Food, Food, and More Food Thread

kitakaze wrote:

Thanks for the info :) I'll probably be dead in the next ten years. I just mentioned tuna because naturally occuring acids like that are better absorbed from natural sources.

You're absolutely right getting nutrients from whole foods is always better because there are synergistic reactions with co-factors not available from isolated supplements...but as we mentioned...there are too many heavy metals in fish now...we f*cked up the earth


i told this story a few times here....this girl i knew...her boyfriend's father started eating sushi for lunch every day because he thought it was healthy...you know omega-3s, low calorie, high protein, etc....

well you know what? he got nerve damage from mercury toxicity.

kitakaze wrote:Most are best taken with a small meal. Maybe BMW can
take it with 8oz of yogurt :hehe:

As long as the yogurt is nonfat. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
As long as the yogurt is nonfat. :mrgreen:

yeah but if it's nonfat make sure it doesn't have aspartame (Nutrasweet)....that shiet is a known neurotoxin....bad stuff, man.

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah but if it's nonfat make sure it doesn't have aspartame (Nutrasweet)....that shiet is a known neurotoxin....bad stuff, man.

i try not to buy that stuff....even if it says no sugar added....most of that stuff has neurotoxins and etc........

i ask myself what the heck is good to eat for you....everything has some junk, with junkfood have a bunch more toxins in it than other foods.

btw: i ate some unagi donburi(i've been cutting down on it, since reading about mercury etc.........), and bbq-ika(squid).

Man, at my brother's house I had three hot dogs, macaroni salad, and nachos (homemade)... And it was goooooood. :woot:

Hit a new sushi bar in Artesia (Asahi Sushi) and it was very very good: the chef cut some humongous pieces of sashimi for the sushi, with the sashimi usually double the length of the underlying rice thingy... The unagi was hot and broiled perfectly. The tempura-fried shrimp heads in the amaebi was crisp and flavorful. He also made us a sashimi salad consisting of hamachi, tako, smelt eggs, shredded daikon and bean sprounts with a spicy sriracha-laced sauce. Excellent.

And to top it off, most of the basic sushi (sake, toro, ebi, hamachi, unagi, tako, etc.) is 50% off all the time... That's $2.50 per two pieces. And with sashimi slices being extra large, that's some great bang for the buck.

Gotta go there again... Soon. :D

bmwracer wrote:Man, at my brother's house I had three hot dogs, macaroni salad, and nachos (homemade)... And it was goooooood. :woot:

Hit a new sushi bar in Artesia (Asahi Sushi) and it was very very good: the chef cut some humongous pieces of sashimi for the sushi, with the sashimi usually double the length of the underlying rice thingy... The unagi was hot and broiled perfectly. The tempura-fried shrimp heads in the amaebi was crisp and flavorful. He also made us a sashimi salad consisting of hamachi, tako, smelt eggs, shredded daikon and bean sprounts with a spicy sriracha-laced sauce. Excellent.

And to top it off, most of the basic sushi (sake, toro, ebi, hamachi, unagi, tako, etc.) is 50% off all the time... That's $2.50 per two pieces. And with sashimi slices being extra large, that's some great bang for the buck.

Gotta go there again... Soon. :D

Don't make my mouth water...I want unagi sushi now.

bmwracer wrote:Man, at my brother's house I had three hot dogs, macaroni salad, and nachos (homemade)... And it was goooooood. :woot:

Hit a new sushi bar in Artesia (Asahi Sushi) and it was very very good: the chef cut some humongous pieces of sashimi for the sushi, with the sashimi usually double the length of the underlying rice thingy... The unagi was hot and broiled perfectly. The tempura-fried shrimp heads in the amaebi was crisp and flavorful. He also made us a sashimi salad consisting of hamachi, tako, smelt eggs, shredded daikon and bean sprounts with a spicy sriracha-laced sauce. Excellent.

And to top it off, most of the basic sushi (sake, toro, ebi, hamachi, unagi, tako, etc.) is 50% off all the time... That's $2.50 per two pieces. And with sashimi slices being extra large, that's some great bang for the buck.

Gotta go there again... Soon. :D

is the Asahi 50 percent off too? :P sounds like you had a great time.

i just came back from dinner at Beacon in Culver City....pretty good food.

www.beacon-la.com

kitakaze wrote:Don't make my mouth water...I want unagi sushi now.

I had five pieces and still want more... Maybe even unagi donburi, considring the big honking slices the dude was cutting. :bow: :bow:

Oh, sort of the downside was that the sushi chef was Korean and spoke little to no English... Very very odd.

