Akira Bistro 499 San Ramon Valley Blvd Danville, CA 94526 925-552-5888 A few weeks ago I was in downtown Danville and noticed that a new Japanese restaurant was setting up. I find it slightly amusing since they are literally across the street from two other Japanese restaurants. Danville isn’t exactly big, but does it ever [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Food category.
Mochi is the food of the gods
Mochi + Ice Cream = Win Let’s start off by covering “What is Mochi?” for the uncultured 3 of you that managed to happen by this blog and don’t already know what it is. Mochi (Japanese: 餅) is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan [...]
Review: Damo Sushi – Pleasant Hill
The sushi bar, with ever present TV. Recently I found myself up on the north side of Pleasant Hill. After running my errands I remembered seeing something about a possible Asian market and some sushi in the area. As luck would have it, it was dinner time, so investigation ensued. What I found was Damo [...]
Recipe: Brett’s Kit Kat Ice Cream Pie
Ingredients: Pie Shell 1.5 Quarts Dreyer’s Fat Free Vanilla Frozen Yogurt 4 Kit Kat candy bars (16 individual bars – you can use the Fun/Snack size Kit Kats as well, but will need 16 packs of those since they are roughly equivalent to one bar each) Kahlua Directions: Bake Pie Crust in your standard 9″ [...]
Lime Liqueur
I’ve always been a big fan of limes. Love them in my water and especially in my sweet tea. I have yet to see a Lime based/flavored Liqueur, something that has always disappointed me. So, when someone poured me a glass of homemade Limoncello/Lemoncello I realized I would have to make my own (a moral [...]
Review: Brothers-All-Natural Crisps
Recently, at CostCo I picked up a variety pack of Brothers-All-Natural Crisps, I had previously experienced these in Disneyland, specifically the Asian Pears. Having enjoyed these at Disneyland, I decided to go for the pack, which included Strawberry Banana and Fuji Apple. Thus far, I think the Strawberry Banana pack is my favorite. It has [...]
Review: Meat-free BBQ Pulled Shreds
Fake Pork, it’s what’s for dinner. Lately, I’ve been working on being more healthy with my eating habits. Having a Whole Foods Market fairly close by certainly makes this easier, as it has a much larger selection of organic and vegetarian foods. NOTE: I am not in any way a vegetarian, however, vegetarian food is [...]
Review: Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
As I was at the grocery store recently, I happened to find myself in the liquor aisle. At the time, I was looking for Everclear, but that is a matter for another blog post. I did not find the Everclear, but what I did find was a number of Sweet Tea Vodkas, which piqued my [...]
Food Review: Sushi Boat in Temecula, CA
View Larger Map Today’s food review is of the Sushi Boat in Temecula, CA (SoCal, ewwww). Address: 40820 Winchester Rd, Temecula, CA Phone: (951) 719-2991 Price: Cheap! My 3 item dinner bento was something like $11. Between Far and I we had 1 large roll, 1 small roll, my 3 item dinner, and a large [...]