Archive for the ‘Lunch’ Category
Monday, September 1st, 2008
As a rather last minute decision, I bummed a ride home with Susan yesterday and will be home for another 24 hours or so. Life at home after a week at school is pretty sweet. It definite felt different from coming home to this place every night, but it's a ...
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Cookies.
So far, between the Orientation for my Department and the one meant for PhD students, I've sampled what SBU catering can do. They're not quite NYU's Aramark people, but they know how to bake a righteous cookie.
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
If sitting and studying for endless hours were a sport, I'd be a potential Olympic favorite. Right before finals week, I had two exams, two weeks apart. Lucky me, that means studying nearly every moment possible for the last 3.5-4 weeks.If I really had to, I would sit on a ...
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
...because I can't think of a more creative way to put it.Mom decided to try something different for dinner. A box of Barilla fettucini pasta and a can of Campbell's soup later and we had fettucini in a creamy sauce, with less risk of a heart attack.Have you ever ordered ...
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Dad is crazy about the brand-new 12" bamboo steamers we recently bought.So the next day (today,) he went food shopping with Mom and they bought these: Chef Kong's Siu Long Bao (Xiao Long Bao.) These XLBs were okay. The shape was nearly perfect, but the dough was too thick. It ...
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007
For the Mid-Winter Concert, the catering for the Middle C event was done by Chez Mom, yet again. This time, she took things in similar direction, but with different items on the buffet-style menu.She started with siu mai; these are pork dumplings steamed in wonton wrappes. As Arthur said, these ...
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Happy Chinese New Year to all! :)Usually, it's quite a challenge finding a place to eat after the parade in Chinatown. This year, however, my older cousin wanted to have Xiao Long Bao and she knew exactly where she wanted to go to have them.Shanghai Café is a rather petite ...
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Mom decided it's time to learn how to make pad thai. And this past month, she did in fact make pad thai. Once. :(
And I told her that's not the way it looks when I get it. This meant having to go get takeout for dinner one of these nights, ...
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