Made it rather difficult to interact with him during ordering and the like... But you can't complain about his sushi-making competence. :thumbsup:

qilver wrote:

i try not to buy that stuff....even if it says no sugar added....most of that stuff has neurotoxins and etc........

i ask myself what the heck is good to eat for you....everything has some junk, with junkfood have a bunch more toxins in it than other foods.

i know i love how they say nonfat to try to make it sound healthy and then it's full of artficial shiet that's worse for you than the fat.

Tu_triky wrote:is the Asahi 50 percent off too? :P

Funny you should mention that: the beer wasn't 50% off, but for every bottle of sake you bought (warm only, unfortunately) the second bottle was free...

Man, my brother and I coulda used another sake drinker or two... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Funny you should mention that: the beer wasn't 50% off, but for every bottle of sake you bought (warm only, unfortunately) the second bottle was free...

Man, my brother and I coulda used another sake drinker or two... :hehe:

dayem bro! wow, that's pretty exceptional. nice find....sounds like you enjoyed the meal and it was inexpenisve. now that's a winning combo. congrats.

i tend not to drink warm sake... my ex's place always used the crappy stuff (aka budweiser) for warm sake... it hides the fact that they're using lower quality she said..

krim wrote:i tend not to drink warm sake... my ex's place always used the crappy stuff (aka budweiser) for warm sake... it hides the fact that they're using lower quality she said..

yes when you warm the sake it masks the impurities in the sake...this is a well regarded fact....

my hommies must of drank like 8 or 10 flasks of warm sake tonight....i didn't drink.

Tu_triky wrote:dayem bro! wow, that's pretty exceptional. nice find....sounds like you enjoyed the meal and it was inexpenisve. now that's a winning combo. congrats.

Yeah, a very nice find... Got find one like that in the South Bay.

Hey, regale us with your dining experience at Beacon... Looks like a cool place. The Executive Chef sorta looks like my neighbor, but happier. :hehe:

i should clarify, i order cold if its available... i'll drink the warm.
im not THAT much of a booze snob. :mrgreen:

Tu_triky wrote:

yes when you warm the sake it masks the impurities in the sake...this is a well regarded fact....

my hommies must of drank like 8 or 10 flasks of warm sake tonight....i didn't drink.

that is a lot of sake....
not into sake, eh?
good to know on the info of warm sake..
i had some while in Japan, not bad stuff while warm.

That's it, I'm going to Boathouse Sushi tomorrow

kitakaze wrote:That's it, I'm going to Boathouse Sushi tomorrow

Enjoy! :D

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, a very nice find... Got find one like that in the South Bay.

Hey, regale us with your dining experience at Beacon... Looks like a cool place. The Executive Chef sorta looks like my neighbor, but happier. :hehe:

it was kind of like a pan-asian cafe...the food was not overly expensive and pretty tasty. there were 9 of us so we decided to share everything and eat family style.

we had the

Kaki fry - Crispy Oysters fried in panko bread crumbs, Lettuce Cups, Yuzu-Tartar Sauce

AVOCADO SALAD
Tokyo Negi, Cilantro, Sesame Seeds

FIVE SPICED CHICKEN
Napa Slaw, Crispy Noodles,
Sesame Dressing

SMOKED TROUT AND HEARTS OF ROMAINE
Cherry Tomatoes, Fingerling Potatoes
Scallions, Buttermilk-Ginger Dressing

CHICKEN PAD THAI
Rice Noodles, Tofu, Bean Sprouts, Peanuts

KAKUNI UDON
Japanese Noodles, Braised Pork Belly,
Bamboo Shoots, Baby Bok Choy

BLACK COD
Miso-Marinated, Sesame-Tossed Green Beans

TASMANIAN OCEAN TROUT
Corn and Edamame Succotash, Tatsoi

DUCK CONFIT
Fingerling Potatoes, Frisee, Grapes, Pinenuts
Plum-Ginger Glaze

GRILLED HANGER STEAK
Scallion-Ginger Potato Salad, Wasabi Relish


the Black Cod and the Grilled Hanger Steak were prolly my favs....both very well marinated and extremely flavorful

Black Cod marinated in Miso was first popularized by Nobu Matsuhisa many moons ago but their version was a well-executed rendition of a this now popular dish.

qilver wrote:

that is a lot of sake....
not into sake, eh?
good to know on the info of warm sake..
i had some while in Japan, not bad stuff while warm.

nah i am going to a soccer game tomorrow at the LA Colisuem so I didn't wanna get all trashed and be worn out for the game...my boy is comin' up from SD and i'd rather not be hungover while watching the game