Munchies meme...

[cyan_blue]

Borrowed from althaea, whose livejournal is always interesting to read...

1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn't have breakfast, why not?

Am eating some pizza muffins (tomato sauce and cheese atop toasted english muffins) and drinking Celestial Seasonings' Throat Soother tea. I often eat "lunch/dinner food" for breakfast.

2. What's your favorite cereal?

I guess Cheerios or Chex. But I don't eat cereal often.

3. How often do you eat out? Do you want that to change?

It's hard to define that. Sitting out in a restaurant, 1x / week maybe. Doing takeout, whether that's from a fast food place or something microwaveable from the nature food store next door to my work... 2-3x/week.

4. What do you plan on having for dinner tonight? Got a recipe for that?

I haven't thought as far ahead as dinner yet. I am not feeling well today, and I suspect that after seeing 4 clients this afternoon I will not have much energy left towards cooking dinner. Maybe emmett_the_sane will. Otherwise, there's some leftover stir fry in the fridge that is a good candidate for tonight's dinner...

5. What's your favorite restaurant? Why?

It's hard to name just one! I'll name them by city:

- Berkeley/Oakland - Cafe Eritrea D'Afrique, on Telegraph/40th (the address is 4069 Telegraph Avenue), run by a woman who walked across Eritrea to get to freedom, and who works day and night in her restaurant to earn enough money to bring her mother, who she has not seen since then, to the USA. Go there, go there. Wonderful Eritrean/Ethiopian food, generous portions, reasonable prices. Good frothy drinks, too.

- NYC - Bamiyan, an Afghani restaurant where our crowd has had many a birthday party. VP2 and Zen Palate come in close as seconds.

- Pacifica - Pacifica Thai Cuisine, which is just plain yummy and has some innovative dishes.

- San Francisco - The Stinking Rose, which features all things garlicky. Call ahead for reservations, and ask for one of the canopy tables in the back.

emmett_the_sane reminds me to include Arinell's, with branches both in Berkeley & SF, which has the closest thing to NY-style pizza that it's possible to get in this town.