Friday Food Fun - Week 13 - Ethnic Food

Well, tell me what kind of foods you like to eat at the following types of restaurants and your favorite restaurant of each type and it's location (so people in your location can eat there too).

1. Mexican restaurant - Los Amigos, Hwy 93, Easley, SC - Taquitos Mexicana, guacamole
2. Chinese restaurant - New China Buffet, White Horse Rd, Greenville, SC - buffet
3. Thai restaurant - Chef's Secret Thai & Sushi, 123 Bypass, Easley, SC - dim sum, sushi
4. Italian restaurant - Nino's, Liberty, SC - appetizer bread, lamb chops, pasta
5. Greek restaurant - Acropolis, Wade Hampton Blvd, Taylors, SC - souvlaki
6. Indian restaurant - ?? have always wanted to try one, but haven't yet had the chance.
7. American restaurant - at a hamburger fast food place, I like a plain hamburger with mayo, mustard, pickles, and meat on bread. Meat and three? - I'll eat just about everything. I love McDonalds on 123 bypass in Easley for hamburgers and the best french fries around. For meat and three, I like 200 Russell St in Easley, SC.
8. French restaurant - ?? Don't know of a French restaurant around here, but I do like frog legs and escargot.
9. Japanese restaurant - Dozo's, 123 bypass, Easley, SC - seafood soup and sushi!
10. Other ethnic restaurant - I don't know of any

Tastes: Friday Food Fun - Week 5 - Beach Food - Seafood

1. What is your favorite seafood? Probably scallops, but I also love shrimp, crab, lobster, oysters, clams, and I like fish but not as much as the rest of these.
2. Are there certain seafoods you won't eat? No, but there are some that I've never had the chance to try. I will say, because of the way that most of it is prepared, I'm not crazy about deviled crab. I do eat it, but most of the times, I can't taste the crab...all I taste is the spices and so it's not seafood-y to me. Plus, they usually use a lot of onion and that overpowers everything else, so it's not one of my favorites.

3. Are you allergic to any seafood? Not that I'm aware of. I do, however, have a cousin who is highly allergic to seafood, among other things, and he can't even have his food prepared on the same surface or with the same utensils.
4. Do you prefer fried or broiled seafood? Broiled.
5. Do you like sushi (cooked or uncooked)? Yes!

6. What is your favorite seafood item? Well, I'm a sucker for a good bowl of clam chowder or oyster stew, some fried clam strips, or some boiled shrimp dipped in melted margarine, but really any combination of broiled seafood is bound to make me happy. I did find a really good seafood soup at a local sushi restaurant that has lobster, crab, shrimp, scallops, and fish cake in it and it has what tastes like a steakhouse seasoning flavor to it. Very good soup.

7. Do you have a good seafood recipe? Well, when I fix fish at home, I usually simply spray some butter on it and sprinkle it with parsley flakes and then pop it in the oven.

8. When you eat at the beach, do you go out to eat for your seafood, or do you fix it yourself? We usually do at least one shrimp boil (with corn on the cob, sausage and spice bag), but we always go out at least one or two times for a good seafood meal.
9. Is there something other than seafood that you consider to be "beach food" that you always have at the beach? We usually buy sandwich fixings for lunch. I usually like to have a bag of pistachios at the beach. I eat them other times of the year too, but there is just something about a vacation that says enjoy what you eat and what you do, and I love pistachio nuts, so that is one of my treats.

TV: The Holiday

The Holiday is one of my "new" favorite movies! It stars Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and John Krasinski, Kathryn Hahn, and a cameo by Dustin Hoffman. Winslet's Iris Simpkins has been in love with a colleague but finds out he is now engaged to another colleague. She lives in a cottage in Surrey, England. Amanda Woods (Diaz) is a movie-trailer maker who lives in Los Angeles. Her boyfriend cheated on her, so she threw him out. She decides that she wants to take a vacation. She finds Iris's home listed on a home-exchange. She and Iris switch homes/vehicles/friends for two weeks. Iris befriends Amanda's elderly neighbor who used to be a screen writer. She also falls in love with Miles (Black) who works with Amanda's ex-boyfriend. Iris and Miles eat at a sushi restaurant. Meanwhile, in Surrey, Iris's brother, Graham (Law), shows up at his sister's house, and meets and falls in love with Amanda. I love this movie. I think Iris's cottage is really cute. Amanda's mansion is incredible. The music is pretty and the guys that the girls fall for are sweet. A great movie all over!