I wanted to make a simple and refreshing dinner tonight to prepare for gorging on delicious July 4th BBQ tomorrow. Sometimes it feels nice to have some simple white rice and some small appetizing (or as the Chinese call it, kai wei) dishes to go with it.

From the top left, clockwise: picked spicy radish, [...]

I watched Wall-E last night and it’s my favorite Pixar movie so far. People have said that it’s as good as The Incredibles, but I think it’s an unfair comparison since they’re so different. While I liked The Incredibles, I liked Wall-E much more.
The beginning of the movie was fantastic especially how they conveyed [...]

When I get the craving to eat some no-frills Japanese food, I head to Mitsuwa Marketplace on Centinela and Venice. Usually, I order something from the highly regarded Santouka, but I wanted something different from ramen this time. Enter the katsu-don from Misasa:

Misasa is on the far corner from the entrance when you [...]