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Green Island Restaurant Update

(Grand opening? NOT. But it is the only photo now I have of the exterior) If you have read my blog from the start, you probably will know that I really like the restaurant Green Island . But, my postings on it abruptly stopped at February 1 with my Chinese New Year Post on Green Island . Why the sudden stop in posts (especially when I said going to Green Island has almost become a "tradition")? Well, Green Island changed with their business practices. And I had less items to take pictures of as I basically covered the entire menu that I liked. In between the months of the postings, Green Island became a bit more stingy around March-June. They were more strict with their rules (no more free drinks and refills), and also the lunch specials were not available on the weekend anymore. With the local competition around, there certainly were better choices and deals. Routinely we did go to Green Island, but not very frequently. However, by June, menus and prices changed at Green Is

Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls with Sweet Potato and Ginger Sweet Soup

What is perfect as a dessert for any meal during a cold frigid day is this: Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls with Sweet Potato and Ginger Sweet Soup. Simple, easy to make, but the results are great! Soothing, sweet, warm, and most certainly, delicious. The sweet sesame filling combined with the chewy glutinous rice exterior along with the sweet potato ginger soup was a great combination of flavors. Perfect for any frigid day! Especially with the ginger :). The ginger warms your body up and is refreshing. Anyway, I never actually meant to post this at all as it involves a frozen product integral to making the dessert possible (unless if you make the glutinous rice balls yourself ( recipe here at Chow Times ). But, when I was looking at Wandering Chopstick's blog and noticed the GINGER was the new ingredient of the month for Weekend Wokking , a monthly food blogging event created by her to bring together people's creations which feature the specific ingredient of the month,

Copyright and Attribution Tips

All content (unless otherwise credited) are copyright Wilson Lin. My work is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) of 1998. If you are a commercial entity desiring to use my content you  need to first obtain a licensing agreement from me. Please contact me for pricing information at this email address: eattraveleat (at) gmail (dot) com. If you do not fit into the criteria above but still would like to use my content, please contact me also at eattraveleat (at) gmail (dot) com. I am very content to allow you to use my work for non-profit use, but please contact me first for written permission. ---- Attribution tips: Many people take work without citing their source-- essentially proclaiming work that is not theirs is theirs. This video ( here ) for example had pictures of the Island Shangri-La from Tripadvisor (including my own that I uploaded onto Tripadvisor) which were used without permission; as a result it has been removed. Taking someone else&#

Dim Sum at Full House Seafood Restaurant

Months ago, I posted a review on Hop Li's dim sum , which was a bit too, well, overly positive. We were lucky at that time- we had good seats, and the food appeared to be fantastically photogenic. Now... it isn't that beautiful, but the food is still pretty good. But a competitor has now responded to Hop Li. That is, Full House. It is not because I have not visited Full House. In fact, my dining companions and I go to Full House more often than any other place; it is our choice to go to for dim sum. I usually do not get to visit dim sum places during the school year (with the exception of minimum days, and rarely on the weekends), so if there is a dim sum place to try, it will definitely taste awesome to me. Hop Li was the "awesome" for the few months, but now I have gotten to try out Full House again. And they have done much to give back some competition to the dim sum scene in Arcadia. The BIG response . After a month where Hop Li had their 1.38 USD specials for the

Full House Seafood Restaurant Index

Here are all the posts on Full House Seafood Restaurant: Dim Sum at Full House Seafood Restaurant Full House Seafood Restaurant: NYE Dinner

Seafood at the Beach: Fathers Day at Quality Seafood in Redondo Beach and Shanghai Red's in Marina Del Rey

This is the 126th post here on Eat. Travel. Eat!, which is also the same number as my Tripadvisor account (BSA126) ...so I decided to write about something different compared to my usual restaurant review. Today, it is all about a Father's Day trip at the beach. First I want to thank Elmomonster of Monster Munching for sparking our minds to make this day happen. Months ago, I read his blog on an interesting place called Quality Seafood . Quality Seafood is a very large seafood market (they proclaim to be largest on the west coast), but what made us want to go there was Elmomonster's photo and video of the sea urchin, or uni. For months, my family and I deliberated about going to the place, but when summer arrived, we had the urge to go there on the weekend. And so we did on Fathers Day. It was a long road trip consisting of a long local route and freeways but it was worth it. The route was confusing at first. Why? Well, our GPS didn't have the International Boardwa