You folks have probably been there before. Prepare and/or buy enough grinds to feed TWO armies, even though only one army is expected, and there you have it. Leftovers for the entire WEEK.
We celebrated the Chinese New Year this past Saturday, and as a result, we still have yet to finish more than half a tray each of Go Lo Mein, Beef Broccoli, Walnut Shrimp, Charsiu Bau, Roast Duck, Duck Egg, Lemon Chicken, and a huge container of Winter Melon Soup (from Golden Dynasty on University Ave., cheap and ono B-T-W).
I just have to say that Chinese food makes for absolutely TERRIBLE leftovers! Put a little of each leftover item on a plate, throw it in the microwave the next day (or 2 or 5 days later), and you have one MSG's, homogenous, oily and dry concoction, which, for me anyway, is difficult to stomach. Bleck!
Things I find good as leftovers are cold pizza (love that!) and local style beef stew.. always better the next day; with day old poi of course!
Here's a good tip for you SuperBowl'ers out there. Poke is on da' pupu menu right? If you have leftover Ahi Poke (rare, but possible), don't let it spoil! Simply throw it in a very hot Wok with a little Shoyu and Mirin and fry da' buggah until fully cooked.. so ono!
We celebrated the Chinese New Year this past Saturday, and as a result, we still have yet to finish more than half a tray each of Go Lo Mein, Beef Broccoli, Walnut Shrimp, Charsiu Bau, Roast Duck, Duck Egg, Lemon Chicken, and a huge container of Winter Melon Soup (from Golden Dynasty on University Ave., cheap and ono B-T-W).
I just have to say that Chinese food makes for absolutely TERRIBLE leftovers! Put a little of each leftover item on a plate, throw it in the microwave the next day (or 2 or 5 days later), and you have one MSG's, homogenous, oily and dry concoction, which, for me anyway, is difficult to stomach. Bleck!
Things I find good as leftovers are cold pizza (love that!) and local style beef stew.. always better the next day; with day old poi of course!
Here's a good tip for you SuperBowl'ers out there. Poke is on da' pupu menu right? If you have leftover Ahi Poke (rare, but possible), don't let it spoil! Simply throw it in a very hot Wok with a little Shoyu and Mirin and fry da' buggah until fully cooked.. so ono!
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