Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Food and Drink category.
Sandwich cost $47, has 30,000 calories
This guy made a $47, 30,000 calorie sandwich, documented it, then ate it.
Food ———————— Calories
Fried Mushrooms – 15 ——– 450
Bacon – 14 pieces ———– 990
Onion rings – 18 ———— 1140
Ground Beef – 1/4 lb. ——- 293
Corndogs – 2 —————- 540
Swiss Cheese – 4 slices —– 425
Provolone Cheese – 4 slices – 397
Cheddar Cheese – 4 slices — 455
Sliced Ham – 1/4 lb. ——– 184
Sliced Turkey – 1/4 lb. —– 181
Pastrami – 1/4 lb. ———- 394
Sliced Roast Beef – 1/4 lb. – 200
Bratwurst – 1 ————— 510
Braunschweiger – 1/4 lb. —- 580
Wheat Bread – 1 lb. ——— 1030
Lettuce – 1/2 head ———- 25
Feta Cheese – 4 oz. ——— 350
Italian Salad Dressing – 6 oz 480
Oregeno – 50 grams ———- 438
Salt & Pepper – 50 grams —- 0
Butter – 1/2 lb. ———— 1600
Parmesan Cheese – 100 grams – 465
Canola Oil – 154 Tbsp. —— 18,432
Total ———————– 29,559
* It’s funny to see the things people will come up with nowadays…that must have been a heck of a sandwich….will it be the new hit on the Subway menu soon? lol
Sushi :D
All I can say Is SUSHI is out of this world. I tried sushi and it was absolutely amazing! I think I had tasted a little when I was younger and hated it (maybe becuase it was one of those small containers of sushi that you buy from the local grocery and was left in my freezer for 5-6 months….then thawed and yea the rest was not good….you have to eat sushi fresh and from a good place other wise forget about even trying it ). Anyways I went to this place called "The Sushi Bar" it’s a very low-key but nice sushi place (very friendly atmosphere) and to know that you can watch them make the sushi made me feel a little better. I think the "California Rolls" were my favorite (had a little too much …and couldn’t finish the rest). But overall from eating some simple sushi at a low-key sushi bar, I loved it, I can only imagine how tastey sushi could be at other up-scale places…for now I am left to wonder…but soon to check it out.
NINE 9-the spot to be :D
So I ended up dining at this amazing place called "NINE" last night. All I can say is when I walked in I was completely speechless. This Steak and seafood restaurant is both a restaurant and club combined.
The food was to die for (they are known for their specialty steaks which are boiled to 1200 degrees and melt in your mouth). For appetizers I had the "Grilled Calamari" with lemon and chili (It was a bit to burned …the only downfall of the night) and my friend had the "Shashimi n9ne" which was hamachi, salmon, ahi tuna, ponzu, tobiko caviar, and serrano Chile (kind of like sushi but ten times better). For entrees I 
The drink selection is amazing just as the bar is. I had some "voveh" a french-Champagne which was better than Crystal (believe me on that one).
I highly recommend this 3-star rated restaurant if you want to have a good time with family or friends, the atmosphere is great, the food is to die for, the service is excellent, and the place itself is highly rated. For more info you can go to http://www.n9ne.com/home.asp
It’s Never good to have too much of Something !!
Yeah so my finals are comming up this week (2 classes will be over with) so unno what that means…that means overdosing on:
1.) Coffee
2.) Tea
3.) Anything Sweet ….CHOCOLATE!!
4.) Hookah
5.) Classical Music
6.) Cold H20!
Well I guess I in a way kind of overdosed too much on those above "6" or so listed yesterday! I had a cup of coffee, 2 large cups of tea, a gigantic cup of Banana Cream & Green Jelly Bubble Tea, TOO MUCH HOOKAH!! (surprised I didn’t die from it! ha-ha…that means alot for me!), around 4 or so bottles of water and not too much chocolate. I mean it was only a Friday…so my dosing wasn’t as high as if it would be a Sunday night because a "Sunday" to me is like "rush hour", you have to hype up the speed and there is no time to side track even for a second, because when you close your eyes, your gone…no returning, your officially off to la-la land, only to awake to the sound of that oh so dreaded alarm clock blasting tunes of 50-cent or Missy Elliot! Yeah so I was supposed to be completing a make-up exam that I missed becasue I didn’t have enough time to study for it due to that big "Real Madrid" match last week, but no, I guess I didn’t make it because last night when I got home I felt like I was about to barf/explode of all my overdosing remedies to keep myself going….
