my green green onions

What can you get for 4 quarters? A pack of gum? A cheap thrill at a XXX arcade? or....

HOW ABOUT 10 SPRIGS OF GREEN ONION? 99 cents. Talk about recession dining. But how versatile is this ingredient? When raw, it's potent. But when diced and added to foods, it's a sweet & spicy flavor. Just like me.

We started off with a White Tuna Tartare With Spicy Lemon-Ginger Vinaigrette w/ fried wonton chips. Perfect balance of creaminess from the white tuna and spiciness from the unique vinaigrette. My only regret is not being able to make more of it!

And who doesn't like pad thai? We followed the recipe of fellow fob Kai on making "PHAT THAI". The only thing we would have done different is soak the noodles in water longer. It took awhile for the noodles to breakdown their chewiness. But overall, it was simple and so cheap to make.

Ok, I have to admit, galbi doesn't really have much green onions on it. But crap, for 2.99 a lb, how can I resist. This piece of galbi is sitting on top a failed onion pancake. I'm a cook. Not a baker. Making green onion pancake was a pain in the ass. EPIC FAIL.

Flower, our special guest of the week not only blessed us with her insight on her weekend sexcapade with her man, but also with this tasty orange dessert. It was topped with a sugar-nutmeg-cranberry-mint syrup. A perfect light dessert of end our gorge

The damage? 24.09. And everyone had leftovers to take home! Next week, ChubbyMonster will be back from her homeland...hopefully with some tricks up her sleeves on how to increase our bang for the buck idea.