Cupcakes 2.0: the new generation (via Hamamama, NY Post) Umami in the news- check out this commercial! (via Merriberry, Youtube) Which reminds me of the Kikkoman soy sauce commercial from a few years ago which is friggin hilarious- SHOW ME, SHOYU! *What did I miss? Email what you’re skimming these days to umamimart@gmail.com
Author Archives: Kayoko Akabori
August 29, 2008
Tu Lan in the TL (SF)
Met up with V’s good friend Esther for lunch at Tu Lan, a kick ass, grubby hole in the wall Vietnamese joint in the Tenderloin (TL) area of San Francisco. This place is RAD, it must be an SF institution- there was a line out the door by 12:05. Sweet. And look at that sign! […]
August 28, 2008
The Sentinal, A Storefront Cafe (SF)
Khoi and Laura took me to this great little coffee spot, The Sentinal, in the SOMA district in downtown SF. They served good, strong coffee, and delicious morning pastries. But what makes this place most distinctive was the use of their tiny sliver of a storefront space- the layout was quite impressive considering they didn’t […]
August 26, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl Wrap-Up
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 4 (Rico’s Tacos-WTF?) View Larger MapPaystyle: Overall I thought Ba Xuyen was in a class of its own–no comparison. It’s one of those places where […]
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 4 (Rico’s Tacos-WTF?)
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh) When I wrote Porkchop Express asking him for his personal recommendation for banh mis in Sunset Park, he suggested to make a detour to Rico’s Tacos for a torta. Still […]
August 25, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh)
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da) Judson: Tan Thanh was unsatisfying for multiple reasons: the bread was old and crumbly, and the “lunchmeat” ingredients were second rate Oscar Meyer. Payman: Strange but everything they served seemed to be the #1 combo, even if you […]
August 23, 2008
The Umami Reader, vol. 029
Foraging for food in the Finger Lakes and beyond: “Just drive until you see the lake.” (via Christy, NYTimes) A wonderfully nasty Domino’s commercial on the (non)limits of what humans will eat: “The plan is to just top the pizza with actual garbage.” (via Amy Ann, Milk and Cookies) *What did I miss? Email what […]
August 22, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)
Preface: Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen) Kayoko: They added ground bbq pork here in their combo #1, which added a nice sweetness cut by the ass-kicking jalapeño. A very well-formulated, balanced sandwich. Michelle: Thanh Da was pretty good, but felt a little less fresh as far as the ingredients. I thought […]
August 20, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)
Last weekend, we had THE Umamiventure of Umamiventures. It was a gorgeous, cloudless August day- over the course of 4+ hours, 15 of us hit up 4 sandwich spots in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. Yes, somehow there were 15 people on Planet Earth insane enough to go on this trip- some who had […]
August 16, 2008
The Umami Reader, vol.028
Top 3 Reads of the Week: Nattophiles speak up: what Michael Pollan really needs to write about next (via Fuminatto, Chowhound) Top 15 of the nastiest, bizarrest, most fucked up places to get your meal on: eat inside a coffin, slice into an edible woman’s body, get waited on by a staff of “hobbits”, munch […]