Do you like calzones? I love them, but they’re so huge and just loaded with cheese, I don’t eat them very often. Gotta have them absolutely fresh and hot from the oven. You can re-heat them, but it’s just not the same.

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Have you ever had, or heard of an Italian hotdog? Well, unless you’re from NJ or have visited (and eaten) here, you might not. It’s definitely a NJ thing, but I dunno if anyone outside of NJ has ever had one.

Basically it is a hotdog (or two), with peppers, onions and potatoes inside a roll made out of pizza dough. And darn if it isn’t mighty tasty. There are a few variations, but that’s the basic recipe.

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On my way home from work, I stopped at the store to buy flowers for my mother. When I passed by the deli counter, this was just screaming at me:

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(cue the Barry White music) Oh baby

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Today is Memorial Day, and it’s a fed holiday, so I get a three day weekend. Yahoo. Well, not entirely.

Got called on Saturday, “The internet is down!”. No, it is really not, but I can’t really explain that to them. I log in from home, and after an hour, I know what the problem is. One of the authentication servers is down. I could reboot it from home, but in the past, we’ve had issues with remote reboots. Two core servers, in a row, did not come back, so I didn’t really want to do this remotely. Hop in the car. 30 minutes there. 5 minute reboot. 30 minutes back. Oh well, what can you do?

Anyways, other than that, zoning out on some classic John Wayne movies several of the channels are airing. Back to Bataan, and They Were Expendable, and of course the ever-epic The Longest Day.

Memorial Day is also often called the first unofficial day of Summer. June 21, of course, being the astronomical start of summer. And a more perfect day couldn’t be had. 80 degrees with 50% humidity, clear blue sky. But Memorial Day is also picnics, BBQs, parades, and of course John Wayne movies.

I was feeling very lazy, and did not want to fire up the grill, so I grilled our meal on the stove, in an awesome cast-iron grilling pan.

Start off with the classic, potato salad. My mother made this earlier in the day.

And who can have a Memorial Day lunch/dinner/linner/dunch without corn-on-the-cob?

And the pièce de résistance

I threw the onions in waaay tooo early…

Happy Mother’s Day.

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Went to a place called Fatburger. A guy at work kept talking about this place, so we (me and my friend CJ) decided to give it a shot.

It’s a burger joint, and that is pretty much the extent of their menu. Burgers. Well, they have a few other sandwiches, but really, you go there if you want a burger.

They’re a step up from other fast food places like BQ or McDs. You order and pay at the register. They’ll give you a flag with a number on it, and then you go sit down. They’ll cook your food to order and bring it out to you when it is ready. Prices were a little more expensive than BQ or McDs ($10), but absolutely worth it.

I got a fatburger with bacon and onion, with a side of onion rings.

I didn’t know it, but they’re a chain with locations in the US and Canada. They even have a location in Hong Kong, at the QRE Plaza.

Well, let me tell you this. If you want an absolutely killer burger, go there.

The fire alarms in our building goes off fairly regularly, probably at least once a month. So far, it’s been no big deal, and if you knew the building I work at, you’d understand. Anyways, around 11am the alarms go off, but we decided to head over to get some lunch, while we wait for the all-clear.

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So yea, I know I just recently posted a foodie blog, but that really didn’t count, since it was a special event :P

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Well, I guess I’ll continue making these kind of postings for now, until one of the following occurs:

1. Either I get bored of it
2. I get un-bored by something else. Maybe if HKO were to re-open? :P
3. Someone begs me to stop
4. I  just run out of places to eat!

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Continuing on my fascinating thrill-ride of “What did Azog have to eat?”, I present to you . . .

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Although today is Good Friday, and I did not have to go to work (and besides the fact that I’ve been feeling ill all day)…

My typical work-week breakfast:

A large (hazelnut) coffee, cream and sugar; and a lightly toasted bagel with cream cheese. From Dunkin Donuts, obviously. They do sell a larger size coffee, but it’s so big, it’s cold by the time I get to the end of it. At the one I go to, it is $3.55 plus tax (7% tax), which is $3.80, and I drop the two dimes into the “thank you” jar. $4.00 isn’t tooooo bad.

I do tend to be fairly routine in my early morning rituals, and stopping at DD is part of those routines. I do periodically switch to muffins, and when I get sick of muffins, I’ll go back to bagels, and so on.

I’m pretty sure bagels are not a local food, but they are often associated with New York (e.g., New York style bagels), so some people might frown at the DD bagels. But seriously, the DD bagels stand up fine on its own.

That one is from Long Island, so the purist might still frown at it.

Seems I have developed a penchant for posting my lunch here. Dunno why? Maybe it’s because I am deluded into thinking there are people who might be interested?

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On my way home from work, I stopped and got some lunch!

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Still feeling a little downcast. Feeling stupid, too, after my last post. I’ll probably delete it, figuring not too many people are that interested in things. It is hard to eulogize someone who generates such mixed emotions, but since it is the best eulogy I can do, I will leave it for a little longer, maybe a month. I said I was gonna take a break, so I guess a week is the best I could do for now.

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