I wound up getting dinner at a Panda Express tonight. I don’t think I’ve ever been to one that’s outside of some sort of food court. I got a Panda Bowl, which is one entree plus one side, plus two veggie spring rolls. I got Chow Mein as my side, and Eggplant Tofu as my entree. Not a huge eggplant fan, but it was good. It was hot — both from a temperature standpoint, and a spice standpoint. Spring rolls were good. Then there was the fortune cookie. For some reason, it tasted sweeter than your average fortune cookie. Sounds strange, I know, but that’s how it tasted. Maybe it had something to do with the intense spicyness of the dinner. Either way, it was good,

My girlfriend and I went to dinner tonight at a restaurant I’d been to a few times. We decided to get an appetizer, and we were choosing between some vegetable spring rolls, and a beefsteak tomato and fresh mozzarella combination. We opted for the latter, and it was a VERY good choice. It was pretty much the same as this dish, but it also had pesto spread among some of the layers. AND an onion confit in between some of the layers. Really good stuff. I mean, really good. We talked about going back and just getting one for each of us, so we’d have plenty of room for dessert (creme brulee, most likely). For another time…