Waffle tacos exist?

Waffle taco? That’s crazy! Apparently so crazy, it exists.

The waffle taco is in its testing phase and Taco Bell only has it in two locations. I’m all for fusion, but this sounds so strange. It features a sausage and scrambled egg folded into a waffle. I don’t live too far from Irvine, but is it worth a drive to look for it? I don’t think so.

But it’s a combination that sounds weird but I can’t judge until I try it.

– Sam

Unfortunately I don’t live near a Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s my favorite donut place but with their new breakfast sandwich, I’m afraid they’re trying too hard. Can eggs, bacon and a glazed donut together be a good idea? I want to try. (Although such a concept isn’t that new.)

Apparently the problem is that even with people who live near a Dunkin’ Donuts, they can’t find it.

It’s not crazy to combine sweet with salty. But it has to be the right kind of sweet. Does sweetness with egg and bacon work? It can. But until I try this, I won’t know if this specific combination works.

I am curious about it and maybe one day I can try it — that is if I ever find myself near a DD.

Dunkin' Donuts' new breakfast sandwich

Gotta love me some waffles.

Today is Waffle Day in Sweden. This is the day that the Swedes enjoy their waffles. And for me, why not I celebrate with them? I might head over to Roscoe’s today to celebrate or maybe go home and make my own.

Either way, this is a great day to celebrate one of my favorite breakfast foods.

I used to just eat waffles with syrup as a kid but over the years, I’ve incorporated fruit with it. Strawberries and bananas end up being my fruit of choice. But of course, the chicken and waffles combo seems to be the greatest collaboration since peanut butter and jelly gave each other high fives.

It’s a great day for some waffles. Let’s go enjoy some!

I never was into breakfast growing up. Most of the time when I got up for school, I’d skip breakfast because I wanted to sleep in and I knew I could sacrifice breakfast for an extra five minutes of sleep.

Having been told breakfast is the most important meal of the day didn’t really convince me much to make breakfast a priority. I think part of the problem is that I am usually waking up and immediately going to work. Because of that, I just didn’t have time for it.

But on my recent trip to Phoenix, I decided to actually do breakfast during my vacation. I decided to try Matt’s Big Breakfast.

A popular breakfast spot in Phoenix turned out to be a great winner. The plate in front is the one I had, which was the salami sampler with home fries. The salami was so thick cut and full of pepper. It was perfect.

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Label this under “There’s a record for that?” category. Kim Medford’s curly fries from Arby’s featured one fry that appeared to be very long. In fact, it measured 38 inches — four inches longer than the current world record.

Of course it’s a little naive of me to think that there isn’t a record for this. There are records for everything. But I am the kind of person to just eat my fries and not even notice what they look like. Then again, I have never seen a fry that spans over three feet in length, so who knows?

It’s great publicity for Arby’s and who knows? If this does end up being the world record, you’re glad that you knew that this record exists in the first place.

This fry is 38 inches long.

Restaurant.com has had its ups and downs.

Restaurant.com — $300 in Gift Cards for only $40 for $40

I saw this on my Twitter feed and I was considering whether or not I wanted to do this. After all, such a deal is too good to pass up.

But the problem with this deal is that it’s from Restaurant.com and a lot of restaurants have shut down their affiliation with the company. Most times these restaurants have just said they don’t accept the coupons or they are forced to give back vouchers of credit.

I’ve had some good experiences with restaurants that take them. But I’ve been to other restaurants that have taken them, but told me that they won’t do it after this last time. It’s tough when a lot of great eateries are simply saying no more.

Is it that bad for restaurants that this just isn’t a profitable deal for them? I’m still on the fence about this because if I can find one restaurant that can take it, then I am good to go. But is it worth a $40 risk?

What would you do? Are you a fan of Restaurant.com or not?

The San Francisco 49ers are set to play in the Super Bowl against the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans this Sunday. Growing up as a 49ers fan, this is exciting. After covering them for three seasons, it’s bittersweet for me to see them go to the Super Bowl. I am happy for them but since I don’t cover the team anymore, I can’t be there to watch them in the Super Bowl.

However, I did get a chance to stop by the Bay Area this weekend and I wanted to feel like I was in New Orleans. I decided to stop by a very popular Louisiana Style Kitchen in Berkeley called Angeline’s to get my Southern Food fix.

The wait there took about 20 minutes on a Sunday night but the environment was very comfortable. The service was fantastic and the ambience felt very New Orleans with images from the city and culture.

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I had a friend visiting and he was staying near the UCLA dorms.  He suggested that we get some lunch. Since I am not familiar with the location, I just did a Google search of top places to eat near UCLA. There weren’t really a lot of great finds but I did come across this one place called the Hole in the Wall Burger Joint.

The concept presented on the site wasn’t new, but it was pretty cool to try something different. We decided to go the the new location in Santa Monica and I decided to make my burger as unique as possible. I had to fill out this small form and take it to the register for my order. I decided to use a fake name for fun too.

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Vegetarian and delicious.

Today for lunch I stopped by an Indian restaurant that was strictly vegetarian. I ordered the above dish of garlic naan, roasted cauliflowers, mixed vegetables and a chicken curry. The chicken wasn’t really chicken, but it was a vegetarian substitute that had the texture like it.

I grew up as an omnivore, eating both my meats and vegetables. I had been this way and I never considered being vegetarian. It’s one of those things where I enjoyed meat so much that I just never really considered taking it out of my diet.

Being a vegetarian for some people is a decision that’s made because they want to help save the animals that we eat. Some people want to do it to be more green. I believe in the cause and I’m fine with it. But I think I am just so accustomed to eating meat that I don’t know if a decision like that can be made.

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This was one delicious steak I had.

I was in Washington DC last week and I was staying at a friend’s brother’s place. There, I was introduced to a new way of cooking steak that I had never considered before. And I must say, this was probably one of the best steaks I had ever tried.

This steak, which I suggest you guys try to ring in the new year, was a classic New York steak. After being marinated with some seasoning for a while, instead of cooking over a grill, a frying pan was used over the stove. What made this unique was that my steaks are usually cooked over a grill. But a frying pan was a unique proposition and after watching the master chef put it to work, I must say I may consider this method next time.

Here’s a gallery of the quick cooking steps to this steak.

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