Today I had the Pad Cashew Chicken with sautéed onions, carrots, garlic, cashew nut, oyster sauce, bell peppers & chili paste.  My first time.  Very good, but I ordered too many “stars” of heat and my mouth was on fire.  I started crying it was so hot, and coming from me that is saying a lot. …

Went to Ping again.  I cannot help it.  It is my new addiction.  I am proud to say I have sampled a different menu item on each of my visits.  Today it was the “Laksa Nonya.”  Coconut curry rice noodle soup with tofu, chicken, prawns, cockles, boiled egg, house made fish cake, bean sprouts, laska…

Said it before, the Caesar salad at this place is crazy good.  So much garlic.  And the spaghetti with chili garlic oil is unreal.  Good, good, good food!

Went to PING again.  Had a dish called “baa mii tom yam muu haeng.”  Thin wheat noodles with ground pork, pork balls, cracklings, peanuts, bean sprouts, long beans, pickled radish, fried garlic, chili vinegar, fish sauce, and chili powder.  Supposedly a lunchtime favorite in Thailand.  I thought it was incredible.  I’ve had something different each of…

Went to Ping today for lunch.  Had the Wild Boar Skewers marinated in Vietnamese style spicy red bean curd and lemongrass.  Also the Salapoa, a Thai style steamed bun stuffed with sweet shredded pork and fried shallots.  Nice side of Sriracha sauce to get my heat on, and all is good (Damn the rain outside!). …

SILK again my friends.  I should by stock.  Had the Chả Giò for an appetizer, which is minced shrimp, pork and glass noodles in a crispy rice paper shell, served with nuoc mam.   My entrée was the Gà Xào Gừng, chicken sautéed in a chili garlic sauce, green beans and fresh ginger, served with jasmine…

The infamous beef-bowl, and some delicious pork meatballs.  Plus a little bit of hot sauce so my mouth is on fire.  Yum.

Fun lunch today at the Wednesdays-only Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro.  Started with the Pork rillettes, Dijon and grilled bread.  My entrée was the Shrimp Creole with spinach and popcorn rice. Lots of Tabasco.  Very good!  Want to come here for dinner when the music is hopping and some wine is pouring.  

Had the lunch special at Ping today, Oh My.  Something special here folks!  Singapore Chili Crab.  Dungeness Crab stir fried in crab oil with sweet spicy chilies and farm eggs.  Unreal flavors, and messy as hell.  I want more!  Soooo good!