A Sesame Seed Thanksgiving

The Sesame Seed has a lot to be thankful for this year. Thank you to all our family and friends, old and new, for all your love and support in setting up our food truck. We couldn’t have done it without yall. We are excited for all the new adventures that await us!


We spent Thanksgiving night at the Black Friday sale at Best Buy in Flatiron. Stopped by earlier in the afternoon to scope out the scene and there were already people there with their tents and crock pots. Hard core. We showed up around 8:30pm as they were starting to show the latest Harry Potter. Special one-night only additions to the menu included dumplings and egg rolls Liu family style. These were how we made them growing up and I honestly think they taste better than the ones I've tried at any other Chinese restaurant in the US. We also did some boba drinks, but perhaps Broomfieldians don't like the squishiness of boba (similar to the way PooShoe doesn't like the squishiness of sushi). Once we opened up the service window, the line started forming and order tickets started stacking up.

While Gliu and Mama Liu were trying to keep up with the orders, the truck was developing a mind of its own. Flickering lights, stalling generator -- fun times. We spent the first hour at the front of the store but then had to move down so Best Buy could start organizing the line. We really should've moved to the back of the store to hit up the folks near the middle and back of the line. Next year. A little before midnight, we moved back up to the front of the store and before long, the cops started shooing us a way. Officer friendly wouldn't even accept a free freshly baked chocolate chip cookie from us!


Cooking experiment of the week: Blackberry-apple pie. We had Thanksgiving dinner on Friday night and this was dessert. Saw the recipe in Southern Living. The cheddar flavor really came through. A little too much in my opinion though. I'm not a huge fan of pie, but after trying this one, I prefer an all-butter crust.

Jon Man came over for Thanksgiving dinner and brought Falcor. He is quite possibly the post hyper dog I have ever met, and we used to have a beagle. I think he slept for 30 mins max the entire 24 hours he was here. Mama Liu completely spoiled him with leftover meat we cooked on the truck and sweet potato biscuits we had for Thanksgiving dinner. You are one lucky pup, Falcor.