Yearly Archives: 2009

crab feed!

the more i try not to write about food, the more that i end up writing about food. one of the great things about being back in california for the holidays is that i got to attend my cousin celia‘s … Continue reading

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christmas eve dinner

we were priviliged enough to be hosted by my cousin keelan and his wife amelia and their two precocious sons samuel and joshua, for a hybrid western/filipino christmas eve dinner. growing up christmas eve dinner wasn’t a big deal in … Continue reading

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home for the holidays

after an epic 4 airport (shanghai pudong, hong kong chep lap kok, san francisco international and san diego international) and 23 hour journey involving 2 cars, 1 train, 3 flights i finally arrived in san diego just in time to … Continue reading

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dadgummit! blowout!

for me, watching the 1983 movie “a christmas story” is almost as much as a tradition as christmas itself. with that in mind, we had everyone get together to watch the movie and to have meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli florets … Continue reading

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still not a food blog: monday hot pot

there’s a lot of resources around the shanghai internets about hot pot and the various locales where one can partake in this winter-centric dining style, so i don’t feel i need the need to add to this. but as this … Continue reading

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60 hours in the life

had a big weekend. krispy kreme grand opening. grace’s going away dinner. dessert at hof. late night drinks at cha’s with colette. handel’s messiah sung by the international festival chorus, including andrew.

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i swear this isn’t a food blog

tonkatsu is japanese for fried pork cutlet. and the best and most traditional japanese restaurants tend to specialize in one thing – when in japan, you go one place for sushi, another place for ramen, and a third place for … Continue reading

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is there anything they can’t do?

i don’t want to make this into a blog-vertisement like woai does with marks & spencer, lawry’s and charlie chan’s. but we were on our way back from lunch and we spotted people inside krispy kreme on wujiang lu, and … Continue reading

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home again, home again

with christmas and new year’s around the corner, i’m in countdown mode for my trip back to the states, which is nominally home for me. of course, i’m not really sure what is home anymore. let’s review a bit: pittsburgh, … Continue reading

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krispy kreme is (almost) here!

we got a preview in our office today. someone who knows someone resulting in this on my desk this morning. grand opening december 15, 2009.

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