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What I Ate: September 22, 2010 (Fogo de Chao)
Posted 23 September, 2010 at 11:34pm by Michael Chu
Dinner: After not getting enough of the meats that I enjoyed the most the last time I dined at Fogo de Chão (309 East 3rd Street, Austin, TX - (512) 472-0220), I decided to eat there again - this time for Austin Restaurant Week where dinner (included dessert) was $35 per person instead of the typical $45.50 (without dessert).
Gaucho slicing meat
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What I Ate: September 22, 2010 (Fogo de Chao)
What I Ate: September 21, 2010 (Foreign and Domestic Food and Drink)
Posted 22 September, 2010 at 9:57pm by Michael Chu
Dinner: We paid Foreign & Domestic Food & Drink (306 E 53rd St, Austin, TX - (512) 459-1010) a visit for dinner. We started with an order of Popovers ($5). Topped with gruyere, these eggy popovers were delicious.
Crispy Beef Tongue Watercress, Mint, & Horseradish Yogurt ($8). The beef tongue was awesome - great concentrated flavor (especially at the crispy edges) that worked amazingly well with the greens and horseradish sauce. It was so good I was tempted to order another one (but didn't since we had a lot more food to taste).
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What I Ate: September 21, 2010 (Foreign and Domestic Food and Drink)
What I Ate: September 20, 2010
Posted 21 September, 2010 at 11:36pm by Michael Chu
Lunch: I had Nong Shim Seafood Ramyun with Napa cabbage and egg
Dinner: Leftover fried catfish from Texas Roadhouse with homemade tartar sauce
How to Reset Your Windows XP or Windows Vista Password If You Forgot It
Posted 21 September, 2010 at 10:02am by Michael Chu(Filed under: Personal Computers) 1 comment
Recently, I had to help someone get back into their Windows XP PC but had forgotten their password. This is an easy problem to resolve if there is another administrator account on the computer for which they do know the password (just login and use User Profiles to edit the password of the forgetten user's password). The next easiest solution involves using a Password Recovery Disk, which is only available if you made one before losing your password (but most people who forget passwords don't plan on forgetting them).
I couldn't use any of those options, so had to resort to other more roundabout methods. In this case, booting from a Linux CD, logging in as root (to have administrator equivalent access), and editing the password (in my case, just clearing it to no password). Once that was accomplished, I booted into Windows, logged in as administrator (with no password), and changed the password to one they could remember. Luckily, Petter Nordahl-Hagen has put together a relatively small CD Image that helps accomplish just this.
What I Ate: September 19, 2010 (Nordstrom Cafe Bistro)
Posted 20 September, 2010 at 10:03pm by Michael Chu
Dinner: Ever since we had the Roast Sirloin Ciabatta sandwich last week at Cafe Bistro, we've been wanting to go back and order it again. We started off with the Roasted Beet Salad with Candied Pecans.
Then we split a Turkey & Mushroom Panini.
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What I Ate: September 19, 2010 (Nordstrom Cafe Bistro)
What I Ate: September 18, 2010 (Sushi Zushi)
Posted 19 September, 2010 at 7:47pm by Michael Chu
Dinner: We decided to try Sushi Zushi (1611 W 5th St # 105, Austin, TX - (512) 474-7000). The menu is insanely large (probably over 90 different rolls available in addition to an long list of hot dishes) with choices ranging from stir-fried to raw, traditional to inventive, and bare bones to heavily sauced. We decided to play it relatively safe tonight since it was our first time at Sushi Zushi.
We started with a Seaweed Only Salad ($4) (they have a large variety of seaweed salads available). This tasted just as we expected.
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What I Ate: September 18, 2010 (Sushi Zushi)
What I Ate: September 17, 2010 (Texas Roadhouse)
Posted 18 September, 2010 at 11:43pm by Michael Chu
Lunch: Leftover Chinese Food
Dinner: Chicken Critter Salad from Texas Roadhouse. It may not look pretty, but it's a pretty tasty (and large) salad for $9.
What I Ate: September 16, 2010 (Steak 'n Shake)
Posted 18 September, 2010 at 12:42am by Michael Chu
Lunch: I ate the leftover steak with mushrooms and green beans from Ruth's Chris for lunch.
Dinner: We had to make a late night trip to Kyle, so we stopped at Steak 'n Shake for a quick dinner. I had the Guacamole Steakburger with Fries.
What I Ate: September 15, 2010 (The Odd Duck Farm to Trailer)
Posted 17 September, 2010 at 12:13am by Michael Chu
Dinner: Went back to The Odd Duck Farm to Trailer (1219 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX - (512) 695-6922), this time with Jeff Potter after he gave his Cooking for Geeks talk at Whole Foods Global Headquarters.
grilled half of quail with texas rice, apple and cheddar
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What I Ate: September 15, 2010 (The Odd Duck Farm to Trailer)
What I Ate: September 14, 2010 (The Odd Duck Farm to Trailer)
Posted 16 September, 2010 at 1:56am by Michael Chu
Dinner: After the Cooking for Geeks event at Conjuncture (where Jeff Potter, the author of Cooking for Geeks, was supposed to deliver a talk except his plane had to make an emergency landing and he did not make it; I ended up making an impromptu talk about sous vide cooking at home so the attendees would have something to listen to), I took a couple of the attendees to The Odd Duck Farm to Trailer (1219 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX - (512) 695-6922).
Marinated Tomato and Melon with Basil, Chipotle and Goat Feta
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What I Ate: September 14, 2010 (The Odd Duck Farm to Trailer)