August 2007 Foodlife -5- Party

After having some fun meeting people, Lizz and I went on a paddle boat.
The lake was very nice.

The shrimp was good but the meat was little too rare.

The amazing part was the desserts- Linnea made all three!

Plum tart, lemon tart with blueberries, and mocha mousse cake with chocolate were all amazing. I have to say my favorite was the lemon tart though. I don't like blueberries, but it went surprisingly well with the lemon tart. I am starting to like the fruity desserts, while I previously only clinged to the chocolate or coffee based ones.

2007 Foodlife -4- Tokyo Sushi & Leo's Coney Island

One day in Birmingham at Tokyo Sushi.

I always like these kinds of salads served in many Japanese restaurants, though often do I think that they should hold the dressing a little; after a while, the salad gets salty.

I really like Gatsudon, but it is hard to find a good one in United States. The breaded part was too soaky, fell of from the meat, and the eggs were overdone. Why do I still like it? Maybe I just like onions.

Lizz had a Spider Roll with soft shell crab and another roll with pork cutlet. Though I think in general the roll sushi is overpriced not just here but in any Japanese restaurants, I do enjoy it... may mister avocado, the king of calories not go to my thigh... or anywhere.

Sometimes I want to go to Leo's!

As always, I got strawberry milkshake and Lizz got a chocolate one. No whipped cream, please! I like the milkshake at Leo's; they are big and cost only $2.70 plus tax. I was angry when the Birmingham location changing to Greek Boys or whatever got the machine version of the shake and charged over $4.50 for about the same amount of milkshake. And it tasted worse! This location was probably somewhere by Maple and Telegraph... maybe not. You see, I don't drive. I just bug others to drive me around so I can get food.

Lizz got a burger with fries- She NEEDED a burger, she said.

I got Chicken Tender Pita with Honey Mustard. I like seedy mustard and honey dijon a lot. There are times when I really miss this; everything's fine except that it is so hard to eat. I wonder if there's a way I don't have to struggle so much.

August 2007 Foodlife -3-

This was one day's breakfast for Owen.

My breakfast that day- no salmon for me! I had the tomatillo salsa left over from last night's steak(later in the posting).

Leftover duck that was pretty good-

Steak day setting!

This was Rick Bayless's recipe of tomatillo salsa. I liked it, though I though the coriander(cilantro) was rather too strong, perhaps.

I liked the strip steak with tomatillo salsa. It was pretty huge and I proved my worry-will I be able to finish this?-unnecessary. I was hungry for meat too......

August 2007 Foodlife -2-

I remember this meal because for lunch that day, I had salmon at 220 Merrill. Then I found out that our dinner was going to be salmon as well- yet I found this salmon still very delicious, though I keep saying that salmon is not my favorite fish at all.

Corn my love. Korean corns are less sweet but chewier; I like the sweetness of American corn though. Actually I like it for snacks or even breakfast.

Mustardy salsa with dill was good, though maybe a little sweet for me.

This salmon, perhaps because it was wild, was very good. I had to say it was the best salmon I ever had. I liked the glaze on it too- I never thought I would be happy eating salmon for the second time of the day.




I like having sandwiches with turkey breast and mustard. I had that kind of meal quite often, I think. I was having fun with my camera too!

Usually for lunch, I think it was.

And here's the Linnea's lemon tart that I love.

August 2007 Foodlife -1-

This was the first dinner I had after returning to Michigan, I remember. Whenever my host family asks what I would like, I sometimes respond saying "is that even a question?" So, Linnea's Lasagne it is.

Unfortunately the yellow and green tomatoes did not have much flavor, though I thought the red ones were okay. I always like caprese anyway because I love mozarella.


I was once used to lasagne with loads of cheese and meatsauce, though now the first thing I think of upon hearing "lasagne" is this.

To be honest, I had this for dinner that day, for lunch the next day, and for breakfast the day after. I even enjoy heating up the leftovers-

Then this is another dinner meal setting.

Tomatillo salsa with green apples was interesting, and I didn't mind the apples though I prefer Rick Bayless's recipe-which I got to try couple of days later.



The pork was tender and nice with all that seasoning and went pretty well with the apple tomatillo salsa. I also really enjoyed the green beans that day!