Vino Volo@New Jersey ★★

Newark Airport in New Jersey. Nice place for a few snacks when you drop by the Newark. The snacks come in half portions. The Brie and Prosciutto Sandwich is great. Smoked Salmon Rolls is ok. They put crabmeat in between the salmon and the toast, but you can't really taste the crabmeat. It may be better with just cream cheese. Braised Port Taco is like normal taco you can get anywhere.


Brie and Prosciutto Sandwich $6 (half portion)

 

Smoked Salmon Rolls $8 (half portion)



Briased Pork Taco $5 (half portion)


Vino Volo
Newark Intl Airport (EWR)
Continental's Terminal C at Newark Liberty - Concourse C1
Newark, NJ 07114
(973) 565-9250
http://www.vinovolo.com/

Cha for Tea@Alhambra ★★

Nice food for value. Basil Chicken with Rice is sweet and tasty. Chicken with Soup has a thinner soup and it's great with glass noodles.



Basil Chicken with Rice $6.74



Basil Chicken with Rice $6.74

Chicken Soup with Glass Noodles $7.28

Chicken Soup with Glass Noodles $7.28 and Hot Rose Bud Tea $3.89

First Time I Saw Sriracha Sauce in This Kind of Packaging

Cha for Tea
2 E Main St, Ste 2
Alhambra, CA 91804
(626) 576-1209
http://www.chafortea.com/

Cheng Can Cook: Homemade Hamburger ★★★

Homemade Hamburger. My original recipe, invented back in college. Really easy to make.

Ingredients: Moran's Ground Beef, Lettuce, Onions, Sandwich Buns, and Lawry's Seasoned Salt (or regular salt).

1. Shape ground beef into patty, fry with pan, don't add oil, sprinkle Lawry's salt.

2. Fry onion, don't add oil.

3. Make burger. (optional: toast inside of buns for crispiness)

Tips: If you happen to have George Foreman's Lean Meat Fat Grilling Machine, cook the beef patty and onions with it. It will be less fat.

Cafe Spot@Alhambra

Lo Mein comes with a cup of soup. You can drink the soup as you eat, to ease up the dryness and saltiness.

Lo Mein with Wonton and Beef + Free Drink $5.95 (Late Night Special)

Cafe Spot
500 West Valley Boulevard
Alhambra, CA 91803-3227
(626) 308-3233

Half & Half Tea House@Monterey Park ★★

Red Bean Matcha Milk Smoothie is good, but not as exceptional as their Chocolate Iced Milk with Pudding and Honey Boba. The line is not that long on Friday before 7pm.

Red Bean Matcha Milk Smoothie $3.85

Chocolate Iced Milk with Pudding and Honey Boba $3.85

Half and Half Tea House
120 N San Gabriel Blvd # H
San Gabriel, CA 91775-2476
(626) 309-9387

Cheng Can Cook: Green Uni Spaghetti ★★

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Today I made Green Uni Spaghetti and Green Beer to celebrate St. Paddy's Big Day of celebration.

Chopping up the Uni

Cooking Spaghetti with the Green Uni Sauce

Masei Masei@San Gabriel ★★

Asian Fusion Iazakaya Place. They just have this new menu two weeks ago. The Tonkatsu with Sliced Tako and Bonito is really cute. They treat the Tonkatsu like a Takoyaki - it is topped with bonito, mayo, takoyaki sauce, and shredded seaweed. The pork meat in the Tonkatsu is very thick and is great for meat-lovers. Robatas are good. Okra with Grated Japanese Yam is super slimy. I love the double sliminess. Add soy sauce to it and it will taste perfect. The Fried Lotus Root is a bit hard, maybe they can make slightly thinner slices. The Passion Fruit Soju has a bit too much syrup, maybe I will ask them to put less sugar next time. The Pumpbrulee (Pumpkin Crème Brûlée) was sold out. I would like to try it next time. Great service. They open till 1:00am, great for late-nighters. (Closed on Tuesdays)

Tonkatsu - Fried Pork Lion with Sliced Tako and Bonito Dinner Set $12.85 (comes with rice and soup)

Bacon Wrapped Scallop $2.58, Beef Liver $1.85

Wasabi-Mayo Scallop Sashimi $6.85

Complimentary Soy Sauce Peanuts

Passion Fruit Soju $5.85

Okra with Grated Japanese Yam $5.85

Fried Lotus Root $4.85

Orange Slices Give Refreshing Orange Flavor to the Drinking Water

Masei Masei 有樂町

120 N San Gabriel Blvd Ste I
San Gabriel, CA 91775
(626) 285-2700