Mozzarella Cheese Sticks'd

Though it may be obvious even before trying them... mozzarella cheese sticks from a fast food place (such as, in this case, Jack in the Box) aren't quite as tasty as one might otherwise hope.

Nonetheless, with enough marinara sauce, especially if it's "Zesty Marinara" sauce, I'm pretty sure any mozzarella sticks can pass the "should I eat it?" test (I basically loaded up each and every bite with a heaping helping of Zesty Marinara sauce... which for some reason reminds me of zesty clams).

The cheese wasn't melted enough inside, and without the sauce, there wasn't much flavor to them. However, the sauce saved the day (or night), and the twelve mozzarella cheese sticks that I just finished eating made a pretty decent midnight snack!

Fu Fu Cafe

We tried to eat breakfast at Classic Kitchen, but for some odd reason it was closed for a half day. I say odd because there were people eating inside, and we were told it was closed when we walked in. So we went to Fu Fu Cafe. It was a little hard to order because we couldn't understand the waitress's mainland accent, and she couldn't understand ours. The tofu soup consisted of mushrooms and tofu. It was pretty good. The scallion pancakes were oddly thick, as was the bun portion of the pork sandwich. The you tiao (once met a rude British man who called them crullers) was all right, but I prefer them to be crunchier. For some reason, I included the vegetarian dumplings, but I don't really recall how they tasted. The verdict: Meh. I'd eat here again, but I sure hope Classic Kitchen gets their act together so I can go there.

I actually have no idea...

what this place is called. That's the problem with eating at Chinese restaurants without actually knowing Chinese: you can't order, and you don't know what the place is called. >.< I'll probably drive by the place in the near future and find out, though. The pictures are a dish of shrimp with peas, a sort of layered tortilla thing, fish with a sweet sauce, vegetables, and lamb in soup. My personal favorite was the lamb, but I like lamb in general. I'll update this post when I figure out the name of the restaurant. >.<

Chinese Cuisine

Yes, there is a restaurant called simply "Chinese Cuisine". It's in Golden Plaza in Chinatown Houston, and they do dim sum all day, every day. No more rushing to catch dim sum hours on weekends! Also, since they don't have room for push carts, all of their food is ordered and brought to the table. This is pretty much my favorite dim sum place in Houston because of the format. And the food ain't bad either!

Frozen yogurt finally comes to Houston!

Ever since frozen yogurt hit the big time in NYC and Cali two years ago, I've been waiting impatiently for it to migrate to Houston. We originally went to Cafe la Tea (in the Welcome shopping center in Chinatown) thinking we'd get bubble tea. We ended up getting tangy frozen yogurt with strawberries mixed in. This cup ran us about $4, but it was more than enough for two fat kids who love ice cream. ^.^

Moar Hokkaido

We typically order a plate of sashimi to share, some specialty rolls, and tempura shrimp and yams. The 2 rolls pictured are the dragon roll and the crazy roll. The tempura shrimp usually comes with an assortment of vegetables, but we ask them to only give us fried yams because Lucky loves them. ^.^ I like to order salmon roe. The pop is so satisfying. XD

Miso soup @ Hokkaido

Hokkaido in the Welcome shopping center in Chinatown Houston is a family favorite. Doesn't hurt that they offer free miso soup and red bean dessert soup!