I can't turn down Asian food. Whether it's Chinese or Thai or sushi, I am here for it.

Taste of Asia has a few locations in the area: South Charleston, this one in Huntington, and one in Teays Valley I haven't been to yet.

Taste of Asia has Chinese food, hibachi, sushi, and more.

I started with an order of crab rangoons - wontons filled with imitation crab meat and cream cheese, fried until golden brown - because I'm basic, and it's one of my favorite foods ever.

And I got a sushi roll - the Daisy Roll - spicy crab, cream cheese, avocado, spicy shrimp, spicy mayo, mango, eel sauce and yellow tobiko.

Mm. What's your favorite dish here?

I had my first ramp dinner of the season - and it was a fancy one.

Fish Hawk Acres hosts their yearly "Fancy Ramp Market Dinner," which features a few courses highlighting the ramp.

Batter bread with roasted garlic & ramp butter; biscuits with ramp jam.

Ramp fritter with creme fraiche and sweet bacon jam.

Spring pea and ramp soup shot.

Spring asparagus and Swiss chard salad with grilled ramp vinaigrette and a mini truffle grilled cheese sandwich.

Skirt steak and crab cake with rosti potatoes, baby carrots and English peas.

Rhubarb and lemon tart with wild berry sorbet


Have you been?

Ive been to the original Huskey's Dairy Bar in Cross Lanes. And then the spinoff location in North Charleston. And now, Huntington's location.

Huntington's ice cream shop features Hershey's ice cream, hot dogs, and sundaes.

The North Charleston & this Huntington location have the same menu - in an Asian restaurant style - and are more modern than the original location.

They have more than 30 different kinds of ice cream, but when I saw a s'mores ice cream sundae on the menu, I was sold.

Mmmm. What's your favorite?

The Green Chili Shoot Out is one of my favorite local events.

This year featured tons of people's choice competitors, ICS competitors, music, craft beer and more.

And I was fortunate enough to be a judge for the professional portion.

I happened to be in the "final" round, so after groups A and B chose their favorites, we tasted the best of the best.

It was so fun to try a bunch of different kinds - there was even a sweeter one that I absolutely loved.

We didn't get a chance to try the people's choice entries, but they sounded fabulous, too!

I learned a lot about green chili - because usually I've judge traditional or homestyle.

Who had your favorite chili this year?

Lavalette is a small community south of Huntington that I've recently ventured to to try some new restaurants.

One of which is Sweet Street, an adorable bakery.

Walking in, the space is really neat. The front is painted to look like a large bakery, and they have all kinds of actual desserts in the window.


There are cupcakes and cookies - but what really had me excited was this mini pineapple upside down cake!

Have you been here yet?