Thanksgiving Wrap-Up

Thanksgiving means lunch at Du Pars at the Grove in Los Angeles. This year's meal was a total downgrade compared to last year. Their stuffing was mushy, turkey was a bit overcooked as well. Also, we made our reservation at 12, but we didn't get in until at least 30 mins after. This happened last year too.  But food is food and Thanksgiving is all about eating your face out, something I obviously approve of!

Thanksgiving lunch

 We got to choose between soup or salad. Sweet pea soup or chicken noodle. I chose the chicken noodle and it was yummy! 

 Our platter of turkey

 Mash potatoes, string beans, cranberry sauce, yam, carrots, 

 Blueberry pie. Yummy! 

You can check them out at 6333 W 3rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90036. 

Dinner Time  was spent at a family friend's house with this fancy meal. 

 Turkey, honey baked ham, mash potatoes, corn, veggies

This meal was the day after Thanksgiving at Stonefire Grill in Woodland Hills, CA. They have many locations all over. Check out my garlic lemon chicken, mash potatoes, prime rib, BBQ ribs

Dinner after Thanksgiving

This was our dinner at LYL Garden Seafood at 500 W Garvey Ave. Monterey Park, CA 91754. The service was seriously bi-polar. We walked in and asked for a to-go menu and they were like get it yourself! Then after they got all attentive. Ssh! 

 Old traditional Chinese soup. Base was made for over 5 hours. 

 Soup

 Chinese chicken goes with garlic and ginger sauce

 veggies

 Butter garlic clams 

 Pork and string beans

 Homemade turkey, yams with marshmallows, and mash potatoes. 

 My favorite biscuits!!!  

 Baked yams and marshmallows! My favorite!!! 

This is at Salju Dessert, a newly opened shaved ice shop at 35 W Valley Blvd. Alhambra, CA 91801 Shaved ice with mochi, strawberries, red beans, green tea! It was great though, and even a bit expensive!

The next day

 My lovely uncle has a Lawry's reciepe. He made me a big can of spanich soup! It has cloves and cloves of garlic inside. So yummy! I find myself heating this up as a midnight snack!

 Uncle also bought a $150 slice of rib for Thanksgiving. He brought me a slice to eat on our own time!

And last but not least Spam Musubi! Yum B-Man's in San Marino has a some awesome musubi. Only $1.75 and they add teriyaki sauce to it. It's a must have! Try at 3007 Huntington Dr. Pasadena, CA 91107. 

I definitely pigged out. Lots and lots of food! Feel free to try these places and tell me how you liked it.

Happy Eatings!

Sonics Trip & Pre-Thanksgiving Warm-up

Oh Sonics! How you torture me! Sonics has the most awesome commercials on TV, but their marketing is tortuous. Their commercials show their amazing food and shakes but there's not a Sonics anywhere nearby. So it's usually around 12 in the morning when you see a commercial and get the craving! The closest one to me is in Anaheim!!! Grr!! But when you finally make the trek to one, it's quite awesome and old school. The servers come out in roller skates with your food and you get to sit in your car and eat your meal!

I got the Chicago hot dog and the New York hot dog. The Chicago came with pickle, relish, tomato, sport peppers, celery salt and mustard and the New York had spicy brown mustard, grilled onions and sauerkraut. I definitely liked the Chicago combination was the best, but the bun got too soggy. We ate it right away too so I don't know how they could have done it differently. I also tried their strawberry limeade which had actual strawberries inside. At least now I can say I've had my Sonics experience! 


Also, I wanted to give everyone a heads up for an ramen challenge on Thanksgiving day at my favorite ramen joint: Hakata Shinsengumi. 


Quote from their event: 


"Official Info:

Give thanks for expandable waistbands. On Nov. 25, Thanksgiving Day, Shin-Sen-Gumi in Fountain Valley will host a ramen challenge.

Ten bucks gets you a standard bowl of ramen with unlimited servings of extra noodles. Men that finish six servings of extra noodles in 45 minutes get their ramen for free. Women must finish four servings of extra noodles within the time limit for their meal to be comped. The challenger who slurps up the most servings of extra noodles throughout the day wins a $50 gift certificate."

Is it promoting obesity in the US? Yes! But hey, it's also helping the economy. If every person that goes buys a pair of expandable pants, then all would be right in the world.

Happy Eatings! 

My Thanksgiving Day Meals

    When I used to celebrate Thanksgiving with my dad, he'd go all out with Thanksgiving food since he liked to cook. My mom, on the other hand tries to avoid Thanksgiving & holidays in general as much as possible because she hates socializing and cooking. She also hates turkey. My bf, on the other hand is about as American as you can get. We went to Du  Par's for Thanksgiving lunch where we didn't have to cook. 

Cranberry sauce. I'm not gonna lie, I'm not a big fan of it. 

 Carrots

 yummy string beans

Mr. Turkey

Mr. Turkey cut up! It was so good. The meat was moist. 

My favorite part was the marshmallow yams. 

Their stuffing was good. They had a tater tot texture to them. 

And for our dessert? A choice of pumpkin pie or apple pie. But why choose? I had both!

And for Thanksgiving dinner with my mother?

I had some bomb ass sashimi. I can't complain.

Happy Eatings!

Du Par's is right next to the Grove for some good shopping at 6333 W 3rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90036