The Girl Who Ate Everything

I have a few big posts planned for this rarely updated blog. But this is not one of those posts. I'm aiming to get those other ones done sometime between now and death. As you can see, I don't set the bar too high for myself.

Remember December? That period of 31 days that happened two months ago? I ate some good stuff during that period, but you wouldn't be able to tell from reading this blog since I didn't write about any of it. Aside from the crappy rage-inducing sandwich. December deserves better representation than that.

So here are the two best things I ate that month. ...Yup, just two. It was a light eating month due to being 50 percent occupied by vacations: one in Orlando, and one at my mom's place in New Jersey. The latter vacation is not really blogworthy (I'll sum it up for you: I slept a lot), but the former is. And you shall read about it sometime before I die. Unless you die first.

Alright then—two foods!

SQUID. MOUNTAIN OF.

Although Congee's main draw is...congee, it's their salt baked shredded squid with cashews ($9.95) that would draw me back. A mountainous pile of lightly battered, crispy, tender squid chunks seasoned with salt and pepper and more salt, mixed with strips of bell pepper and onion, cashews, and, methinks, fried garlic. My main thought while eating it was something like, "I WANT TO EAT THIS FOREVER. CAN I PLEASE EAT THIS FOREVER?" And then the crushing realization set in that eating fried squid* forever was sort of unreasonable. And impossible. But dragging myself back to Chinatown the next day to refuel my fried squid-depleted body? Totally within the realm of reason and possibility.

Unfortunately, I never did make it back to Congee. :( And thus the cephalopod craving rages on. I must do something about this soon.

* Can someone tell me why this dish is called "salt baked squid" even though it's fried? I've Googled it, but I'm sure one of you can explain it better than whatever random pages I've looked though.

This post isn't food-related at all. It's some personal junk I haven't talked about before. If you want some food stuff, feel free to check out my archives!

I know I haven't been posting much lately. The shame—oh, the shame. I'm not incapacitated in any way, nor...[pokes self]...am I dead. My life is dandy, I still constantly shoot mundane things with my camera, and my Internet addiction continues to burn with the energy of a thousand partying demons. But I think I've got a pretty good explanation.