Category: food

10/05/09 10:20 - 51ºF - ID#49940

Tokyo Shanghai Bistro

(E:Terry) and I went to the new Tokyo Shanghai Bistro at 494 elmwood for yesterday for dinner.

They did such a fantastic job with the interior
design. Its hard to even believe it is the same place that was Rice
Paddy. The restaurant has a really extensive menu of Japanese and
Chinese food at really reasonable prices. They also have a sushi bar.

I ordered a piece of Saba (mackerel) sushi as an appetizer which was
delicious, well presented and had the beautiful skin texture I love.
It's hard to find it so pretty and at $2.00 it was a great deal.

Then I had a bowl of wonton soup with three wontons in it for $1.75.

(E:Terry) got c14 mongolism beef for $10.95 and it was freaking
delicious and well presented.

For dinner I ate c17 - seafood in sizling platter. It's described as
"lobster, crabmeat, shrimp, scallops sauteed with broccoli, straw
mushrooms, baby corn, and snow peas in a sizling platter." and cost
$15.95.

While the entree was delicious it had imitation Krab meat not
crabmeat. I feel like there should be a law against that. Imagine if
you ordered steak and got immitation steak. At $15.95 I think they
should either give you the real deal, call it imitation krab in the
desciption or leave it off the menu - it's such a shifty trick. It
made me not order the crab sushi I was going to get because getting
fake crab sushi would have sent me over the edge.

The other place that does that is Guercio's with their crab (krab)
salad in the deli.

The lobster was also overcooked and chewy as though it had been cooked and reheated. However, the scallops and shrimps were delicious. It would have almost just been better without the fake crab and just with more shrimp.

In general, it was great and I would definately go back again, just
don't order anything crab if you expect real crab.

I am very interested in going to lunch there and trying the lunch menu this week one day.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: body

10/05/09 09:56 - 52ºF - ID#49939

Super fat ass 3000

Last week I added an additional canister of protein/ weight gainer to
my diet in hopes of finally getting to 170, ha.

I also worked out everyday at home in the morning and at the gym at night and although I now fit in my size 31 pants again and have some more definition, I gained 0 pounds. It almost seems impossible but I think it's because the stuff has ginseng in it and I am so susceptible to stimulants making me lose weight.

So basically I lost a tiny bit of fat and gained a tiny bit of definition but it was not worth $20 and having to chug an extra thick milkshake per day.

It's kind of crazy. I was hoping it would be the key ingredient to looking like the man in the pic, I guess not.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: linwood

10/03/09 07:53 - 58ºF - ID#49919

Cutting glass is a snap

It seems like everyday that I learn a new skill about reconstructing
parts of the house. Today (e:Jim) gave me a lesson in glass cutting.

I had some old glass in windows I rescued from my parents house when they had new windows installed in the spring. I wish I had kept more.

Although extracting the old glass was a pain, it makes the panels
being replaced reflect the sun the same. New glass doesn't do that.
Plus the whole recycling aspect and that a part of the house I grew up in will now be part of my house.

It so neat to see how each piece of glass was cut. There is a story
in each panel. I couldn't help but wonder why some of them were
replaced before as indicated by the modern glazing points.

The windows we are rehabbing have three types of shapes, two types of triangles and diamonds - none of them are 90 degrees do every cut was tricky.

I think I am now a master glass cutter. The secret it appears to be
using torch oil on the wheel and to press hard on a clean class
surface when cutting.

Then the snap needs to be one single quick snap. I cut twelve
replacement shapes from my parents old windows and still have some old glass leftover.

Afterwards we removed all the remaining glass and putty and sanded all the old paint off. Then (e:Terry) primed with oil paint. Tomorrow we
reglaze, reputty and paint.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

10/02/09 05:29 - 51ºF - ID#49912

Kitchen pipes fixed

For the first time in three years our kitchen sink actually works and
consists of all the same material pipes. I am so happy. In reality
it took us only about 2 hours to cut and fit everything which makes me
so mad considering we had a leaky sink and bucket under there for
three years.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

10/02/09 05:26 - 51ºF - ID#49910

Home depot gutter problem

You would think they have the parts to fix this.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: jobs

09/29/09 10:22 - 51ºF - ID#49886

Wood and Ice vs Computers

I am not complaining about how much money I make but ... I just met this guy in the sauna at the gym who makes $1000/day profit selling wood and ice products to other businesses and convenient stores. I am clearly in the wrong business despite how much I enjoy what I do.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

09/28/09 08:50 - 55ºF - ID#49879

Refinishing and reglazing windows

Is a pain in the ass. I keep telling myself now that I spend all my
freetine working on restoration that someday it will pay off when I
can't compute anymore.

I read one persons blog where they said that you can soften the old
glazing with a heatgun to remove it easier but I was afraid the
heatgun would cause the old glass to shatter so chipping and prying it
was.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

09/27/09 03:18 - 66ºF - ID#49871

Nitrate free beef jerky

They now have it at wilsons farms meat summer and elmwood. It comes
in 4 different flavors. I prefer hickory. It was totally reasonable
price too but I can't remember exactly how much.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

09/26/09 11:11 - 64ºF - ID#49856

Whiteface Scary jesus

Why did someone repaint his face even whiter?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

09/24/09 09:21 - 62ºF - ID#49848

Night two of restaurant week

Tonight (e:terry) and I went to torches on kenmore avenue. the food was
amazing and for once the portions were of reasonable size. We had the
filet minot au poivre with gnochi and a fried calamri appetizer.

joshua writes at 03:12:15 09/28/09 - Comment #51746: Hmm, I didn't like Torches at the Taste, to be honest. Maybe it had to do with the options I chose. I would love to go back to Hutch's, however! I dislike the fact that I didn't make it out during the week, but I had heard some serious horror stories about wait times, etc. - I'd almost rather wait for another time and eat off of the regular menu. Sea Bar had what I thought was an interesting looking deal for $20, same with Amici. There are some faux-pretentious restaurants that I'll never set foot in (I'm talking to you, Merge).

bridgette writes at 01:03:10 09/26/09 - Comment #51690: My fiance works at Hutchs, he said this week is so crazy for them! It's a great idea though, a good reason to try places you've never even heard of! There's a whole lot here and I wish there were more kinds of those entertainment books that get people out and about exploring! (supposedly the B-lo area is a GREAT place for scuba diving! I've lived here all my life and never once heard that- just goes to show!)

jenks writes at 05:22:02 09/25/09 - Comment #51687: O'Connell's! that's it. yummmmm. (but not cheap.)

jenks writes at 05:13:27 09/25/09 - Comment #51685: omg, I forgot about torches! yeah I only ate there once but it was great.
another place out there is... shit... what's it called.... on kenmore/colvin... totally unassuming exterior, but amaaaazing food. O'brian's maybe? crap. something like that.

jason writes at 04:19:26 09/25/09 - Comment #51682: I liked Torches food at the Taste of Buffalo. I'm glad you've shown some pictures, maybe I'll get out there someday. Looks nice.

paul writes at 01:31:34 09/25/09 - Comment #51665: Its one of the nicest restuarants in buffalo on the inside.

james writes at 11:30:51 09/24/09 - Comment #51663: I always assumed that place was a dump from the exterior and parking lot. But that food looks amazing.