On 12/12/2019 3:42 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 3:38:21 PM UTC-5, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:18:25 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 1:50:07 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> Red Beans & Rice. This time I didn't add andouille sausage or any sort
>>>> of meat. Just didn't feel like it.
>>>>
>>>> To go with it I baked a rather flat pan of cornbread. I did that on
>>>> purpose. I didn't want a lot of rise. I wanted it to be toasty/crunchy
>>>> outside and firm inside.
>>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/YSk7WG4d/lunch.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Quite tasty!
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> My husband and I met for lunch at a local Korean place:
>>>
>>> <http://www.arirangrestaurantannarbor.com/>
>>>
>>> I had the spicy pork bento box and he had bi bim bap.
>>>
>>> The banchan were kimchee and braised potatoes with soy and a touch
>>> of sugar.
>>>
>>> Water for both of us, and roasted corn tea for me. It's like drinking
>>> non-salty Corn Nuts.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>>
>> The assortment of banchan is one of my criteria for choosing among
>> Korean restaurants in the area.
>
> There are places with better banchan assortments, but they're farther
> from my office. Life is filled with compromise.
>
> There's one closer to my house that's an absolute dive, but the food
> is marvelous. I think I'll go torture myself by looking up their
> health inspection reports.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
LOL! Health inspection reports/certificates.

Many years ago, when I still lived in the Memphis area, there was a
Chinese restaurant just a few miles from my home and on my way home from
work. Teeny, tiny. Just a few tables and chairs inside and lots of
goofy decorations obviously geared towards making it look "authentic".
Plastic red dragons and things like that. But the food was excellent.

They made the most fantastic steamed dumplings. And fried ones, too.

I used to call to order something before I left work so I could pick it
up on the way home. One day I called. The older Chinese (grandma?)
woman who was usually in the back answered. She didn't speak English.
I said I'd like to place an order. "Husband Go Pick up Daughter!" Uh,
I can't place an order? "Husband Go Pick Up Daughter!" Okey doke. I'm
guessing the daughter is the one who speaks English. Well, damn.

I stopped there on the way home anyway because it was 45 minutes later.
I figured I surely husband had picked up daughter by now. I really
wanted an order of those steamed dumplings.

Yes, they were back so I could place the order. There were a few other
people in line at the counter ahead of me. The old woman who had
answered my call kept going from the kitchen to the counter by the cash
register. She had a cut hand wrapped in a gauze bandage with blood
bleeding through. And she was handling the food both in the kitchen and
as it came through the window, packing it up for the customers. Cut
hand, blood, bandages... I left. I'd given it my own "health inspection."

Jill