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A story about a North Korean restaurant

February 21, 2013 eating out

Occasionally in your life, you meet people who immediately make your heart bleed with tenderness. I’ve met several people like that. Some of them, I got to know better. Others disappear after just a brief encounter. I wonder if you know what I’m talking about. They are people who for some reason, instantly fills you [...]

Tagged as: dumplings, interview, kimchi, Korean, koreatown, maeuntang, North Korea, pancake, seafood, soondae, Yu Hyang Soon Dae

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Happy Black Day!

February 15, 2013 eating out

I’ve never celebrated Valentines Day before. I have no animosity towards it. I don’t feel blue about my singlehood during that day when my girlfriends plan romantic dinners and receive roses at their doorstep. So what if I don’t get flowers or chocolate? The next day I can boo-yah on 50 percent-marked down heart-shaped candies. [...]

Tagged as: beef, Black Day, dinner, jajangmyun, jjambbong, Korean cultue, koreatown, meatballs, seafood, Shin Beijing, Valentines Day, White Day

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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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Parents and the Olaskys

July 5, 2012 dinner event

My hosts, Marvin and Susan Olasky, are extensive travelers. They’re not the kind who sail yachts in the Persian Gulf or nibble on chocolate bon-bons at 5-star European hotels. Or even the kind who backpacks across Southeast Asia for the sake of exoticism. A lot of their travels have been missions-related. One of their trips [...]

Tagged as: Asheville, blueberry, brussel sprouts, custard, dessert, dinner, Irish soda bread, Olaskys, pie, roasted, seafood, stew, summer

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Things my family do that drive me crazy

May 12, 2012 eating out

I was interviewing a former CEO of a visual effects company, and we somehow got to the subject of love. “I can finally say I’m in love,” he said, all grinning and happy like a child given a huge-ass lollipop. He went through a brutal divorce a few years back, but serendipitously met a woman [...]

Tagged as: Cafe Oggi, calamari, Italian, lunch, McLean, pasta, seafood, Virginia

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Downtown in the New Orleans

January 11, 2012 eating out

There are several things that pop into my mind when I read the words “New Orleans.” Mardi Gras beads I wore for my eighth grade dance. My family’s trip to The Grove this summer, where I had an amazing cornbread at The Gumbo Pot. The whimsical tunes on Disney’s Princess and the Frog. Anne Rice’s [...]

Tagged as: arts district, calamari, corn, crab, dessert, dinner, downtown, etouffe, gumbo, jambalaya, Jason Ha, Los Angeles, New Orleans, NOLA's, seafood, shrimp, squid

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What a North Korean refugee taught me about trust

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