A few days ago, I took advantage of the recent nice sunny weather in Seattle to do some lake fishing on Beaver Lake near Issaquah. The lake, recently stocked with larger than normal rainbows, provided some nice action and a welcomed break from work. With only a few others on the lake that day, it [...]
We hosted an excellent, delicious Super Bowl potluck at our house yesterday. Five other families came over to indulge in football, food and friendship. Watching the Super Bowl with friends and family is one of the quintessential American traditions. In the end, the food turned out to be more exciting than the game in my [...]
On my recent trip to the Evergreen State Fair, I was taken aback by how much of the food being sold there was unhealthy and extremely fatty. It’s no surprise that fairs and amusement parks sell a ton of unhealthy foods. Maybe it’s because these are the kinds of foods that people who go to [...]
The Washington State Ferry system, the largest ferry system in the United States, is one of my top 10 things-to-do for visitors. The routes to the San Juan Islands are perhaps the most scenic passages served by any public transportation in the world. On a recent sailing to the San Juan Islands, my family decided [...]
One of may favorite spring and early summer pastimes is to harvest and eat oysters right after shucking them on the beach. The firm, briny, and slightly metallic taste of a freshly shucked oyster is out of this world. No restaurant can serve a raw oyster fresher than you can on the beach! In [...]
We stayed near Brinnon WA on a family trip to the Hood Canal area last week. There aren’t many dining options in Brinnon so we chose the Halfway House Restaurant off of Highway 101 based on positive reviews on Yelp. We were not disappointed! To my surprise, two of my kids ordered the chicken Caesar [...]
If you are a fish fanatic, then steamed fish balls may be right up your alley (or creek). These balls are made of chopped up fish meat with added scallions, garlic, and other ingredients. They are steamed over a bed of bean curd skins. I have found fish balls to vary widely in taste and [...]
I stayed at Carlsbad, CA on a recent visit to Legoland and ate dinner at the Village Kitchen & Pie Shoppe since it was walking distance to the hotel. Having a craving for breakfast food, I ordered the three egg mushroom cheese omelet. When it arrived, the omelet was quite impressive. It had distinct layers [...]
Fried scallion pancake (cong you bing), also know as green onion pancake, is one of my favorite dim sum dishes. Yes, this is a Mandarin rather than Cantonese dim sum dish but no dim sum guide would be complete without mention of this dish. Scallion pancake is made from wheat dough folded with chopped scallions [...]
I stopped by Philly’s on Rainier Ave. and Martin Luther King in Seattle recently to try out their cheesesteak sandwich. I ordered the deluxe steak cheesesteak which came piled high with beef, lettuce, tomato,onions, peppers, and sauce. The sandwich was big and a little greasy just like a good cheesesteak should be. The bread was [...]