Food Journal Apr 30, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• leftover catfish, hushpuppies (freshly fried of course)
• leftover summer salad & pulled pork

dinner @ #1 China Buffet (my mom talked me into it)

• misc mediocre buffet food

snacks

• movie popcorn

Food Journal Apr 29, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• beer brauts
• chips & onion dip
• cucumber salad
• Jarritos soda
• Hornsby's Apple Cider

dinner

• Cajun fried catfish w/ Southern remoulade
• beer battered hushpuppies
• summer salad
• iced tea

snacks

• crackers & goat cheese

Food Journal Apr 28, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• 11-ingredient ramen
• fried eggs & chives
• radish salad

dinner

• homemade tagliatelle w/ sun-dried tomatoes & sausage
• fennel & orange salad
• sauteed morel mushrooms (fresh ones which were about the same or not as good as dried ones)

snack

• brownie cookie

Food Journal Apr 27, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch @ Pho BC

• grilled pork bun (rice vermicelli)
  
• Vietnamese ice coffee (which I must keep reminding myself is NOT Thai ice coffee)

dinner @ Tandoor

• karahi gosht
• alooo ghobi
• garlic naan & peshwari naan
• rice

Food Journal Apr 25, 2009

lunch @ Wheeler's Pharmacy

• pork tenderloin sandwich
• chips

dinner @ Holly Hill Inn

• shrimp & grits
• poussin spring roll (chicken & crepes were great but flavor was lacking)
• mushroom bisque (hearty & savory)
• "Spring Harvest" vegetable plate (Little carrots, haricots verts, local greens and snap peas with Sheltowee shiitake mushrooms around Weisenberger cheese grit soufflé - mostly good, a little underseasoned & gave me gas all night)

snacks

• garlic chocolate chip cookie (from Blue Moon Farm, tasted just like a regular cookie with a hint/scent of garlic)

Food Journal Apr 24, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• 12-ingredient ramen
• sauteed spinach (from Elmwood)
• kielbasa

dinner @ Mitchell's Fish Market

• seafood gumbo (I've decided I don't like fish in soup)
• beer battered shrimp (quuite good)
• fries, hushpuppies & cole slaw
• brownie

Food Journal Apr 23, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• 10-ingredient ramen
• kimchee
• seaweed salad
• sauteed spinach (from Elmwood Stock Farm)

dinner

• leftover pulled pork
• leftover cucumber & tomato salad
• grilled asparagus
• Jarritos
• potato chips
  

Food Journal Apr 22, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• pulled pork sandwich (better w/ rub mixed into pulled meat)
• cucumber, tomato & onion salad (needed acid)
• grilled asparagus (hard to do wrong)
• fruit

dinner @ Smashing Tomato (the only pizza I like in Lex)

• Italiano pizza (sausage, salami, pepperoni & olives)

snacks

• movie popcorn

Food Journal Apr 21, 2009

breakfast

• toast

lunch

• leftover salad & pasta
• olives

dinner

• mixed herb greens & apple salad
• mascarpone pasta twists w/ mushroom sauce (need to punch up the filling & make the pasta thinner, otherwise good)
• sweet chips & dip (actually a deconstructed/salvaged cannoli - the shell dough didn't come together so I just fried the chips of dough)

snacks

• chips & pretzels (at poker)

Food Journal Apr 20, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch @ Panda Cuisine (buffet)

• too much of everything

dinner

• creole salad (it's all about the whole grain mustard)
• cajun fettuccini w/ shrimp & kielbasa (not very cajun, kielbasa a bit pedestrian, sauce was messed up but the handmade pasta was good)
• Jarritos soda
  

Food Journal Apr 19, 2009

brunch

• french toast casserole (new & improved!)
• bacon (Blue Moon Farm - thick & meaty)
• fruit Romanoff (a little more dressed down)

dinner

• 8-ingredient ramen
• fried eggs
• kimchee

snacks

• potato chips
• horse beans

Food Journal April 18, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• carnitas taco (behind CD Central during Record Store Day)
• pulled pork sandwich (in front of the store, quite good, especially w/ nice tart cole slaw on it)

dinner @ Masala

• papadum
• pishwari naan (sweet & addictive)
• shrimp karahi (shrimp tasted boiled, not sauteed, sauce was good though)
• rice

snacks

• potato chips (Uncle Ray's, a bit too salty)

