So Me So Hungry is now a year old. It all started with acting like I was a foodblogger on Facebook. Taking photos of food and posting them for my friends to see. Then I realized that I was doing the same amount of work as if I did a real food blog. I even remember telling some guy at a friend’s get-together that I wanted to start a food blog. He laughed and said “as if there isn’t enough food blogs out there.” I couldn’t believe some douche-bag that just met me could be such a fucking asshole. I wanted to punch him in the neck.
400 posts later, I’ve got to try new foods & restaurants and taste them with a new perspective -through life and blogging. It’s been a good documentation of what I’ve gone through this past year. A lot of times I can’t remember what the hell I did the night before until I look back at my photos or this blog. Am I drunk? I think I’m just busy.
Yesterday, July 30th was one-year to date of my first food post. It was an eventful birthday. Rob Bruce won the Animation Block Party Best Music Video for “The Dragon’s Claw” that he made for my band, Justice of the Unicorns. I had lunch from one of my favs, Taste Good. Happy hour with co-workers. Sold out World Premiere screening of Rik Cordero’s “Inside a Change,” featuring music by yours truly. Then went to Brooklyn to see my hero, Jarvis Cocker. And went back into the city for the movie after-party. It makes me very appreciative and grateful that I’m busy with good things in life. And appreciative of you guys for being with me and reading my stupid food blog. Thank you.
And it is Rob and Rik that reminded me that you can do anything if you have the drive and passion. You just need to be willing to say yes and take action. So if any little dick-weed tells you that you can’t do shit, you punch them in the neck.
Birthday Blog lunch from Taste Good.
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Exploring down the Avenue of Puerto Rico in Brooklyn. There’s a colorful little Dominican restaurant with blaring mariachi/polka music. I tried the chicken soup. Thick & chunky. Really tasty. $4 with rice. Bring the ear plugs.
El Brillante Restaurant – 159 Graham Ave (btw Johnson Ave & Meserole St) New York, NY 11206
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Tim told me about a Chinese restaurant called Charlie Mom. Is that racist? Well we wanted to check it out. I was curious about the Chinese Spaghetti. Could it be like the spaghetti my dad used to make for me at his Chinese restaurant? –which was lo-mein noodles and sauce made from tomatoes, ketchup, salt, sugar, starch & msg with beef flank slices. It wasn’t amazing spaghetti, but pretty inventive for what you can do in a Chinese kitchen. I’m longing for this taste. Or could it be the type of spaghetti that I’ve had in Hong Kong & China when I was young? –noodles with ground beef sauce with peas and a raw egg on top. The Charlie Mom version was sort of a combination of both –lo-mein noodles and ground beef sauce a little on the sweet side.
Tim got the Diced Chicken with Hot Pepper Sauce (kung pao chicken). It was loaded chili peppers. Mama Mia!
Charlie Mom – 464 6th Ave (btw 11th & 12th St) New York 10011
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Got a chance to try all five varieties of Quizno’s Toasty Bullet courtesy of their PR machine. It’s the 8″ version of their Torpedo for only $3 each. I planned on treating a few of my friends who were recently laid off to a free sandwich and perhaps get their opinion now that they’re on a budget. Well apparently they’re too busy hanging out on the beach getting shit-faced, while getting paid more than I do with severance plus unemployment, while I’m stuck in the office having to do extra work because everyone keeps getting laid off. I think they can pay for their own $3 sandwich.
So instead I treated two hard working friends to a tasting. Basically it’s Quizno’s quality in a smaller form factor for someone who doesn’t want a $5 footlong, but wants a big snack or small meal. Remember when normal-sized sandwiches used to be small? –maybe one or two thin slices of meat on sliced bread. Now we’ve gotten to a point where we expect to have a big ass sandwich or else it’s too small. Is that why everyone’s fat? BTW as I’m typing this, I’m watching the new fat reality dating show “More to Love” and there sure are a lot of food-based commercials like Chili’s 3 course dinners and “Julie and Julia” movie promos. Dang, I think I just heard the bachelor-guy do the fat guy breathing while handing out the roses or whatever.
