Xegyn

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Name: Carlo Stearns
Date registered: March 11, 2010

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Tempura Soba — June 12, 2011
Colorado Grill in Fresno, CA — April 17, 2011
Baked Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp — April 11, 2011
Don Pepe’s in Fresno, Part 2 — April 8, 2011
Gem of Thailand in Fresno, CA — April 8, 2011

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Mar
14

Unusual Fruits

food

by Xegyn

A few years ago, Cat and I went to the fancy Ralphs Fresh Fare in West LA and bought some unusual fruits just to try them out. The ones we picked out were passion fruit, pepino melon, feijoa, and red tamarillo. I can’t remember much about them now except that the red tamarillo was very …

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Mar
14

Deep Fried Spam / Spam Katsu

by Xegyn

For the over-indulger, here is some spam breaded and fried in oil. These were made by me and Carly at Jim’s in his deep-fryer a few Thanksgivings ago.

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Mar
13

Nikutama Rice

by Xegyn

Nikutama Rice / Nikutama Gohan / 肉玉ご飯 is a dish I saw on NHK’s Journeys in Japan that looked simple and delicious. It involves a bowl of rice with furikake, thinly sliced meat (pork in this case), an over-easy egg, okonomiyaki sauce, and mayonnaise. It was really easy to make and the toppings make it …

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Mar
13

Hawaiian Rice Snacks

by Xegyn

An old pic I found in my albums of Hawaiian Rice Snacks! AKA Spam Musubi. I believe I took this at a Studio City 7-11 in 2006 close to Midori Sushi after some all-you-can-eat sushi.

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Feb
23

Bacon Explosion Remix

bacon,
Western food

by Xegyn

From this year and last year’s Superbowl parties, here is the Bacon Explosion Remix we made. I forgot where the remix recipe came from, but it is similar to the original Bacon Explosion except we added Cheez Whiz and didn’t bother with the extra bacon inside.

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Feb
22

Comment with your Facebook Account!

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by Xegyn

My site now allows you to post comments with your Facebook credentials over Facebook Connect, thanks to the Simple Facebook Connect plugin. Out of the box, there is no way for WP-reCAPTCHA to take over if you are not logged in with your Facebook credentials. Instead the options were to be logged in and enter …

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Feb
17

La Penca Azul in Alameda

by Xegyn

La Penca Azul (Yelp) in Alameda is probably THE Mexican place with its prime location, fun atmosphere, and popularity. I had been wanting to check it out ever since we moved to Alameda and when I saw a Yelp deal for 50% off, I jumped on it. Jessica got the carnitas plate and I got …

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Feb
05

Pearl’s Deluxe Hamburgers

by Xegyn

Jessica and I went to Pearl’s Deluxe Burgers (Yelp) at the Alameda Towne Center the other day. The place kind of reminded me of Fuddruckers because most of their burgers were pretty big (1/4lb and 1/2lb) and you could choose what kind of beef you wanted, including buffalo and grass-fed beef. They also have beer. …

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Feb
02

Ramen Jinya

by Xegyn

On Richie’s recommendation, we checked out Ramen Jinya (Yelp) in Studio City to satisfy a ramen craving of mine. At first we were thinking of going to Orochon (Yelp) or Daikokuya (Yelp) in Little Tokyo, but we decided to try something new. It is a pretty authentic ramen restaurant located in a random strip mall. …

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Jan
31

Mariscos Guero

by Xegyn

Mariscos Guero (Yelp) in Long Beach has some of the greatest Mexican seafood I have had. The restaurant is very low-key and is located in a strip mall. The place was referred to us by Richie’s co-worker. When Richie, Luis, and I arrived, we immediately observed two signs that the food was going to be …

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