,可能因為米也是其中的原因,齒頰留香,是我要給的評語,配上海南雞飯特別對味!我猜,也許我也可以在家自己烹飪,水加上椰奶應該就可以了吧?:)

Add: 11 Allen Street New York

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Skyway - Malaysian food

March 19, 2007: Visited the Malaysian restaurant Skyway in Chinatown. The Hainaness Chicken should be in room temperature, that's fine, but I still think chicken shouldn't be well done - not with too much blood inside. The other dish was Garlic with Snow Peas Tips; useful for people who just got a cold (like me).
Total price: $20 for 2 persons.
Food score: 4/10
Priceworthness: 4/10

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