My Second Attempt at No-bake Jello Blueberry Cheesecake

I saw this recipe (in Chinese) a long time ago and actually made it before... with a catastrophic result: 

Figure 1. The Golden Standard

Making Pho at Home

Ever since Mr. Lilasaur and I have been living together, we have shopped at T & T almost every weekend. There was one particular time that I noticed a gentleman in front of us paying for Pho soup cubes, and that was when I realized I can probably do it at home.

Shopping list:

• Defrosted hot pot beef slices (we bought the rib eye ones)
• Pho soup cubes (I just chose the cheapest one at ~$2.50 for 4 cubes)
• Vietnamese rice noodles

Killing Sea Urchins and Eating Uni for the First Time!

We decided to take a break from crabbing this week but we'd still like some seafood to eat, so we decided to drive all the way to Fisherman's Wharf in Richmond. This is only the second time that we've been there, but we've always heard that they have really good deals on whole sockeye salmon and sole. We were so happy last time when we walked away with 3 lbs of (frozen) spotted prawns for $20 and 6 live lemons soles for $10, lol. The prices were just ridiculously cheap compared to what we usually have to pay at T & T Supermarket for lemon soles.

Today, as we descended down the walkway to get to the market, Mr. Lilasaur's attention was immediately grabbed by a crowd near the end of the walkway. He "Oooooh"ed as he gravitated towards that direction, and dragged me with him. Turns out it was a stall/ship/vendor that was selling live sea urchins at 3 for $10, and a Caucasian woman was asking what they are. The vendor (Caucasian) was laughing as he said, "Well, they're sea urchins, and this is where you get uni from. You eat it raw. White people don't like this stuff!" The lady laughed and walked away. I started to inquire about how to open the the sea urchins and he briefly described to me. During our short conversation (about 3 minutes), 2 ladies have already bought their $10 worth of sea urchins.