Burgers and BBQ

This seems like it will become an on-going theme: posting my Friday posts on Saturday :P

But to recap on the week (it's going to be a food post, sorry!), we went to In-N-Out for Jean and Chris' first time experience with the California-based fast food chain.  We ordered everything "animal-style," which is basically added grilled onions and thousand island sauce and deliciousness at no cost :)  I also tried one of their super thick milk shakes!  Aurelia kept telling Chris how awesome In-N-Out was, and Chris would give a comeback about how awesome Whataburger (a Texas chain) was, haha~

During the last spring break, my venture to Los Angeles brought me to In-and-Out, and I didn't think the burger was *amazing*, but their milkshake looked mad yummy.  At this Dallas location (not just a drive through like the one I visited in Cali), the burgers tasted really good, and the milkshake didn't perform up to my expectations... maybe because it was yellow-ish/cream colored instead of white... kind of like the reason why I like vanilla bean flavor more than french vanilla ice cream, haha!

Chris even said it was better than Whataburger!

Animal style cheeseburger (2x2) and animal style fries

Okay, I also thought In-N-Out's burgers were itty bitty... and here was a hefty-sized mouth-watering-inducing tower of calories perched innocently in front of me, next to the vanilla milkshake that I ordered.  Goodness gracious, I have to apologize to my thighs and my butt XD

And in case you think I'm exaggerating, here's a more in-your-face picture:

The bun is actually THICK o_o

Oh yeah!  I was reading the paper wrapping around the burger, and apparently they use their original "sponge dough" recipe.  I have no idea what that implies, but I'm guessing that's a factor in their poofy buns.  The LA location I went to didn't have this fancy packaging either.. I'm starting to think I walked up to a impostor franchise!

Aurelia spreading her Californian love for In-N-Out with Michelle!

Jean also approved, and Dana always approves ;)

In-N-Out

7940 N Central Expy
Dallas, TX 75206

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Friday was Michelle's birthday!  We wandered to Carrollton and found ourselves at Gui-Rock Korean BBQ.  This time, it was Aurelia and Dana's first time having Korean BBQ from the grill!  Our table had so much food, that I hope Michelle got her Korean food-fix :D

Hmm, first time I was served a (complimentary) salad at a Korean BBQ place..  interesting ^^

We had a tough time fitting all the dishes at the table @_@

This was the most not blurry phone pic of the bunch-- Happy Birthday, young Michelle! :D

Gui-Rock Korean BBQ

2625 Old Denton Rd
Ste 700
Carrollton, TX 75007

Ah!  Okay, something about my life and not just food, food, food:  (Well, okay, I lied, it's related to food, haha ^^")  I think I have a bad reaction to mussels, because I've eaten mussels twice in the past several years.  And both times, I have gotten sick afterwards!  I'm recovering from yesterday's seafood tofu soup (which had a crazy amount of mussels inside), and I feel gross =o=  I actually passed out before 10pm last night and slept until my alarm at 7:30am @.@  

That might also be jumping to conclusions, so my alternative guess is that I just ate way too much the past week and my gluttony has made me ill, blahhhh.  When lunch time came, I wasn't that hungry, so I decided to eat something super simple: a peanut butter sandwich.  

Spread the peanut butter, close the sandwich, move plate to table, sit down.  And then I notice... what's that slightly gray-green spot on the bread?  Hmmmm... could it be mold??  *further inspection*  Ahh, yeah, it's mold.  *sigh*  What to do?  I don't want to eat anything else (all my food is heavy food, haha)!

*rip rip rip*  *toss moldy bits into the trash*

Okie dokie!  Lunch is ready!  Nom nom nom ^^

Haha, omgahh... so the scientific/clean side of me was like, "When mold grows on food, you can't just cut out a piece, because the mold has hyphae that makes this network of mycelium that you can't see.  So you're just doing what Mom does when she cuts some moldy bit off of a peach or strawberry and gives you the rest (haha!)."  But the who-gives-a-care/lazy side of me took over, "This would be such a waste if I threw it away.  Plus, cheese is basically mold so I won't get sick... or too sick anyways."  This reminded me of that tilapia sandwich story I had from sophomore year at college... but you can look that one up in the archives ;)  Haha, the germaphobe I once was in middle school is slowly disappearing~  Not sure if that's a good or bad thing!

All right, have a good weekend everyone ^^

It's Friday, Friday~~ (Well... it *was* Friday, haha)

Yesterday, a few of you were probably thinking, "It's Friday, and Wendy didn't post her first "Friday Funday" or whatever thingie like she said she would!"  And you're right-- but I have an excuse!  I was out all night (literally) and didn't come back until morning, so I didn't have time to spend some quality time with my computer ^^'

Honey Bunches of Oats cereal to start the morning :)  So bright and happy!

Anyone know that I usually rave about eating cereal?  My day will turn upside down if I don't start the day with a bowl of pure sugar (I eat all the kiddy and sweet ones!) :P  Another thing I realized this year, is that I ABSOLUTELY love frozen yogurt (and ice cream, but frozen yogurt even more so!).  It used to be, "I really like," and now it's "I can eat this for dinner three days in a row."  Have I tried that?  Noooo, but I've eaten it for dinner every Friday for a month before! :D  Yogurtland has become my favorite in Dallas (mostly because that's the only one I ever eat, hehe~), and yesterday they had banana bread and oatmeal raisin cookie flavors!  I ended up getting banana bread and peanut butter...

which leads me to:  I ABSOLUTELY love peanut butter (or almond butter) sandwiches!!  Almond butter more so, but that stuff is crazy expensive @_@  SO GOOD.  It's so strange how I would rather gobble up a peanut butter sandwich than go off campus to eat lunch, but it's just so darn good :')  Maybe it's my innate medical school student attempting to save me money, haha~  So cheap, convenient, and delish!

Why am I rambling about food?  Well since I posted something earlier in the week, I can excuse myself for this food-filled post (Yay!), hehe~

Okay, some food pics that were just *waiting* to get on this blog, but I felt sorry for my readers since I always force feed y'all food photos :P  So a little bit of Dallas for you!:

Beef noodle soup from King Noodle restaurant

Frozen dumplings for weekend lunches (haha~  I like making it look fancy :D)

Some Dallas BBQ with a friend visiting from Houston-- creamed corn!  *heart*

Experimenting in the kitchen-- random tofu dish!  With steamed rice ^o^

Venturing out to try my first Dallas food truck (The Butcher's Son)

Voodoo Tots-  tater tots with braised beef, onions, curry powder~  Mmmmm!

What I usually have with my ultra delicious peanut butter sandwiches- fruit!

... adds some color into my monotonous brown-looking sandwich / lunch :3

Anyone understand how Apple knows where I'm headed towards?? ._.

It's kind of weird, because I never set any home addresses or anything, and it always tells me how long it takes to get to school on the weekdays @______@

And yes... I have an 11 o'clock alarm.  Why?  Because I was sleepy after eating breakfast, so I took a nap XD

Finally, an uber cute photo:

This is Hyung's kitty-- Boba!

I bet he's super spoiled, what a cutie ^^