There is a restaurant here in Huntington, European Republic, that makes pommes frites. Its very good, they do have some other offerings like potato ginger soup. The first time I ever had that was in another “hole in the wall” in Portland, Maine. They served a burger and fries in this little basket and then you got to sample all the different sauces. It was a blast.

OMG!! I love those two places!  Aww… now I’m craving some octopus balls.  They have a place in Houston now…

Gosh I love this city!

Octopus balls?  Who in the world would eat octopus balls?

That sounds disturbing to say the least.

You keep making featured! Everyone I subscribe to has made featured. I really need to get cracking on quality blogging material. The frontpage twice in one year is one of my new goals of ’07 now that I knocked out most of the others…

They look so good and utterly delicious. mmmh i want so badly some otafuku now. im so damn hungry now!!!

octopus balls looks really good.

One more reason why NYC is the best. Little hole in the wall places rock.

dannnnnnnng , i’m so hungry after reading your post.. ahaha

I went to Japan when I was 16 and I did a homestay and the family’s kids only ate octopus balls. It was the most unusual thing I’ve ever tasted but to this day I still remember it. Thanks for sharing this place I’m going to go get some and eat it with a new perspective…hahahahah

the fries look soo yummy!!

mmm…french fries! That sound great!

i am not a big french fries consumer, but those certainly sound good!

i feel hungry after seeing ya pics ..!!

haa ,,

I absolutely have to try the octopus now.

i loveeeee takoyaki, but i usually go to um..Go haha because the last time i got takoyaki from otafuku they were so hot they burned the crap out of my mouth so im scare of them now.  yummy either way.  i used to crave them all the time.

Discover Four Simple Laws
…and solve life’s greatest mystery

LAW 1:
GOD IS HOLY AND JUST
In civil law, a good judge must punish crime. If he turns a blind eye to injustice, then he is corrupt and he himself should be punished.

“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before your face” (Psalm 89:14).
In one ten year period in the United States, 63,000 murderers were never brought to justice. These were unsolved crimes. If God turns a blind eye to those murderers, then He is corrupt by nature. It makes sense that if He is good and just, He should be angry with those who have taken the lives of others, and He should punish murderers, rapists, etc.
This is the teaching of the Bible—that God will “by no means clear the guilty.” He “will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether it is good or whether it is evil,” “God is angry with the wicked every day.”

LAW 2:
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH

“…sin is transgression of the Law” (1 John 3:4)
Let’s look briefly at the Ten Commandments, and see if we have kept God’s Law:

You shall have no other gods before Me (e.g. Buddha, Muhammad, Hinduism, money)

You shall not make for yourself a graven image e.g. A god that will only send you to heaven, a god that lets you commit sin and still go to heaven, praying to Mary, the queen of heaven)

You shall not take God’s name in vain (e.g. God’s or Christ’s word as a curse word)

Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy (e.g. fellowship with believers)

Honor your father and mother (e.g. obedience)

You shall not murder (e.g. hatred, killing)

You shall not commit adultery (e.g. lust, cheating on mate, pre-marital sex, homosexuality, marrying the divorced, divorce, backslidding from Christ, pornography)

You shall not steal (e.g. plagiarize, cheat, steal items)

You shall not lie (e.g. false prophecy, deception, one lie(s), slander/false witness)

You shall not covet (e.g. jealous of others, and property, coveting money, coveting prosperity)

Before we say we have obeyed the Commandments, this is what someone would be like if he kept the Law—he will always love God with “all of his heart, mind, soul, and strength,” and love his neighbor as much as he has loved himself. He has never made a god to suit himself (either with his hands or in his mind). He has always given God’s name reverence, kept the Sabbath holy, honored his parents implicitly, and never once has he been “angry without cause.” He has never hated anyone, had lust in his heart, or had illicit sex. He has never stolen even a paper clip or ball point pen, or told as much as a “white” lie, and not once desired anything that belongs to someone else. He is, and always has been “pure in heart,” perfect in thought, word, and deed.

The truth is, we are not like that. We have all “sinned” many times, and therefore we have stored up God’s wrath, which will be revealed on Judgment Day. The proof that we have sinned will be our death, and after death we must face God in judgment. Think of it—if He has seen our every thought, word, and deed, and if He is going to bring all our sins out as evidence of our guilt on the Day of Judgment, we will all be found to be guilty. Our conscience has shown us right from wrong; we will be without excuse. God will give us justice, and Hell will be the place of our eternal punishment. “For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.”

