I am not going to lie, I have been skimping on my posts. I have had a big year moving from San Francisco to back home in Sacramento and starting a new job with plenty of new projects. But hey, I can't complain living with my parents. I can save some money by not paying that San Francisco rent and I have a hot meal ready for my when I come home from work. The downside is that my parents don't give me a chance to cook in the kitchen and I have gotten lazy.  I am still making ramen but not as often as I would like.

This is all going to change. Well I'll milk living at home a little longer... but I will be upping my ramen research especially since I have decided to write a ramen book.

So if you are crazy enough to create an Izakaya menu, when does buying ingredients for your 10+ dishes and spending a whole day cooking become practical? Well you need more than one person to help you eat and enjoy all of the food, and it helps if they help you pay for your ingredients. That sounds like a restaurant doesn't it? It was decided. I would come up with a set menu, set a price, and send invitations to friends to my pop-up kitchen.

Fried Chicken Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch too. I have been craving fried chicken day in and day out ever since I saw the mouth watering sandwiches that David Chang has been cooking up at his latest restaurant Fuku. Fried Chicken is starting to trend all over America, even Shake Shack recently release their own chicken sandwich. Just thinking of juicy tender chicken with flaky and crispy batter, #drools. I had to get in on this craze, so I set out on a journey to make delicious fried chicken.