Trust me Bubble Tea (especially Banana Cream with Green tea jelly mixed with H20, Coffee, food, pop, tea, and a whole load of Hookah…doesn’t make a good mix! and a couple of those things I had one after the other…non-stop) …I highly/strongly recommend for the future to at least choose 2-3 of the options and not all six or more!!!
Bottom Line: It’s never good to have too much of something!
Fruit Anyone?????
Ok so I had originally written this posting to be posted earlier
this morning and had written it very good and thought I had posted it…but I
guess when I went to look for a picture
to be posted alongside the posting…I clicked out of “Typepad” and lost the
whole posting!!! Ok well here goes again (2nd time around, hope it’s
better :P)
Ok so my dad is back in town, temporarily that is (if he isn’t
here in Chicago he is in FranceJ
)
He recently went grocery shopping a couple days ago and now due to that
shopping spree he had we have pounds of peaches, apricots, plums, watermelon, cantaloupe,
grapes, cherries, strawberries, oranges, papaya, apples and bunches of banana’s
(I am hoping a crew of monkey’s will break into my house and eat the them all! lol)
Besides all the fruit we have we have vegetables to make 5 gardens right now 😀
I think today alone I had 6-7 apricots/peaches, 3 fruit yogurts, 3 sides of
salad, one pear, ½ of an orange, and a couple cherries! When I had originally
written this to be posted at
3:30p.m.
,
I had eating most of that …and said: “ Who knows how much more I will eat cause
I will be up until 2 am at the latest…but I think that list is around my daily
intake (over intake 😀 ha-ha) Bottom Line: Everyone has their own addictions
like my dad has an addiction to be a groceryaholic (if you should call it
that!) I think I am about to explode if I eat another piece of fruit!
working/leading an Engineering project) anyways everyone knows he is in town
when they come to my house…you know why that is? Because the whole grocery
seems to have been imported to my house!! Ha-ha…ok so my dad gets a little
carried away when he hits any grocery store, I mean the man loves food
(especially fruits! Common he’s Persian (they love fruit, and lots of it
Chai…essential to living :D
Lately I have been overloading on chai not just the fake "Lipton" stuff but the real Persian stuff… It used to keep me up before but now it just soothes me and helps me become less stressed. I still think coffee works better with keeping me awake during my studies but I still love to resort to that good ol chai once in a while to help me relax a bit : D
Reza’s Great Persian Cuisine
Reza’s Persian cuisine by far is one of the best Persian restaurants I have ever eaten at. I have been dining at this restaurant since I was three years old and still am today. They have two locations in downtown Chicago one on Clark and the other on Ontario, but they recently just opened one up in Oakbrook, ten minutes away from where I am living, which is a very good thing. Considering the place just opened last week, I have eaten there about five times already! I have a bunch of friends asking me to take them there, because they have heard how good it is…and everyone who has eaten there so far has been satisfied. Rezas offers everything from Chicken/beef Kabob ( there are several types of kabobs), delicious vegetarian dishes, salads, stews, and the list goes on. The list of entrees/appetizers on the menu gives you a large variety to choose from. This dish in the above photo was actually an appetizer ( Vegetarian sampler…I was still full from the last night dinner there where I ate too much kabob) the sampler had everything from Persian salad, Hummus, taboli, falafel, Vegetarian Dolmeh ( stuffed grape leaves with a mixture of seasoned rice and vegetables ( one of the best on there), sweetened eggplant and there were others I don’t know the name of. Bottom line the new Reza’s in Oakbrook is amazing…the interior is beautiful and I think the food is even better than the two in Chicago, but the prices are more expensive on some of the dishes. I am so happy they opened one up so close to my house 🙂 http://www.rezasrestaurant.com/
Doesn’t it Look so good? :P
Doesn’t this look very appetizing? Your probably like "yummy it looks like a delicious piece of chocolate cake!!" … well buddy your wrong this so called "piece of chocolate cake" is really a chunk of 8-month old cream cheese found in my friends fridge. I was there when he opened it and jumped back…we threw away the dish holding the cream cheese because man was it a site never to forget…so next time you don’t think your going to eat somehthing in your fridge …do yourself a huge favor and throw the damn thing out …unless you like to find that kind of stuff in your fridge 🙂 I still think it looks like a piece of Gourmet French chocolate cake 🙂 Yummmmmy
Doesn’t it Look so good? :P
Doesn’t this look very appetizing? Your probably like "yummy it looks like a delicious piece of chocolate cake!!" … well buddy your wrong this so called "piece of chocolate cake" is really a chunk of 8-month old cream cheese found in my friends fridge. I was there when he opened it and jumped back…we threw away the dish holding the cream cheese because man was it a site never to forget…so next time you don’t think your going to eat somehthing in your fridge …do yourself a huge favor and throw the damn thing out …unless you like to find that kind of stuff in your fridge 🙂 I still think it looks like a piece of Gourmet French chocolate cake 🙂 Yummmmmy
