Delicious Meat Cake!

Some people are just too clever for their own good. Take for instance the mastermind behind the wonderful creation above, Black Widow Bakery. While I’m not a fan of mashed potato icing, I must admit three layers of meatloaf sure sound good. Maybe replace the taters with some sort of cheese icing?

Today’s true fact:

Rice tastes better when eaten with chopsticks.

It’s absolutely true…

Tuna Melt Pizza from Pita Jungle

It’s odd, but it tasted good. The dish might just have had a little too much tuna on it though.

What do you get when you mix the taste of a Creamsicle ice cream bar with cake? Why a Dreamsicle cake.

For those that don’t know, a Creamsicle is an ice cream bar that consists of a vanilla ice cream core covered with an orange popsicle covering. It is a unique taste, and quite refreshing.

The same could be said for the cake that shares its flavors. Jessica originally made one of these for me a while back from a mix we bought, and we’ve been sitting on another box of it for quite a while (the expiration date of the mix had long since passed…)

The cake is made from a standard sponge cake that is flavored orange. Drizzled amongst the layers is an orange flavored gelatin that soaks through the cake. Finally a light vanilla mousse is used to fill the center as well as ice the cake.

Well tonight contained a first: I ate sushi. Jessica, myself, and her coworker April’s family met up at a restaurant called Ra Sushi in Ahwatukee. With an intent to be adventurous, I ordered the base Sushi Combo. The others ordered specific single pieces along with some saki and japanese beer.

Ra’s sushi combo platter primarily included the prerequisite California rolls. It also had single pieces of Tuna (“Maguro”), Salmon (“Sake”), Whitefish, Yellowtail (“Hamachi”), Shrimp (“Ebi”), and Sweet Egg (“Tamago”). In addition to this range of odd tastes, I also tried their Cucumber Roll, a Lobster Roll, as well as the Fresh Water Eel (“Unagi”, and the best of them all).

The experience was interesting to say the least, and I can still feel that first piece of Nigiri between my fingers just as if I were eating it now. The taste of sushi is definitely not something I would call great, but I wouldn’t be against going out again for another adventure with the raw and semi-raw fish. I probably would stick to Ahi (tuna) in most cases however.

After the meal, Jessica and I headed to see the movie “V for Vendetta” that was playing next door. I can’t recommend the flick enough, as it was probably the best movie I’ve seen in the last few months.

I’m kinda a sucker for new types of non-alcoholic beverages. Strange flavors, odd sodas, and other stuff high in caffeine.

Coca-cola has come out with a new flavor called Black Cherry Vanilla. I love Cherry Coke, and I don’t mind the occasional Vanilla Coke. Add them both together and you get a new favorite of mine.

If you get a chance, try some out. It comes in both regular and diet versions. It’s very close to the Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper that was released not too long ago. Although, I do prefer this newer Coke version.

Jessica and I went out for fondue tonight at a restuarant in Chandler called Shabu Fondue.

She had been there once before with my mom and sister (I was sick that day), and so it was my first time to try out this place. For what I would assume would be a reasonable price, we got our three courses over a period of ninety minutes.

We started with a cheddar cheese course that was served with cubes of bread, apple slices, and tortilla chips. The dip had a slight kick but was nice and smooth.

For the entree Jessica chose chicken, while I got half shrimp and half prime rib. You boil the meats in flavored broth to meet your tastes. Add some veggies, rice, and several flavorful sauces and it was a nice middle section.

We finished it all off with the chocolate course that comes with different fruit and snacks. It was definitely the course Jessica most looked forward to and it was a nice way to finish off the meal.

We left full but not stuffed. We would recommend it to those looking for something a little out of the ordinary. At the very least, one should stop by for the dessert course.

Well I certainly didn’t plan on eating food from a restauarant/bar called Teakwoods over the course of the past four days… but eat I did.

Inauspiciously Jessica and I decided to choose Teakwoods over KFC for a quick lunch on Saturday. We enjoyed our meal, and went about our day. The food was quite good we decided that we would suggest it for Mother’s Day with the immediate family.

The next day after going to a Diamondbacks game, the family ended up at a different Teakwoods right next to my parent’s house. Meals were liked by all.

So far so good, but Monday ended up being a leftover night… leftovers from Saturday’s visit to Teakwoods…

And so to summarize what all occurred, I just finished a meal with the folks again at good ol’ Teakwoods.

*Burp*…

Ever since I found out about the new breakfast sandwich from Burger King, I knew I’d have to try it. I always seem to try whatever new thing a fast food place comes out with. This was no exception.

The Enormous Omelet Sandwich tasted like any other bacon, egg, sausage, and cheese sandwich. There was just a lot of it, a whole lot of it. It started off great, but slowly started to go south.

Final verdict: meh…