There are three words translated Hell in Scripture:

(Greek): The place of punishment (Matthew 5:22,29; 10:28; and James 3:6)

(Greek): The abode of the dead (Matthew 11:23; 16:18; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27)

(Hebrew): The grave (Psalm 9:17; 16:10)

There are those who accept that Hell is a place of punishment, but believe that the punishment is to be annihilated to cease conscious existence. They can’t conceive that the punishment of the wicked will be conscious and eternal. If they are correct, then a man like Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for the deaths of millions, is being punished merely with eternal sleep. His fate is simply to return to the non-existent state he was in before he was born, where he doesn’t even know that he is being punished.

However, Scripture paints a different story. The rich man who found himself in Hell (Luke 16:19-31) was conscious. He was able to feel pain, to thirst, and to experience remorse. He wasn’t asleep in the grave; he was in a place of “torment.†If Hell is a place of knowing nothing or a reference to the grave into which we go at death, Jesus’ statements about Hell make no sense. He said that if your hand, foot, or eye causes you to sin, it would be better to remove it than to go into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched (Mark 9:43-48).

The Bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following:

Shame and everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:2)

Everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46)

Weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 24:51)

Fire unquenchable (Luke 3:17)

Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish (Romans 2:8,9)

Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord (2 Thessalonians 1:9)

Eternal fire…the blackness of darkness for ever (Jude 7,13)

Revelation 14:10,11 tells us the final, eternal destiny of the sinner: He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone…the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day or night.”

LAW 3:
GOD IS RICH IN MERCY TO
ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us…” (Ephesians 2:4).
A youth once borrowed a fast car, and in a drunken stupor, sped through his home town at 120 m.p.h. Since everything was horse-drawn in his country town, there was no laws against speeding. So the council passed a law saying that 60 m.p.h. was the maximum speed, and that any transgressors would be fined $100 for every m.p.h. over the speed limit.
On his way back through the town, the speedster decided to pull the same prank. He was apprehended, tried, and found guilty by his father, who was the town’s only judge. He was fined $6,000, and because he had no money and no words of defense, the youth was led off to prison.
As he sat in despair in prison, his father appeared at the door, and told him that he had sold all is own prized possessions and paid the fine for him. The son couldn’t believe that he loved him that much. They embraced as they never had before, and walked off in a new-found relationship, bounded together with love.
That’s a picture of what God did for us through the Gospel.
We have all broken the Law a multitude of times, but God came to this earth in the person of Jesus Christ, and paid the fine for us. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” The Bible says, “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
THE GOODNESS OF GOD
Jesus satisfied Eternal Justice, then rose from the dead, so that God can grant us eternal life. But just as we cannot earn a gift, so we cannot earn eternal life by our good works. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone boast.”

LAW 4:
ETERNAL LIFE IS IN JESUS CHRIST

“He who hears My word and believes on Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life” (John 5:24).
Life’s greatest mystery, death, was destroyed by the One who said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life…” The Bible says, “He who has the Son, has life…”
To find the way to God, to understand the truth of God’s Word, and to received the gift of eternal life, begin by repentance and faith through a prayer like this:

“Dear God, I understand that I have broken Your Law and sinned against You. Please forgive my sins. Thank You that Jesus suffered on the cross in my place. I now place my trust in Him as My Savior and Lord. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.”
If you have repented and trusted in Jesus, then you can now partake of the blessings of “the New Covenant.” Here are just ten of God’s exceedingly great and precious promises:

You have passed from death into life.

God will supply all of your needs according to His riches.

Jesus will be with you in trials, promising never to leave nor forsake you.

The Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth, and give you the power to live a holy life.

You are cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ—God has removed your sins as far as the east is from the west.

As you abide in Christ, you will see the “fruits” of His Spirit begin to manifest in your life.

As you read the Bible daily, it will come alive to you and cause you to grown in your faith.

When you pray, God will hear you and answer your prayers.

The cross will be continual evidence of God’s love for you.

God will “keep you from falling, and present you faultless before the presence of His glory, with exceeding joy.”

Search the Scriptures daily, and see what God has in store for those who love Him; find yourself a Jesus-centered, Bible-teaching church and commit yourself to it.
May God continue to bless you as you obey Him.

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put up more posts like these!! delicious!!

Now you’re making me hungry.

ooh, yummy!

if you’re ever in the west coast, they have pomme frites in SF ghiradelli square. Not sure if it’s the same place, but the set up sure looks like it.

Good pick on Pommes Frites. They’re great!

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