Food adventure: Gobo Root

Gobo Root

The Super Top Root!

photographed by: Lea Lei http://hennypepper.blogspot.com



            Visiting ethnic food stores has always been gratifying to me because I get to see items not common to local grocery stores in our area.  Every visit is like an adventure.  What new things will I find this time?  Then when you learn something new, you feel like you’re smarter than all your other friends who haven’t been to one! Aha!  This one will be our conversation piece the next time get together with my friends!  I’m just kidding but feel free to take what I just mention seriously.  Of course I still rely on Fred Myer, Safeway, or QFC for most of my grocery items but it can get a little boring when you see same items each time you go grocery shopping.

            One time, I stopped by Uwajimaya, an Asian food and gift store, and came across this odd looking root crop in one of their vegetable shelves.  The price is 89¢ only.  I can’t complain about

Fashionista Part 1

Winter Ensemble

Because winter fashion doesn’t have to be boring!

            Winter outfit doesn’t have to be your typical boring black everything.  Just by adding one lighter color to your get-up can make your otherwise gloomy day brighter.

Road Trip! (part 2)

Next Stop:  Bantayan Island, Cebu

                We travel for different reasons.  Sometimes we have reasons in mind then we come up with new ones along the way.  In our experience we learn of so many things we never used to know.  These new acquirements make us realize how much we didn’t know and make us question ourselves, how much more we don’t know.

Food Trip 2

            I think it is safe to say that majority like chowder.  May it be clam chowder, fish chowder or corn chowder; it doesn’t matter especially on a cold winter night.  My personal favorite is clam chowder made with razor clams.  Razor clams have strong taste so if you’re making chowder for two people, you won’t really need a whole lot of razor clams to get that clam taste.  But I’m not suggesting not using a good amount.  If you love them just like I do, go ahead.  However razor clams or any clam for that matter are not always available in our local grocery stores so I had to

Road Trip!

The View from Here

            Everywhere I go, I try to take pictures of the beautiful scenery and things I see.  I try to capture interesting people and events; Capturing the moments so they say.

            I don’t know if it’s just me or my old digital camera but I realized one thing.