Steak dinner and good advice!

The BEST piece of advice I can give to all of my new to cooking friends: Don't cut your meat right away... let it sit on your plate for a while... the juices will redistribute throughout the meat and keep it tender and juicy!!!! mmmmmmmm my filet ROCKS

Pat steak dry, Just use Salt and Pepper on the steak prior to cooking. cook to desired temperature. Do not cut meat until ready to eat.
Herb Butter - your butter of preference, mixed with garlic salt, italian spices, cheyanne pepper, regular pepper.

NOTICE - juices not pouring out of steak because I waited to cut it

Dinner Tonight! 10/19/09

Fry some fresh chopped garlic in olive oil
One chicken breast cut into small pieces place into oil and garlic till browned
add some cumin, red pepper flakes, pepper (I used Lavender Pepper), cheyenne pepper, salt... Read More
add chopped ortega chilis, roasted tomatoes and chicken broth
let boil for a while like regular soup, taste add extra spices as needed

Who wants half orders of sushi rolls? I DO

Sushi Kawa
469 Magnolia Ave # 101
Corona, CA
(951) 280-0398

Super Sushi!
My favorite thing about this place is that they have HALF ORDERS of rolls. This way you can try more things and be more adventurous because you don’t have to get a full roll! Their sushi is fresh tasting and beautiful. The service is good, nothing special. The decor is cute. The place is somewhat small, I would not take a huge party here, but it is nice for a quiet dinner with friends or family. I took my son here for his bday and we had a good time!

The Best Sushi I have ever had!!!

Sachi Sushi Restaurant
694 E Colorado Blvd Pasadena, CA (626) 578-1877

The BEST California Rolls and Spicy Tuna Rolls EVER
Oh my holy sushi!These were the best rolls ever. The California Rolls was so creamy, yet not a mayo creamy – just creamy. The spicy tuna was the right amount of spicy. Their wasabi smelled so freakin fresh. My son had their Teriyaki Chicken and he said it was the best he had ever had too! We stopped here on a whim and I was glad. Some of their dishes are a little pricey but we managed to walk out paying about $25 for us both! Not too shabby – especially for Pasadena! I would go here again anytime. The decor is half asian half weirdo american knick knacks which was kind of weird. The place is small so don’t bring large groups here. But if you want good sushi – this is your place!

Papachino's Greens and Grill in Chino, CA

So good, so fresh! So... healthy? mmmmmmmmmmm
Papachino's Greens and Grill in Chino, CA
14501 Ramona Ave Chino, CA (909) 393-9904

I have eaten here twice now! Let me tell you… this place is OFF THE HOOK. Everything is so fresh, healthy and TASTY! They even have an all you can eat chips and salsa bar! Their menu is mostly fish, but they do have chicken and steak stuff. The have a very nice outside patio that can accomodate large parties and there are tiki tourches and a grass cannopy… Their food is absolutely amazing. My son even loved his shrimp tacos! I would go back here anytime and take anyone! They even have beer and wine if you are interested.


Grilled Mahi Tacos
These were my first ever fish tacos and let me tell you, if that is what fish tacos taste like I AM SOLD. The sauce was so delicious. You get two tacos for this price and it is really filling. They are on flour tortillas, with cabbage!

Sparse but tasty Happy Hour at Blackwood in Corona, CA

Blackwood American Grill
980 Montecito Dr Corona, CA
(951) 549-7998
http://www.blackwoodgrill.com

Blackwood American Grill is a American, Steak, and Steakhouse restaurant where most Menuism users came for fun with friends, paid between $10 and $25, and tipped between 15% to 18%.

So a friend and I went the Blackwood last night for their Happy Hour, which sounds great. Half price appetizers and liqour drinks, $2 off beer and wine. Sounds great right.. only one problem... their appetizer menu is very sparse! I think there was a total of 5 or 6 things and not a lot of variety. Bread, spinach dip, ahi tuna, calamari and something else... The spinach dip was really good and the calamari was too. I wish there was a bigger variety, but since everything else was great and the service was excellent I will still give it a 4 star. The guy sitting next to us ordered a steak at the bar and that looked delicious. I may go back for dinner, but I doubt I will go just for happy hour again

Yoplait Delights Chocolate Raspberry!!!!!!

Oh my gooness gracious great cups of chocolate and raspberry! Here is their tagline:

"When 3pm strikes, strike back with a delicious dual-layered snack you can feel good about. The all-new Yoplait Delights Chocolate Raspberry Parfait contains a luscious layer of chocolate yogurt, with creamy raspberry yogurt on top. Sure to please any sweet tooth, you won't believe it's 100 calories"

And they are NOT joking. This is just about the best snack cup I have ever had in my life! It was so creamy... slightly tart on top where the raspberry part is and so yummy sweet and chocolatey on the bottom... then you put your spoon in and you get both and it is like heaven in a little plastic cup! It is amazing to think that this thing only has 100 calories in it. It totally will quench your desire for something sweet, rich and chocolatey! I am so glad I bought this. Now I can't wait to try the other flavors...
Creme Caramel
Lemon Torte
Tripple Berry Creme

Go to the website and get a dollar off coupon!
http://www.yoplait.com/delights/Default.aspx

Try the Thai: Best Thai in Riverside, CA

So, I took 16 of my foodies to this restaurant. I was unhappy with the fact that they made a table for 14 and a separate table for 2. The place is small and so are the tables. Lucikly, their food and service redeem them. We tried many dishes and I liked all but one so I was impressed. The prices are very resonable and you get a huge portion! I would definitely go back, just with 12 or less people!
Green Curry with chicken
This dish was delicious!

