eats along the 33rd parallel http://33eats.posterous.com Food reviews from friends posterous.com Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:11:00 -0700 Miriam: Morocco Sushi Pictures and Generic Update http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-morocco-sushi-pictures-and-generic-upd http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-morocco-sushi-pictures-and-generic-upd

Months ago, I promised pictures of Moroccan sushi (it gave me a legitimate excuse to go back and spend tons of money on happy happy fish!).  The only problem is that they still did not have tuna: "Tomorrow, in sha Allah."  Well, as a result I had to try the King Crab Roll, which consisted of oodles of crab.  That's it.  Crab.  

Crab and me, we go way back, but this was a bit too much crab for Miriam.  I've finally found a point where I had enough crab.  The salad was interesting, and it was certainly a relief to have a dressing that wasn't just watered-down mayonnaise.  It was a wasabi vinaigrette and there wasn't any lettuce, instead shredded carrots and cabbage, but they were in strips that were so long that they wrapped around the bowl and were difficult to navigate into our mouth's without flinging dressing on our shirts.  The ambiance was unparalleled modern chic in Fes, where most expensive restaurants emphasized the Moroccaness of their features as opposed to contrasting it.  

I have since moved to Oman and live an hour and a half away from Dubai and Abu Dhabi.  The culinary opportunities are much greater there, but most of the fine restaurants are at hotels and are beyond the reach of a student's budget.  We did have amazing catered Chinese appetizers at a US Dept of Commerce function, though.  Can't remember the restaurant, but ... I thought I saved a cocktail napkin.  Most restaurants in town are very inexpensive Lebanese, Syrian, or Indian places.  I have been meaning to do a couple write-ups on them.  First, I had to put my house in order!  The most recent food events have been the weekly dinners hosted by one of our group of students.  We have had Nepalese food, Philipino and Thai food (that was me, of course), Chicken Alfredo, Breakfast-for-Dinner, Variations on Chicken with Bros. Special Sauce, Biryani, and tonight Aaron whipped up some amazing vegetable lasagna which is a departure on his vegan-matzoh-Passover-kosher lasagna.  We will be going to Jordan, and possibly Kenya and Tanzania, where I will most definitely have things to report!  Food!  Happy feasting!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:30:17 -0800 Bobby: Cake in a Mug http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-cake-in-a-mug http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-cake-in-a-mug

 

A great recipe if you want cake at the office or anywhere without an oven!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:19:00 -0800 Bobby: Jeong Won Korean BBQ (it's all you can eat!!!) http://33eats.posterous.com/jeong-won-korean-bbq http://33eats.posterous.com/jeong-won-korean-bbq

 

Text review coming soon!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:54:09 -0800 Miriam: Sushi and Camel Burgers http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-sushi-and-camel-burgers http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-sushi-and-camel-burgers
This weekend's culinary adventures can be united by one thing (other than price): no mayonnaise on salad!  Hooray!  We went to a sushi restaurant on Saturday night.  We had heard nothing but praise for this restaurant with people saying that it was even better than Nobu and all the best and favorite sushi places in America.  Braced for the high prices, we took a petit taxi to Kiotori, a chain of Japanese restaurants in Morocco.  The decor was sumptuous with the chefs working on the floor above us, showcased in glass.  I bet you've never seen a sushi waitress wearing a headscarf before.  The first disappointment of the night came with the announcement that they had no tuna.  NO TUNA?!  TUNA IS SUSHI!  We had to rethink our entire order when we realized that we had planned to eat tuna in nearly every dish.  Instead, we had a nice unagi/roe/avocado/crab roll, a crunchy roll with tempura shrimp and some heavenly sauce (maybe the best eel sauce ever), and then some kappamaki, tekkamaki with salmon instead of tuna, and california rolls with and without cream cheese.  This came with a salad and miso soup.  The salad was comprised of long strips of finely shredded cabbage and carrots with this horseradish vinaigrette.  It was a bit difficult to eat with chopsticks.  The miso soup had tofu (!!!!!!!), our first since coming here.  They served it in a cute bowl with a lid, but it wasn't piping hot and the spoon was stoneware, which was remarkably heavy!  The second disappointment was at dessert, when they had neither the passionfruit nor lychee ice cream listed on the menu.  I was even going to just order a handroll: it was mango, avocado, and tempura shrimp with other yummy things, but they couldn't do that either!!  Probably a good thing we left it at that, because we spent nearly $50.  For Morocco, that is LUDICROUS.  For sushi, that is about par for the course.  We thought we'd splurge anyway, since we missed the trip to Marrakesh.  As an added bonus, they took MasterCard, so we didn't have to pay out all our cash.

