Healthy Eating + Living
Reviews, Reviews, Reviews! Anything from restaurants, to food services, to… underwear? Yep. All of it.
As you probably know by now, I am a lover of food. I love making it and I love eating it (maybe even more!). So, it was very fun times for me when I got join a couple members of the Atlanta Food Bloggers Alliance at a tasting event at Blue Ridge Grill to sample new items on their seasonal menu prepared by Chef Joe Brown.
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It’s time for another cookbook review! This time, it is a cookbook tailored for a more specific type of Paleo diet: The Autoimmune Paleo diet. So if you are curious in learning more about the diet and the book, read on!
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As many of you probably already know. I love everything about food. What’s not to love? Cooking is fun, eating is AWESOME! So, you might be surprised to find that I have never had a physical hard copy cook book before! Yep, like many of you out there, I’ve always done all my researching through the web. So that is why I was very excited when I received my review copy of Well Fed 2: More Paleo Recipes for People Who Love to Eat by Melissa Joulwan, the blogger of The Clothes Make The Girl.
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This Sunday, I ventured to downtown Atlanta to try out the Paleo restaurant: Urban pL8 for brunch. It is a bit tucked away so that if you hadn’t already heard of the place, you might not ever stumble in. However, when we got there it was 100% packed. I think that really says something about the restaurant!
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Liu Fu is a Chinese restaurant located in John’s Creek, Georgia. The meaning of Liu Fu is actually “6 Blessings”. Why 6? Well, it means some good stuff in Chinese. In the words of Wikipedia:
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At some point in time, someone came up with the concept of sushi and steak combination. Now, we’re not sure who, but Prime claims that they are “known as one of the first restaurants to be a sushi and steak house concept”. I’m not so sure about that one, but the several times I’ve been there, their food has not dissapoint!
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It would seem that the best Sichuan food I can find are, well, not exactly holes in the wall, but let’s just say in a very random shopping centers where you don’t think there’s going to be anything good to eat. So that is exactly where Gu’s Bistro (渝蓉和) is located in Doraville, Georgia.
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Cue is this restaurant I found in the Alpahretta area of Georgia. The first time I’ve ever gone there, the food was good but I didn’t remember it well as I didn’t really have BBQ ever back then. Now that I’ve had lots of yummy BBQ, I can vouch that this place is seriously delicious. (Even Yelp agrees!)
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In case your’e wondering what Haru Ichiban means in Japanese, the translation is “The First Gale of Spring”. Haru Ichibanis also the name of a Japanese restaurant in Duluth, Georgia which is slowly turning in to the local “Korea/Asia Town”. Good thing I LOVE Korean/Asian food! (But let’s face it, is there any food I don’t like? I’m still looking!) Anyway, here’s the delicious food we got there:
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Now, if you’re not familiar with Szechuan (or aka Sichuan) cuisine (四川菜), a quick overview is that the flavor is bold, and commonly spicy. A popular style is called Mala (麻辣) and is basically a mixture of spicy and numbness (from the Chinese peppercorns added in Mala dishes). If you’re interested in awesome Mala dishes, check out my visit to Old Sichuan’s Hot Pot restaurant in Taiwan here!
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