Bali Hai (Durham)

Bali Hai.  Some of the best Asian food you could eat.  You can fill your bowl(s) with any of 10 or so veggies and any of 3 meats.  1 bowl is $8 and 2 is $10, so getting 2 bowls in a no-brainer.   They cook and sauce it.  In case you've never been and this inspired you, make sure you get the "combination" sauce.  I like "combination / 8" (8/10) spicy.  The Durham cooks are shy with hot pepper, so 8 is a little weak.  The old lady there told me this week that the Raleigh store was re-opening in the next 2 months.  I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Flavor: 9
Cost: 4
Overall: 9

Enchiladas

2-21-15

This is a great way to eat leftovers.  This was last week's barbacoa.  We added leftover mushroom / pepper / onion medley from the cheese steaks, rice (made with the barbacoa beef broth) and sharp cheddar.   The sauce is really important, this is a decent recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/ten-minute-enchilada-sauce/

I used red fajita seasoning instead of all the spices, a few spoons of sugar, and then a few oz of heavy cream at the end, rather then the vegetable oil. These enchiladas are becoming one of our go to meals.

Flavor: 7
Cost: 3
Overall: 8

Philly cheese steak

2-19-15

My version of the Philly cheese steak sandwich.   I use Boars Head rare roast beef and cook it up with Texas Pete on a pan.   Stir fried mushrooms, onions, and green peppers are required.  This particular sandwich has Munster cheese.  Lettuce & tomato optional, but I really like them on any good sandwich.  Otherwise you end up with a meal without any veggies or color.  Finished with a Claussen pickle.  

Flavor: 7
Cost: 4

Overall: 8