Persian Cusine…one of the best :)
Hungry? A friend of mine sent this picture to me with a little side note saying " I know you will like this picture…but too bad you can’t eat it: P" I agree with him… "Too bad I can’t eat it". To me Persian food is one of the best cuisines out there. My mother who is 100% Trinidadian strictly cooks Persian food more than any of the other cultural cuisines out there. I can say she is a lot better than native born Iranian ladies. I haven’t had a typical Persian meal laid out on the floor lately. Nowadays the Persian families here don’t do it the traditional way, rather the more convenient "No breaking your back" way. The last time I had a typical Persian meal served on the floor was about 3 years ago in Iran. I can say those were some moments that I will never forget. I will never forget the tons of aunts, uncles, cousins, cousin’s wives and husbands, second cousins (well you get the point…Persian families are large) all sitting down talking about the daily events, who is causing trouble, or who should be getting married in the family soon. I love this picture because it makes me remember my days in Iran and makes me miss it even more.
Persian Cusine…one of the best :)
Hungry? A friend of mine sent this picture to me with a little side note saying " I know you will like this picture…but too bad you can’t eat it: P" I agree with him… "Too bad I can’t eat it". To me Persian food is one of the best cuisines out there. My mother who is 100% Trinidadian strictly cooks Persian food more than any of the other cultural cuisines out there. I can say she is a lot better than native born Iranian ladies. I haven’t had a typical Persian meal laid out on the floor lately. Nowadays the Persian families here don’t do it the traditional way, rather the more convenient "No breaking your back" way. The last time I had a typical Persian meal served on the floor was about 3 years ago in Iran. I can say those were some moments that I will never forget. I will never forget the tons of aunts, uncles, cousins, cousin’s wives and husbands, second cousins (well you get the point…Persian families are large) all sitting down talking about the daily events, who is causing trouble, or who should be getting married in the family soon. I love this picture because it makes me remember my days in Iran and makes me miss it even more.
*Hookah Tricks*
I was looking through some Hookah sites and came across some useful tricks and advice for Hookah smokers…I think they are really neat and interesting…
Blackbird-Exquistie French Cuisine
My friend was debating on two different restaurants located in Chicago that he wanted to take me. He finally decided to take me to this gourmet French restaurant called “Blackbird” in Chicago, only because he couldn’t find the directions to the other restaurant. The restaurant is very amazing in the structural perspective . It’s a combination of a modern look meets space ship. I was surprised that it was such a small restaurant but I guess that’s what makes the whole place stand out and makes you notice every single detail. All the tables are aligned neatly in a row kind of like the layout of an elementary school lunchroom. Each table had a lit candle and a signature yellow flower resting upon a little white dish. I noticed that a lot of the customers looked like big CEO’s of companies. The hostesses and hosts were all dressed in what looked to be Armani and Gucci suits and dresses…I guess they have to coordinate their looks to the high status of the restaurant. When I mention “high status”, Blackbird is rated one of the top 10 restaurants in the country and one of their chefs are rated number 5 in Chicago. The cuisine is French and of course French style cooking is always a small portion. I had the wood grilled loin of venison with local apples, Jerusalem artichokes, grilled escarole, and apple cider gastrique and my friend had the seared albacore tuna with manilla clams, baby artichokes, grilled treviso,chickpeas and salsa verde . My dish was delicious, but I originally wanted my lion of venison to be well done, but our waiter insisted that it wouldn’t taste good if it was well done so I said ok medium. The meat was a bit raw in the middle…and I ended up feeling a bit sick afterwards. The dishes were like little pieces of artwork. The way the vegetables and meat were arranged were like mini building structures. I almost hated to dig in and eat it. The desert was the best. We got the desert sampler where we had several miniature French pastries and chocolate. The chocolate was so thick and rich that even a little bite was too much and required several gulps of your beverage afterwards. The pricing is kind of high and the seating is too close, but otherwise I really loved the restaurant. The food was bursting with flavor and candy to the eye. I definitely would go back for a second round sometime.
