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I just got back from a nice couple of days spent with the BF’s family. It’s certainly different to go from a sunny, warm place like LA in December to the east coast where there’s an actual winter. I’m happy I finally got some use out of my winter clothes. I even had [...]

Soul of a Chef is food writer Michael Ruhlman’s experience as a student going through the esteemed Culinary Institute of America. For someone who’s thought about working in a restaurant, the book was an eye-opener; it gave me a view of the CIA without actually having to attend it.
Ruhlman manages to deftly convey his [...]

I’ve been eating too much hot qi food lately.  I ate a handful of lychee, not to mention a bunch of spicy stuff, and mango. So naturally, I got a canker sore in my mouth from all that hot qi. That’s why I bought a can of grass jelly from the Chinese market this weekend. [...]

Last year, it was tapas. This year, gourmet food trucks is what’s what. Fishlips Sushi is the latest contender on the food truck bandwagontruck.

On Tuesday, I saw that the truck was going to be stopped nearby my office, so I enlisted a co-worker to come with me and hunt the truck down. We arrived ten [...]

I just got back from the central coast. Good wine, okay food, lots of trees and wineries. I’m glad to be back in LA, home of good food, especially good Asian food. I have a couple of write-ups of some places we visited, but other than a standout place, I thought the food [...]

I love cheese, which is not easy, being an Asian and all. My current Official Cheese is Humboldt Fog, which the BF (the vegan!) picked out a couple weeks ago. It’s from Cypress Grove Chevre in Northern California and made out of goat’s milk.
But it doesn’t taste like any goat cheese I’ve ever had. [...]

8oz Burger Bar is yet another contender in the burger+beer category that has been hyped by places like Father’s Office. Unlike Father’s Office, the burgers here are highly customizable. The beer selection may not be as good, but it’s a small price to pay for not having to deal with the burger nazi.
First [...]