Today, we went back to Cafe Clock (which I may not have posted on this blog).  It's run by a Brit in the Medina Qadima and is incredibly popular with tourists.  It is a very nice cafe, but the prices are most certainly tourist prices.  I was hell-bent on going to the Medina today, even though it was raining.  I didn't realize that the streets would be rivers of mud, but we got to the cafe without getting too filthy and then I ordered their famous camel burger, which came with fries and salad.  The fries were light, not drowned in oil like most fries in Morocco.  Unfortunately, without a dip, I think I would have preferred oily fries!  Back to the sandwich: it was AMAZING.  It was my first time having camel, but it was out of this world tasty.  They dressed it up with "taza ketchup."  I have no idea what that means, but it was just like haroset, which is a Jewish dish served at Passover and is sweet, made with fresh apples, dried dates, raisins, apricots, figs, walnuts, and wine.  We like to eat it with raw horseradish on matzoh.  Digression aside, it was an interesting and complimentary addition to the meat, which also had an onion slice, lettuce, and tomato.  As per my usual, the onion went to Aaron and I enjoyed the burger slowly.  The salad that came with the meal had a horseradishy vinaigrette!  And hence the connection between sushi and camel burger.  I also had a mocha and then a hot chocolate (it's rainy, forgive my drink choices), but this is the only place I've ever had unsweetened mocha and hot chocolate.  This is especially surprising since most Moroccan drinks are comprised of sugar with some liquid on the side.  Pictures are of Cafe Clock, I need to get the sushi ones off my camera.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:50:37 -0800 Miriam: Pictures of Moroccan Food http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-pictures-of-moroccan-fo http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-pictures-of-moroccan-fo
Here are pictures of Moroccan food:

