August 2012

School bell goes ding ding ding

August 29, 2012 Los Angeles

When I was young, my mom taught me a Korean children song about kids going to school. It’s a very cute song, and as ancient as it can be for a 24-year-old modern college student like me. I’d long forgotten it. I think the last time I sang it, I was about 10 and clinging [...]

Tagged as: deep-fried, Drunken Chicken, KFC, korean fried chicken, koreatown, Los Angeles, pickles, radish, usc

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What I read this summer

August 22, 2012 product review

If I had a magic lamp, I would first wish my genie was as cool and entertaining as Robin Williams’ version of the Genie in Aladdin. But my first wish would be to have the power to travel and freeze time. I would run back to summer of 2011 and slap my 2011 self awake [...]

Tagged as: A Man in Full, Adam Johnson, Asheville, autobiography, Blaine Harden, book reviews, Deborah Harkness, Decision Points, Discovery of Witches, Escape from Camp 14, Escape from North Korea, fiction, I am Charlotte Simmons, Melanie Kirkpatrick, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, North Korea, Orphan Master's Son, summer, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Tom Wolfe

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What a North Korean refugee taught me about trust

August 16, 2012 eating out

I learned something about trust this week. I’ve always been kind of gullible. You know those stupid spam emails from British moguls or Arabian princes? When I first started using email in the early 2000s, it took me a few weeks before I realized I didn’t really win $4 million from an imaginary online lotto. [...]

Tagged as: ceviche, crack green sauce, Glendale, journalism, Mamita, peruvian, seafood

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When my friends turn from Ms. to Mrs.

August 8, 2012 blog meet-up

I’m a person who embraces change—or at least, I always thought I am. I relish a fast-paced life strung by capricious days, each day filled with new tasks and activities. I love traveling and absorbing new sceneries and communities. I rarely visit a restaurant twice. I enjoy journalism because it constantly provides me with new [...]

Tagged as: appam, culver city, curry, dosa, egg, indian, Los Angeles, Mayura

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Hashtag this as first-world problem

August 6, 2012 blog meet-up

I sniffed the odor of death a couple nights ago. Okay, I exaggerate, but at the time, it sure felt like dying. Fellow bloggers, you’ll know what I mean. A kind reader had alerted me that some of my blog posts weren’t showing the images. This being a food blog and all, that just wouldn’t [...]

Tagged as: bistro, Costa Mesa, dinner, first world problems, French, Marche Moderne, mushrooms, Orange County, risotto, scallop

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My mother’s kitchen aromas

August 2, 2012 dinner event

A while ago, my mother sent me the most ridiculous pair of slippers ever. Have you seen a pair of slippers more amusing than this pair? Look at the garish pink bobbles! And what is up with the baby pink dolphin with the smile? You tilt one way and that fishy smile looks sinister, while [...]

Tagged as: Asheville, Chelsea, chicken, garlic, ginseng, jujube, kimchi, Korean, Olaskys, Sam Gye Tang

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