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Mandalay Restaurant
Photo: Buddha of the Balada Mandalay Restaurant 4348 California St., in the Inner Richmond San Francisco, CA 94118 415-386-3895 OR 415-386-3896 The restaurant review marathon continues (I’m catching...
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Pizzeria Bianco
Pizzeria Bianco 623 E Adams St Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 258-8300 Ok, this is my last restaurant review for the day. I’ve finally caught up with my backlog of blog posts. This place hardly needs...
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Breakfast of Champions
Pickled herring, boiled potatoes and kale. Mmm. The post Breakfast of Champions appeared first on leesean.net.
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Live Sushi Bar
Live Sushi Bar 2001 17th St (at Kansas St in Potrero Hill) San Francisco, CA 94103-5012 (415) 861-8610‎ On Sunday, After spending the whole day outside watching the San Francisco Pride parade and...
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Young Ivy Alumni Mixer and Cordon Bleu
After work on Friday, I headed to the University Club of San Francisco in Nob Hill for a Young Ivy Alumni Mixer. It was my first time in Nob Hill, and it was cool to check out the neighborhood’s...
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Horatius
Photo: Portuguese-style tuna salad ($11.50) Line caught tuna conserva, new potatoes, garbanzo beans, kalamata olives, cage free egg, red onion and parsley dressed with Victor Guedes olive oil and red...
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Yamo
I had dinner at Yamo, a hole-in-the-wall Burmese place in the Mission tonight. When I say hole-in-the-wall, I really mean it, it’s just 10 seats along a long, narrow counter looking on to the...
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Kitchens of the World
Rice and beans with fried plantains The Canadian Council of the Blind has published a fundraising cookbook, Kitchens of the World, which features 200+ recipes and photographs from around the world.Â...
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Fried Scallops with Apricot Chutney
Ingredients (serves two) For the chutney: 6 fresh apricots, stone removed and roughly chopped 2 shallots, peeled and chopped 2 teaspoons of ground coriander seed 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled...
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Spanish-Style Braised Hake
Ingredients 1 pound of hake, filleted and cut into 4 inch chunks (or substitute cod, pollack or similar flaky white fish) 1 onion, thinly sliced 4 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced 1 roasted red bell...
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Mussels in Curry Cider Cream Sauce
Normandy meets the Pondicherry of my post-post-colonial imagination in this improvised dish I made last night. Ingredients 2 tablespoons of butter 1 small onion, chopped 1 shallot, chopped 4 cloves of...
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Instant Messenger Iron Chef: Turkey & Rice Stuffed Yellow Squash
My friend Sophia IM’ed me the other night while I was at school. She asked me for some cooking advice based on the ingredients she had in her kitchen. It turned into a game of IM Iron Chef or Stump...
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi Gratin
I improvised this sweet potato gnocchi gratin for a night in with Elizabeth and Catherine. Ingredients 2 tablespoons of butter 2 tablespoons of flour 2 cups of milk 1 teaspoon of herbes de Provence 1/4...
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Making Taiwanese Tamales 包粽å
I was visiting family in Arizona for Thanksgiving weekend. I spent the Friday after Thanksgiving with my mom, aunt, and uncle making zongzi or Taiwanese tamales, a fitting description that reflects my...
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The Wine Trials 2010 Release Party
Elizabeth and I went to The Wine Trials 2010 book release party at Seppi’s on Wednesday night. I was one of the blind tasters for the first edition of the book. The Wine Trials 2010 is a completely...
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Kogi
I checked out Kogi, the much-hyped Los Angeles Korean BBQ Taco truck when I was in town visiting the family last week. We followed them on Twitter and drove out to Encino to wait in line for the...
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Attari Sandwich Shop
While I was in “Teherangeles” visiting the family last week, I went to check out Attari Sandwich Shop in Westwood (1388 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90024). We started with a Shirazi salad, a simple...
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Pok Pok, Portland
I was in Portland, Oregon over the weekend for the JET Alumni Association Regional Technology Conference. On Sunday, after the Conference ended, I went with LL to check out Portland’s much acclaimed...
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Another one of my wacky culinary experiments. Some strong flavors to get your day started right. Scrambled eggs + fishy fish + curry = the breakfast of champions. Videography and off-camera commentary...
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Soft Shell Crab Salad with Curry Aioli
With my ITP thesis ready to go, I finally got a chance to do some creative cooking again. Tonight I made a fried soft shell crab salad with a curry aïoli dressing. I improvised through this one...
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Montauk
I went on an impromptu trip out to Montauk, Long Island last weekend with Catherine. Photo essay and travel tips below. STAY at The Panoramic View – simple luxury, right on the beach EAT fish and...
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London
Catherine showed me around her old stomping grounds in London last week. We walked around, ate surprisingly good food (despite the British stereotype), and hit the requisite tourist sites – Big Ben,...
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Easter Brunch – Lamb BibimBenedict
English muffins with a hummus schmear, topped with roasted leg of lamb, fried eggs, kimchi, ginger carrot salad, and sauerkraut. Yum! You can’t get more New York than this. The post Easter Brunch –...
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Scallops, Swiss Chard, Shiitake, Macadamia Yuzukosho Dressing
I improvised this Japanese-inspired scallop recipe for a weekend lunch last week with some super fresh local scallops I got from Fresh Direct. My mom sent me a huge box of oranges from Arizona, so you...
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Spanish-Japanese Eggs
Today for brunch, I created a mash-up of two of my favorite egg dishes: Spanish tortilla, a thick omelet with potatoes, and Japanese tamagoyaki, a rolled omelet infused with a slightly sweet soy and...
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