Thanksgiving in MSP!

Hey hey!

I told you that I will catch up on my back logged posts. I am at my super nervous stage right now as next week is where everything is happening, thesis defense and final exams all rolled in one day! What can I say????? But expressing my thoughts in the blog is a pretty good stress reliever and it's fun...hehe....so I will post another one up today about my trip to Minneapolis over Thanksgiving. The previous post and this one is all about food!!! If you know me, then you will know I eat alot and love love love to eat, one of my favourite pastimes is discovering new and good restaurants to include in my repertoire of "to go-to food places".

It was cold in Minneapolis as it is winter now but this trip down, Jason manage to squeeze in time to take me to a few popular restaurants in town. The first one being Moto-I which was a place where they brewed their own sake........I thought it would be owned by a Japenese guy but it was owned by a Caucasian American. Not to mean anything but the authenticity scale went down a notch when I found out. Nevertheless, here are some pictures and my reviews:

Sake 101, they teach you how to drink the sake based on this menu and the grade and taste of each glass is included on the sheet. It was pretty cool although the sake sampler was actually Jason's roommate's order...I stole this picture for you guys to judge for yourself:)

Part of our food, they had okonomiyaki which was the best dish of the night although nothing compared to the Hiroshimay style one. The "sashimi" was such a dissapointment because it wasn't pure but contaminated with sauce and with a mushroomy taste!!!???!!!

The next night itself was Thanksgiving already and we ordered a meal from Whole food, everything organic because we wanted to be healthy!!! I spend hours slaving or more like worrying how the turkey would turn out, and of course trying to cook everything simultaneously!!! Super hard......don't ever try cooking a Thanksgiving meal from scratch, I can imagine it to be even harder!!aiks!!!

Our meal which includes mash potatoes, stuffing, cranberry relish, green peas and Turkey!!! The meal made me really sleepy and full, the mash potatoes and stuffing was the best!!!!! The turkey was a lil dry, maybe cause we put it in the oven for too long????????

We had dinner at Namaste cafe the dollowing night, an Indian restaurant. We had this fried fish dish, rather American but we were so hungry, we thought it was like the best fried fish dish ever!!!!!! haha....this is what hunger does to you...

Us outside in the cold cold weather trying to take a pic before leaving

I really love this tree and the lights....it's so beautiful! The leaves were pink!

My last night, we went to Tanpopo noodle house....I tried the special....it tasted really good especially when it was cold outside!

Jason's set meal. They gave a generous portion of the fish and the salad was super tasty:) Overall, I really liked this restaurant and I would recommend people seeking Japanese food to go there when you are in Minneapolis!

My trip was a relaxing one but rather short( it was really good to get out of the cold though). It was a great Thanksgiving, love those quiet ones at home with loved ones which I did this year!!!!!! And of course, thank you Jason for making my Thanksgiving fun in Minneapolis:)

Hope you guys had a good one too!!!!

xoxo
Meiz

International food night???

Hi Guys!!!

People have been asking me why I have not posted anything up since like 3 weeks ago?????? Sorry about that, I know being busy is sooooo not an excuse but will try to catch up these next few weeks alright??!!??

I thought I would highlight an event I attended before Thanksgiving in Hale Manoa(one of the dorms on campus). As you all know, Hawaii is an ideal place where the east meets the west and it is definitely a blend of cultures from the people to the food here. My good friend Erenst invited Kendra and I once again for their ever delicious international night where all the residents from the dorm who come from different countries cook food from their own cultures. It is my favourite food event of the year I tell you!!!!!

I have taken some pictures for you guys to see, not all the booths but some....do not salivate on your computer!!!

I had to take a picture of the person that invited me for the event!!! He was handling the Indonesian booth, the decor and food there was amazing...they had satay which I have been craving for!!!

More indonesian cuisine....look at how much effort they put in!! Kudos to you guys:)

Indian food..yumm......curry....

Taiwanese booth!!!

Vietnamese cuisine...authentic I tell ya

I am not sure....but I think this was the Nepalese booth....their food was extremely cute and unique

Of course, our own Malaysian cuisine....I had to take this picture because the three women cooking it were the right mix of the Malaysian culture(Malay, Chinese and Indian). They were so hardworking....cooking the whole day..making nasi lemak wrapped in pandan leave...do you know how excited I was to hear they were making nasi lemak???You wouldn't believe how much I was jumping!!!Good job guys!!!

They made teh tarik too....although they made it with tea bags..it was still goooooddddd!!!

There were many other cuisines too such as Pakistani, Chinese, Cambodian, Samoan and the list goes on. Kendra and I were so full after one hour...we literally stuffed our faces, it was actually rather embarrassing......hehe..... but really worth it. I will definitely be back for another round of food next year...woo hoo!!!!!! For those who missed out, you guys can join me next year...I will give a heads up on this blog first!

Hope all of you are having a great week...for those taking their finals next week..good luck!!!!!

xoxo
Meiz