Lamb and Quince Tajine at Al Fassi Restaurant in the Sofitel Palais Jamai Hotel, Fes.  
Next is the dessert at the same restaurant on the prix fixe menu.  Note the very light portion!
Bisarra - a white bean, garlic, olive oil, and cumin soup.  Available from many street vendors, retail at about $1.
Addis - lentils cooked with lemon and spices and oil.  About $1.25.
Hummus - not the Lebanese style you're used to, this is just cooked chickpeas.  Sometimes the chickpeas are a bit hard.  $1.25.
Fancy Fruit Guy - Vendor of all your favorite exotic fruits including raspberries, lychee, mangoes, strawberries, prickly pear, and the like.
A mostly finished platter of couscous.  One of these fed about 8 people!  I have taken cooking classes with Laila, the housekeeper, and have recipes for couscous, hummus, harcha (semolina breakfast thing), and tajine.  Tajines are conical clay pots that you cook meat and vegetables in.  Oftentimes, the food is cooked in big vats and then served in a tajine (that's at a restaurant).  At home, you can use small to large tajines to cook up to 3 people's worth of food.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:40:00 -0800 Miriam: Moroccan Street Food http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-moroccan-street-food http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-moroccan-street-food We've been sampling Moroccan street food, usually our lunch fare after class.  No pics yet, but I'm working on it.  So far we've had b'sarra, which is a Fassi specialty (from Fes).  It's a white bean soup with olive oil and garlic and served with fresh, hardy bread.  It's about 6 Dh which is less than a dollar.  And includes wormwood tea - yes, the same stuff absinthe is made out of.  Addis is currently Aaron's favorite: it's a bowl of lentils with bread and tea and goes for 8 Dh ($1).  We've also tried their version of hummus, which is really just unmashed chickpeas that have been cooked with spices (served with bread and tea).  That's also 8 Dh.  The other day I splurged and ordered tajine.  Tajines are ceramic conical dishes that you bake meat, couscous, whatever in.  At restaurants (even side cafes), they usually just use a big pot and ladle it into a tajine for serving.  Tajines are really single or double serving and used at home.  Anyway, I had chicken tajine which was chicken so moist and seasoned... with carrots and potatoes cooked in the chicken juices.  Mmmmm.  The first day we went, a large group of us ate so they brought out free sides like Moroccan salad, fried eggplant, and an eggplant tomato mash-up.  I really wish that they brought that to us all the time.  It makes them look good to have a table of foreigners sitting in front of their stall, so they keep plying you with treats to get you to stay.  And I don't think we were charged for any of it other than the main dish, which usually comes out to a dollar.  I think the tajines are a whopping 13 Dh, but a nice change (especially because they have meat).  It's always fun trying to talk to the people their in a mix of Fusha, Dareeja, French, and English.  I think I might put my old pocket Minolta in my purse so that I can more surreptitiously take photos rather than using my big new Nikon SLR.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:10:13 -0800 Miriam: Zoës Kitchen http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-zoes-kitchen http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-zoes-kitchen
One of our favorite Columbia, SC haunts is Zoës Kitchen. There's currently only one location, over in Forest Acres by Trenholm. This is the num-yummiest place around! I'm not a big chicken salad fan, and what originally got me in the door was the design and decor. I didn't know if it was a burger joint, a veggie place, or what, but I didn't expect it to specialize in chicken. The menu is somewhat extensive, but they keep their ingredients to a minimum.
My favorite thing, hands down, is the coleslaw. None of that mayonnaisey, watery, limp stuff you get most places. They shred cabbage and toss it with feta, chives, oil, and spices to give you the freshest tasting slaw ever. They put the slaw on the Gruben, a grilled sandwich featuring turkey, swiss, spicy mustard, and slaw on rye. I do not like rye in the least, and this sandwich is phenomenal!
I usually get the chickensalad sandwich. The first time we walked in, they gave us a free sample since we were new. Oh my goodness. It's like no other chicken salad I've had. Once again, no watery mayo with chunks of chicken floating in it. This stuff is shredded to perfection, mixed with the right amount of everything, and spread over bread with lettuce, tomato, and mayo. They use a nice whole grain bread where you can taste the grains. And personally, I'd hold off on the mayo because it's already in the salad.
Each table has salt, pepper, and a yummy oil-vinegar mix which I am compelled to put on the chickensalad sandwich because I like my sandwiches a little moist and I find the bread sucks up the moisture. This is the de facto dressing for the pitas and salads.
There are a couple misses on the menu: Corey ordered some chicken roll-ups one time that were blah. I think it was chicken, cheese, and marinara in a tortilla that was tossed on the grill for a minute. I also dislike the chocolate cake, but that may be because I'm a cake purist. The kabobs and salads are big hits, though.
It's a franchise located out of Texas and the franchise-owner in SC is looking at opening one up in Lexington, but I think they could be well-served in the Vista. They have a drive-thru for phone-in orders only. This serves mostly families who will order family meals. What better clientele than the government and downtown employees who are heading home? Meanwhile, they could serve the college kids in the dining room. Perhaps a bit unorthodox for this company, but good food and fun decor would be appreciated, as well as the price. http://www.zoeskitchen.com

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:44:00 -0800 Miriam: Thanksgiving http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-thanksgiving http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-thanksgiving

What better holiday for a food blog than Thanksgiving?  This was my first year cooking, even though I've spent past Thanksgivings without family I've never cooked the meal.  We wanted to invite classmates, but it seems as though most everyone is out of town with family, extended family, or friends so we said "To hell with everyone, we're still going to cook the full meal!"  I was inexplicably excited about cooking a turkey.  I should point out that I've never cooked a whole chicken, just chicken parts.  

At about 9:30 a.m., I rolled out of bed and trundled downstairs to dress my turkey.  He was a 9 pounder Butterball and after going through the motions (you know, remove giblets and neck, wash, pat dry), I stuffed him with carrots, onions, cloves of garlic, celery, rosemary, sage, thyme, cloves, allspice, pepper, basil, and oregano.  I gave him a dry rub with some of the same spices and then rubbed on some olive oil and it was into the oven for 2 hours.