My favorite thing about Quizno’s is the pepper bar with pepperchini, jalapenos, banana peppers and the redwine vinaigrette and horseradish sauces. Where Rob and Sam liked the sandwiches with less overpowering sauces, I liked to drown mine with peppers and horsey sauce. I suppose I could have eaten any variety and wouldn’t have known.
Thank you Quizno’s for treating my working friends to lunch. And thank you for cutting down portions and trying to make more Jareds. Anyone notice Jared is fat again or still kinda fat? Well different restaurant anyway.
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I came across this Time Out article where they asked Latino line cooks where they go for authentic native cuisine. I noticed one of my fav 24-hours spots, Grand Morelos, was mentioned and have always been curious about Chilaquiles. It’s tortilla chips in green chili sauce. You mean like chips and salsa? There has to be more to it since it costs about $6 …and Grand Morelos has pretty cheap prices. I decided to get mine with meat for a couple of dollars extra. So it didn’t look like what I expected. The chips were pretty much soaked in the sauce, leaving it soft and mushy. It turned into the consistency of creamy mashed potatoes. And with the meat, it was like a Mexican Sheperd’s Pie.
Grand Morelos Diner and Bakery – 727 Grand St (btw Graham Ave & Humboldt St) Brooklyn 11211
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After our show with Anders Manly and Univox, I stumbled into The Three Monkeys wrap restaurant. I asked the guy what his favorite thing is and said the Greek Wrap, which coincidentally is the most expensive one at $8.25 for a regular. I usually don’t like eating wraps especially at this price, but he was right. It was good especially after several beers …and pretty big, like the size of a Chipotle burrito. I wonder how big the large is since it only runs about a dollar more. The two sauces on the table made it even better. The cucumber dill is my favorite. I think I drank half the bottle.
The Three Monkeys – 99 Rivington St (btw Orchard St & Ludlow St) New York, NY 10002
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It’s the 1 year anniversary of Ramen and Friends at Cho Cho San. Sam and I split the Wall St. Roll which was at market price of $15. It had gold flakes. I don’t know if it had a flavor. Bonnie’s Dragon Roll with eel tasted more rich. Bhawwahwahhawaa! Omar had the Obama roll with black caviar, obviously. And I got marinated fried chicken over rice with Jun’s sister’s special sauce. It came in a cool wooden box with a lid. There is $10 unlimited sake special that I took full advantage of. Then we went to Insomnia cookies accross the street for dessert. I tasted everyone’s cookie. Happy birfday Ramen and Friends!
Ramen & Friends – Cross post
Cho Cho San – 15 W 8th St (btw 5th & 6th Ave) New York 10011
Isomnia Cookies – 50 W 8th St (btw 5th & 6th Ave) New York 10011
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On my quest to finally try pig ear, I walked down Ave of Puerto Rico (Graham Ave) with Bonnie. We found this small bustling counter serving fried things in the window along with other Latin dishes like roast pork, chicken, rice & beans. On the menu, there was oreja (pig ear), lengua (pork tongue), cuajo (pork stomach) all for a $1 each! After a bit of confusion ordering from the guy, he finally figured I really wanted an ear after I wiggled my lobe. He giggled. It was under the “Chuchifritos” menu, so I assumed it would be fried. Instead he pulled out what looked like a boiled ear and chopped it up on the counter, put it in a cup and added some sauce from one of the stews. Wow it is basically cartilage and thick rubbery ear skin. I almost spit it out. Instead, I tried one more bite before I threw it out. I do want to go back and try the tongue. Only $1. A real bargain!
La Isla Cuchifritos – 6 Graham Ave (btw Broadway & Debevoise St) Brooklyn, NY 11206
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