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A Day Trip at Koreatown

November 21, 2011 eating out

It seems like I’m going to have company every weekend. This weekend, my buddy Joanna drove up from her temporary residence at San Diego to hang out with me again. She slept over Saturday and left Sunday afternoon after church service. Joanna is what we call “chosunjok” in Korean (조선족), or “chaoxianzhu” in Mandarin (朝鲜族). [...]

Tagged as: beans, cafe, cake, chinese, dessert, dinner, jajangmyun, Korean, koreatown, noodles, pat bing soo, shaved ice, sweet potatoes, young king

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Wine & The City, Video Wrap-Up

October 28, 2011 eating out

It’s my birthday today! I can do whatever I want! So I’m forcing you to watch this silly video that wraps up the Santa Barbara trip: After wine and fun, we were definitely well-fed and well-buzzed, but the time clicked “dinner” so we drove back down to downtown Santa Barbara for our last supper. Tracy [...]

Tagged as: beans, chocolate, deep-fried, dessert, dinner, donuts, rice, salmon, santa barbara, soup

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Holy Pupusa!!!

October 7, 2011 eating out

I just had to post this, even though the pictures come from my iPhone and are horrible. I am bursting with love for my neighborhood and all the Latino community living in it right now. Not only do I have a fantastic supermarket right across my apartment, I also have a street vendor selling fresh-made [...]

Tagged as: beans, cabbage, koreatown, masa, pancake, pork, pupusa, salad, Salvadoran

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Punched by a Granny

September 7, 2011 eating out

Yes, you read right. I got punched by a granny. A barely 5-foot-tall, hunch-backed Korean granny, no less. I’m sure you all have had those “What the—?!” moments. That was one of them, and for some reason I’ve been having plenty within this week. The assault by the darling old lady was just so completely [...]

Tagged as: beans, cabbage, cheese, deep-fried, dessert, nicaraguan, plantains, rice, salad, steak, usc

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Chill Pill in My Neighborhood

August 30, 2011 blog meet-up

Last Wednesday was the day AT&T (after 5 hours of haggling and being put on the hold and transferred) had promised me that they would re-activate my internet. Last Wednesday was the day I went back home excited to have my internet service back. Wednesday was the day I waited, and waited…and waited. At 9 [...]

Tagged as: beans, beets, bread, chile, deep-fried, dessert, enchiladas, guatemalan, koreatown, lunch, plantains, pork, tortilla, tostada

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Crazy-Ass Pizza

January 24, 2011 My story

This weekend was mad busy. It really wasn’t all that hectic…it just felt that way, because I had a long list of things to do that just got pushed back day after day and I’m the kind that panics when things don’t get done way ahead of time. For one of my first assignments for [...]

Tagged as: beans, black beans, bread, brie, cornmeal, cottage cheese, cranberry, mozzarella, pizza, vegetarian, zucchini

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