Papajin

Dinner, delivery. Wonton soup: delicious. Egg rolls: delicious. General's chicken: fine. Green bean chicken: fine.

Papajin
1551 N. Milwaukee Ave.
773-384-9600

Bella Notte

Dinner. Pasta with brocolli and garlic and oil, and I added sausage and hot red pepper flakes: very good.

This place is a hidden gem, and has an enormous upstairs dining room.

Penny's

Dinner, delivery. Gyoza: delicious. Hot pepper noodle w/ chicken: delicious. Chicken (noodle/vermicelli) broth/soup: not too good ... was that pieces of chicken in a beef broth? It was dark brown.

Bamboo Garden, Sunnyvale, CA

Dinner, take out. Wonton soup: fine. Some kind of spicy chicken: fine.

Sushi Maru, Sunnyvale, CA

Dinner, take out. More items from the sushi boat river: very good.

In-N-Out, Mountain View, CA

A.P. Stump's Chop House, San Jose, CA

Lunch. Cheeseburger: fine. Five sorbets: OK-to-very good.

Mei Long, Mountain View, CA

Dinner, take out. Wonton soup: very good. Kung pao chicken: good but not great.

Gotta find the dreamy chef's special.

Totoro, Mountain View, CA

Dinner. Mandu: not very good -- very beefy, so watch out. Daeji bulgogi: very good, a little bit fatty, but still good.

This place is so cheap -- daeji bulgogi for only $8.

Totoro
841 Villa St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
650-691-0796

Darda Seafood Restaurant, Milpitas, Ca

Lunch. Scallion pancake thing: very good. Vegetable hand-cut homemade chow fun: delicious. #10 lunch special spicy shredded/chopped chicken w/ vegetables: very good!

The soup was grody.

Darda Seafood Restaurant
McCarthy Ranch
296 Barber Court
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-433-5199

Stuft Pizza, San Jose, CA

Dinner, delivery. Deep dish meat combo, minus mushrooms: very good.

Stuft Pizza
San Jose, CA

Sushi Maru, Sunnyvale, CA

Lunch. Sushi boat bar: lots of stuff, all very very good! Fatty tuna was a creamy luscious surprise.

Sushi Maru
308 Town & County Village
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
408-530-8486

Gordon Biersch, Palo Alto, CA

Lunch. Pulled pork and cole slaw sandwich: not bad, needed a little bit more sauce. French fries: pretty good, seasoned kind of like Arby's curly fries. Fish and chips fish: just OK.

Gordon Biersch
Palo Alto, CA

Whole Foods Market, Walnut Creek, CA

Lunch. Crab leg California roll: edible ... the crab was not so good. Spicy salmon roll: very good, the wasabi paste was kind of gross, and I wish they gave me more than 1 packet of soy sauce for 8 pieces of roll.

Whole Foods Market
Walnut Creek, CA

Wente Vineyards, Livermore, CA

Dinner. Winter root soup w/ chives: very good. Pork chop w/ red cabbage and fingerling potatoes: very good, the cabbage wasn't bad either. Lavender creme brulee: very good.

Wente Vineyards
5050 Arroyo Road
Livermore, CA 94550

In-N-Out, Pleasanton, CA

Lunch. Cheeseburger, animal style, no pickles: delicious. French fries, well done: good, almost too crispy ... sigh, need a happy medium. Chocolate/vanilla swirl shake: delicious. Felt a little queasy later.

In-N-Out
Pleasanton, CA

Panda Express

Dinner. Orange chicken: delicious. Kung pao chicken: good enough. Felt a little bit queasy later.

Panda Express
O'Hare Terminal C

Chipotle

Lunch. Chicken fajita bol: very good. And free! :-)

Chipotle
316 N Michigan Ave
312-578-0950

Papajin

Dinner, delivery. Egg rolls: surprisingly delicious -- crispy, not soggy or cake-y/batter-y. Wonton soup: delicious as always. General tso chicken: pretty good, breading was a little mushy ... quite spicy. Chicken w/ green beans: good, a little mushy. Free chicken fried rice: good.

Papajin
1551 N. Milwaukee Ave.
773-384-9600

Wildfire

Dinner party.

Bacon wrapped gulf shrimp: delicious. Mini crab cakes: delicious. Prime rib w/ horseradish cream on toast points: delicious.

Jumbo shrimp cocktail: surprising good, slightly spicy cocktail sauce was nice.

Caesar salad: delicious. Spinach salad w/ bacon and stuff: delicious.

Filet mignon, medium: delicious. Cedar plank salmon: OK. Redskin mashed potatoes: very good.

Peanut butter pie: like a delicious Reese's peanut butter cup, with delicious crust and whipped cream. Key lime pie: good.

Service was excellent.

Wildfire
1250 E Higgins Rd
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847-995-0100

Pacific Cafe

Dinner, delivery. Yakiniku: OK. Pad se ew: OK. Tonight's was a little disappointing.

Pacific Cafe
1619 N Damen Ave
773-862-1988

Sushi X

Dinner, delivery. Godzilla roll: delicious as usual. 2 veggie tempura rolls, w/ tempura crumbs: delicious as usual. Salmon roll, with chili sauce and cucumbers, inside out: delicious.

Sushi X
1136 W. Chicago Ave.
312-491-9232

Chipotle

Lunch. Chicken fajita bol: good.

At first, they gave too little rice. I asked for more, and it ended up being way too much. :-(

Chipotle Mexican Grill
2000 N. Clybourn Ave.
773-935-5710

The Grillroom

Dinner. 8 oz. filet, medium: delicious, very very good. Topped w/ shrimp, lobster, and a buttery creamy sauce: very delicious. French fries: not good. Sweet potato French fries: very good.

The Grillroom
33 W Monroe St
312-960-0000

Star of Siam

Dinner. Spring rolls: vile ... cardboard-thick skins, and goopy, thicker-than-molasses sauce. #4 entree, chicken and broccoli w/ world-famous peanut sauce: pretty good. Pad thai w/ chicken: bland ... noodles were gummy. Mamasuma (?) chicken curry: not bad, not curry-ish at all.

Downside of all of this: mild food poinsoning 14 hours later.

Star of Siam
11 E Illinois
312-670-0100

South Water Kitchen

Lunch. Some kind of soup, I already forgot: good. Ham and fontina sandwich on some of kind of foccacia-like bread: good. Best of all: free! (for eating outside on Groundhog's Day)

South Water Kitchen
225 N Wabash
312-236-9300