Awhile ago, I signed up for an account on Nextdoor, and I get notifications about new posts. Typically I do not pay that much important since nothing really important is discussed. Today, one notification popped up and it was someone asking for “authentic” Chinese restaurant recommendations. There were 97 replies so I was anticipating a shitshow in the comments.

I erased the profile pictures and names because Internet, but the OP was not Asian. Maybe his wife is Asian or even Chinese, but I am already irritated at the “I only eat authentic ethnic food” comment. In any case, there are a few authentic (not Chinese-American) Chinese restaurants in Orange County, mostly in Irvine. My expectation though was that some non-Chinese person was going to say Panda Express. I was not far off.

As you can see from the screenshot, the top reply was Orange Blossom. I have never set foot in the restaurant, but I drive by it all the time since it is locate on one of the major streets in Orange. They do not have a website, so the best I could do was a Yelp! link, which includes some menu photos. Pro tip: if you see items like Moo Goo Gai Pan, General Tsao Chicken, Chop Suey, or Egg Foo Young on the menu, 100% guaranteed that it is NOT an authentic Chinese restaurant. The food itself could be very tasty, and Orange Blossom is pretty highly rated on Yelp! and Google, but those are dishes created by Chinese immigrants to America. Instead of Moo Goo Gai Pan, which is an awful transliteration of Cantonese, a real Chinese restaurant may have Mushroom Chicken. It will of course have different ingredients and taste totally different, maybe better, maybe not. My point is that the guy asked for “authentic” Chinese restaurant recommendations, and most of the replies were for Chinese-American restaurants. Totally different.

I have fallen into this trap on Yelp! many times. When I first moved into the neighborhood, I looked for local Chinese restaurants. It was mainly for my parents, since I am fine with most cuisines and even Chinese-American food. I visited many of the more highly rated restaurants with comments like “greatest Chinese restaurant” and “awesome authentic taste.” Of course, it always ended up being a Chinese-American restaurant with cream cheese wonton appetizers and Moo Goo Gai Pan lunch specials. It was like if I was looking for authentic Mexican food and a bunch of non-Mexicans told me to go to Taco Bell or Chipotle. I mean I eat there sometimes, but no way is that authentic.

NGL, that looks kind of tasty. It will likely kill off my new kidney though with all that fat, sodium, and carbs.

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Since I talked all this trash about “authentic” Chinese restaurants, here’s where our family eats around the Irvine Area:

• Ma’s House, Laguna Hills: Islamic Chinese restaurant. Food is pretty good, especially their large clay warn pots and sesame bread. No pork.
• Tasty Garden, Irvine: Hong Kong cafe feel, with some western dishes. We like the Peking Style Pork Chops.
• Sam Woo Seafood Restaurant, Irvine: This is old school Cantonese restaurant. I have basically eaten at Sam Woo my entire life, including branches in Toronto, Cerritos, LA Chinatown, Alhambra, Monterey Park, and of course, Irvine. The quality at the Irvine location has gone way down since the COVID shutdown however.
• China Garden, Irvine: We mainly come here for dim sum. I have only eaten dinner here once. The dim sum is decent for the price, but there are better places much farther away in Monterey Park or Rowland Heights.
• Din Tai Fung, Costa Mesa: Super expensive Taiwanese dim sum restaurant famous for its Xiaolongbao. Food is excellent, though the portions are small. Easily spend $30-40 per person appetizer level food. I have never ate at the South Coast Plaza location, but have been to branches in Taipei, Seattle, and Torrance.
• There are several more smaller, more specialized restaurants that we visit often, such as Kingchops, Tasty Noodle House, A&J Restaurant, and several others I cannot remember right now.
• Not that Chinese-American food is bad. I sometimes go to Pei Wei or Panda Express too.
• Places that are likely authentic but I have never been: Tim Ho Wan (Hong Kong style dim sum), Haidelao (Szechuan hotpot), a bunch of restaurants that specialize in a specific Chinese provincial cuisine such as Beijing, Shanghai, Cantonese, Hunan, and Szechuan.

