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What I Ate: July 23, 2009 (Pho Thaison)

Posted 23 July, 2009 at 10:15pm by Michael Chu
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Dinner: I cooked a rib-eye steak in the convection oven and finished it on a pan with olive oil to form a crust. I served it with red potatoes and zucchini.
Rib Eye Steak with Red Potatoes and Zucchini

Lunch: Ate lunch at Pho Thaison (5401 FM 1626, Kyle, TX‎ - (512) 268-3205‎) because we needed to get supplies at the HEB. I had a spring roll and fried crispy noodles with beef and broccoli.
Pho Thaison - Spring Roll
Pho Thaison - Fried Noodles with Beef and Broccoli

What I Ate: July 22, 2009

Posted 23 July, 2009 at 12:11am by Michael Chu
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Lunch: Left over chicken and woodear stir-fry, boiled fatty pork, and spinach, tofu, and ham soup.
Left over chinese food

Dinner: I pan fried some halibut in a lime syrup and dijon mustard glaze and served it on left over dal soup that I made into a thick paste by putting it in the convection oven and running it at 200°F for thirty minutes. I also made crostini with thin slices of ciabatta, olive oil, salt, pepper, and some garlic juice. The vegetables are swiss chard.
Halibut, Swiss chard, Crostini

What I Ate: July 21, 2009

Posted 21 July, 2009 at 9:06pm by Michael Chu
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Dinner: Tina made Indian food - aloo gobi (cauliflower and potatoes), chicken and tomatoes (with a ton of different spices), and a dal soup (using masoor dal - red lentils)
Homemade Indian Food

Lunch: Costco lunch - Polish sausage and a slice of combination pizza
Costco - Polish Sausage
Costco - Combination Pizza Slice

What I Ate: July 20, 2009

Posted 20 July, 2009 at 8:13pm by Michael Chu
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Lunch: Tina made a chicken salad from the remaining roast chicken breast and we put together some open faced sandwiches.
Chicken Salad Sandwich

Dinner: Tina made a stir fry dish of pork, celery, carrots, woodear, and shallots and paired that with a spinach, ham, and soft tofu soup.
Pork, celery, carrots, and woodear stir fry with spinach, ham, and tofu soup

What I Ate: July 19, 2009 (Whataburger at The Cathedral of Junk)

Posted 19 July, 2009 at 10:14pm by Michael Chu
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Dinner: We met up with a bunch of other Austin foodies at Addie Broyle's Eat-up for this month. Everyone met up at The Cathedral of Junk (4422 Lareina Drive, Austin‎ - (512) 299-7413‎) for drinks and paletas (fruit ice pops).
Cathedral of Junk

The Cathedral of Junk is in the backyard of Vince Hannemann's house. Hannemann built the three story building/sculpture out of junk that he's collected as well as pieces brought to him. Any part that you look at contains what seems like ten different recognizable objects… then looking closer reveals twenty or thirty more objects that take a little longer for recognition to set it. It's like a fractal of junk that you can walk through, climb up to the top for a view, or just sit in the shadow.
Cathedral of Junk

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What I Ate: July 19, 2009 (Whataburger at The Cathedral of Junk)

What I Ate: July 18, 2009 (Victory Grill)

Posted 19 July, 2009 at 12:39am by Michael Chu
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Lunch: I prepped some leftovers for lunch - broccoli, chicken strips, and made crostinis out of some bread.
Chicken Strips, Broccoli, Crostini

Dinner: We headed out with the intention of trying Nubian Queen Lola's (who is supposed to make the best fried chicken in Austin), but her place was closed (again - we had last been there over Christmas and she was on vacation). Talking to the barbershop next door, they said she left a little while before we showed up. We'll have to try again later. We went to the Victory Grill (1104 E 11th St, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 472-3700‎) nearby for our Southern food fix.
Victory Grill

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What I Ate: July 18, 2009 (Victory Grill)

What I Ate: July 17, 2009 (Romeo's, Home Slice Pizza)

Posted 18 July, 2009 at 1:28am by Michael Chu
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Dinner: We went to the self-proclaimed "most romantic restaurant in Austin" Romeo's (1500 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 476-1090‎) for dinner. It was a dinner of contradictions. First, it was a more of a family restaurant than a romantic restaurant with plastic coated table coverings (you know the type with the almost sticky plastic coating and the white fuzz on the other side), wooden lattice on the walls and ceiling with white Christmas lights (I think it's to make you feel like you're outside while sitting inside), and a wall mural of rock & roll cupids. The place has a few hearts (it's their logo) and cupid statues, but that doesn't really make the place romantic - just tacky. There's no privacy and the place is packed so it's loud.
Romeo’s

Service was both fast and slow. The moment I opened the door, the receptionist greeted me by name and showed us to our table. That took me by surprise, but I was secretly pleased (hoping for great service). Then we got our waiter. She wasn't unfriendly, but certainly not friendly. She would also disappear for long stretches of time as we waited to ask questions about the menu, order, and eventually request the check. Food did arrive quickly once we ordered, but after we were done eating it took ten to fifteen minutes to get her attention again.
Romeo’s

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What I Ate: July 17, 2009 (Romeo's, Home Slice Pizza)

What I Ate: July 16, 2009 (Feast of Memories)

Posted 17 July, 2009 at 12:58am by Michael Chu
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Lunch: Today was a really busy day, so we ended up grabbing a roast chicken from the HEB near where we live as well as a loaf of ciabatta. I had a leg and thigh with salad and toasted bread.
Roast chicken, salad, bread

Dinner: I went to a potluck event held at the Austin Museum of Art called the Feast of Memories.
Feast of Memories - Austin Museum of Art

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What I Ate: July 16, 2009 (Feast of Memories)

What I Ate: July 15, 2009 (Haiku)

Posted 15 July, 2009 at 9:01pm by Michael Chu
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Lunch: I breaded the chicken tenders we had left and baked in my countertop convention oven. Tina prepared some broccoli with garlic to go with my chicken strips.
Chicken tenders and broccoli

Dinner: We went out to Haiku (9600 S Interstate 35, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 291-5600‎) for some sushi rolls. We started off with sake nigiri and unagi nigiri.
Haiku - Sake Nigiri and Unagi Nigiri

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What I Ate: July 15, 2009 (Haiku)

What I Ate: July 14, 2009

Posted 14 July, 2009 at 11:54pm by Michael Chu
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Lunch: I made tuna salad for lunch and ate it with crackers and chips.
Tuna Salad

Dinner: Tina cooked mushrooms with chicken tenders, tomato and eggs, and white rice.
mushrooms with chicken tenders, tomato and eggs, and white rice

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