Yum yum at Arizona

Had been going to alot of places for food in and around Phoenix, US is basically like Malaysia, with multi-racial food everywhere... instead of malay nasi lemak, indian roti canai and chinese char koay teow; they have mexican taco, western steak, italian macaroni & cheese, vietnam phö, and of course west coast shrimp. Amazing that a place so deep inside the desert, you get to eat fresh shrimp all the way from California... must be some impressive logistics at work here.

1st week started off with Joe's crab shack, which serve superbly huge crabs (Alaska king crab, spider crab) and it was topped with endless beer... ok it look endless to me, but its actually kinda like 3 pint per person... Somemore the mood is great, people dancing around, probably could make those people in TGI Friday looks like pre-school pom pom team. Damage is $30

After 2 weeks devoid of chinese food, we manage to found a shop in Los Angeles's Chinatown and went to this chain shop call "三和"(San Her) and had the best chines food in US, yes... as of now it still top in the chart for best chinese food for me in US so far, and yes... the shop is quite dirty for US standard. The left koay teow is actually "干炒牛河", which means dry fried beef koay teow, and the green vege is actually the ultimate 菜心 (choy sam), being in US nearly all the greens are brocolli and capsicum, I tell you if I come back to Malaysia, I'm gonna ban those fricking vegetable from me list for at least a month! Damage around $13

Another nice place we went was the "Cheesecake Factory" in Phoenix, their cheesecake definately could beat our Secret Recipe cheesecake (original American marble vs original cheesecake), so the comparison is quite equivalent... the reason they are good is because their cheese after eat will not make your stomach too filling, and the price is not that expensive... dollar to dollar wise. Besides the cheesecake, their shrimp pasta is nice, not too much spices to cover the fresh shrimp, and not too little to compliment the ingredient used...Damage at $23

Of course we also went to the famous "Red Lobster" restaurant which serves .... *duh*... seafood! We ordered basically everything they had and the food is just so-so, its comparatively expensive and the quality is just not as expectation. Then again experience might vary, their mango pina colada was superb though, and I'm still awake after the drink... awesome :P Damage $30

One of the all time favourite here (and cheap food) is the Vietnamese food, they are famous for their beef / phö (which basically means koay teow soup), spring rolls and their coffee are famous.

Basically I just like the beef and their hot soup... and the spring roll tasted good because the skin is soft and feel 'fresh'.... yeah, I think I have taste problem when it comes to Asian food. So far I think I had eaten 10 times of Vietnamese food, all in and around Phoenix, the best so far located in 19th Avenue and Bethany Home (IMHO), followed by 19th Ave and Camelback, but people might argue the other way round....Damage usually at $7

Then there is the Chinese buffet that many of my friends so like to eat but I don't see its worth the money at all (USD13 per pax), the food is basically more shrimps (not so fresh), kid lobster, and standard beef, salad, chow mien and stuff...

The cup above is actually sweet and sour soup, good as appetizer, but sux if you drink too much :P

And of course I don't just eat outside all the time, I do cook my ownself just for the sake to save some money, maggie mee, soup, yogurt and fries... Quite healthy right?Stupid picture dunno why auto rotate, which I give up adjusting....

So basically that's what I try out in US... there are many more small stuff which doesn't worth mentioning over here, till then. Sayonara from Arizona