Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Noshing on strawberry mochi ice cream at the moment... Oishii...!! :drooling:

bmwracer wrote:Noshing on strawberry mochi ice cream at the moment... Oishii...!! :drooling:

:drooling:

Those are grub, the mochi ice cream...I haven't had one in years. I like the Kona Coffee ones.

Tu_triky wrote:Those are grub, the mochi ice cream...I haven't had one in years. I like the Kona Coffee ones.

Since you've been splurging recently, you owe it to yourself for a taste. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Noshing on strawberry mochi ice cream at the moment... Oishii...!! :drooling:

I want one too :shamefulcry:

I am really having a great time with my bento book. The recipes are so easy and you need just a few ingredients. I started to take my bentos to work :victory: It's healthier and cheaper than eating out. :victory:

EstherM wrote:I am really having a great time with my bento book. The recipes are so easy and you need just a few ingredients. I started to take my bentos to work :victory: It's healthier and cheaper than eating out. :victory:

Excellent. :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:
Since you've been splurging recently, you owe it to yourself for a taste. :victory:

Maybe next time I go to Mitsuwa. :)

Truth be told...I don't have much of a sweet tooth tho'...if you place something savory and something sweet before me I'd probably opt for the savory dish everytime. But those mochi ice cream treats are nice and small so I'll give it some thought.

EstherM wrote:
I am really having a great time with my bento book. The recipes are so easy and you need just a few ingredients. I started to take my bentos to work :victory: It's healthier and cheaper than eating out. :victory:

Awesome. Sounds great...simple is best.

Tu_triky wrote:

Awesome. Sounds great...simple is best.

:dancing:
It is once you have the basics, rice, soba, somen, udon, sake, mirin, soja sauce, dashi, miso, sesame and rice vinegar, you just need to go once a week to the Asian super for fresh tofu and some special veggies. If you canLt make it replace it with another vegetable from your normal supermarket. :woot:

Tonight I am having rice with sweet potatoe and swordfish fingers :drooling:

Tu_triky wrote:Maybe next time I go to Mitsuwa. :)

Truth be told...I don't have much of a sweet tooth tho'...if you place something savory and something sweet before me I'd probably opt for the savory dish everytime. But those mochi ice cream treats are nice and small so I'll give it some thought.

Actually, it's cheaper at Trader Joe's than Mitsuwa: $3.49 vs. $4.79.... Go figure. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Actually, it's cheaper at Trader Joe's than Mitsuwa: $3.49 vs. $4.79.... Go figure. :sweat:

Crazy...but Mitsuwa is closer to me. The amount of fuel burned to get to a Trader Joe's more than makes up for the cost difference. :sweat: Moreover, I don't really ever shop at Trader Joe's, I prefer to go to Whole Foods when I need to find stuff (including organics & gourmet food/drink) that I can't readily find elsewhere.

That is a big difference in price tho'.

Tu_triky wrote:Crazy...but Mitsuwa is closer to me. The amount of fuel burned to get to a Trader Joe's more than makes up for the cost difference. :sweat: Moreover, I don't really ever shop at Trader Joe's, I prefer to go to Whole Foods when I need to find stuff (including organics & gourmet food/drink) that I can't readily find elsewhere.

That is a big difference in price tho'.

Yeah, I was surprised to find the price difference in favor of Trader Joe's as well... Weird.

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, I was surprised to find the price difference in favor of Trader Joe's as well... Weird.

Yeah, pretty weird. Well good for you...at least you found the mochi for cheaper. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, I was surprised to find the price difference in favor of Trader Joe's as well... Weird.

If you need what they have at TJs, it's almost impossible to beat their prices. Their dairy prices are the best, anywhere for the quality of product they have. And much of their food is the same way - limited selection, but great quality and fantastic prices.

But, as with everything else, you can't just assume they'll be the cheapest. Generally they're hard to beat though. I couldn't live without TJs. I use places like WF to fill the gaps - average higher price, but high average quality.

It's Wednesday, so I made my usual: marinated Alaskan salmon served on top of a bed of Haiga brown rice and a spinach salad on the side... Delish. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:It's Wednesday, so I made my usual: marinated Alaskan salmon served on top of a bed of Haiga brown rice and a spinach salad on the side... Delish. :victory:

Still eating the Haiga...nice. I need to pick up another bag...not eating too much rice these days...more veggies, especially baby bok choy, for some reason.

Tu_triky wrote:Still eating the Haiga...nice. I need to pick up another bag...not eating too much rice these days...more veggies, especially baby bok choy, for some reason.

Yeah, I need to pick up another bag as well... I have rice maybe once a week at the most... Usually with the salmon. And typically with the gyoza as well.

Tu_triky wrote:

Still eating the Haiga...nice. I need to pick up another bag...not eating too much rice these days...more veggies, especially baby bok choy, for some reason.

Hehe.. I went through a baby bok choy phase myself... personally now I'm not all that interested in it ;-)

phlargo wrote:

Hehe.. I went through a baby bok choy phase myself... personally now I'm not all that interested in it ;-)

I feel ya.

I definiely think it's a phase for me...but at least it's healthy...better than picking up a beer instead. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, I need to pick up another bag as well... I have rice maybe once a week at the most... Usually with the salmon. And typically with the gyoza as well.

Nothing wrong with rice! I'm just trying to get more nutrient dense foods in...there are lower in calories. Can't go wrong with the Haiga though. ;)

bleh, i'm actually getting sick of eating brown rice. it's SO hard trying to make an onigiri out of the leftovers.