Cheer Up With Food

I live in Los Angeles, CA, but am from and travel to Tucson, AZ A LOT! There are so many amazing options to write about!  I have to admit, I am a sushi addict. When I travel to T-Town, like the locals call it, I have to get my sushi fix at my favorite spot,  Sushi Garden  on La Cholla Blvd.  While there are many great sushi options in Tucson, I have to give it up to Sushi Garden: All You Can Eat Sushi $21.95 per person,  $12.95 kids 11 years and younger. Very decent prices, FRESH food! Crab Sunomono drizzled with a light dressing.  Great appetizer to start with. The New Orleans Roll is one of Sushi Garden's most popular menu items. Deep fried crawfish in a spicy sauce, cucumber & avocado topped with masago .  So Crispy! The Captain Crunch Roll. Stuffed with house crab-puff filling (cream cheese, crab, jalapeño and green onion), crab, avocado, panko fried, served with sesame chili sauce.  Delicious...

The Commercial Center District , near The Strip, contains shops and great restaurants, like  Cornish Pasty Co. !  This place specializes in making pasties , which are baked pastries typically with meat and vegetables as the fillings.  They're basically like "British hot pockets," but bigger, more flavorful, and comes in an assortment of fillings. The bar area: Happy Hour every day:  If you look at the  menu , there are three categories of pasties - Signature, Vegetarian & Vegan, and Premium.  I counted 37 total pasties on the menu, so for sure you'll find one that'll suit your palate!  I tried the Cottage Pie - contains seasoned ground beef, pea, carrots, grilled onions, mashed potatoes, and cheddar with a side of red wine gravy.  This was a very hearty meal, definitely something best to eat after a hard day's work or have as a hangover meal - it can go either way!  I was already full eating the first half,...

I usually have been going to Korean BBQ places that offer All-You-Can-Eat, but have noticed its a hit or miss when it comes to the meats' quality.  Me and my husband went to  Gangnam Asian BBQ , which doesn't offer AYCE, but has Happy Hour meal specials.  Happy Hour is currently everyday from 11:30am - 5:00pm then after 10pm - close, so still a good deal to me!  I was impressed with the quality of all the foods we had. This restaurant also serve soups, rice bowls, noodles, combo specials, salads, and appetizers such as this Salmon Carpaccio .   It was indeed appetizing with the garnishes that came with the fish: Since vegetables are always good for you, we had the Assorted Veggies  plate- onions, corn, zucchini, and peppers just to name a few: I was happy to see scallops on the menu!  These shellfishes are delicious and healthy: Other items I forgot to take photos of were the meats.  I must've been really hungry!  T...

After an intense week of schooling, I've been going to  Settebello  for Happy Hour.  I feel like I deserve to eat a delizioso pizza, appetizer, and dessert for all the studying I've been doing! For now, this will be the closest for me to eating an Italian pizza - A Margherita Pizza  with crushed tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, parmigiano reggiano, extra virgin olive oil, and mushroom (our choice of topping).  Eating this pizza cannot be compared to a chain pizza place, never! Appetizers off the happy hour menu are currently $5.  I don't remember what this dish was but I know it mainly was prosciutto  drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.  I rarely eat this kind of meat so I was excited to see this on the menu! Birra Castello This is their housemade vanilla bean sweet cream, Panna Cotta , topped with a strawberry and a drizzle of balsamic.  I was curious of how the balsamic would blend with this dessert.  It wen...

On my 3241st visit to Yard House with Nessa, we shared this awesome Moo Shu Egg Rolls filled with chicken, chili cream cheese, carrots, green onions and spinach served with apple ginger plum sauce! This is the Hawaiian Poke Stack (one of the usual appetizers I get!), its marinated fresh ahi tuna stacked with crispy wontons, carrots, bean sprouts, avocado, and wasabi soy sauce: