What is Umami? Ponder the oyster. A martini. Tom yum. Carne asada. Fleur de sel. All umami. Don't try to define it! Just surrender to the addiction; savor the flavor implosion.
kayoko: Eric- you’ll need to free up a few belt notches, for sure. So jealous!
kayoko: HOORAY FOR LANCASTER BUTTER! Don’t know what the Amish do, but they make the BEST BUTTER EVER.
Eric: I’m very concerned for my heart health when I move to NOLA next year.
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February 3, 2010
Let’s talk today on the subject of one of my favorite foods in the world: pho. But this is not just any kind of pho. I’m talkin’ FRIED PHO. No joke, I crave this every single day and have been dying to share this
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January 15, 2010
Two words: RAMEN TRUCK.
Is this not the raddest thing you’ve ever heard? Cause it should be. I know, I know, the food
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December 15, 2009
Dear De Cecco, Barilla, and all other major pasta producers of the world: you should be ashamed of yourself, letting Japan come up with the smartest packaging for pasta EVER.
This one is “Mama” brand that my own mama Hideko picked up at
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December 14, 2009
Kumiko and I walked into a relatively fancy-looking noodle shop off of Dotonbori in Osaka. We ordered; the food arrived; we were stunned. Were they for real???
The bowl was literally wider than
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December 4, 2009
Will it be shoyu? Miso? Tonkotsu?
大もり= Oomori = Super Size Me?
Side of fried rice? Gyoza? An extra egg? Extra slices of roast pork?
Choose button carefully– there’s no turning back! Drop your yen into the machine and the ticket will print with your order. Take ticket to
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November 19, 2009
Remember when I made kimchi fried rice? It has become my staple meal when I feel ultra lazy. Read: ALL THE TIME.
So how panicked was I when I went to the kitchen yesterday to take out all the precious ingredients out of the fridge,
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October 19, 2009
1.) Chopsticks holder-thingy.
2.) Chopsticks to lay on #1.
3.) Cup for soba broth.
4.) Little container of housemade broth, to pour into #3.
5.) Dish of green onions and wasabi. To be added to #3
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September 24, 2009
This is dedicated to You Cannot Be Serious, aka Jenny C.
Finally, ehem, FINALLY, made it out to the famed Turtle Tower last week for a quick city pho
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September 11, 2009
While rummaging through my fridge the other day (fine, fine, my parent’s fridge) I was delighted to find a hefty package of myoga. SCORE! It’s so difficult to describe, this myoga. Vegetable? Herb? Spice?? They grow in the ground, so maybe it’s just simply a
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August 28, 2009
Since moving to California, I’ve become a bit of a drunk. I’m not sure if it’s out of boredom of living in Cupertino, in the house I grew up in, right across the street from my high school. It could be that I’m almost 30 and living with
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