We stumbled across this place, Wow Bao, on the ground floor of a huge, blingy, 80′s-style mall on Michigan Avenue. My friend Ido had mentioned it to me, so I was ecstatic that we randomly came across it. A fast food joint of exclusively Chinese steamed
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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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Here’s something I think is totally random and kinda neat: a text to let you know what oysters are on the menu at Yankee Pier, a seafood restaurant in the Bay Area. I
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when i got into the hideously long express line at
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…well, not quite. but research centers should look into this cause seriously, frozen peas seem to remedy all sorts of things: icing sprained ankles (been there many a time), making a batch of soup when you are sick,
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Only the Japanese…

thanks Matt for this.

The new ad campaign for Mr. Donut’s Honey Dipped donuts hit the walls of the Ginza Subway line this week. I am always in awe of their design team. For this campaign, they use the acronym UFO, in this case,
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