Monthly Archives: August 2009

accomplishments

if something bad were to ever happen to me, at least i can say i landed 146 aircraft on the aircraft carrier level of flight control

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haibao is coming!

five haibao buttons. 10 rmb a piece. now i have a brace of haibao.

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ille formosa

i used to never like taiwan. granted, i had never been before, but growing up in cantonese los angeles, i didn’t like hearing the sound of mandarin spoken and a taiwanese restaurant in monterey park accounted for one of the … Continue reading

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and the smell of the roasted meat was delicious

roast pork is a big part of the cantonese diet   in fact, us cantonese are big on the roast meats in general. usually i like west villa or tai hing, but my colleague specifically requested roast goose.  while we … Continue reading

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note from taipei

i’ll post photos and such from my trip later, but i’m finding it interesting that there’s a very taiwanese flavor component to food. something which tastes very “taiwanese” – but i can’t put it into words. tonight shilin night market. … Continue reading

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tomorrow and the next day

check you later shanghai. i’m 852 and 886 bound.     two of my favorite cities in asia. aside from the work, i see a lot of eating . . . and eating in my immediate future. will try to … Continue reading

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??? (dianshizhai)

unlike a lot of other people, i actually like shanghainese food. the sticky sweet vinegar . . . and over-abudance of oil, if its not an every-night-of-the-week thing, i really don’t mind. last night i was with a couple of … Continue reading

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creepy chinese candy

i was given a bag of this by my co-worker who got it as a gift-with-purchase combined with a bag of dried filipino mangos. the name of the candy is “pleasant goat and big bad wolf” taste: surprisingly not like goat … Continue reading

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up

yes, i know i’m late on this, as its been open in the US since may 29 . . .and out on pirated dvd for at least 3 weeks. yes it borrows heavily from studio ghibli. its probably less appropriate … Continue reading

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taxi conversations, part i

usually when i take cabs in shanghai, if they’re of any length, i end up having one of 4 different conversations with the cabbie. 1. what its like to be chinese american? 2. what its like to be from hong … Continue reading

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