After returning from the endocrinologist office this morning, I did some work on the computer, then took a short 45 minute nap. Since I did not eat breakfast, I was a bit hungry and decided to look in the freezer. I found a package of frozen pizza I bought several months ago and thought I probably should either eat it or throw it out.

I do not eat pizza that much, and almost never have frozen pizza. This pizza was from RED ROBIN and it the Single Supreme Deep Dish Pizza. I was super lazy so I cooked it in the microwave oven instead of my toaster oven, It was 3 minutes versus 25 minutes plus preheating time. I only cooked one pizza; the second one will definitely be cooked in the oven. Overall, the pizza was fine. It did not taste that different from a national chain pizza like Domino’s. I could definitely taste the sausage and green peppers, in addition to the pepperoni. Unfortunately, due to the microwave cooking, the crust was too hard on the outside, and kind of soggy in the middle. The package also contained a silver liner for use in the microwave to brown the crust.

Here is what the pizza looked like after 3 minutes on high in the microwave:

Again, I think the crust would be much better cooked using a conventional oven. The oven would also toast the top of the pizza as well instead of just melting everything. Since the microwave cooks so fast, it was a little uneven. Actually, the top-left part of the pizza was melted more than the rest, and some cheese overflowed and was burnt on the silver liner. I would give it 2.5 ★, which means just average. If the crust was better coming out of a regular oven, I would bump it up to 3 ★. In comparison, I would give our local pizza store a 4 to 4.5 ★ for their supreme pizza, but it is $20 for a medium. Since I am not a big pizza eater, I probably will not buy this or any other frozen pizzas in the future. If I really want pizza, I will just order it from the local restaurant.

Nutritionally, it was what I expected from pizza: bit too much saturated fat and sodium. I was surprised that it did not contain more carbs, but I guess it was only in the crust. I think eating one was fine for lunch; eating both would be way too much fat and sodium for just a single meal. Also, it looks like there is some weirdness on the DV% calculation for iron and potassium.

Yup! Actually Pepsi Zero Sugar Mango.

On my way home from UCLA today, I stopped by the second Albertsons within 5 minutes from my house and bought some diet soda and iced tea. Last time, Coca Cola products were selling for $10.99/3 dozen, but today it was $4.99 per 12 pack. Pepsi stuff was slightly cheaper at $13.00/3 dozen so I started looking for diet Pepsi. Instead, I found this! I ended up only getting one 12 pack; the other two were diet cherry and just regular diet Pepsi. I should have bought more since it tastes pretty good. You can tell the flavor is artificial, i.e., there is no actual mango juice in it. It kinda reminds me of the flavor of mango pudding you get in some dim sum restaurants. It appears to be a limited time item so I need to go back and get more before it disappears off the shelves.

Of course there is a YouTube video:

Nutritionally, it has no calories, no carbohydrates, and no sugar added. It is sweetened with aspartame, and does contain phosphoric acid. That’s all fine. It also contains potassium sorbate, potassium citrate, and acesulfame potassium however, but the nutrition label does not call out potassium content.

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I am pretty sure I saw this in Japan. I am fine if that stays in Japan.

I will drink this one however, if it is imported from Japan. I love anything (sweet) with red beans. Probably lots of sugar and carbs though.

Trying to diversify my lunch choices, I bought a few different frozen entrées from Albertsons recently. The first one was the Savory Swedish Meatball Bowl. It got a dismal 2.1 ★ on their website, but I thought the dish was pretty good. I am a big fan of Swedish Meatballs from IKEA, and I always get dishes like Beef Stroganoff when it is available at work.

