What is Umami? Ponder the oyster. Tom yum. Carne asada. All umami. Don't try to define it! Just surrender to the addiction; savor the flavor implosion.
I try to live my life void of time constraints. I don’t wear a watch, and I’m perpetually in a rush and am nearly always late for everything. I’m not proud of this, and it’s always something I try to improve, but it somehow makes me less anxious, not knowing Read More →
Is it really the last day of Sloth Season? Say it ain’t so! Sigh. Totally not fair considering the Bay Area has been a shroud of fog, gloom and sweater-weather all “summer”. In Dante’s Inferno, San Francisco is not unlike the third circle of hell, where the gluttonous are punished in Read More →
Lazy here. Very very lazy. Yet, I have a knack for going into my fridge and whipping up random dishes that are at times bizarre, but always edible. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Goya Champloo Breakfast Burrito. It’s kinda genius, Read More →
Introducing Breaderico Panini. Not to be mistaken with Federico Fellini, director of one of my favorite films, Otto e mezzo. (Is that so film student cliche, or what? Alas, I was not a film major. I was worse– the lit major).
Confession: This Umamiventure has been created solely for the purpose of sating my own obsession for San Tung’s chicken wings.
San Tung is no secret in the SF dining community– it’s got like 1700 Yelp reviews and is a mob scene at all hours of the day. My dear friends Read More →
Ah, summer. Nix that– the dead of WINTER here in the Bay Area. We’re below the Equator, didn’t you know?
But for the sake of conversation, let’s say it’s summer. And summer means cold noodles, right? Thanks to Yoko, ya’ll are equipped with the definitive recipes to making your Read More →
To bookend the week the way we started it, I leave you with more Tim and Eric Awesome Show. SWEET BERRY WINE! This one is my second favorite skit, after Ham’b Not Lamb. Steve Brule is such a genius.
Back in April, we had a very special Umamiventure– Marcel (we call him that here), a dude who has been making ramen out of his home for the last year and a half, invited Umamimart over to try it. Fifteen of us showed up and gathered Read More →