Thai Restaurant

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Lunch Special. You’ve got to appreciate this offering that in Asian restaurants can include a starter like this light soup with tofu, cabbage, and green onions.

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And a spring roll stuffed with cabbage and carrots, to be dipped in fish sauce.

Two items that were a bit uninspired, yes, so it’s a good thing I had more of my lunch special coming to me.

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Gourmet Anchovies

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If something contains the adjective gourmet in its name, does that automatically make it more appealing? Something to ponder.

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Along with this expiry date.

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Vietnamese Restaurant

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I don’t know about you, but the sight of spicy things like this chili paste sometimes makes me salivate just a little bit.

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I didn’t actually use either of these condiments at the Vietnamese restaurant I ate at over the weekend. But they were sitting on the table and I wanted to photograph them and I’m a tease and…

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Couque D’asses

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Friends, let’s all take a moment to think about our reaction upon seeing this item.

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Mine? Gasping in delight and giggling with amusement.

Someone, slap some maturity into me.

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Reader Kelli introduced these Japanese cookies to me and I have to wonder why. I mean, did she deduce from reading some of my posts that I have a juvenile an offbeat sense of humor?

Anyway, I had never experienced as much anticipation about opening a box to uncover the mysterious items inside than I did with Couque D’asses.

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Chinese New Year 2010: Walnut Cake

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Walnut Cake, the last item of my Chinese New Year 2010 posts.

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Not so much a cake as it was a candy.

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