The 99 Cent Chef
Blog URL http://the99centchef.blogspot.com/
Located Los Angeles, California USA
Tags food, comedy, video, photography, recipes, chef, cooking show, the 99 cent chef
The 99 Cent Chef cook and finds great budget deals. Great photos, clever videos and tasty recipes are a click away including a "99 cent Wine Tasting" and a Mario Batali smackdown video!
Latest Blog Posts
- Subway Ride to Squash Blossom Quesadillas - Video Review on Nov 17, 2009 in video Squash Blossom Quesadillas restaurant review sheep taco Mexican food Las Cabanas
Ride the Squash Blossom Quesadilla Special from Little Tokyo to Mariachi Plaza with The 99 Cent Chef as your culinary guide.East L.A. Subway & La Cabanas Restaurant - VideoPlay it here. The video runs 6 minutes.The Chef and his wife rode the rail...
- Deal of the Day - Lean Cuisine Swedish Meatballs on Nov 12, 2009 in lean cuisine deal of the day Swedish meatballs frozen food pasta
It's semi-truth in advertising. They got the pasta right, and the meatballs with cream gravy, too. But where's that 'Swedish' flavoring? This dish must have been kitchen committee- tested to death, because there are no discernible seasonings except s...
- Black Olive Tapenade with Crostinis - Appetizer on Nov 9, 2009 in italian olive oil crostini appetizer bread black olives French tapenade
OK, it's just drained chopped black olives with oil on toast. This French appetizer is typically made with capers, black olives, anchovies and olive oil. Just put it all in a food processor until it's the consistency of hot dog pickle relish. Crostin...
- Roasted Pumpkin alla Fusilli on Nov 5, 2009 in italian pumpkin pasta
Stop! Don't throw that pumpkin away yet! The 99 Cent Chef has a delicious way to use the parts without melted candle wax -- a vegetarian delight of roasted pumpkin with fusilli (pasta). Roasted and scraped from the skin, the pumpkin's soft flesh is s...
- El Pique Taco Truck - Video on Nov 1, 2009 in video taco trucks El Pique restaurant review
The Chef is a trickster -- about to scare you up a tasty taco treat on this Halloween day. My final video on movable feasts, for the month of October, is for locals only.Pile on the salsa roja on tacos served at Highland Park's El Pique Taco Truck --...
- Nom Nom Truck Rainy Day Video & Banh Mi Sandwich Recipe on Oct 25, 2009 in video Nom Nom Truck Vietnamese sandwich
A rainy day in Los Angeles will not keep this penny-pinching Chef from a lunch-truck-run for a 12-inch Banh Mi sandwich from Nom Nom. Now, that is literally a mouthful of a sentence -- good luck finishing one of these whoppers in a single sitting. Th...
- Los Angeles' MacArthur Park Food Carts - Video on Oct 20, 2009 in video shaved ice Mexican cuisine hot dogs MacArthur Park
A cake left out in the rain is not the only food item in L.A.'s once infamous MacArthur Park. On weekends, a cornucopia of meals on wheels featuring Mexican tasty treats line the sidewalks of this park. Everything from hot corn on the cob slathered i...
