Try Szechwan Palace, in the Chinese Cultural Center (the most “Chinatown” you can get in Phoenix) on 44th street just north of Van Buren, near the airport.

My brother and his family lived in Gilbert for a while, but they pretty much stuck to chain restaurants and shit when they were there. Such a waste if you ask me. I’m sure further west you go the more variation you get in Hispanic cuisine. 

The food scene in NC is surprisingly robust. And not even just in bigger cities. Even in medium cities and small towns you can find hidden gems. Needless to say the BBQ scene is off the fucking hook but it goes beyond that. Asheville is pretty good if you want to find something off the beaten path and host a large…

Well my Dad used to bring home half gallons of root beer from A&W on hot summer days, and it was AWESOME! I will not hear their name sullied.

Just wanted to drop by and say In n’ Out is overrated mediocrity. 

I learned last night that if you want to harvest Whispering Eggs without the swarm, you can just use a terrain manipulator to dig a hole underneath of it. For some reason it breaks the egg, drops the larval core, and doesn’t spawn any of the enemies. Added bonus: it forms a basket to safely drop your core into for…

dig hole, get in hole, seal hole, wait 60 seconds...congratulations, all crime is forgiven.

I live in NC and I’ve never seen long bao at a Chinese restaurant either. Granted most of them around here are more fast-food type places, but I’ve been to a rather upscale buffet in Charlotte that had such exotic fare as fried chicken feet among other authentic dishes and still didn’t see long bao that I can…

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Yeeeeessss!! Ross has somehow managed to stay out of this maelstrom for quite long enough. I have been eeeeeager to hear a lilbit of palaver about how his Cyprus shit keeps popping up in all the shadowiest corners of each one of this investigation’s tentacles.

Here’s my story with the Sentinels.

Or Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, Kilimnick and Oleg Deripaska’s secret Cyprus bank accounts from their Putin/Ukraine work that Gates is blabbing about RIGHT NOW on the witness stand in Manfort’s trial in VA!

I was on a Hell of a planet the other day. Extreme heat, super storms, and Frenzied sentinels. You couldn’t stand still without something trying to kill you. I’ve been randomly naming systems after band’s albums, and planets in the system after songs on the album...so this system was named after Trivium’s In Waves…

Ah! Mr. Bank of Cyprus!! Who’s totally uninvolved in any of those secret dealings with Blackwater Trash Pig Erik Prince and a handful of Saudi princes! Righty-o.

The Pulitzer Prize goes to the journalist who uncovers evidence that someone in this Administration isn’t a huge criminal.

Search Yelp for Taiwanese or Shanghainese in your area. That sometimes helps to zero in a little on the restaurants that will probably have it on their menu. Also sometimes helps to weed out other types of Chinese restaurants that may have them on the menu, but will not be good.

fucking americans too stupid to know up from down or vote a competent president into office.

Fuck that’s hot. A good buddy of mine lives out there and likes to boil his vegetables in his pool.

Obligatory “How hot is in Phoenix right now, and isn’t it a dry heat?” comment.

I’ve only ever had these TJ xiao long bao (like you I live in an area that mostly only has a few pho shops and what most Americans have considered Chinese food) and I can tell you that they are very delicious. I would go to Trader Joe’s today and buy a box...or 3.