Hookah ..my true love
Hookah:A multi-stemmed, often times glass based water pipe originating from India. From India, it was made popular as the form we now see it in today in Turkey. A common taboo many Westerners do on accident is to pack the bowl with anything other than tobacco. This is frowned upon, but generally practiced in drug based societies because of the smoother, cooler smoke said hookah emits. Ok so that is the dictionary version of what Hookah really is to me the word hookah means so much more than those couple of phrases and facts here is my opinion and definition of what wonderful thing known as "Hookah" really means to me and hopefully to all who are lucky enough to try the fantabulous invention…I praise thy Indians for such a lovely creation put upon they earth 🙂
Portia’s Definition
Hookah: also referred to as shisha, Ghalyoon (Persian usage), bong. The hookah is more than just a glass water pipe…if it were only that…then what would be the fun to it? It comes in many various designs and sizes (small,medium,large,extra-large..never heard of a giant Hookah..but there may exist one in some Arab Kings palace somewhere out there). The smoke that is produced from the hookah is the best part…big poofs of a cloudy wonder reminiscing carelessly around the room. The smoke can sometimes fill up the whole entire area if the Hookah smoker is a professional. You can easy get lost in the smoke exhaled from the Hookah..its a lot of fun. The best part of this masterpiece is the feeling exerted after taking a couple hard whiffs (NOTE: Hookah is 100% legal in the United States and almost everywhere around the world..it is not a drug and is not compared to marijuana or cocaine etc) the feeling is out of this world..as if you are floating on those clouds of smoke..like you are on cloud 9…if you haven’t smoked Hookah for awhile the level of intensity of smoking hookah is accomplished very quickly on most people. Inexperienced Hookah smokers should be very careful the first time they try hookah because if smoked the wrong way..well there are many things that can happen…not hazardous..for example..I have witnessed many friends start coughing up a storm and (NOTE: never make your friend or whom ever smoking Hookah laugh while smoking it because choking on that smoke is the worst feeling ..try it and you’ll find out). There are many tricks that can be done with Hookah…the best is kissing some one after smoking Hookah and exchanging the smoke to them to blow back out as if they smoked the hookah too (in which they really didn’t). Also blowing O’s, blowing the smoke out through a straw, making shapes with your hands (hearts, circles, etc) then blowing it out through your hands (very entertaining), blowing out your nose like a bull . I’m sure there are many other tricks out there ..but for now those are the basic… Hookah is a fun leisure and relaxation activity ..just be moderate with how much is smoked…oh yea how could I forget the best part ..H20 is usually the form of liquid placed in the hookah but my friends and I have used (Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Lemonade, Vodka, and we are experimenting with more)..there are endless possibilities to this wonderful creation…and I will never get tired of it 🙂
Hookah ..my true love
Hookah:A multi-stemmed, often times glass based water pipe originating from India. From India, it was made popular as the form we now see it in today in Turkey. A common taboo many Westerners do on accident is to pack the bowl with anything other than tobacco. This is frowned upon, but generally practiced in drug based societies because of the smoother, cooler smoke said hookah emits. Ok so that is the dictionary version of what Hookah really is to me the word hookah means so much more than those couple of phrases and facts here is my opinion and definition of what wonderful thing known as "Hookah" really means to me and hopefully to all who are lucky enough to try the fantabulous invention…I praise thy Indians for such a lovely creation put upon they earth 🙂
Portia’s Definition
Hookah: also referred to as shisha, Ghalyoon (Persian usage), bong. The hookah is more than just a glass water pipe…if it were only that…then what would be the fun to it? It comes in many various designs and sizes (small,medium,large,extra-large..never heard of a giant Hookah..but there may exist one in some Arab Kings palace somewhere out there). The smoke that is produced from the hookah is the best part…big poofs of a cloudy wonder reminiscing carelessly around the room. The smoke can sometimes fill up the whole entire area if the Hookah smoker is a professional. You can easy get lost in the smoke exhaled from the Hookah..its a lot of fun. The best part of this masterpiece is the feeling exerted after taking a couple hard whiffs (NOTE: Hookah is 100% legal in the United States and almost everywhere around the world..it is not a drug and