Yesterday was my day with Hagan Blount, doing the 93 Plates Project. He’s eating 93 plates (93 different restaurants) in 31 days (January) and that’s impressive. When he first told me about his project, I was like… Why didn’t I think of that? But after about two straight weeks of holiday gorging, I’m near done. [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Tuck Shop
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Fancy Crab Fried Rice
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
There are so many versions of fried rice. I’m not even going to try and guess how many there are. Yet, what makes it a fried rice? My mom once told me that the very basic Chinese version is just scallion, egg, and rice. That’s all you need for fried rice and any other additions [...]
ABC Scrambled Eggs
Sunday, January 3, 2010
When I was in Taiwan (a long long time ago), I’d start speaking to a vendor, and they’d immediately say, “ABC”, nod, and go on with their answer to whatever my question was. It was a little odd that everyone wanted to clearly acknowledge and label me as an American Born Chinese. It was obvious [...]
Le Bernardin
Saturday, January 2, 2010
First, Happy New Year!
Ahhh….the holidays, constant eating.
So, the eve of New Year’s Eve, we went to
Le Bernardin 155 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019, a much anticipated dinner, a holiday treat to ourselves. No presents this year since we’re getting a new apartment (more on that soon) but time with [...]
