It’s rather like watching a train wreck. These poor people can’t cook worth a damn. But that’s ok. If you can serve say a can of tomato soup, that’s not so bad isn’t it? Well, that’s what one of the contestant did. Wow, that’s nothing, I’m pretty sure almost anyone can successfully make a Campbell tomato soup dish.

The final end game of the show is of course for the last two standing cooks to make a dish for a panel of food critics, who supposedly have no idea they’re really cooking for them, and instead, Ann Burrell and Beau MacMillan, the Chefs of the red and blue team, are cooking for them. Of course, the reputation of the chefs are in peril.

This just seems to be a competition of who is a better instructor, and how fast they can teach. The cooks are just a bonus (if you can see it that way) to the show. There’s a lot of tears, a lot of under/overcooked meals.

How does this show seem to you? Is it as much a train wreck as I see it? I just think some of the cooks have got to be exaggerating their skills (or non skills) in cooking. But damn, I just can’t help but watch it.

Anyways, why do I love the Keurig coffee maker? It makes perfect portioned coffee every time. Although I do have to say that my cups must be a bit bigger than the “standard” since it doesn’t fill it to the rim. But that’s ok. It also makes it the perfect temperature. Seriously. I know some people like their coffee scalding hot, but I’m certainly not one of them. While I like it hot, I don’t like it when it’s about as hot as the sun. I don’t need to burn my tongue drinking a good cup of joe. But the Keurig makes it just right. Another reason is the choices. There are plenty of K-cup manufacturers out there. And if you can’t find one that you like, you can also buy a re-usable K-cup. That way you can use your own preferred cup of coffee. Awesome right? I thought so too.

I’m so grateful to have a wife that bought me one of the best birthday presents ever. She’s pretty awesome too.

Yoshi has not been paid to endorse this coffee maker. He just loves a good cup of joe. Tasty! And HOT!

I’ve been here numerous times, and the service has never failed to please me. The people are very friendly, and very fun. When I was able to eat sushi, I always had some kind of sushi here, and I’ll tell you now, it’s pretty good. It’s not the best sushi I’ve ever had, but I have to admit that I’ve eaten some really high grade sushi while I was living in Japan. If nothing else, it’s worthy to note that Osaka is the first sushi restaurant in Thurston County.

I usually order the tonkatsu and/or the tempura. They really make some excellent tempura, and their tonkatsu is very good. I also would like to point out that they have pretty good serving sizes. I’ve also had their Katsudon as well, and it was pretty good. All in all, their food is good.

The cleanliness in the restaurant is pretty good, although I cannot really judge everything about that since I have never actually been in their kitchen. But if the sushi chef is an example of their cleanliness, then there’s definitely nothing to worry about. Again I’d like to say the people who work there are friendly, and I’m not sure if it’s because my parents and I visit often, but they remember that my dad uses a fork rather than chopsticks and never fail to bring him one.

Overall I’d give Osaka a 4 out of 5 stars. The only reason I don’t give a 5 is because no one in my opinion should get a 5 unless they are absolutely, positively perfect. Maybe something like Morimoto’s Restaurants.

We ordered the Premium Bacon Mac ‘n Cheese. I mean it sounded good, right? First of all, because it has bacon in it, and we all know that bacon makes anything taste better. This was definitely not an exception. We both loved it. It’s kinda surprising that Pizza Hut should have something this decently good. I wouldn’t say that it’s the best Mac ‘n Cheese I’ve ever had (let’s face it, it’s still pizza hut and it probably comes from a frozen dish), but I will admit I would probably order it again. I don’t even feel regret that I paid for it.

If you’ve got a hungering for pasta, don’t want to make it yourself, and want something pretty decent that’s not microwable (at least in your own house!), then go for the pizza hut mac ‘n cheese. It’s pretty good.

(oh, and no, I’m not paid by pizza hut to say anything good about their food.)

Not only will they give you some really excellent exposure, you can find some very interesting blogs there. I’d give it a twirl if I were you. And no, I’m not saying that just because I’m the Featured Blog. It’s a real big surprise!

Thank you!

At first, I admit I was very skeptical, because the chicken were round discs about 3 inches and didn’t really look very appetizing. The sauce were like cubes of ice, and finally the penne actually looked like penne, and I thought they were the only things that looked “right”. Once the frozen dinner was done baking, (45 minutes) and I took out the dish and took the foil off to put the cheese on it. I have to admit it looked a little bit more appetizing but the chicken looked so small in the shallow dish.

I have to admit I was not expecting anything great or awesome and I was right. I don’t think Bertolli would ever prevent me from going to an authentic restaurant, but I have to admit it was really good. The penne was a bit overdone, but I don’t think you can expect much from that. I have to admit, I would buy a frozen dinner from Bertolli again.

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