John
July 14, 2009
So yeah, I’m moving right now so I won’t be able to provide you with any updates for a day or two. Worse yet, I don’t have internet at the new spot so that’s going to provide some problems as well. Don’t get too down on me though, because even during this down time I’m acquiring massive amounts of content for later updates. Well, that’s a lie. I think I only have one thing ready to go, but 99% of the content on this site is created without much thought.
I did want to update you on something. A few weeks ago I did a post pleading Al Noor to improve their customer service or face their demise. Well, apparently they either received that message way too late or just didn’t get it at all. I’m going to go with the latter. Al Noor has closed, and is currently for rent. No more garlic sauce for me. Crap.
I think that’s all I wanted to say. I just didn’t want my beautiful readers to think I was abandoning them. Epic Portions will go on. That’s a goddamn promise. If you’re going thorugh withdrawels and just can’t live without me, feel free to follow me on Twitter. I am in the process of trying to post pictures of everything I eat, so you can expect 7-8 posts per day. I even got the fat man sweats last night during dinner. Scary.
John
July 13, 2009
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July 13, 2009
edit: this was Varta’s doing, not John. John could never even imagine making something as delicious as this. most apologies.
Bananas. Like the flavor, hate the fruit, why’d they have to be so mushy? So browsing through World Market on Saturday, where I made a beeline for the food stuff they tuck in the back, look at what I found.
Holy. Bananas.
That night was also my good friends birthday dinner where when we were about to order dessert, the waiter told us that all the desserts on the menu were mini sized. MINI? Yea, we definitely closed the menus and went to Cold Stone. That got me thinking though, about a single serving size banana flavored ice cream treat. *Inspiration*
I made a simple graham cracker crust, using a cupcake tray as the mold to keep the size right. A blob of the banana chocolate spread was covered by thin slices of banana and carefully topped with ice cream. I wanted it too look pretty so I made chocolate ganache (just melt chocolate and add some cream) and spread a layer over the ice cream. Back into the freezer to firm up and done! (Side note, I ran out of ganache and one was left top naked, and I actually preferred it that way)
I really need to work on my food photography. I would have attempted to take an autopsy shot and just better pictures in general, but my dad, uncle, brother, cousin, and my brothers friend were all waiting for me to plate and serve.