is not compared to marijuana or cocaine etc) the feeling is out of this world..as if you are floating on those clouds of smoke..like you are on cloud 9…if you haven’t smoked Hookah for awhile the level of intensity of smoking hookah is accomplished very quickly on most people. Inexperienced Hookah smokers should be very careful the first time they try hookah because if smoked the wrong way..well there are many things that can happen…not hazardous..for example..I have witnessed many friends start coughing up a storm and (NOTE: never make your friend or whom ever smoking Hookah laugh while smoking it because choking on that smoke is the worst feeling ..try it and you’ll find out). There are many tricks that can be done with Hookah…the best is kissing some one after smoking Hookah and exchanging the smoke to them to blow back out as if they smoked the hookah too (in which they really didn’t). Also blowing O’s, blowing the smoke out through a straw, making shapes with your hands (hearts, circles, etc) then blowing it out through your hands (very entertaining), blowing out your nose like a bull . I’m sure there are many other tricks out there ..but for now those are the basic… Hookah is a fun leisure and relaxation activity ..just be moderate with how much is smoked…oh yea how could I forget the best part ..H20 is usually the form of liquid placed in the hookah but my friends and I have used (Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Lemonade, Vodka, and we are experimenting with more)..there are endless possibilities to this wonderful creation…and I will never get tired of it 🙂
Hookah ..my true love
Hookah:A multi-stemmed, often times glass based water pipe originating from India. From India, it was made popular as the form we now see it in today in Turkey. A common taboo many Westerners do on accident is to pack the bowl with anything other than tobacco. This is frowned upon, but generally practiced in drug based societies because of the smoother, cooler smoke said hookah emits. Ok so that is the dictionary version of what Hookah really is to me the word hookah means so much more than those couple of phrases and facts here is my opinion and definition of what wonderful thing known as "Hookah" really means to me and hopefully to all who are lucky enough to try the fantabulous invention…I praise thy Indians for such a lovely creation put upon they earth 🙂
Portia’s Definition
Hookah: also referred to as shisha, Ghalyoon (Persian usage), bong. The hookah is more than just a glass water pipe…if it were only that…then what would be the fun to it? It comes in many various designs and sizes (small,medium,large,extra-large..never heard of a giant Hookah..but there may exist one in some Arab Kings palace somewhere out there). The smoke that is produced from the hookah is the best part…big poofs of a cloudy wonder reminiscing carelessly around the room. The smoke can sometimes fill up the whole entire area if the Hookah smoker is a professional. You can easy get lost in the smoke exhaled from the Hookah..its a lot of fun. The best part of this masterpiece is the feeling exerted after taking a couple hard whiffs (NOTE: Hookah is 100% legal in the United States and almost everywhere around the world..it is not a drug and is not compared to marijuana or cocaine etc) the feeling is out of this world..as if you are floating on those clouds of smoke..like you are on cloud 9…if you haven’t smoked Hookah for awhile the level of intensity of smoking hookah is accomplished very quickly on most people. Inexperienced Hookah smokers should be very careful the first time they try hookah because if smoked the wrong way..well there are many things that can happen…not hazardous..for example..I have witnessed many friends start coughing up a storm and (NOTE: never make your friend or whom ever smoking Hookah laugh while smoking it because choking on that smoke is the worst feeling ..try it and you’ll find out). There are many tricks that can be done with Hookah…the best is kissing some one after smoking Hookah and exchanging the smoke to them to blow back out as if they smoked the hookah too (in which they really didn’t). Also blowing O’s, blowing the smoke out through a straw, making shapes with your hands (hearts, circles, etc) then blowing it out through your hands (very entertaining), blowing out your nose like a bull . I’m sure there are many other tricks out there ..but for now those are the basic… Hookah is a fun leisure and relaxation activity ..just be moderate with how much is smoked…oh yea how could I forget the best part ..H20 is usually the form of liquid placed in the hookah but my friends and I have used (Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Lemonade, Vodka, and we are experimenting with more)..there are endless possibilities to this wonderful creation…and I will never get tired of it 🙂
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