Creme de la Creme

Ok. Sorry I haven't posted lately. I knew I said I would be better but maybe I'm just not cracked up to be a professional blogger. Anyhow my life has taken some interesting shifts lately. This semester I discovered this website called Chowhound.com. Of particular note is the discussion board, a place where 'foodies' can come and talk about all the awesome restaurants that they've eaten at lately. The people who frequent Chowhound have proven themselve to me as the creme de la creme of food obsessed people. They have basically eaten everywhere in Socal. If I want to try the best dumpling houses in San Gabriel, they got me covered. Fish Taco contest? No problem. For this reason I have become much more obsessed with eating out lately. Unfortunately this hasn't been too kind on my health or pocketbook lately. Yes I actually use a pocketbook. So, I expect you all want to hear of the marvelous places I've been eating at recently. Well here is a list of the noteworthy ones. P.S. not all of these were solely at the discretion of Chowhound, my friends also had a hand in recommending places.





















Din Tai Fung (bombtastic dumplings)
Mei Long Village (very good dumplings... I still prefer DTF)
El Taco Nazo and Senor Fish (in my search for the best fish taco... I prefer Nazo)
Hot Pot City (Vietnamese bbq, kind of like Korean but you pay per dish and you cook it in a hot pot... quite satisfying, but I smelled like meat for the rest of the night)
Favori (Vietnamese French Fusion... overpriced and overrated)
Chateau Brodard (a step up in price and elegance from Brodard, but equally good food... you can bring white people here without offending them)
Tito's Market (this is a childhood favorite of mine on Valley in El Monte... my favorite fast food place ever: empenadas and ranchera sandwiches BAM!)

Some things I want to accomplish include finishing my dumpling and fish taco contest. I also want to try German places that Chowhound has recommended.

In other news I am trying to not be as self destructive when I drink. I've had a string of incidents lately in which I get far too drunk and risk my personal health and sanity. For example I almost shattered my kneecap while drunk in San Diego last week. So I'm trying to keep away from friends who make me angry, which sadly is most of them. I've also spent the last few days intensely writing. I'm up to page sixty in my script. It's painful, like trying to paint a mural with a pencil, or something equally frustrating.