Food Pic of the Week

Casa de Kwablo (aka our place)

Harlem, NY

The other day, the hubby and I were feeling fishy (again) so he prepared a nice, little seafood treat for dinner. Unfortunately, I did not manage to get a pic of the big a** snapper that he prepared for our dinner.

Eating seafood (in particular, shellfish) is one of my favorite summer pastimes.

1. Seafood is delicious . . . especially raw oysters.
2. Prep is pretty simple if/when you know what you are doing.
3. Also, prep does not make the house hot as hell.

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Yelp’s Top Takeout in Each State

An interesting Yelp foodie post came through my Insta feed earlier this week. Below are the top takeout cuisines from the three states where I have resided. You can check out, which dish/cuisine is your state’s favorite using this link (***).

Virginia: My home state (1980 – 1998)

I’m actually surprised that tacos are the most popular takeout in my mother state. Perhaps, the northern part of the state skewed the results. I would have assumed that the most popular takeout would have been something like Chinese food or Buffalo wings.

Random Virginia trivia: My birthday (June 25) falls on the same day that Virginia was admitted in to the Union (June 25, 1788). I think that I learned this trivia while eating at some diner that had all of this random Virginia information on the paper placemats. Actually, I probably learned (and forgot it) back in middle school when we took Virginia history.

Louisiana: My college years (1998-2002)

I was very surprised with this one. I have not been to Louisiana (more specifically, New Orleans) since graduating undergrad so I’m probably out of the culinary loop. Then again, as a broke college student, I was not really on the pulse of culinary trends in New Orleans/Louisiana. Outside of the gross student cafeteria, I think my college takeout experiences were Popeye’s, Chinese food, and Pizza Hut. Oh and when we wanted to be “fancy” after finishing a hard exam (I’m looking at you Organic and Physical Chemistry), it was Piccadilly  for dinner or the “nice” Chinese restaurant. Do not get me wrong, I did have authentic New Orleans food from time to time . . . usually at the end of the semester when I sold my books back to the bookstore.

Random thought: Do college bookstores still rip off students? I probably already know the answer to this question. Since I was a biology major and chemistry minor, my textbooks were ALWAYS super expensive. It’s “funny” having to buy a brand new textbook for like $350 and receiving only $50 – $100 after selling it back to the bookstore. I got wise to the game and started ordering books from eCampus.com, which had a cute slogan “Easy, Fast, and Cheap”. Nice double entendre, right. Also, the company alway sent a “free” gift with every order, and I still have and use bottle opener keychain. I’ve had that keychain for so long (about 22 years) that it is older than the legal drinking age. 😉

New York: (2002 – present)

Cheese pizza (or pizza in general) is pretty much a no brainer for New York.

Hell, the even the rats in NYC love cheese pizza. Remember: NYC Pizza Rat?

Question of the Day:

Do you agree with Yelp’s top takeout for your state (link: ***)? If not, what do you think your state’s top takeout should be?

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