• Food,  Restaurant Reviews

    Dinner at Ala Shanghai

    On Friday night Chris, my sister and I had dinner plans at Ala Shanghai in Latham. We’d both heard good things about it and decided now would be a great time to check it out! They brought out a pot of tea to start, which was impressive! And it was particularly tasty. The menu was so extensive! There were many interesting things. I decided to try something new, so my sister and I split the steamed vegetable buns. Steamed > fried. I also ordered the steamed veggie dumplings. I have a really hard time describing Asian food. The reason being is that I don’t eat too much of it, so…

  • Blogger Meet-Up,  Food

    Tour de Soft Serve

    Saturday Heather and I accompanied Daniel B on his 2011 Tour de Soft Serve (read all about it on his blog!) Pretty much, he started a local tour of the popular soft serve joints in the Capital Region. I had to get on that!!! Heather and I practiced moderation all day. We split a kiddie size soft serve ice creams at each stop, no toppings, no cones. We even brought some resusable cups and a spoon to reduce waste. There were a total of five stops on the tour. The rules were we had to order a twist and if we went with a topping (we didn’t) it would have…