Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Mush-Have Appetizer

First came Pho-gurt, now Mush-gurt... Portebello mushrooms, minced garlic, EVOO and to top it off smoked salmon.. What will we think of next? Stay tuned for next week's episode of "Kooking with Khanh"..

By the way, is it "Stay tune" or "Stay Tuned"??

Comments:
Katie - OMG! This is sooooo good! Perfect complement to Pho-Gurt!
Jennie - The Garlic is perfectly minced... so good. I love Garlic
Le - Make sure you all clean up after you're done
Mama - Xie Xie.. Hen Hao
Steven - What's that smell? I hate mushrooms!



Monday, August 21, 2006

Bay Area Trip

Jeanette and I decided to fly up north for the weekend. First stop was dinner w/ Minh, Mylan and Duc at my restaurant in San Jose....=)



Eating for "three"

The next morning we woke up early and drove up to San Francisco. We rented bikes and biked across the Golden Gate Bridge over to Sausalito (8 miles). It was quite chilly and cold thruout the entire ride.

Stopping at a vista point to take some photos







This way towards Sausalito -->


My Floyd... ummh, I mean Lance pose...


We were short on time so we decided to take the Ferry back to SF. Here we are waiting behind 180 Japanese tourists on the same ferry.


Once we returned the bikes (1 pm) we were headed to Napa. Apparently we under-estimated the amount of time it would take and we didn't get there until 3pm. Why were we headed to Napa? For the wine? Ummm.. no.. for the Mud Bath and Body Wrap of course!!!


It was definately an experience like no other. It was genuine 100% mud. It was thick and guey and warm at the bottom. It was like being trapped in quicksand. It was quite relaxing as I think my pores exfoliated... (I don't even know what that means!)

Here we are for our "body-wraps". Basically you are wrapped in a warm blanket with cold towels place on your forehead and nect and you go to sleep for 20 mins listening to elevator music.

By the time we left the facilities it was 5 pm and all the wineries had closed for the day. Apparently this is discourage reckless drinking in the evening

We then drove to Sacramento (not sure which direction we went. we had a portable gps that we followed since i'm so good with maps and directions...) to visit Jeanette's friends (Heather and Darren) from residency. We had a nice cooked home dinner and the best appetizers. (Portabello mushrooms in basalmic vinegar and butter server on lightly toasted bread. I think I can make this!)

Here's a picture of Jeanette and their daughter Lily!


We didn't get back to our hotel in Rancho Cordova until 11 pm. The next morning we got up at 6 AM and ran an easy 8 miles on one of the trails that Jeanette use to run while she was in residency.


For some reason I had a craving for crepes and we met up with her friend Susane from residency.


It was an awesome trip and we did so much in two days! Too bad we had to fly back down so soon... Here are the entire set to photos from the trip

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Introducing "Pho-gurt"

In a quest to find the perfect yogurt, four kids gathered in a super-secret location somewhere in Los Angeles. Led by head chef, Jen-master and her two soux chefs: Condensed-milk girl and Water-Stirrer girl. And we cannot forget the head-taster, Spongy-Underwear Boy



Soux chefs at work... (Stirring hot water???)


Head-chef Jen-master carefully measures the ingredients.



Undergoing vigorous testing by Spongy-Underwear Boy

As far as how it tastes, it's still a work-in-progress... This is not your typical lemonade stand, it's much bigger, it's bigger than PinkBerry.. It's PHO-GURT!!! Opening soon in San Jose, Miami, Los Angeles, Valencia, and our new location Bangkok Thailand...

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Pinkberry - Continued...

After trying "Khanh-berry", we all decided to drive out to West Hollywood for the real-thing...


Waiting in line for 20 minutes...


Steven has a frown because the doesn't have the Pinkberry in his hand.

We got two plain Larges (w/ three toppings each) - $7/each





5 mins later....



For live Post-tasting comments... click here

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Pinkberry...

This goes under the category... "Why didn't I think of that???" So I read this article in the LA Times last Friday and decided to check it out this past Sunday. It's sooooo goood... And it seems so simple. I think we should copy this and open one up in Miami =)

http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-pinkberryaug04,0,1615844.story