The Marie Calendar’s version of Swedish Meatballs also included some noodles, and looks like this coming out of the microwave oven:

As always, the box photo look 10x better than the actual entrée. For sure I was expecting larger meatballs and the actual paper bowl was disappointedly flimsy. I also wished there was more gravy/sauce in the dish since the noodles were a bit dry. However, the meatballs were better tasting than expected. I also think my microwave puts out more power than the standard 1100 watts since most food start to burn when cooked per package instructions. The noodles were nice and chewy as well. Usually microwaved noodles come out soft and mushy instead. I would have given the entrée a 4 ★ rating, and 10/10 would eat again.

The other frozen entrée I had (today) was the Healthy Choice Crustless Chicken Pot Pie. I usually only get Marie Calendar’s frozen entrées because they taste the best, but they are not the healthiest choice (get it?). Anyway, here is the packaging and entrée in real life:

It is one of those “Café Steamers” things from Healthy Choice. I posted about another entrée about a month ago. Truthfully, I could probably copy/paste the previous post, and it would describe this entrée perfectly. The box photo looks a lot better than the actual food, and seems to have double the amount in the box. There was enough chicken, and the dumplings were not too bad either. Like what I said about the noodles up above, the dumplings were not mushy and had a good al dente feel to them. I did run the microwave at 90% power so that likely prevented some sporadic overcooking. Once again however, the actual taste was pretty bland. There was enough sauce to cover the “steamed” ingredients, but it was not very tasty. Maybe the small size and bland taste is what keeps the entrée healthy?

Here is the nutritional information from both entrées.

Nutritional Item	Marie Calendar’s Savory Swedish Meatball Bowl	Healthy Choice Crustless Chicken Pot Pie
Serving size	326 g	272 g
Calories	460	300
Total Fat	21 g	6 g
Saturated Fat	0.5 g	2 g
Cholesterol	105 mg	85 mg
Sodium	610 mg	600 mg
Total Carbohydrates	47 g	40 g
Dietary Fiber	3 g	3 g
Total Sugars	13 g	4 g
Protein	20 g	21 g
Calcium	90 mg	40 mg
Potassium	390 mg	700 mg

I wrote all the above without looking at the nutritional information first. The meatballs taste better probably because of all that fat! The Healthy Choice entrée is definitely “healthier” but does it override the really bland taste? They are about the same price at the supermarket so I am not sure which one I should get. Probably should just avoid all of them and eat a salad instead.

For dinner last night, our church cell group ate dinner at Gen Korean BBQ House in Tustin. It is one of many all-you-can-eat (AYCE) Korean BBQ restaurants in the Irvine-Tustin area. Before the pandemic, we typically eat at All That BBQ in Irvine. At one point, we were eating a All That BBQ almost once a month. Since most of the cell group members were Korean, it seemed like a natural choice.

We decided on Gen because they said they have outdoor seating. However, when we showed up to the restaurant, 90% of the outdoor tables were dismantled, and there were only two tables outside. Having waited for almost two hours (someone went early to put his name down on the waiting list), we decided to check out the inside. Based on my call with UCLA Wednesday morning, I was still wary of indoor dining. Since the table they gave us was in the corner, and all the group members were vaccinated, I felt comfortable eating indoors so we stayed. There was a 90 minute limit, but I think we stayed over two hours. Our server did not really care that much, and she kept serving us food… and we ordered a lot of food. It was only $25 per person; with drinks and tip, we ended up paying $35 each. Totally worth it.

Afterwards, I had to toss all my clothes in the laundry bin since it all smelled like BBQ, and took a long shower before going to bed. This morning, I checked my blood sugar this morning and it was high, but lower than expected at 195. Usually if I eat rice for dinner the night before, the morning blood sugar reading will be >200.

Typically my go to brand of frozen entrées is Marie Calendar’s. The food tastes pretty good, and they are not too expensive if you find them on sale. Albertsons seem to have them permanently on sale at $10 for three entrées. When I was at the market Saturday night, I picked up a couple of their café steamers entrees. The gimmick is that there is an outside bowl with sauce, and an inner bowl/basket with the food items. You heat the whole think up in a microwave, then combine the two parts in the bowl and eat. Once again, the photo on the box looks better than what comes out of the box.

