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Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas

January 8, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas

Last night, Mum, June, and I had a feast of seafood as a last dinner with family before heading back to college at Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet. If you love seafood then I’m told this is the place for you. It felt like a waste of money for me though since I’m not a big lover of seafood and buffets. Each person costs $25 on Friday nights.

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Buffet Line

Udon Buffet Line

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Plate 1

Raw Oyster, Mussel, Clam, Baked Cheese Oyster, Jellyfish, Squid, and Fried Crab

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Plate 2

Sushi Plate

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Udon

Udon

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Plate 3

Baked Oyster, Green Beans, Fried Rice, Chow Mien with Potatoes, Clams, Tilapia, Roast Beef, Dumpling, and Sea Bass

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Plate 3Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Crab

Alaskan Crab

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Dessert

Grapefruit, Edamame, Two Cakes, and One Cheesecake

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Green Tea Ice Cream

Green Tea Ice Cream

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet | Houston, Texas | Mango Ice Cream

Mango Ice Cream

For ambiance, the tables were very tiny for the three of us. Our plates were hanging off the edge and after trying practically everything they offered I have come to a conclusion that this place is so-so. There was nothing to rave about other than the sea bass. It’s my go to fish now but I’m told it’s super expensive.

Tip: The only way to get ice cream is to ask your server.

Tokyo One Sushi & Grill Buffet
7465 W Greens Rd, Houston, TX 77064  |  (281) 955-8898  |  Website |  Yelp

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Asian, Houston, Seafood, Texas

Baker Street Pub & Grill | Katy, Texas

January 7, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Baker Street | Katy, Texas | The Ruse

The Ruse

After The Continental Club, Ryan dropped Ed and I at Baker St. Pub & Grill for more live music. The pub has live bands play on certain days and today was The Ruse (best picture ever) to entertain us as we waited for Katie to arrive. I actually enjoyed listening to them since they were funny and even covered a lot of songs I knew.

Baker Street | Katy, Texas | Kettle Chips

Warm Kettle Cooked Chips [with ranch dressing] | ~$3

Once Katie showed up we ordered some appetizers to snack on. The chips were crispy like regular kettle chips but there was no falvour which meant having to dip them in ranch dressing repeatedly. Will not order again.

Baker Street | Katy, Texas | Potato Skins

Potato Skins [with bacon, cheddar cheese, and green onions, served with ranch dressing] | ~$6

I never had potato skins with so much potato left in the skin so that was a plus for me and got me full fast. I wished they gave me sour cream instead of the ranch dressing. Dipping the kettle chips into ranch made me sick of it having to dip my potato skins in there as well.

It was nice to catch up with old friends from high school since college broke us all up. Nick came to join us as well and ordered a dirty martini. It was the first time I’ve seen one and I wasn’t a fan.

Baker St. Pub & Grill
23501 Cinco Ranch Blvd., Katy, TX 77494  |  (281) 693-0500  |  Website  |  Yelp

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: American, Bars and Pubs, Katy, Texas

The Continental Club | Houston, Texas

January 7, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

The Continental Club - Houston, Texas

Last night, I joined Ed and Ryan to a live show of “The Beetles” at The Continental Club. They are there every Thursday night jamming out to the Beatles. They knew every single Beatles song by heart and even take requests.

Hot Dog at The Continental Club - Houston, Texas

The Continental Club sells Lone Stars for three dollars so the boys cashed in on that deal. I ended up buying a hot dog that costs only a dollar instead. They were out of hot dog buns so we had ours on a hamburger bun instead topping with three jalapenos, ketchup, and mustard.

The Beetles at The Continental Club - Houston, Texas

The Beetles

There was an old fashioned RC vending machine and Ryan thought it would work since it felt cold. After figuring out how to use it a guy comes and says, “It doesn’t work. They sell them at the bar.” I’m guessing it was cold because of the weather. There was only one sticker saying that that RC flavour was out but no out of order sign for the whole. I wonder how many people did what we did.

Anyway, it’s packed with people in the working world. Not much college kids like us there. It was fun nonetheless. A good place to go to listen to some great music.

The Continental Club
3700 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002  |  (713) 529-9899  |  Website  |  Yelp

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries, Music Tagged With: Bars and Pubs, Gigs, Houston, Texas

RECIPE | Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies

January 5, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies

Late night craving to bake equals too late for a run to the store. Knowing a box of red velvet cake mix was available in my pantry, I surfed the web for a non-traditional cake and cupcake method and landed on cake-like cookies!

The outside is crunchy and the inside is a little chewy. A perfect cookie. Mmmmm! My family gobbled it all up – thank goodness.

Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bon appetit!

Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

Easy, delicious cake box cookies.

Course: Dessert
Servings: 24 cookies
Author: Mellie Dee
Ingredients
  • 1 box red velvet cake mix (Duncan Hines)
  • 1/3 - 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • confectioners sugar (optional)
Preparations
  1. Prep baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, mix eggs, cake mix, and oil.
  2. Scoop and roll the dough with your hands. Flatten it out and put a few chocolate chips in the center. Roll it back up and place on the cookie sheet.*

  3. Bake approximately 15 minutes. Cookies are finished when you can slide them without the bottoms sticking to the baking sheet.

  4. Optional: Sift confectioners sugar on top right when it comes out of the oven so it sticks.

Notes

*If you prefer, you can put chocolate chips in after mixing the dough instead of doing the rolling, flattening, rolling method.

 

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Cookies, Dessert

New Year, New Start

January 1, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

The ball dropped an hour and forty-three minutes ago. Since it’s a new year, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and finally start my blog.

I am hoping this will be the place to gather successful recipes so that they are easy to grab for when I’m in a rut. I’m an amateur but through trial and error, I’ll learn.

Since I’m a student in college I won’t have a lot of time like other bloggers in the world so I will try my best to post a new dish at least twice a month if not more. I do apologize ahead of time if that doesn’t happen.

I hope you all have a great new year and maybe a year from now I will still be here sharing my experiences!

Filed Under: Blog Necessities Tagged With: Blogoversary

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