Food Photo Friday - Joe's Shangai

AHH! It's my first day in NYC and I'm super excited. I'm really tired though! So I'm gonna try to make this quick. We got into NYC around 4 o'clock and were stuck in traffic for a good while. We got to our hotel around 5:30 and after we checked in and got situated, we headed out to NYC in search for dinner. ALLLLL of my friends have been raving about Joe's Shangai so we decided it would be a good meal after a long flight (long in my terms since I HATE flying!) There are a couple locations in New York, but we went to the one closest to our hotel.

Joe's Shanghai
24 W 56th Street
New York, New York 10019

Dipping sauces

Left: For pan fried dumplings

Right: For soup dumplings

Pan Fried Pork Dumplings $7

Soup Dumplings $9

Soup dumplings? I asked the waiter if soup came WITH the dumplings. I didn't think it was so literal. It's all in the name. SOUP. DUMPLINGS. The soup is IN the dumplings!!!!!! FUCKING AMAZEBALLS MAN!!!

Best dumplings I've ever eaten!

More NYC sightings & eatings to come!

Happy eatings!!!!!

Food Photo(s) Friday - Rice Bowl Cafe

I've been hearing such great things about this place. I heard it was kind of like Coco's. Jonhnny and I have been wanting to try it for so long. Last night we were stumped on where to go eat dinner and suddenly the light bulb went off in my head. LET'S GO TO RICE BOWL CAFE!

Rice Bowl Cafe
11220 N. Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78753

It's located right where Exotic Thai used to be right off of Lamar & Braker. Kind of wish it had a better location, but it seems business is still great even for a not-so-visible location. I asked my friend Peter what I should eat. He told me to get the green onion pancake, szechuan beef noodle soup, and mapo tofu. We got 2/3 on the list. 

Edamame

We also got the miso soup. Ehhh I think we would've been ohkay without the edamame and miso soup. The edamame was overcooked. Some pieces of the pod kept getting in my mouth and the miso soup was cold and bland.

Green Onion Pancake

A little too oily for my taste.

Pork on Rice w/ a Black Pepper Sauce

This was pretty good! I wish it had pickled veggies like Coco's though...

Szechuan Beef Noodle Soup

Made with an amazing broth that's packed with flavor, beef that's melt in your mouth tender, and delicious hand made noodles. AH! So glad Peter told us to try this. It was delicious!!!!

Even when Jonhnny was filled up to the max, he could NOT stop sipping the broth. 

I had to pull the bowl away from him. =P

Other than the miso soup and edamame malfunctions, I cannot wait to go back!!! =D

&& Like hubby always says... HAPPY EATINGS!!!!! =D

Road Trip to Houston

I had planned on leaving Austin @ 10:30AM, but the boys always lag! (GRR!) But that's ohkay. We still had enough time to hit up 3 eateries and HK4 in Houston. So that's 4 places in 4 hours. LOL. We did a lot of eating in a very small amount of time. Here are some photos of our food!

1st place: House of Bowls

6650 Corporate Dr
Houston, TX 77036

Curry beef and rice

Egg pancake and rice

Beef fried rice w/ an egg

Japanese style Ramen w/ seafood

Japanese style Ramen w/ beef (I think.. LOL)

Garlic and scallion chicken wings

(Food was AWESOME. My friends were right in recommending this place.)

2nd Place: Juice Box
9889 Bellaire Blvd #109
Houston, TX 77036

 Fresh fruit =)

Strawberries, watermelon, and mangoes w/ ice cream, shaved ice, and condensed milk

YUM!

The 5 of us shared this... It was massive!

Strawberry juice

(Now I know why this place is all the rage.. It was yummies!)

3rd Place: Thai Spice Asian Bistro

13602 Bellaire Blvd

Houston, TX 77083

Pad Thai w/ chicken and shrimp

Drunken Chicken

(Ehh. The food @ Thai Spice was ohkay. It wasn't the best Thai food I've had.)