Left is the “steam” basket that contains the chicken, vegetables, and rice. Middle is the sauce and sesame seeds in the outer bowl. Right is everything mixed together in the bowl.

First, it look like the entrée contained more food than reality. I can count 8-9 pieces of chicken in the box photo, and if you extrapolate the left 1/3 of the bowl, you would think there was probably a dozen large pieces of chicken. If you look at the left picture above, there was maybe 5-6 decent sized pieces of chicken, plus a few small pieces. Taste wise, it was so-so. Their own website shows a review score of 3.5★; I would have given it 3.0★: 2.5 for the food, and 0.5 for the “healthy” ingredients. The taste is typical for frozen meals, especially the weird carrot smell, but also bland since it only has half the sodium compared to other brands. The entrées from Marie Calendar’s are definitely tastier (relatively), but now too healthy for you, especially the salt content. “Healthy” probably just means lower fat and salt.

Nutritional Item	Healthy Choice Sweet Sesame Chicken	Marie Calendar’s Roasted Turkey Breast and Stuffing
Serving size	276 g	336 g
Calories	300	280
Total Fat	6 g	7 g
Saturated Fat	1.5 g	3.5 g
Cholesterol	35 mg	40 mg
Sodium	460 mg	1010 mg
Total Carbohydrates	43 g	33 g
Dietary Fiber	3 g	5 g
Total Sugars	13 g	5 g
Protein	16 g	21 g
Calcium	0 mg	60 mg
Potassium	490 mg	630 mg

Hmm, they’re both kinda unhealthy, but convenient. The Health Choice entrée has a lot less sodium, saturated fat, calcium, and potassium (probably due to the mashed potatoes), but has more carbs and sugars. Ironically, the Marie Calendar’s entrée only received a 2.6★ on their own website. I guess it is a tie, and I should eat as few of these as I can.

One of my go to restaurants during COVID lockdown is Panini Kabob Grill. They have a fairly decent menu, but we always get the chicken kabob family meal. The two kabob combo is enough for the three of us, and I can usually pack a lunch for the next day as well. The chicken is really good and prices are not too expensive.

This is the photo of the two kabob meal. It comes with your choice of kabobs, rice, and a salad. When we first started ordering, it was $20. Then it jumped to $25, but they lowered it to $20 again during the pandemic. Now the price is up to $27, which is still a good deal, if the food is good.

For dinner today, I placed an order online for the same meal. Usually the food is ready in 20 minutes but since it is Friday night, the app said ASAP = 51 minutes. Since it was only 5:40 pm, I placed the order anyway and the receipt said the food would be ready at 6:34 pm. When we got the food back home and opened up the container, the chicken kabobs were burnt. Some of the onion pieces were totally black and inedible. Also, the chicken pieces were really really dry. They were actually hard to swallow since it was so dry.

From the receipt on the bag, the food appeared to be ready at 6:05 pm. The app asks for your email address and phone number, but I did not receive any notification that the food was ready early. It probably sat on their counter for half-an-hour, getting drier by the minute.

It is really disappointing since we order from there several times a month. We also get the kabob meals when we order out at my sister’s house since everyone loved the food, and the quality is usually good and consistent. I sent a message on their website’s contact form, mainly to let them know that customers notice when they rush orders or provide lower quality food. I hope they get their act together so I do not need to find another place to get chicken kabobs.

Good thing there are a lot of options locally for “chicken kabobs”:

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The store manager returned my message the next day. She apologized, but mainly about having the order ready too early. Maybe it is some kind of passive-aggressive response. The message did not address the burnt or dry chicken kabobs, but she did refund my order. I was mostly okay with the food since I like charred meats, but the chicken was too dry to be enjoyable. I will likely still order from them but we will see if my parents will in the future.

