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Batch & P*ONG (NYC)
Everything about Batch, Pichet Ong’s new bakery on West 10th Street, is just as lovely, adorable and amazing as he is. Pink walls, yellow peonies and eclectic hand crafted chandeliers made me almost as happy to be there as the first bite of chewy crunchy peanut butter cookie right out of the oven. Then came […]
March 31, 2008
I Baked Bread, So Don’t Break Up!
When the routine bites hard/ And ambitions are low And the resentment rides high/ But emotions won’t growAnd we’re changing our ways/ Taking different roadsThen love, love will tear us apart again– Joy Division Recently, a few of my closest friends have been going through devastating breakups- couples who have been together for 3 years, […]
March 23, 2008
Roasting for Jesus
Jesus is just alright with me Jesus is just alright, oh yeah– Doobie Brothers Religiously speaking, I am godless. I am a gluttonous heathen, afterall. If hard pressed, I suppose I would say I’m a non-practicing Buddhist, but that’s only because my dad makes me pray to his little shrine whenever I go to his […]
March 20, 2008
A Taste of Spain in Ueno
Unplanned excursions should be celebrated. Whoever made up the phrase “Spice of Life” was probably a fan of spontaneity. Last Sunday, my boyfriend and I decided to go to Ueno park after getting up around noon. I took the Nikon D200 that I am borrowing from a coworker hoping to capture the scenes of the […]
March 17, 2008
California Soul: Joy Luck Place (Cupertino)
This post is dedicated to Hua and Wangster. Whenever I go home, I gotta get my dim sum fill. My mom thinks this is so bizarre, cause she knows I always go to dim sum in NY. But it’s just different in the Bay somehow- dare I say better? I don’t know what it is- […]
March 14, 2008
White Day 2008
Last year I posted a blog entry about my first White Day experience. This my second report. In pictures: Left: Like a Rothko painting. Except small and edible. Right: Mmm, gold flakes on chocolate. Top: High tea in my janky apartment. Bottom: Can’t go wrong with Neuhaus.
February 25, 2008
Mangiamo 2007: El Brillante (Madrid)
On my way back to NY, I had a stop over in Madrid for a few hours. Marta and Jose whisked me from the airport to take me to a dream lunch of my favorite Madrileño dish- Bocadillo de Calamares. Basically, a sandwich filled with fried calamari. GENIUS!!! It truly is a priceless invention- nothing […]
February 20, 2008
Weekend Relaxation – Baking Challah Bread
Something about bread baking makes me feel very calm. It takes all day, kneading, resting, kneading, resting, which is almost zen kind of experience. Not that I am religious or anything, so I wouldn’t know the real zen relaxation, but I feel good when baking bread. I just saw a recipe on Food Network, and […]