Tasty TGIF Tidbits 7/22/11 + My First Restaurant Review

Happy Friday! I really want to do more food and restaurant reviews.  I do.  But every time I dig through my archives, I always run across that Yi Ping post.  And then I’m like, damnit, I want to be back in Taipei munching on scrumptious lamb chops and devouring salmon sashimi, but no, I’m not going to see that place for at least another year. Finally, I snapped out of my funk to bring you something food-related.  This blog isn’t called Makeup Morsels for nothing, yaknow. I’m reviewing Salut Tea Salon today, which isn’t exactly in the area (and by the area, I mean America).  I don’t know how many of you will ever be able to visit, but I’m mainly trying to get a handle on writing about food again.  My previous posts weren’t really reviews (unless you call a bunch of pictures and me going yum yum yum a review).  Anyways, I pulled a bunch of files off the school computers today, and since these were already edited, I thought why not? Continue reading

Lunch at Yi Ping + Sinful Update

Yesterday, my relatives treated me to a lovely lunch at my favorite restaurant, Yi Ping.  This may sound a little sad, but I’ve waited an entire year just to eat here again.

They have the freshest sashimi I’ve ever tasted in my life.  I particularly like the salmon (on the right side of my plate), it’s so luscious and fatty.  The orange thing on the left is baked pumpkin.

Picture heavy post, click to read on! Continue reading