Nisha and Nishanth's Culinary Debacles

This is a god send and i just love this tadka pan. Since my husband loves to have south indian food especially chutneys, i end up using this pan quite often. I have had it just a week and used it everyday. It is easy to clean and so convenient to use. Since it is heavy bottomed it sits well on the electric stove and the long handle makes it real easy to handle! The spices heat up really well. http://www.amazon.com/Futura-Anodised-Tadka-Spice-Heating/dp/B003SLDNEI I bought it from Indian supermarket, Irving for $9.99 plus tax and it is quite a good buy. I suppose you get it for much less in India.

We went to Mr. Wok, Plano today and it was quite an interesting experience! It was a team lunch and there were quite a few dishes out there most of which i didnt try since i am not that adventurous. The specialty of this place is the Peking duck which has to ordered one day in advance. There was tofu, cabbage, string beans and peas and those were quite good. The peking duck is served with tortillas and it was quite ok. I have never been fond of duck but it was quite good. Other than that, there was the beggars chicken that is cooked in dough and the shell was quite hard to crack! It was quite interesting and served with sticky rice. All in all, i seem to be experiencing different types of chinese food. They are located at : 151 W. Spring Creek Pkwy Ste 519 Plano, TX 75023 (214) 287-0237 www.mrtofu.net

I had garlic texas toast at a friend's place and have been in love with it ever since. I have tried two brands out and prefer the New York texas toast over the Great value toast. http://www.walmart.com/ip/New-York-Garlic-8-Ct-Texas-Toast-11.25-oz/10805037 http://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Texas-Garlic-Toast-Frozen-Food-11.25-oz/10416519

I tried out the garlic chicken pizza from the california pizza kitchen frozen foods and i really liked it: http://frozen.cpk.com/CT-garlic-chicken.html Definitely worth trying!

I tried out three of El monterey's frozen foods and liked all three of them: The south west chicken taquitos were my favourite. http://www.elmonterey.com/mexicanfood/taquitos/battered-southwest-chicken-taquitos-16ct/ Both the chicken and cheese taquitos and mini-chimi's were good too! http://www.elmonterey.com/mexicanfood/taquitos/flour-chicken-cheese-tauqitos-10ct/ http://www.elmonterey.com/mexicanfood/burritos-mini-chimis/chicken-cheese-mini-chimis/ Definitely worth trying!

I tried out quite a few Tai pei appetizers and snacks and haven't been disappointed with the three that i tried. I liked all three - the chicken wonton bites, the chicken egg rolls and the vegetable egg rolls. http://www.taipeifood.com/products/ps_and_er/chicWontonBites_7.8oz.html http://www.taipeifood.com/products/ps_and_er/chicEggRoll.html http://www.taipeifood.com/products/ps_and_er/vegEggRolls_9oz.html Definitely worth trying out!