Food Journal Apr 17, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch @ Fusion Cafe

• large combo bowl of Pho
• chicken skewer
• tea

dinner @ Bonefish

• fried calamari
• bread & dip
• house salad (dressing not as good as usual, white asparagus a little tough)
• shrimp & steak (subpar cut of sirloin, a few grisly bites. Shrimp, sauce & side was okay)
• creme brulee (too big)

snacks

• fried horse beans

Food Journal Apr 16, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• leftover beef bourguignonne
  
• leftover rice from Masala
  
• radish salad
  
• strawberries Romanoff

dinner

• cheese wettwursts
  
• tortilla chips
  
• Jarritos soda
  
• radish salad
  
• strawberries Romanoff

snacks

• shrimp chips
  

Food Journal Mar 15, 2009

breakfast

• toast

lunch @ Winchell's

• pulled pork (stringy & too wet, mine's better!)
  
• cheese grits & green beans (pretty good)

dinner @ Red Robin (I had a coupon for a free burger on my birthday)

• Royal Burger (w/ fried egg & bacon - quite good w/ their mayo dressing & no ketchup)
  
• fries
  

Food Journal Apr 14, 2009

breakfast

• leftover French toast cassarole

lunch

• leftover beef bourguignon (indeed better the next day)
  
• leftover rice pilaf
  
• radish salad

dinner @ Masala

• papadum
  
• naan & rice
  
• Masala dosa (took forever to make & gave me heartburn)
  
• chai tea

snacks

• girl scout cookies
  
• sun chips
  

Food Journal Apr 13, 2009

breakfast

• toast

lunch @ Panda Cuisine (buffet)

• a little bit o everything (they've improved the weekday buffet from when I last had it years ago)

dinner

• fennel & orange salad
  
• beef bourguignon (pretty good, maybe use better wine next time)
  
• leftover rice pilaf

Food Journal Apr 12, 2009

brunch

• French toast casserole (a little dry & needs more brown sugar on top)
  
• bacon (local farmer's market)

dinner @ Sue's (Easter)

• vegetable crudite
  
• cheese & crackers
  
• brisket w/ whiskey BBQ sauce
  
• potatoes au gratin
  
• grilled asparagus
  
• sauteed sugar snap peas
  
• spoonbread
  
• pasta salad
  
• fruit salad
  
• ice cream
  

Food Journal Apr 11, 2009

breakfast

• toasted cinnamon chip wheat bread w/ butter & honey

lunch

• 6-ingredient ramen
  
• seaweed salad
  
• fried eggs w/ grilled asparagus

dinner

• fried eggplant
  
• fried shrimp
  
• leftover rice pilaf
  
• seaweed salad
  
• Jarritos soda

snacks

• hot dog (@ the Moose Lodge during a poker game)
  
• potato chips
  

Food Journal Apr 10, 2009

breakfast

• cereal
  

lunch

• 8-ingredient ramen
  
• fried egg
  
• seaweed salad
  
• canned gluten

dinner @ Proof on Main

• crusty baguette & (exquisite) butter
  
• charcuterie platter (one of my favorite things in life, salted meats & pates on grilled crusty bread)
  
• relish platter (eggplant, carmelized cauliflower, pea puree w/ bacon, housemade olives)
  
• pan fried soft shelled crab (a little salty & shell was a little hard, fingerling potatoes kinda pedestrian)
  
• a taste each of squid ink tagliatelle (just past al dente), braised goat, roasted chicken (very nice) & mushroom risotto (buttery chanterelles)
  
• housemade ice cream sampler - bourbon vanilla, malt chocolate & mixed berry (had better)
  
• tea
  

Food Journal Apr 9, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• 9-ingredient ramen
  
• seaweed salad
  
• kimchee
  

dinner (Seder)

• gruyere cheese puffs (I don't know if the problem is the recipe, my oven or what... can't seem to get them right.
  
