You Put Your Sriracha In My...

I feel like I'm getting better at bumbling around in the kitchen, making stuff up.

I kept seeing blog posts about popcorn with sriracha on it (like this one) or with honey on it (like this one), and suddenly today I thought - why not both?

So I whacked off a hunk of butter, dipped a spoon of honey, squirted a generous stream of sriracha, and put them all in a pan together until they melted into a swirl of titillating aroma. Poured the stuff onto some air-popped popcorn. Salted liberally. And congratulated myself.

Sriracha Honey Butter Popcorn. Eat it and weep.

Salty. Spicy. Sweet. So freaking delicious that I kept having to tell myself to slow the hell down or I was going to choke myself.

In the spirit of my friend Christian over at Austin Food Journal, who steadfastly refuses to share recipe quantities (even when asked nicely), I'm leaving the measuring up to your tastebuds. Want it sweeter? Add more honey. More zing? More sriracha. With just three ingredients, I know you can handle it.

Pacing yourself while you're eating it...now that's another matter altogether.

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Return to Chi'Lantro

I've got a slew of posts rattling around in my brain but no time to get them up...my life isn't affording me the opportunity to babble on and on (as I am wont to do) at the moment.

However, I did want to mention that I returned to Chi'Lantro Korean BBQ shortly after my first visit (which I blogged about here) and tried their bulgogi burger with spicy fries ($6), which was their special of the day. Jae recognized me immediately and greeted me by name, then hopped to the task of preparing my dinner.

I love the fact that Chi'Lantro is mobile, but this also means that there aren't any picnic tables or other comfy spots to camp out and eat your meal. So I took this baby on a paper plate and magically managed to get it home without spilling it all over the floorboard. Well, OK...the fries didn't make it home with me, but only because I ate them on the way.

Soooooo delicious. The burger was busting with beefy, greasy, bulgogi flavor. The fries were nicely dusted with spicy seasoning and served with an addictive dipping sauce which I'm guessing was sriracha mixed with mayonnaise - does anyone out there know for sure? Whatever it is, it's delicious.

Good stuff. And just $6! A small price to pay for a hearty, filling meal served with a smile.

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