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Monthly Archives: September 2009
the perfect meal
tony bourdain, food writer, former chef, television host of ‘no reservations’ has this game he plays with chefs . . . or anyone. if you were having your last meal, what would you eat? there’s a multitude of choices that … Continue reading
the lights of national day
beijing might be having all of the practice what with all the tanks and dancing girls and everything. but we got lights in shanghai. lights!
you scream, i scream, we all scream for risotto
taking the woai cooking challenge, i cooked dinner for myself tonight. asparagus risotto with feta salad 1. first sweat 1 medium sized red onion in some butter and olive oil in a saute pan, while heating up chicken or vegetable … Continue reading
packing
so i’m going on a trip. it’s a long trip. well, not that long, but my longest trip in a few years. it’s about 2 weeks. 1 week will be vacation. 1 week will be work. it’s continuous, so i … Continue reading
commute part 2
this is a map of my commute from home to office. View Larger Map
seen in shanghai
the scene: gourmet cafe at the shanghai center. lunch. eating a holy guacamole burger. seen: the most hipster dude i’ve ever seen. it was like a collection of all of the hipster cliches. riding a speedcat fixed gear bike, a scoop … Continue reading
portrait of an lbx
portrait of a laobaixing. saw this on shanghaiist - apparently these guys are going to ride around china on bicycles and take photos along the way. the photo blog up til now has been pretty awesome – and the trip sounds … Continue reading
pho sizzlin’
i would make a lame pho pun here, but they’ve already been made. (shanghai alone is already home to pho king and pho real – it’s only missing what the pho?) despite the fact that in about a week, i’m … Continue reading
wait . . . japanese curry from mcdonald’s?
in the interest of trying every fast food formulation available, and also possibly taking years off the back end of my life, i succumbed to the constant barrage of mcdonald’s advertising and walked in to my local mcd’s and ordered … Continue reading