lunch at ashbox - teriyaki pork sandwich & my salmon onigiri with tofu salad.

CSA salad with soba noodles.
the dressing (soy sauce, lemon, rice vinegar, karashi mustard, sriracha) was ace!

the rule of thumb of having really bad food the previous day is that we have to eat something that we know for sure is clean and yummy.
so boneshakers it was today, without fail, it was so good.
"rebel cruiser" (vegan southern bbq sandwich) & "kevin bacon" (tempeh bacon/roasted pepper/tofu cream cheese).
so good!!

late night run to m noodles hoping for something... delicious.
instead we were met with very subpar food. i should've known better,
i know i don't like ho fun, but this one in particular was really gross & greasy.
matthew got his beef & bok choy over rice dish (just so so, he says),
and my ho fun with tomato (which is what got me) and tofu (which was fried too).

cold noodles at dokebi on another hot, steamy (and rainy) evening.
zaru soba & kimchi cold noodle soup.
soba was cooked perfectly and tasted different (but amazing) than those at regular japanese joints,
and the kimchi noodles were good & cooling, but a little too sweet for our taste.
overall they were so good but not really sure if i'd pay the price again when i make similar dishes at home...

we don't eat thai food all that often and it seems that when we do,
we almost always end up with the same things...
green papaya salad, tom yum kung, and red tofu curry.
i'll try something different next time!

then dessert crêpe and a bowlful of café au lait at le gamin.
we don't normally go for crêpes but i'm glad we did.
the nutella/strawberry/banana crêpe was crispy, light, not too sweet or soggy.
crispy!! that almost never happens with any crêpes.

baoguette for early dinner.
nice shrimp & green papaya salad, fish bún, and matthew's "sloppy bao" bahn mi (with mango).
everything was good except i realized why they never use fish in búns.
they fall apart and disintegrate into soupy mush. yuck!
next time i'll definitely go for the grilled crack shrimp version at pho bang.
or the veguette (vegan bahn mi) if i'm at baoguette again.

simple summery (on a rainy day!) dinner tonight clearing our last week's CSA veggies :
soba noodles with sauteed squash, smoked tofu, scallions, onion, carrots, tomatoes.
seasoned with some chili flakes, s&p, shoyu, balsamic vinegar. simple!

super core $5.75 lunch special : mabo tofu set & the meatball set.

wasabi avocado salad over brown rice lunch at ash box - much more delicious than i thought!

cold noodles at rai rai ken on a hot, muggy day.
kimchi, kirin, hiyashi chukamen, and zha jiang men.

noodles were cooked a little softer than i'd like, but it was a nice change from our usual menkuitei trip.

dinner at paulie gee's when the heat was starting to wilt a bit (kind of) after the heat wave.
now 85ºF feels breezy!

arugula & parmesan pizza, and fiore di latte/tomato/basil pizza.
soooooo good!

+ remembering you, paul. ♥

warm tofu & spinach salad at maya's.
basically their veggie burrito ingredients minus the tortilla, rice & beans.
really really good!

iced coffee soda i made at home.
coffee, seltzer water, syrup (agave) on ice - it's amazingly good & refreshing on a steamy summer day.

lunch at ashbox, it'd been a while, and i missed its homey freshness.
huge tofu salad, turkey sandwich, earl grey chocolate chip cookie. ♥
healing, real food.

ricotta & avocado toast with coffee & sketches at champion.
too hot today to think.

brunch at supercore, with cold sapporo draft.
tofu patty, poached eggs, spinach salad, potato salad, greens, toast.
not in picture is also asian burrito - tofu, beef, kimchi, hijiki salad, & brown rice.

a beautiful day out after being holed up in the house working away on my shop (launching tomorrow!).

made & shared a strawberry rhubarb coffee cake (recipe from vegan yum yum),
which became our lunch, essentially.

then picked up our CSA veggies later, which we brought home to make another salad right away.
romaine lettuce, spinach, arugula, roasted tempeh, tomatoes, sunflower seeds, some shaved parmesan cheese.
one of the best salads ever!

then our CSA strawberries for desserts. ♥

our first CSA share of the year!
we made an enormous salad that i'm still full from after 4 hours.
2 different lettuces, arugula, caramelized walnut & onions, tofu, mushrooms, tomatoes,
carrots, cukes, all kinds!!

it was amazing. i can't wait to stuff my belly with all these greens again.
yay for the CSA!

dinner : spinach fusilli pasta in pesto sauce with baby broccoli, tomatoes, garlic, carrots,
topped with fresh parmigiano reggiano.

matthew's amazing stir fry - baby broccoli, shiitake mushrooms, beans (black eyed, kidneys, black), garlic & sunflower seeds.
ahhh! so good - there needs to be beans in stir fries at all times now!

red hook was so beautiful yesterday.

i've been very bad about documenting my food lately.
just remembered my camera today so i took some photos,
despite a bad lighting situation (in a dark spot facing some light).

special banh mi at nha toi - beef brisket with kimchee,
and mine, a shiitake mushroom banh mi.
their pho broth (a side) is great too, even on a hot day like today.

camping food from 3 days in the catskills.
(amazing photos via my friends, cara & mina - forgot my camera ;__; )

a few weeks ago, we went to help & mostly watch my friend julia home-brew beer for the first time.
we got to taste it today - unfortunately the fizz and the yeast had died out!
(notice there's no foam whatsoever in the photo)
we'll have better luck next time.