Cheer Up With Food

I had received an e-mail from a fellow food blogger, Michael, of S.O.F.A.T. Blog asking if I wanted to have dinner with him.  I had never had an invitation from a food blogger before to go eat out, so I said yes (might as well try something new!).  One of his suggestions of places to eat at was  Gordan Ramsay BurGR  in Planet Hollywood .  I haven't been to any of Ramsay's restaurants, so I was curious to eat there and wanted to see what the hype was all about. Since I was with another food blogger, I was compelled to take a lot of photos: The entrance - love the ceiling! The screen menu in front of the restaurant The menu All menus had different photos on the back and they were souvenirs! Ready to eat! Roasted Jalapeño Poppers -  All came with bacon, cheddar ranch, and one fiery surprise.  Since there was four of us, one of us got the fiery surprise (this jalapeño had a lot of  seeds)......

On the Sunday of True Blood 's season 3 premiere, there was a viewing party at Reggie's place. It was an clumsy experience she and I had when we were opening a bottle of Ballatore Sparkling Wine with the wrong corkscrew opener! Anyways she made lovely appetizers and it was a memorable night indeed!

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:

I give kudos to Bronsen and Zach for setting up these appetizers in 15 minutes before our friends arrived. I love how they presented the foods! They made: a veggie platter with carrots, broccoli, and mushrooms (I know its not a veggie) with ranch dressing, quesadillas with chunky salsa, Maui onion chips with creamy spinach dip, tortilla chips, and Bronsen's, "Last Minute Pepper Shrimp" which I forgot to take a picture of =(