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like most geeks, nerds, and hackers, i too like spicy and asian food.
while not necessarily spicy, chinese bbq is very much asian.
and the best thing is: last week while shopping for office supplies we found one chinese bbq take-out place right next to the office max down at the stoneridge mall in pleasanton.

the place is in between the tri valley seafood reastaurant and the 1+1 chinese supermarket (which i just can’t find on the internet or even the yellow pages, must be an underground store :p).
it looks like the chinese go there too, which is a good sign ;)

you can score a nice meal with 2 bbq items (two kinds of pork, duck, chicken) and either of the two styles of noodles or rice for under $7.
even better is the amount you get, which is good for at least two meals.

anyways, if you’re not up to getting the bbq chinese style, i mean: the whole duck is hanging in the window, just waiting to get chopped into little pieces; this might not be exactly what you’re looking for.

yesterday, after watching the new bond i even got a little extra.
2x bbq & extra vegies for both & two crab soups on the house for even less than what you would usually pay for 2x bbq.
looks like they had a good day.

and here’s the question:
why even bother cooking if you can get chinese food for less money than it would take if you’d prepare it yourself?

i guess i’m really gonna miss all the yummy asian food back in germany :/

i just put a new marinade to the test and it turned out very well, so i thought i’d share.
i only made enough for 2 pieces of meat (which translates to 1 american piece i guess)

• honey
• brown sugar
• 1 serrano pepper
• 2 habanero peppers
• oil (i used corn oil)

mince the peppers very well.
mix the minced peppers with brown sugar, honey, and oil.
marinate your meat and let it rest for a couple of hours.

this marinate also works pretty well for eggplant slices, which are great if you grill them.

beware of the sweet taste, for the peppers will come after you ;)