May 4, 2009
One of the best ad campaigns I have seen in Japan is for Kewpie’s Tarako (Cod Roe) Pasta Sauce. These ads have been running for the past three years and have created a branding craze for Kewpie dolls dressed up as tarako.
Check out these ads bordering on creepy and kawaii (cute).
March 23, 2008
Jesus is just alright with me Jesus is just alright, oh yeah- Doobie Brothers
Religiously speaking, I am godless. I am a gluttonous heathen, afterall. If hard pressed, I suppose I would say I’m a non-practicing Buddhist, but that’s only because my dad makes me pray to his little shrine whenever I go to his house. But I refuse to chant
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March 19, 2008
Preface: A Night Out at BabboCalifornia Soul: Osteria Mozza (LA)
To celebrate Christi’s bday the other night, we went to Babbo. I would be too embarrassed to blog this–regularly patronizing such the hype machine that Batali
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February 23, 2008
In Rome we stayed in Trastevere, which is a hip, bohemian hotspot on the other side of the Tiber, near Vatican City. It’s a great neighborhood, sorta Williamsburgish, lively at all hours of the night- lots of bars, clubs and restaurants.
For my last supper in Italy, I wanted a typical Roman meal- and Trastevere is as good as place
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February 21, 2008
For not really having any premeditative restaurant agenda, Matt and I did really well in Rome. The city’s such a maze, that it’s best not to have your heart set on any one restaurant- you’d just get frustrated going around in circles looking for it. We were walking around towards the Pantheon in the afternoon and stumbled upon Enoteca
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February 14, 2008
Last week at the farmer’s market, I accidentally bought a purple cabbage, mistaking it for radicchio. DUH!
So what to do with a head of purple CABBAGE? I recalled Bittman’s coleslaw piece from a few weeks back, but who wants to make coleslaw in the middle of winter? HELL-O!
I needed something to last me all week- for lunches and
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February 11, 2008
Ok, I know this is ridiculous– even though it’s been months since I went to Italy, I still feel the need to finish blogging my fantastic eats (my computer with all my Italy pics died a few months ago,
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January 12, 2008
This post is dedicated to my lady Christi.
So this post defies my rule of “not writing about a restaurant unless I’ve been to it at least twice” (traveling not included), but this reservation was too hard to get, and this place being so acclaimed and all, I figure that this meal can be exempt from my rule.
Babbo only
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October 18, 2007
There seems to be a war brewing (and if there isn’t I’ll gladly be the instigator). In one corner, we have Mario Batali, holding down the traditional Italian line that Americans drown their pasta in too much sauce, and in the other, Mark Bittman, who asserts that, Poppycock! that’s an old way of thinking, coming from
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September 8, 2007
Cafe Nid is a little cafe in Omotesando serving mainly Italian dishes. It’s a cozy little spot with some tasty finds. Last night – we were lucky enough to snag a seat on a Friday night (probably because of the typhoon).
Anyhow, we ordered karasumi pasta among other things. It was really delicious – morsels of savory
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