August 26, 2009
I have a new obsession- they come in these little bite-size sacks, filled with pork, crab and a touch of soup. Xiao long bao, aka XLB, soup dumplings!!! In NYC, I loved the dumplings
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May 20, 2009
Scrolling through my camera card, I just found pictures of Ayagwa and Tmonkey’s Chinese Banquet Wedding!!!! I’m sorry I am super tardy on this, but it was seriously one of the best wedding meals I’ve ever had (the other being Leslie’s Siena wedding), so I need
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February 8, 2009
I am totally into food. Add my friend who is also totally into food, and you get a Pepto Bismol-inducing food frenzy. On one such occasion, we visited perhaps the only authentic Chinese joint in
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December 30, 2008
Isn’t it strange how once you stop blogging it’s so hard to start again? Anyways that’s my excuse. I sort of mastered the art of char siu-ing, which is not nearly as difficult as I imagined. Why does it taste so good?? It’s the pork that comes as topping for your ramen but is never never enough. You can tie
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October 24, 2008
Preface: Umamiventure #13: Flushing Food Circuit, Pt. IUmamiventure #13: Flushing Food Circuit, Pt. II
GOLDEN MALL41-28 Main StreetQueens, NY
Preface: Umamiventure #13: Flushing Food Circuit, Pt. I
DUMPLING TIMEZhu Ji Guo Tie40-52 Main Street (Entrance on 41st Avenue)T: 718.358.6265
YAMAHOMOThey tasted good, and damn cheap. 8 huge dumplings for $2.50 were
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I’m back!!! I have been terribly UM delinquent- it’s been totally crazy over here in the last two weeks, what with trying to finish up stuff at work (impossible) and packing up 6 years of my NYC life into little cardboard boxes (unfathomable).
October 13, 2008
I finally made my long delayed trip to Chinatown to buy a wok after the one I bought from Ikea fell apart–literally. I couldn’t wait to get home and season it for use, and figured I’d take some pictures
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Razor clams in black bean sauce. Shanghai, China.
