Tom's Foodie Blog

I really love fresh seafood. Although if I want really fresh seafood, I have to go to an expensive restaurant where they call me Sir and scoop up my breadcrumbs between courses.  I like fancy smancy restaurant service, although I dont always want to sit through the two hour dinner experience to get a nice piece of fish. [...]

 Review of Dos Chinos Food Truck – The Stoner Burrito and the Garden Grove Taco I have been hitting the food truck stops in Orange County for the past year and have tried most of the trucks which stop at the Teller Food Truck Summit on Teller Avenue in Irvine (“AKA the Teller Cluster Truck”) on Teller Avenue [...]

“Superfriends from the Lime Truck” – Fried gnocchi and the Ultimate Taco This will be just a short posting from last week’s trip to the food extravaganza at the Irvine Meetup spot.  As a note to my small following of readers, I will now be calling the Food Truck Meetups ”ClusterTrucks”,  thanks to a movement sponsored by [...]

Tonight’s cooking experiment dealt with trip tip left overs, a couple random pieces of frozen shrimp / scallops and some late coded phyllo that I had to use before it expired. Last night’s slow cooked tri trip cooked in a Pepsi base was fantastic, so it will taste great in a faux neauvue phyllo Wellington. Since I am [...]

 Tonight’s cooking experiment Panko Crusted Ling Cod with Strawberry Reduction Sauce Today is just a quick fish dish. Ingredients  6 ounces Ling Cod 1 Tablespoon of Mayo 3 tablespoons of Lemon Juice 1 Tablespoon of Garlic Powder Panko Bread Crumbs imitation Lobster (I’m on a budget) Sesame Seeds Strawberry Champagne Reduction Sauce See my instructional picture [...]