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What I Ate: October 2, 2010 (Not Your Mama's Food Truck)

Posted 5 October, 2010 at 11:15pm by Michael Chu
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Dinner: It always amazes us how much amazing food is coming out of food trucks in Austin. We ate at Not Your Mama's Food Truck (2209 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX, 78704) (see their Facebook page for times) and had the best beef tongue ever. Go now or tomorrow and order the beef tongue. Trust me - it's excellent.
Not Your Mama's Food Truck

We ate one of everything on the menu:
Korean Fried Sliders scallions, cucumber, hoisin, on steamed buns ($4). Excellent. Crunchy, sweet, and salty, and delicious. Do not hesitate to order this with your beef tongue.
Not Your Mama's Food Truck - Korean Fried Sliders

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What I Ate: October 2, 2010 (Not Your Mama's Food Truck)

What I Ate: October 1, 2010 (Taco More)

Posted 4 October, 2010 at 11:38pm by Michael Chu
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Lunch: We had several small sandwiches made of English muffins, gouda, capicola, and Dijon mustard which we ate with Dai Due pickled okra.
Capicola and gouda sandwich with pickled okra

Dinner: We went back to Taqueria Taco More (9400 Parkfield Dr, Austin, TX (512) 821-1561) to try a few more of their soups.

Menudo
Taco More - Menudo
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What I Ate: October 1, 2010 (Taco More)

What I Ate: September 30, 2010

Posted 3 October, 2010 at 2:49pm by Michael Chu
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Breakfast: Corn Puffs with Whole Milk
Corn Puffs

Lunch: Which Wich Muffuletta sandwich with a Bueno Bueno crispy beef taco
Which Wich Muffuletta sandwich with a Bueno Bueno crispy beef taco

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What I Ate: September 30, 2010

What I Ate: September 29, 2010 (Bess Bistro)

Posted 1 October, 2010 at 8:33am by Michael Chu
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Dinner: We tried Bess Bistro on Pecan (500 W 6th st, Austin, TX (512) 477-2377) for dinner. The food was good enough that I expect we'll return when we're looking for some pleasant comfort food.

Fried Freen Tomatos served atop a caper and crab salad, garnished with sriracha ($10). Fearing too much sriracha, we asked for ours on the side. Tomatoes had a thick crunchy crust. Worked best when eaten with the crab salad and a dab of sriracha.
Bess Bistro on Pecan - Fried Green Tomatoes

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What I Ate: September 29, 2010 (Bess Bistro)

What I Ate: September 28, 2010

Posted 30 September, 2010 at 9:58am by Michael Chu
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Lunch: Craving the flavors of the Lox Sliders from Urban, I decided to make my own version.
Open Faced Sandwich of Smoked Salmon, Spinach, and Fried Egg

Dinner: I served up sous vide rib eye steak (55°C) and 24 hour short ribs (57°C). The short ribs were tender, but I cannot say if they were more tender than the 3 hour short ribs from the night before. I wasn't sure if connective tissue had broken down into gelatin or not.
Rib-eye steak and Short Rib

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What I Ate: September 28, 2010

What I Ate: September 27, 2010

Posted 29 September, 2010 at 5:14pm by Michael Chu
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Lunch: Leftover egg sandwich and hash browns from Urban. I heated both in a convection toaster oven on a sheet of parchment paper for 12 minutes at 350°F and it worked remarkably well. The cheese melted (causing the egg to slide off a little), toast was toasted again, and egg was hot but still had a flowing yolk.
Leftover Urban Fried Egg Sandwich

Dinner: By request of Papa to see what the minimum time for cooking beef short ribs sous vide, I cooked a couple pieces at 55°C for 3 hours. The result was very tender and flavorful, but the salt doesn't seem to penetrate very far and none of the excessive connective tissue was broken down so there were stringy and chewy bits. Still, if one is not willing to wait a day for sous vide short ribs, it's possible to prepare it in about 3 hours, but I would probably recommend waiting 24 hours. I've got another bag of short ribs in the water bath at 57°C that will have cooked for 26 hours by the time we eat it, so stay tuned to find out if the second bag is better in texture.
Sous Vide Short Ribs

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What I Ate: September 27, 2010

What I Ate: September 26, 2010 (Urban, An American Grill)

Posted 28 September, 2010 at 5:14am by Michael Chu
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Lunch: We were invited to have brunch at Urban, An American Grill (11301 Domain Drive, Austin, TX (512) 490-1511) where we had a very good meal of what I would describe as North American comfort food. Chef Mizael Saucido (from Bess Bistro and Fonda San Miguel) puts together a remarkable combination of Southern flavors with interior Mexican flair that really resonated with my palate. The lighting was a 50-50 mix of outdoor sunlight streaming in from the large windows and incandescent lighting which made for some challenging color balance issues when photographing.

Mini Chocolate Croissant. This was a small (but well made) croissant served along side a nutella sauce. Simple, but delightful.
Urban - Mini Chocolate Croissant

Mini Breakfast Tacos and Lox Sliders. Both of these small bites are amazing. The tacos had a perfect balance of eggs, cheese, chorizo, and salsa that allowed you to taste every ingredient without any single one being dominant (and yet all were assertive). The lox sliders were genius - of all the food we tasted, this was perhaps my favorite (the avocado tres leches cake we ended with is the only possible contender). Quail egg, hollandaise, lox, spinach and a honey wheat round - it's the perfect bite-sized Salmon Eggs Florentine.
Urban - Mini Breakfast Tacos and Lox Sliders
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What I Ate: September 26, 2010 (Urban, An American Grill)

What I Ate: September 25, 2010 (Chili's)

Posted 27 September, 2010 at 1:17am by Michael Chu
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Lunch: Pastrami Sandwich and Roast Beef Sandwich from Dai Due and Banana Peppers from Milagro
Pastrami Sandwich and Roast Beef Sandwich from Dai Due and Banana Peppers from Milagro

Dinner: We got hungry heading back to Austin from Kyle and stopped at Chili's in Buda. It was not good. We started with the chicken and chile soup which was much too salty. After asking for a glass of hot water and pouring that into the soup (doubling the volume) it was somewhat edible.
Chevy's - Chicken and Chile Soup

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What I Ate: September 25, 2010 (Chili's)

What I Ate: September 24, 2010

Posted 25 September, 2010 at 8:28pm by Michael Chu
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Dinner: Leftovers from El Pollo Rico
Leftover El Pollo Rico Chicken and Carne Asada

What I Ate: September 23, 2010 (El Pollo Rico)

Posted 25 September, 2010 at 3:06am by Michael Chu
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Lunch: Leftovers from Foreign & Domestic (Mac & Cheese and Crispy Chicken Thigh)
Leftover Foreign & Domestic Mac & Cheese and Crispy Chicken Thigh

Dinner: Picked up a whole chicken and carne asada from El Pollo Rico (704 W Stassney Ln, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 326-1161).
El Pollo Rico - Whole Chicken and Carne Asada

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