Jun/100
tofu fa
down the street from homefeel in causeway bay, my friend abbie insisted we get hong kong style dessert. and she recommended this tofu shop.
tofu fa – or silken tofu is a cantonese style ‘tong sui’ – or literally ‘sugar water.’ made with fresh tofu and served with a ginger simple syrup, it can be a refreshing end to a meal.
this particular shop specialized in tofu of all sorts – fried, baked . . .and dessertified.
the tofu fa here was excellent. served with a lot of different flavors
instead of the usual ginger simple syrup, i went with almond flavor.
Yan Wo Dou Bun Chong (causeway bay branch)
55 jardine’s bazaar
causeway bay
under $40 hkd
[post edited to change out the double photos]
Mar/102
hong kong airport
fooling around with the camera bag iphone app. this is chep lap kok, shot in the 1974 filter.
Mar/100
the star ferry
the star ferry is one of hong kong’s most recognizable landmarks and really whenever i want to feel like i’m back in hong kong, a ride across victoria harbour is in the cards. i love the fact that, like the tram (or ‘ding ding’) it is both viable daily commuter transport AND one of the great tourist attractions in the city.
while i was there over the chinese new year break, i shot some photos of the star ferry.
Jan/104
top dog
cheap, tasty food close to campus is a staple of any college town, and berkeley is no different. but once you’ve graduated and go back, you realize that either your tastes have changed, or what you thought was great was actually pretty bad (i’m talking to you, steve’s korean barbeque!)
however, in berkeley, there is definately one place where the food is still good more than a decade after i graduated, and that’s top dog.
Dec/092
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.
Dec/094
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, pa
i left at age 2 or 3. don’t remember a single thing about pittsburgh. have never been back. so pittsburgh isn’t home. (although if i was mainland chinese, i’d be a pittsburgher)
Oct/092
nothing is better than a big plate of meat
1. i don’t know when this turned into a food blog. food is not the only thing in my life – there’s also basketball and bicycles and . . . man my life is really empty.
2. apologies for the crappy photo, but this was taken with my iphone, one-handed.
location: dong bei ren
no.1 south shaanxi road, near yan’an road
shanghai
dish: giant dish of pork bones with meat straws (yes! meat straws!) to suck out the marrow.
dong bei ren is a fun restaurant to bring the tourists – they have the flaming dragon fish, then all the waitresses (who all look like rosy-cheeked apparitions from a 1960′s era issue of ‘china reconstructs’) come over and sing the fish song. they ran out of fish last night, but still came over to sing. the food is over-salted and not the best representation of north-east food, but with the singing, the beer opening with chopsticks, the central location, the dumplings and the sticky, crispy, sweet potato dessert, dong bei ren is good fun.
if you really would rather just eat without all the other trappings, i have a couple of other places around town that are more suitable, but when you get visitors, this is a great place to go.
Sep/092
haibao and the wizards
yes, that is nba all-star caron butler, former wizards/bullets big man gheorghe muresan and nba hall of famer wes unseld posing with haibao – the mascot of the shanghai 2010 world expo.
special shout out to the haibao in the photo, andrew p.!
May/080
Get Your Ass to Mars!
This is either the funniest thing ever or the dumbest thing ever. Or both. I vote for both. I love saying “Get to da choppah!” and “Get your ass to Mars” randomly.
May/080
Yao Ming Asks For Your Help
Yao with the only English language commercial airing outside of China asking for help with Sichuan Earthquake Relief