In the previous post, I mentioned that Coca-Cola Zero Sugar (Coke Zero) has more potassium than Diet Coke. Since I was running out of Coke Zero, I went to Albertsons and picked up some Diet Coke (3 cases of 12/12 oz. cans for $9.99 + CRV). I was hoping they had other flavors but all they had was the “regular” Diet Coke. Anyway, here is the nutritional label from Diet Coke’s website:

Compare this to the one for Coke Zero:

At first glance, the two labels looks nearly identical. However, Coke Zero added a line for potassium content. There is not too much at 60 mg or 2% of DV, but I drank a lot of it last week. Maybe that has to do with the uptick in my potassium test results? Also, both have some caffeine but not as much as a cup of coffee (12 oz. contains ~150 mg). I probably should start drinking Caffeine Free Diet Coke instead.

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Coke Zero also contains potassium citrate, which appears to be a food preservative. It also contains acesulfame potassium, which is a sweetener. Both of these are not found in the ingredient list for Diet Coke. Interestingly, both beverages contain aspartame, a common sweetener. So it appears that Diet Coke only uses one sweetener, while Coke Zero uses two different sweeteners.

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Now I am wondering why Diet Coke does not contain a food preservative. There is a date at the bottom of the can. This particular can says MAY1021, which probably means May 10, 2021. I need to check if the Coke Zero can has a date, and if it is further out due to the food preservative.

Since the transplant, I have been having some minor issues with electrolytes: Na⁺ (sodium), Cl^– (chloride), Mg²⁺ (magnesium), Ca²⁺ (calcium), and K⁺ (potassium). Each lab draw will test for the levels of these ions in the blood. I am going to put phosphorus in there too since they test for it each time as well. Here are my recent results:

Electrolyte	Normal Range	2/16	2/19	2/22	2/25	3/4	3/11
Sodium	135-146	139	138	138	137	138	140
Chloride	96-106	103	103	102	101	104	105
Magnesium	1.4-1.9	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.6
Calcium	8.6-10.4	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0	9.7	10.5
Potassium	3.6-5.3	4.6	5.3	5.6	5.1	5.2	5.6
Phosphorus	2.3-4.4	1.8	2.0	2.3	1.8	2.5	2.4

Calcium levels have been pretty stable except for the last test. Potassium has been borderline high, and phosphorus has been low quite often. The doctor from the latest call said he was not concerned since the calcium and potassium levels are barely over the limit so I can try adjusting my diet. The problem is I do not know what to adjust. I have not been eating any bananas or potatoes. The only things I can think of are broccoli and maybe nuts (almonds). I need to balance this with phosphorus. Since most foods have both, cutting back on one will affect the other as well.

Previously, a nurse practitioner told me to drink diet soda for phosphates. I have picked up some Coke Zero but I just found this list of beverages and Coke Zero had both phosphorus and potassium. I need to find a beverage where sugar and potassium are very low, but has high phosphorus. From that list, the choices are pretty minimal: wild berry Aquafina, Diet Dr. Pepper, and unsweetened Nestea. Interestingly, Diet Coke has much less potassium than Coke Zero. Maybe it is due to the different sweetener used?

A friend of my parents came by around noon and dropped off some take out dim sum from a place called Lunasia. They have restaurants in Alhambra, Pasadena, and Cerritos. The food was pretty good, I would give it ★★★★☆, but items were kind of pricy. Let us compare between Lunasia and The Dim Sum Co., which is a take-out place in a Vietnamese-Chinese supermarket.

Item	Lunasia	The Dim Sum Co.
Shrimp Har-Gow	$6.18 (4 pcs)	$3.99 (4 pcs)
Pork and Shrimp Siu-Mai	$6.18 (4 pcs)	$3.99 (4 pcs)
Lotus Leaf Sticky Rice	$6.18 (2 pcs)*	$3.49 (2 pcs)
Steamed BBQ Pork Bao	$4.18 (3 pcs)	$3.68 (3 pcs)
Pork Spare Rib	$5.18	$3.49
Egg Custard Tarts	$5.18 (3 pcs)	$3.49 (3 pcs)
Sesame Balls	$4.18 (3 pcs)	$3.22 (3 pcs)
Pan-Fried Turnip Cake	$5.18	$3.49

I would give The Dim Sum Co. a score of ★★★☆☆ so you would expect Lunasia to be more expensive, but how much? Some of the items are just a bit more, and some are about 1.5x the price at The Dim Sum Co. Since the closest Lunasia location is in Cerritos, the longer drive and higher prices is not worth the slightly better quality of food. My mom seems to like Lunasia and wants to order from there next time. She does not drive.