Pik King
Spicy beef and veggies really yummy

Spicy Fried Rice
Was not spicy but actually sweet. I poured curry and some hot sauce on it to make it better

Pad Thai
So good!!!!

Julie & Julia--- THE BOOK

So, I JUST finished reading the Julie & Julia book and I have to say WOW! Not only do I love to read, but I love food. There is no way possible I can even begin to imagine cooking that many new recipes with such crazy ingrediants for an entire year... and all that butter! Holy CRAP. The book was hilarious and I found myself laughing when Julie laughed and gritting my teeth when Julie did, luckily I did not burst into tears or curse like a sailor when Julie did or I might get fired (I like to read on my breaks and at lunch). I often laughed when those things happened in the book. The ending nearly brought me to tears... nearly. Oh I just didn't want the book to end, so I am blogging about it and found Julie here on blogspot so I can continue to follow her and feel like it's not over. It was quite intense to follow someone else life for a year of it.
On August 16th, some of the members of my Foodies Group are going to go see the movie. I just wonder if the movie will stray far from the book... I hope not... because this book was amazing!

Aladdin's Tea Room in Redlands CA

This place is totally cute. I went with a ladies lucheon meetup group and they comfortably fit our group of 14 ladies in the middle. There wasn't much room left to the place, maybe another 4 tables, but it was nice that they would accomodate us like that. They had several delicious teas which come complementary with your lunch. The teas were all fresh and very flavorful. One was even a real jasmine flower that bloomed in the hot water. The potato soup was homemade and had the same spices as a thanksgiving stuffing and was DELICIOUS. The sandwiches were tasty but nothing extremely spectacular. The deserts were really yummy! The owners were so nice and attentive. It only cost us each roughly $11 after tax for the lunch (not incl. desert).

Restaurant Review: Gyu-Kaku in Rancho Cucamonga

Located inside Victoria Gardens Shopping Center, Gyu-Kaku is all about fun and food. You are your own chef, cooking tasty morsels perfectly to your liking, right there at your table. It is an ideal way to share a meal with family and friends. There's a saying in Japan, "People who eat together from the same pot of rice develop and enjoy stronger, meaningful and long lasting relationships." At Gyu-Kaku you can share the warmth not only of our delicious food, but also the warmth of those you love. Gyu-Kaku, meaning "Horn of the Bull" in Japanese, is Japan's best loved yakiniku restaurant. With over 800 locations across the land of the rising sun, Gyu-Kaku is the preferred destination for Japanese families and friends stepping out to enjoy delicious food over a charcoal fire.

This restaurant is located at 7893 Monet Ave Rancho Cucamonga, CA, (909) 899-4748

This place was amazing! Talk about a great restaurant. I organize a food lovers group and we had a party of about 16. The servers were amazingly attentive to our large party. The water glasses etc were always full. We ordered two of their Shogun dinner specials which includes Edamame, Gyu-Kaku Salad, Spicy Tofu Chigae Soup, White or Brown Rice, Sukiyaki Bibimbap, Bone-in Kalbi 14oz, Filet Mignon 7oz, Harami Miso 7oz, Spicy Yakishabu Beef 7oz, Chicken Basil 7oz,and Pork Belly 7oz all for $120 and serves 6 people so it was only $20 per person. This is really enough to feed maybe 7 people or more depending on your appetite! It was all VERY delicious and it's always fun when you cook the food at your table.

Restaurant Review: Fleming's 5 for $6 til 7

Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is a Steakhouse and American restaurant where most Menuism users came for fun with friends, paid between $10 and $25, and tipped between 15% to 18%. It is located at 7905 Monet Ave Rancho Cucamonga, CA (909) 463-0416 .

My Inland Empire Foodies Group came here for the Happy Hour Special called 5 for $6 til 7... which means... they have 5 types of wine, mixed drinks and appetizers, all of which are priced at $6 and they serve this til 7pm. I had the crab cakes and the meat appetizer which were both amazing as well as the White Cosmo and the appletini. I didn't particularly enjoy the white cosmo but others did and I loved their appletini! Overall it was a great time, the only problem is that their bar area was not very big and many people had to stand while eating. Other than that it was excellent.

Foodies unite!

Well, I did it. I went to Meetup.com and started my own group. I was already a member of SEVERAL groups... Wine and Dine Singles, Corona Hike and Photography, The So Cal Tribe etc... but there were NO food meetup groups. I love to cook, I love to eat and I love basically anything to do with food, wine, beer etc... I live in the Inland Empire but I am even getting people from the OC! So, come one, come all... and enjoy some good FOOOOOOOOD.
http://www.meetup.com/IE-Foodies-Group/