Then I did my mother's infamous holiday rice.  Best stuff ever!  And so simple.  You get Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage.  It's precooked, they're these little turds of a sausage, but they're delicious.  Dice them and pan fry them up, add onions, green bell peppers, and mushrooms.  Finally finish it with day old white rice, seasoned salt, and pepper.  It sounds so boring, but it's the combo of the flavorful sausage and the salt that really make it shine.  You can nuke it for a week, have it for breakfast or enjoy it as a side dish.

I steamed some green beans in the rice cooker and tossed them in lemon juice.  Aaron made yummy candied yams: he took canned yams and cooked them with butter on the stove.  Then he put them in a casserole dish with sweetened condensed milk and brown sugar and used a cake mixer to stir it up but good.  Pop it in the oven for a while and top it off with marshmallows under the broiler for that amazing burnt sugar campfire nummy taste.  

I cheated on the new potatoes, gravy, and cranberries: Trader Joe's.  I chose not to have a salad with it because we had so much food already, but one thing remained: Red Lobster-style cheddar bay biscuits.  I had made the batter last night because it's better if you refrigerate it overnight.  Bisquick, buttermilk, garlic powder, cheddar and butter went into the batter and while they baked I made a garlic butter with parsley flake glaze for the biscuits.  

All in all, a very successful Thanksgiving meal!  I'm making turkey soup at the moment and Aaron made brownies for dinner.  I've been thinking a lot about our next Thanksgiving since it's still unclear where we'll be living, but I'm 99.9% sure it will not be in the United States.  So then I look forward to two years from now and I'll be finishing up my degree, back in South Carolina.  We have less than a month before we're packed up and out of South Carolina and I still have so much to write about the place.

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Ah, Halloween!  A day many use as an excuse to act out of the ordinary by dressing up really unusual (human breathalyzer), doing strange things to others (girl flashing me & a coworker), and of course giving and receiving loads of candy.  Originally, I planned to go trick or treating at Horton Plaza to accumulate a variety of candy to blog about, unfortunately, I didn't have time so I blogged about the candy that others brought to work.  There wasn't anything special... well, maybe the apples, I guess those count as treats?

 

 


Eating candy on Halloween from Bobby on Vimeo.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:40:59 -0700 Bobby: Tiki's Chipotle Chicken Island Wrap http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-tikis-chipotle-chicken-i http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-tikis-chipotle-chicken-i

My coworker Tina (aka Tiki) likes to cook at home.  Here's a short video of something she made the other day.  It looks pretty good!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:04:00 -0700 Bobby: BBQ Chicken http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-bbq-chicken http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-bbq-chicken
When you think of San Diego and chicken you may think of this guy:

San Diego is not known for fried chicken places.  The common chains are scattered about here: KFC, Church's, and even Popeye's.  However, a new fried chicken place has opened in what used to be Flavor Thai on Convoy.  It is called BBQ Chicken, which is a little misleading because "BBQ" is commonly used as the abbreviation for barbeque, in this case "BBQ" stands for "best of the best quality".  BBQ Chicken is a popular Korean franchise boasting 3500 locations in over 37 countries.  I learned about BBQ Chicken through my friend Peera who is the "unofficial financial advisor" for this location.  Their chicken is cooked in extra-virgin olive oil, so its healthier supposedly.  The chicken we had was seasoned well and tasted pretty good.  I'm picky and don't usually eat chicken skin but this skin was tasty enough for me to eat!  It was served with some shredded cabbage with a tasty thousand island concoction on top and pickled daikon.  Their medium and large portions of chicken are moderately priced.  We ended up paying about $19 for two people.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:02:01 -0700 Bobby: Souplantation http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-souplantation http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-souplantation Here is the longer version of our trip to Souplantation.  

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:24:56 -0700 Bobby: THE EVENT http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-the-event http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-the-event Jacques, Scott & I do THE EVENT. What is THE EVENT? It's 4 quarters of Souplantation food followed by an overtime period at the participant's own risk.  
 
