S'mores Adventures Goldfish!

New favorite snack!! The marshmallows are exactly like those in Lucky Charms, and the fish are like little graham cracker-like cookies. Addictive. Good and also bad for studying times. These babies helped me get through my last two horrid weeks of winter quarter.

Limón Peruvian Cuisine - Fresno, CA

Website here.


DELICIOUS!! I found a new favorite dinner place in Fresno! My parents had been there before with friends and raved about how good it was, but I actually decided to try it later once I found out that the family of this adorable preschooler (from work) owned it. I knew that the family was really sweet (and their daughter is SO cute), so I just had to take Blake there as soon as I could. Last December (2010) I talked with the preschooler's mom about eating at Limón, and then I took Blake there two days later. Soo, so good. Top-quality food. Blake thought it was all delicious too--especially the empanadas. And the TRUFFLE OIL mac 'n' cheese. MMMm.. Must go back!

Empanada Don Walter (Appetizer): "Pastry filled with sautéed beef, olives, onions, eggs, raisins and served with rocoto cream sauce." Um....We could have eaten about 10 more of these and still not been satisfied. :)

Pollo Latino: "Pan-roasted chicken breast served over a Dijon mustard sauce and truffle infused 'Mac & Cheese'": Those are sweet potato chips on top. Oh man. Blake and I love truffle mac 'n' cheese now. Truffle oil is so, soo good.


Lomo Saltado: "Traditional Peruvian dish of sliced top sirloin sautéed with soy sauce, onions, tomatoes and fries, served with a side of rice."
I was not expecting a dish with fries to be considered "traditional," but whatever! This was just the right size for me, and the sauce was really good. I wish I could offer you better details, but honestly this was from December, and I didn't take notes. Dang...


Chocolate Bandido: "Chocolate flourless cake with vanilla ice cream and mix berries coulis."
We took our desserts home, but they were both still delicious even after sitting in take-out boxes for a little bit. The chocolate cake was extra good and rich when I reheated it.

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Helado [de fresas - Strawberry ice cream]: "Homemade tropical Peruvian ice cream: Lucuma, Mango, Guanabana Chirimoya and Strawberry.": Somehow the ice cream stayed intact through the ride home. It was so tasty and refreshing. Would love to have more of their homemade ice cream!!

Changes/Food Blog Update

I've decided to only post about really good food here and avoid posting not-so-great pictures. I want to shift over to a better baking blog too because this one sucks. Summer project? haha

Also, since I won't be (and already haven't been) updating all that much, here's a list of the edibles I've been in LOVE with lately (expect to see lots of posts about these in the future):

General:
* Loaded green salads (like with egg, avocado, seeds, fruit, corn chips, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, kidney beans, dried cranberries, apples, pears, edamame, candied walnuts, etc. -- not necessarily all of these together though)
* Pulled pork sandwiches
* Dark chocolate
* S'mores things
* Peanut butter
* Flourless chocolate cake
* Homemade bread (not sourdough)
* Bread containing seeds, nuts, etc.
* Cinnamon rolls
* Good-quality cupcakes
* Sweet-and-salty things
* Baked goods containing chunks of apple
* Homemade kettle corn

Packaged/store-bought products I've discovered recently:
* Nature Valley's Oats 'n['] Dark Chocolate Crunchy Granola Bars
* Pepperidge Farm's S'mores Adventures Goldfish

Current favorite drinks:
* Peet's Coffee - Caffe Freddo Extra Bold
* Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's Black Forest Ice Blended

OK. Back to schoolwork.

Tess's Place | VegetarianTurkey Sandwich - Loma Linda, CA

Tess's Place
25875 Barton Rd, Ste. 105
Loma Linda, CA 92354

I've found a good sandwich/dessert place in SoCal (recommended by my practicum supervisor). had this vegetarian turkey sandwich, a tuna salad sandwich, and a real turkey sandwich, and I really liked all three, although I'm not a fan of that fake turkey stuff (the rest on that plate was good). The texture was like turkey trying to morph into bologna, and the flavor was just kinda mehh. The pasta salad was good. The sundried tomatoes weren't over-powering like they can sometimes be, and the dressing was not too salty or sour, which is a huge plus for me. I don't have pictures of this, but I LOVE their kalamata olive bread. Made fresh daily. Seriously...so good. Sliced thick and fluffy...delicious. Their pickles are pretty good too, although they are still a few notches below the pickles from The Daily Grill, which aren't sour at all (Note: I don't like sour pickles). Their big selection of amazing-looking desserts was impressive too. I've only had a bite of their blackberry-topped cheesecake, but that was good to me! I want to try other things for sure. Check out pictures of their food on Yelp here. I wanna try one of their meat-dipping sandwiches.


Figured I should post an up-close picture of the wannabe turkey: