Rock Band - Move Along

Band: All American Rejects

This song is not included to the game set. You need to go to Xbox market place to purchase it. We have not done it yet. But we saw this info online. I bet you must have heard this song before. Perhaps around 2006 or 2007 time frame. If you don't recognize the band or the song name, just click the clip below. Your memory will come back shortly.

Liou's House

Want to try a place whose chef used to cook for famous Taiwanese politicians

People talk about this restaurant. But, for some reasons, I did not have a chance to visit it. The sub-header might be cheesy. Ha.

Last Friday, Janice called me to see if I was interested in dinning there. Of course, I wanted to. I met many people there: Janice, Solomon, Winnie, Lily, Phil, and another friend (sorry I forgot her name). Winnie had been there before and was familiar with Liou's dishes. So, we relied on her opinions and ordered. I was really impressed by the dishes. This place does not have a specific specialty. For me, I like it since the dishes are just right. Just like the ones that I had in Taiwan. Dishes are not too salty. Not localized (covered by excessive sauce). This place is quite authentic. I will say Liou's house is among the top good restaurants with Taiwanese touch in the bay area. All dishes are with big quantity. So, you may need to go with at least 3 friends. This place's setting is good for family style dinning. 4-8 people will be good since you can order a variety. We ordered Shrimp wrapped in lettuce cups, Veggie wrapped in lettuce cups, Hunan tofu, Sticky rice with pork served in bamboo, Taiwanese chow-fun, and Shanghai style soup.

What impressed us

- shrimp wrapped in lettuce cups

Quite authentic. Like the good ones I would have in Taiwan

- sticky rice with pork served in bamboo

The best sticky rice with pork I have ever had in the States. The sticky rice is not Cantonese style. The chef cooked the rice with hands not with rice cooker. It must take at least 3 hours to make the sticky rice that tender and flavorful. The pork part was quite tasty. Phil was so impressed by the pork and kept saying this pork was the best one ever in the bay area. The dish was served in bamboo. Beautifully served.

- Hunan tofu

Good tofu should be cooked but still with tender inner part. This dish has been dashed with tasty sauce but the sauce was not too strong. The sauce was not overwhelming so that you can still have the chance to know how good the tofu was.

- Shanghai style soup

All of us were amazed by the soup. This place is not a Shanghai restaurant but its soup is at least as good as the one from a good Shanghai place. I did not try the pork inside the soup. But the soup base was well done.

Location:

1245 Jacklin Road, Milpitas, CA

PRECAUTION:

The place is hidden. If you are not a resident around Milpitas, you may need to have a good GPS or good co-pilot to guide you.

From the day forward vs. since then

A question suddenly flashes over

Which term do you like to use in your writing and talking? The first one for me is more preferable. Why? You may ask. I just feel the first one sounds more beautiful. It sounds more poetic. When I hear or sees the first term, I can picture something. But, when I hear or sees the second term, I just cannot think of any pretty scene. Interesting, funny, or weird, you name it..

Hammer ons and pull offs

You wonder what this means

So here comes the answer. In my blog, I mentioned this term dozens times. If you are not a guitar or guitar hero person, you may have some questions on this term. I found a good article online. Hope this info helps.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/guitar_techniques/hammer_ons_and_pull_offs.html

Guitar Hero 3 - Cities on Flame with Rock n Roll

Band: Blue Öyster Cult

The hammer-ons and pull-offs parts are quite fun in this song. This song is also a good choice in Co-op. If you have Guitar Hero 3 and have not tried this song. Don't miss it.