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A Little Tokyo Day Trip

November 14, 2011 eating out

It’s a silly running joke between my internship director and me that I’m obsessed with Little Tokyo. I’m really not. I do love Little Tokyo, but I somehow hang out a lot there just because all the new hip restaurants somehow seem to cluster around that little neighborhood north of downtown Los Angeles. Also, it’s [...]

Tagged as: cafe demitasse, coffee, croquette, curry, deep-fried, dessert, dinner, fat spoon, fu-ga, ice-cream, izakaya, Japanese, little tokyo, lunch, pasta, rice, scallop, sea urchin, seafood, shrimp, sushi, uni

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What’s that stink?

October 12, 2011 eating out

I once made the faux pas of telling someone that I think Mexican food is messy-looking on a plate. “It’s just goops and dumps and sludges,” I said oh-so-articulately. The person whom I said this to looked at me with an expression that snapped, “Yo mama! As if Korean food is any better-looking!” Oops. I [...]

Tagged as: anchovies, cheonggukjang, kalguksoo, kimchi, kongguksoo, Korean, koreatown, lunch, noodles, soy, spicy, stew

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The Top Chef Made Me Sandwiches

September 27, 2011 blog meet-up

If I had to choose, I would choose watching a TV series over a movie. I’m a big TV person. Ironically, I don’t own a TV (I watch everything on Hulu or Netflix). But yeah, I never like a TV series—I get infatuated with it. Thankfully, like all infatuations, I can hop from one object [...]

Tagged as: Asian, beef, fruits, fusion, lunch, mayonnaise, melrose avenue, Michael Voltaggio, pork, sandwich, take-out, Top Chef, tuna, Vietnamese

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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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What’s So Funny?

August 4, 2011 eating out

You know what’s the best way to learn a nation’s culture? Eat their food, of course. But the second best way is to watch their sitcoms. Comedy, in my opinion, is one of the best and quickest and painless way to understand a country’s culture, language, stereotypes, political climate and a lot of more other [...]

Tagged as: Asian, fusion, jackfruit, lunch, pickles, salad, sandwich, Vietnamese, wrap

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Jane Eats Real Food

July 19, 2011 eating out

I haven’t done Jane enough justice. I have yet to introduce her as the true friend she is. Now that she’s gone (she just left today afternoon), I can fully draw out the history of our friendship without embarrassing her. I don’t keep in touch with a lot of my high school friends. Some of [...]

Tagged as: art, bread, bun, dessert, duck, ice-cream, lunch, shaved ice, snack, taco, tofu