April 24, 2008
My obsession for baking is somewhat subsiding, also my social calendar is a bit busy and I don’t have time to spend all night in the kitchen. After my crappy experience at Ippudo, I decided I make my own ramen soup. Noodles are too hard to make from scratch (or is it? Should that be […]
April 10, 2008
My dear childhood friend M (who would like to remain nameless) lives in LA where she is frolicking with cute boys and eating, get this, WHALE. Listen in on this top secret conversation (where she reveals nothing- I tried SO HARD to get stuff out of her but her lips were totes sealed!!). 11:40 PM […]
January 31, 2008
We took our colleague David out for lunch yesterday cause he’s jumping ship. Sad for us he’s leaving, but happy cause we used it as an excuse to make a little excursion to Katsuhama. You see, I work all the way on 1st avenue in midtown, which means that it has to be a pretty […]
January 30, 2008
WTF! I can’t live without tuna. Recent articles on NYT about mercury might be worrisome, and some people might never eat tuna ever, but I like tuna. If you are eating shit load of fried or junk food, and refusing seafood, that is such an oxymoron. I am hoping this trend will cause reduction of […]
November 29, 2007
Beef tongue looks gross. However, that long slow moving tongue of a cow becomes such a delicate dish (if you don’t mind looking at the fetus-like part below). Since I live in Chelsea, I do most of meat shopping at Western Beef, where there are quite a few different parts of every kind of meat. […]
September 19, 2007
Behind all the star chef restaurants such as Morimoto, Del Posto, and Craft Steak, lies a hidden treasure in deep west side of Chelsea, or I should call it Starchitect Row (if you know all the new condos and buildings in the neighborhood designed by Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Annabelle Selldorf, Frank Gehry to name […]
August 15, 2007
I played hookie yesterday. Law & Order was shooting a scene at one of the apartments upstairs, so I couldn’t go up to the rooftop to lay out (also it would be bad to come back to work with a tanned face when you claim you were “sick”). So I cooked. I had a couple […]
July 25, 2007
With my dining partner Matt in tow, we were off to the METApacking District for a restaurant week lunch at Morimoto. When Hua told me that Morimoto NYC was like being in Vegas, my interest piqued. Vegas?? In NYC?? No WAY, can’t wait! (Sarcastic face here). This perceptive comment has inspired this no-holds-barred, special Vegas […]
July 10, 2007
Yep, it’s me again. Aside from all the complicated dishes, I make a lot of party food since I love hosting parties. People, please don’t start with “how come I never get invited?!” I was the one who invited all of you in the past when I lived in NJ, and no one even bothered […]
June 24, 2007
Aya: Hey Tmonkey, boo tmonkey: hey have you recovered from The Banquet? Aya: um I don’t even know what you’re talking about because I’ve had my memories from Friday night removed from my brain. tmonkey: nooo ok the movie was painful but the ramen at Setagaya! Can’t forget that! Aya: hmmm seem to have a […]