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Chinese restaurants never provide nutritional information so no idea on calories, fat, carbs, or sodium. It is probably all bad for you.

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I just got the 1/2 garlic chicken from Versailles Cuban Restaurant on Venice Blvd. It sure brings back memories. I used to come and eat here all the time while a student at UCLA. A bunch of us would come in, and while walking to our table, each of us would order the same dish: #6. I think it was $6.99 back then. Today, the price is $15.99. Tastes the same though. I’ve visited a few times after graduation. There used to be a restaurant in Manhattan Beach but that closed. I remember having a craving for #6 one night while I was married. We were living in Brea so my ex and I got into the car, drove almost an hour to eat garlic chicken, and then drove home. Glorious.

The only sad part is that I used to be able to eat the entire plate by myself. Now, both my parents and I could barely eat all of it. Old age, I guess.

My dad asked me to order a pizza from Papa John tonight. He saw an ad for their all meat pizza and wanted to try it. I was originally going to order from a small pizzeria down the street but ended up ordering from Papa John online. Since it’s NFL Sunday, the initial estimate was 61-71 minutes. However, Papa John has an online tracker and it showed the pizza moving fast through the various stages. Instead of an hour, it appeared to be ready in about 20 minutes. Just to be sure, I called the store and the automated system said ready in 0 minutes. Ugh! My parents are leaving now to get it but it’s going to sit longer than necessary.

Papa John is cheaper though. There was an online special deal for any large pizza for $16. The normal price for the all meat pizza is $21.50. I hope the pizza is not too gross.

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I love pineapple cake. The best pineapple cake comes from Taiwan. Whenever friends or relatives visit Taiwan, I would ask them to bring back as many boxes as possible. Typically the ones you get in local Asian supermarkets are not as fresh and don’t taste as good. On my last trip to Taiwan, I made a special trip to 佳德 (ChiaTe) Bakery and picked up 5 or 6 boxes of pineapple cake to bring home. I know people were staring at me on the MRT. Their current price list has 20 pieces for NT$600 or USD20, so about $1 a piece.

Since ChiaTe pineapple cakes have short expiration dates, they’re hard to find in the US. Occasionally, Costco would also carry pineapple cakes (not ChiaTe) and my parents have bought some in the past. I had a craving today so I went to Costco’s website and found out they have pineapple cakes from 新東陽 (Hsin Tung Yang). They are also a pretty well know brand from Taiwan. They also have a US website that sells their products, including pineapple cakes. The packaging is a bit different but I think it’s the same product that Costco is selling. HTY is selling a box of 16 for $13.99, while Costco is selling three boxes for $32.99 or $13$11/box. Since Costco has free shipping, I went and order from Costco. So sometime between 3-5 days, I’ll get a shipment of 48 pineapple cakes!

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Each piece has 2.5 grams of saturated fat. You know that’s going to taste great!

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Photo of ChiaTe Bakery in Taipei from my last Taiwan trip.

Ha! You thought I was done with Freshly meals back in June. Well, I thought so too, but I received another order at my door two days ago. After eating only three meals and tossing the remaining three, I started putting my account on hold. However, you have to select hold for each week, and you can only go out a few weeks. Anyway, I must have missed postponing this week so bam, more Freshly meals. I finally went back in the mobile app and found the cancellation page, and promptly terminated my account for good.

