Chef Lih - Dinner @ Home 03.07.2008

Who: Chef Lih and food-taster Winnie
What: Dinner at Home
When: March 7, 2008
Where: Natoma Street, SF

Menu

Sizzling Tangy Shrimp with Rice Cakes
with Home-made Tomato Sauce
Diced carrots and peas
Rice Cakes

Basil Eggplant with Ground Pork
in a sizzling Clay-Pot

Sizzling Tangy Shrimp w/Rice Cakes










Close-up!






Basil Eggplant with Ground Pork








Lih enjoying his rice cakes (except we had sucky rice cake from Quaker - not the real chinese kind that we wanted)!

Chef Lih - Dinner @ Home 03.02.2008

Who: Chef Lih and food-taster Winnie
What: Dinner at Home
When: March 2, 2008
Where: Natoma Street, SF

Menu
Boiled Live (sort of) Coral Shrimp
with Home-made Chili Soy-Sauce

Braised Chicken Wings with Shitake & Enoki Mushrooms
in a Soy-Based Sauce

Deep-Fried Pork Cutlet


Stir-Fried Baby Bok Choy
with Garlic

Braised Chicken and Mushroom









Boiled Live Coral Shrimp





Home-made Chili Soy-Sauce










Marinated Deep-Fried
Pork Cutlet







Stir-Fried Garlic Bok Choy

Huong Lan Vietnamese Sandwiches

Who: Lih and I
What: Huong Lan Vietnamese Sandwiches
When: 2/18/2008 - President's Day between 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: 1655 Tully Road, San Jose, CA
Why: Cause we love a good and cheap Vietnamese Sandwich!











It is located inside a strip mall, of course. Turns out this sandwich chain has five separate location. We could've gone to the closer one in Newark!






The menu is sparse but has all the basics you would want. Lih and I both ordered the Grilled Pork Sandwich. We also ordered an Iced Coffee. The drink was small (full of ice) but tasty and strong.





The Grilled Pork Sandwich








Inside the sandwich! - Wish they had more sauce....










Lih enjoying his 2nd sandwich! He ordered TWO!













My last bite -->


Lih was seduced by a grilled corn so he ordered it after he had his 2 sandwiches.







But it only looked good...kind of bland.

Don't spit it out!---->





Here are some pictures of its artistic and inspiring decor!




We even had entertainment in the form of vietnamese MTV (See above!).

Cost of a sandwich ---> $2.50!