What can I say about Souplantation food?  It can be healthy if you stick to the salad & bread but if you start going for the pizza, the pasta, and the 'thicker' soups, kiss "healthy" goodbye.  I usually have bad gas after visiting Souplantation, I believe we all did (sorry, TMI).  On this visit, they had some delicious BBQ chicken pizza and this tomato/basil pasta which I haven't had before; pretty good.  I accompanied those with clam chowder, corn bread, some blueberry muffins & then a soft serve ice cream cone.  We spent about $10 each for lunch, except for Jacques who had a coupon from Sunday's newspaper & ended paying around $7.  Pretty good deal.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:24:00 -0700 Miriam: Waffle House http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-waffle-house http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-waffle-house
Corey just flew in from New York for a couple days R&R - coinciding with my 5-day Fall Break.  Upon arrival at 10 a.m., we took him to that Southern staple: Waffle House.  I had first heard of Waffle House from my friend Rosie who ate there in Alabama when her man was in Marine training.  I thought she meant that there were many privately owned places that served waffles, not that there was a chain.  Oh, but what a chain.  They are one of the only places open 24 hours, they serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and they are known for their hash browns.  I know, I know, it's called Waffle House.  But I've included a snap shot of their menu so you understand the complexity of the hash browns.  Having only been there once before in January, I had wanted to try the hash browns "all the way," but was reticent.  That could do a number on a stomach and not all of the items sound like they would combine well.  Today was the day, though, so as Corey and Aaron ordered a ton of food for $7 each, I just got a plate of hash brown and oh my goodness.  I'm not posting a picture because you wouldn't even be able to make out what's happening, so use your imagination after reading the menu.  I am so full... yet completely satisfied.  I'll need to take some more pictures to show you just how far a buck goes here.  

Here's the review part: while most of the food lacks bold flavor, the all-the-way hash browns are bursting with it!  Chili, cheese, jalapenos, onions, mushrooms, ham, and whatever else they could find combine to make a steaming plate of yummy-yumness.  The waffle batter here is made with vanilla so it has a pleasant, sweet flavor and they are not Belgian.  Belgian waffles always strike me as being cardboard-like, but these are the standard waffles and you can get them done crispy.  Once you butter and and syrup crispy waffles, they still have some crunch!  The grits here made Aaron a convert to the way of gritiness, the coffee is good and strong, and really the only thing I don't like is that they have plain white toast instead of sourdough or 9-grain!  All in all, a worthy choice on any road trip or late-night drunken binge.

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Tonight, Collin, Michelle, Big Baby D (aka Delilah), Aaron, and I went to Five Guys Burgers and Fries. It's the closest thing to In-n-Out over here, sans the drive-thru. While I interviewed Collin and took a couple pics, I needed to edit them together and looked around my pre-installed software. Back in the day, I remember the free and mediocre Windows Movie Something-Or-Other, but I did not get that! I received "muvee," small "m" and everything. So here's what it AUTOMATICALLY created; I only changed the text. And I promise: a real video review someday once I get software (or use Aaron's computer).

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:16:00 -0700 Bobby: I go tango with Yogo Tango http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-i-go-tango-with-yogo-tan http://33eats.posterous.com/bobby-i-go-tango-with-yogo-tan
On my quest to eat a little healthier I visited Yogo Tango.  Upon hearing the name initially, one might think it was a studio specializing in the popular dance. It is actually a frozen yogurt shop which supplies its customers with healthy toppings like fruit, granola, mochi, among others (some not so healthy) for their yogurt.  Yogo Tango's yogurt contains live cultures to help "maintain a healthy bacterial balance in the intestinal tract (research shows especially helpful for those who are lactose intolerant or suffer from irritable bowel syndrome)"-- that's exactly what I'm thinking of when I eat yogurt!!  This was taken from their mission statement.  They only have two locations: Hollywood & San Diego.