Some of the original meal choices must have changed since Freshly sent me three of one meal and two of another one. At least I have more variety in June; now I have to eat the same meal a few more times. Since they expire on 12/30/2020, I’d better start eating.

For lunch, I had the Sicilian-style Chicken Parm. Hmm, looks like it was renamed Protein-packed Chicken Parm. Sorry, all you Sicilians.

I also can’t same photos of the food either so I had to take a screenshot. First, the real life meal didn’t look that good coming out of the microwave. The cheese blob was mixed in with the sauce so the sauce was kind of pink and thick with Parmesan cheese. The color of the broccoli wasn’t that green either. The taste was just okay. For 570 mg of sodium, the meal was pretty bland. There was no flavor in the Marinara sauce, and the broccoli was really soft and overcooked. I did eat the enter chicken breast and about half of the vegetables. Here is the nutritional information from the meal packaging:

Nutritional Item	Chicken Parm	% DV
Serving Size	361 g
Calories	420
Total Fat	20 g	26%
Saturated Fat	6.0 g	30%
Trans Fat	0 g
Cholesterol	110 ng	37%
Sodium	570 mg	25%
Total Carbohydrates	17 g	6%
Dietary Fiber	6 g	21%
Total Sugars	5 g
Protein	43 g	0%
Vitamin D		0%
Calcium		20%
Iron		20%
Potassium		30%

I have one more of these in the fridge.

I watch broadcast TV for the first time in months. It was mainly just the news and some football, but I saw a commercial for Wingstop. They had a $20 deal for a bunch of wings and tenders. I’ve never tried Wingstop, having always gone to Raising Cane’s for chicken fingers but since Wingstop was also offering free delivery, I placed an order online. The All-in Bundle has 16 boneless chicken wings, 6 chicken fingers, and an order of fries. You get to choose up to four flavors and a bunch of dipping sauce. I ended up getting; plain, lemon pepper, BBQ, and Korean spicy. The boneless wings were basically chicken nuggets but more chicken meat-like than the McDonalds nuggets. Overall, it was a good deal. The three of us only ate about 3/4 of the food, and had some leftover wings and tenders. I thought the Korean spicy was really spicy but my mom said it wasn’t too spicy and ate most of it. Delivery was actually with Doordash. My one previous experience with them was poor. We ordered from California Pizza Kitchen and the food was delivered late and cold. This time, we gave them about two hours of lead time and the food was delivered right on time and pretty hot/fresh too.

Nutritional information from their website:

Nutritional item	Plain Wings	BBQ Wings	Lemon Pepper Tenders	Korean Spicy Tenders	Fries (Large)
Serving size	2 count	2 count	2 count	2 count	11 oz cooked
Fat	8 g	8 g	20 g	9 g	30 g
Sugars	0 g	8 g	0 g	11 g	7 g
Carbs	14 g	22 g	16 g	28 g	97 g
Calories	166	201	324	274	710
Protein	9 g	9 g	19 g	20 g	14 g
Sodium	632 mg	869 mg	1179 mg	1260 mg	1910 mg
Fiber	1 g	1 g	1 g	1 g	0 g
Fat calories	73	74	182	83	274
Sat. fat	2 g	2 g	4 g	2 g	6 g
Trans fat	0 g	0 g	2 g	1 g	4g
Cholesterol	24 mg	24 mg	47 mg	47 mg	5 mg
Calcium					54
Potassium					946

OMG! Those are really high numbers but even worse, it’s only for two wings or tenders. The All-in Bundle has 16 wings and 6 tenders so doing a quick calculation, excluding fries, the order contained:

• Calories = 2365
• Fat = 108 g
• Saturated fat = 25 g
• Sodium = 9663 mg
• Cholesterol = 333 mg

That is a lot of salt. The plain wings actually tasted okay but the other three flavors were pretty salty. I’m pretty overweight this weekend; it’s like from all the sodium in the chicken and all the water/juice I drank to wash down the salty flavor. Should have checked the nutritional info before ordering.