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Shamed by Stinky Tofu

January 1, 2012 eating out

I’m so ashamed. My Mandarin speaking skill is failing me. Ever since I’ve moved out west to Los Angeles, I’ve had little chance to speak conversational Mandarin. When I was living in Northern Virginia, where I attended my dad’s Chinese church, I would at least have the chance to speak Mandarin every Sunday at church. [...]

Tagged as: Alhambra, chinese, Lee's Garden, noodles, omelet, pork, rice, San Gabriel Valley, shrimp, stinky tofu, taiwanese, tofu

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The Parents Service and Fried Sauce Noodles

October 18, 2011 eating out

I wish my parents will just move to the west coast already. They were only visiting for four days, but I almost got used to coming back home from school and discovering my apartment sparkling clean. Only parents would do something like that. Fatigued by jet lag and three weeks of missionary work, and yet [...]

Tagged as: beef, chili, chinese, cilantro, dumplings, edamame, fried, noodles, pork, pumpkin, San Gabriel Valley, shrimp, soup, tofu

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Mission Impossible: $300, five stomachs, one P.F. Chang’s

September 2, 2011 dinner event

I remember when I first visited a Chinese restaurant in America. It was in New Jersey, and I was 12. At the time, I hadn’t emigrated to America yet; I was merely accompanying my parents to their mission trip in America, and I was in New Jersey visiting my then pen pal, Joanna. Joanna’s mother [...]

Tagged as: alcohol, banana, chicken, chinese, chocolate, curry, deep-fried, dessert, dinner, duck, eggplant, fish, lamb, Pasadena, scallop, seafood, shrimp, tea, tofu, tuna, vegetables, vegetarian

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Foodbuzz 24 x 24: 5 Pies, 1 Hand, Much Booze

August 28, 2011 dinner event

I got a nasty scare Friday night. I called my parents as I do almost every evening, and my dad told me that my mother’s heart was palpitating. My mom has had minor heart palpitations ever since she was 13, but it’s been getting worse since she’s gotten older and hit menopause. The palpitations last [...]

Tagged as: alcohol, apple, banana, beer, butter, chocolate, napa cabbage, pie, pork, rosemary, salsa, seafood, shitake, shrimp, tofu, vegetarian

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Yujean Kang’s: A 10-course, 5-hour gastronomical extravaganza

August 13, 2011 blog meet-up

I called my mother almost every night this week, half-singing with glee. “Guess what I did today!” I would yelp happily. I think I really need to be in a Glee Club, because these days there are so many instances when I just want to break out into a song and start dancing. And most [...]

Tagged as: adzuki, alcohol, Asian, beer, cabbage, cheesecake, chicken, chinese, dessert, dinner, fish, fried, ice-cream, lamb, mushrooms, noodles, pancake, Pasadena, seafood, sorbet, soup, spinach, squash, tofu

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This is Not a Chinaman Dish

August 2, 2011 Los Angeles

I was watching the movie Crash yesterday. (Picture source) I received the DVD via Netflix and it had been sitting on my dresser for two weeks. I somehow forgot that I had actually watched it once before; I rented it because apparently it was a good glimpse into the Los Angeles ethnic scene and I [...]

Tagged as: cucumbers, gochugaru, Korean, miso, noodles, rice, sesame seeds, spicy, summer, tofu

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