Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Beauty Hunan: Oh So Spicy, Oh So Delicious

Beauty Hunan: Oh So Spicy, Oh So Delicious

If you know me, you know that I love spicy foods. You would probably know that if you read my blog post on the Carolina Reaper. When people think of spicy Chinese food, they will typically point to Szechuan cuisine. Szechuan cuisine is known for the pungency of its food offerings, but Hunan cuisine takes that to a whole new level. Hunan cuisine implements higher amounts of chili peppers in comparison to Szechuan. As a lover of spicy foods, Hunan...

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Wedding Hors d'oeuvres

Wedding Hors d'oeuvres

It's hard not to appreciate hors d'oeuvres at a wedding. When the servers come to you and ask if you would like so-and-so, it feels like it's your birthday! Of course, that wasn't the case here. My favorite hors d'oeuvres at this wedding I attended was most definitely the coconut butterfly shrimp. It may have seemed simple, but the taste was ever so good and ever so familiar. The asparagus wrap and mini beef wellington were decent as well, but could...
I ate a Carolina Reaper.

I ate a Carolina Reaper.

Yes, I ate a Carolina Reaper. Why, you ask? That is because I live for the challenge. Specifically, spicy challenges. I'm no stranger when it comes to eating dangerously spicy foods. For instance, I once ate a taco labeled the "Death Taco" from a restaurant called "Genkiyaki". Now this taco was absolutely filled with habanero extract, which is worse than the actual pepper. A few seconds after my first bite of the taco, I quickly reached for...