I ordered a medium sized "waffle bowl" with half plain & half blueberry yogurt.  I added more toppings than a regular person should & ended up spending around $7.  It is a bit pricey for yogurt but I get so greedy with the fruit toppings.  My buddy Jacques joined me; he paid less for a small container of mango yogurt & some blueberry topping.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:17:00 -0700 Aaron: At Home Along the 33rd http://33eats.posterous.com/at-home-along-the-33rd-1 http://33eats.posterous.com/at-home-along-the-33rd-1
Here's a little something I've been making at home. Yeah, it doesn't really fit in with the whole 33rd parallel thing, as it's not exactly San Diegan, Carolinian or Moroccan, but...it's one of the few things I've remembered to take pictures of.

Anyway, the pasta is nothing special -- though this time it was Newman's Own, so I guess it was our tribute to Mr. N. The real focus is the meatballs: made with ground turkey, parsley, bread crumbs, parmesan, and other stuff. They're delicious. I tend to make them on the larger side, so they end up taking longer to cook.

So, here they are, with pasta and garlic bread:

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:45:00 -0700 Miriam: Vietnamese Food in South Carolina? Hallelujah! http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-vietnamese-food-in-sout http://33eats.posterous.com/miriam-vietnamese-food-in-sout
We were despairing: only BBQ, chicken, butter, and fast food.  But low and behold, a new Vietnamese restaurant opened up in Columbia about 6 months ago and they just started advertising.  Aaron, Collin, and I finally went to Pho Viet out in Forest Acres.  The place is an old fast food restaurant replete with a demolished playground that left nothing but a lone bolted table for parental supervisors.  That said, it was ridiculously delicious, like having a homecoming in my mouth.  I haven't been that happy about food in quite some time.  I ordered made-to-order veggie spring rolls with tofu, pho with brisket, and a taro snow ice with boba.  Wonderful!  The spring rolls came with peanut sauce, we put some sriracha on it, hoisin in the pho, and just ate until we exploded.  I like to savor food, but I felt like a wanderer out of the desert, gorging myself.  Needless to say, we'll be going back and taking more people with us.  I think the best places are those with the least assuming decors.  They're not playing off a gimmick, they are starting a business based on their faith in their food.  

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:24:00 -0700 Miriam: The Office Party http://33eats.posterous.com/the-office-party http://33eats.posterous.com/the-office-party
I normally intend to write about food that I do not make... but I haven't had any interesting gastronomic experiences lately so here's a small summary of last night's Office Party (with food).  Aaron and I decided to host a "Welcome Back to THE OFFICE" party and Aaron was the chef!  I am normally the food-maker for parties and Aaron is the dominant dinner-maker, but he exceeded himself by taking on the role of party chef last night.  We decided on Office-related foods, so Aaron made a yummy JELLO concoction with strawberries, bananas, and a sour cream layer.  We also had a sandwich bar that included BIG TUNA, and turkey and more.  Aaron made a CHINESE chicken salad, we had "Mexican lemonade" (lemoñadé), and in lieu of ice cream cake we had MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP Baskin Robbins ice cream.  I've attached a copy of the flier I printed out and posted around the apartment.  I also put a print-out of Dwight's organizational flow chart on the bathroom door (so those waiting would have something to look at).  And we placed a note-card on the bathroom mirror so when a guest washed their hands, they would see themselves in the mirror with a note card on their forehead indicating that they're Jewish.  I think we covered at least seven episodes worth of inside jokes.  I am kicking myself because I forgot to take pictures of the party, but c'est la vie.  

**Also, this was the most "American" food that we have ever had for a party.  We usually cook at least something "international" or "ethnic" daily.  (I was reading a business case about pasta and they referred to it as "ethnic" food and I got a case of the giggles.)  Oh, how pretentious.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/16041/worldonplate.jpg http://posterous.com/users/10xO4kxb7Ox Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Eats along the 33rd parallel Miriam & Bobby & Friends! Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:34:00 -0700 Miriam: Southwest Salad Is Back! http://33eats.posterous.com/southwest-salad-is-back http://33eats.posterous.com/southwest-salad-is-back
Amazing news! My favorite fast-food item of all time, McDonald's Southwest Chicken Salad, is back! Maybe I'll shoot a video and use some fancy-pants editing software. But I thought I should tell the world ASAP! Go buy it!

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