• matzo ball soup (like hockey pucks - I didn't make them though I was responsible for the too salty, too fatty, too dark stock)
  
• green beans w/ pine nuts (undercooked by me)
  
• gefilte fish (from a jar, which I enjoy)
  
• rice pilaf (from scratch, successful & very easy)
  
• eggplant mazto mina (basically eggplant parm, was okay)
  
• Sephardic meatballs (savory meatballs in a not-too-sweet sauce)
  
• chocolate flourless cake w/ raspberry coule (very nice)
  
• lambic

snacks

• Jarritos soda
  

Food Journal Apr 8, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• bowtie pasta w/ sausage & cream (leftover angolotti filling - not my best salvaging attempt)

dinner @ Abuelo's

• beer battered shrimp
  
• chips & queso dip

snacks

• girl scout cookies
  

Food Journal Apr 7, 2009

breakfast

• waffle

lunch

• 9-ingredient ramen
  
• kim chee
  
• sunny-side-up egg

dinner @ Red Lobster (I HATE eating in Richmond!)

• snow crab (tolerable)
  
• lobster (decent)
  
• shrimp scampi (way overcooked)
  
• fried calamari (65% fried broccoli & peppers, recession special!)
  
• salad (sub-pedestrian)
  
• iced tea

snacks

• pistachios
  
• Jarritos soda
  
• DQ Peanut Buster Parfait (when in Richmond... the stupid thing gave me gas as always)
  

Food Journal Apr 6, 2009

breakfast

• waffles

lunch

• 9-ingredient Ramen

dinner

• shrimp tacos
  
• beef nachos
  
• jarritos soda

Food Journal Apr 5, 2009

lunch

• 8-ingredient ramen
  
• seaweed salad
  
• tea eggs

dinner

• shrimp cocktail (perfected!)
  
• pulled pork sandwiches (slow grilled for 3.5 hours, a little too crusty but tasty!)
  
• potato salad (need to roast potatoes longer & use more dressing, a little dry)
  
• fruit Romanoff (raspberries were mushy, otherwise great)
  

Food Journal Apr 4, 2009

breakfast

• waffles

lunch @ Masala

• chili shrimp
  
• chicken karahi
  
• tandoori chicken
  
• cucumber salad
  
• rice & naan
  
• savory donuts
  
• pakoras
  
• aloo zucchini

dinner @ Seki

• sushi (shrimp, salmon, yellowtail, mackerel, eel)
  
• maki (california, spicy shrimp, spider, Philly, rainbow)
  
• gyoza
  
• edamame
  

snacks

• donuts
  
• soy nuts
• corn nuts
• spicy Thai chips

Food Journal Apr 3, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch @ Fusion Cafe

• Pho combo (lots of nice offal & meaty bits in every bite)
  
• chicken skewer

dinner @ Jonathan's (tried to go to Casanova but they were closed by the fire marshal)

• deviled eggs 3 ways (like 3 lovely amuses)
  
• shrimp & grits (perfectly cooked shrimp & toothsome grits with the edges nice & crispy)

snacks

• corn nuts
  
• leftover chocolate mousse
  

Food Journal Apr 2, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• leftover tagliatelle
  
• salamis
  
• apples & balsamic

dinner

• caesar salad w/ homemade dressing & croutons (needs anchovies)
  
• agnolotti w/ sausage & cheese filling & wild mushroom sauce (pasta was a tad too big & shoulda boiled them in smaller batches, but otherwise pretty damn good)
  
• chocolate mousse (will take practice to get the right consistency, taste was good though)
  
• cider

snacks

• corn nuts
  

Food Journal Apr 1, 2009

breakfast

• cereal

lunch

• leftover tagliatelle
  
• salamis
  
• apple w/ balsamic

dinner

• orange & fennel salad (my go-to starter)
  
• chicken Avellino (recipe way too bland - it's the 2nd chicken recipe that's disappointed. better stay away from the fowl)

snacks

• corn nuts (from Nutbox)
  
• almonds
  
• Topo Sabores apple soda (a little too sweet)