Meals 02-27-07

Lunch

sticky or glutinous rice cake wrapped in banana leaves:
a. bánh chưng - square
b. bánh tét - cylindrical

ingredients:
- mung beans
- fatty pork
- black pepper

traditions:
eaten during Tết (Lunar New Year)

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Dinner



school cafeteria chicken nuggets
Albertson's romaine salad
Albertson's caesar dressing

Shopping 02-27-07

Item: Replacement Battery (SNN5683A)
Store: lots4sell.com
Retail Price US$19.99
Sale Price US$3.00
Shipping Free

Courtesy of Slickdeals.net

Product description

* Voltage: 3.6V
* Capacity: 680 mAh
* Rechargeable with no memory effect
* Integrated microchip to prevent overcharging and lengthens battery life.

Product Compatibility

* Motorola V600 / V400 / V500 / V525 / V620 / V300 / V330 / V551 / V265 / A760
*blue = Victoria's phone
*red = the advertised model the battery replacement is guaranteed for

Victoria's Cell Phone Model


Comment: I may have bought the wrong battery since the battery pack I have is SNN5653A

Meals 02-26-07

Lunch

Main dish: Bánh Tét
(cylindrical glutinous rice cake w/ pork filling)
- VietNamese Tết Holiday Traditional Cake

Side dish: pickled bamboo shoots in hot oil & chili

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Dinner



Restaurant: Thai Recipes
Location: 132 E Street #190, Davis, CA (Mansion Square)
Party of: 3
Time: 5:30pm

Menu
1. Hot & sour shrimp soup (Tom Yum Goong)
Shrimp in spicy and sour with lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, and fresh mushrooms



2. Pan fried silver noodles(Pad Woon Sen or Phan Voon Sen) w/ chicken
aka glass/transparent/cellophane-noodles
mixed with scrambled eggs and vegetables (onions, chili, bok choy) in thin soy & oyster sauce




Thai mini dining lesson:

neua sat meat
kai chicken
plaa fish
muu pork
neua beef
phak vegetables

phat fried
thawt deep-fried
yaang grilled
tom boiled
neung steamed

arawy delicious
khawp khun thanks
thao rai How much?

courtesy of: Real Thai

Movie 02-25-07

Movie: Huozhe (To Live)
Year: 1994
Director: Yimou Zhang
Genre: Political Drama
Theme: China cultural revolution
Ratings: 5 pawprints

Favorite part: 7 buns and water
Wrong prediction: evil son in-law
Right prediction: death at the steel mill
Ironically funny part: wedding
Disagreement: blames friend for death of son
Annoying: young nurses
Pitiful: mother
Wasteful: dumplings
Meanest deed: vinegar-chili sauce tea
Symbolic: vinegar-chili sauce tea spit

Meals 02-25-07

Lunch

bánh tét (cylindrical glutinous rice cake)
pickled bamboo shoots in hot oil
soy milk Silk vanilla flavored




Dinner

(thịt kho nước dừa & dưa giá)
caramelized pork in coconut juice & eggs
pickled bean sprouts, daikon, carrots, leeks

Shopping 02-24-07

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Meals 02-24-07

Lunch

Restaurant: Phở King 2
Location: Sacramento

bún bò Huế
trà nóng

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Dinner served w/ rice

simmered pork in coconut juice
pickled bean sprouts

Dinner 02-23-07

Dinner

chocolate chip cookie homebaked
Martinelli's Sparkling apple cider

Lunch 02-23-07

Lunch served w/ rice
simmered pork in fish sauce & egg
pickled bean sprouts

Dessert
Dreyer's Grand Real Strawberry

Dinner 02-22-07

Dinner Menu served w/ rice

Cơm thịt kho trứng với dưa giá

stewed pork
pickled bean sprouts

Lunch 02-22-07

Lunch Menu served w/ rice

broccoli
stewed pork and egg (thit kho trung)

Lunch 02-21-07

Lunch Menu served w/ rice

chicken nuggets
broccolli
Oreo ice-cream
clementines