Foods That I’ve Banned Myself

11Dec09

I was talking to my friend Lee today on the phone when I was driving to Whole Foods, and Lee was eating a Pop Tart. That triggered my thoughts of all the foods that I’ve banned myself, such as Pop Tarts. I haven’t had one since second grade. I also banned myself from eating ice-cream [...]

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Mini Moo Cards

08Dec09

I feel like I’m starting my own business because my mini Moo cards just arrived in the mail today. I’m not though, I just felt compelled to get them because it makes me happy.
You can order your cards from Moo. Everything they do is so cute.
I chose five different pictures so there are five different [...]

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Christmas Wish List

05Dec09

Things I want for my kitchen and what’s a better time than Christmas to ask for these things? I’ll probably buy them eventually but it doesn’t hurt to wish!

I need a new fondue set, preferably an electric one
Immersion blender
Mortar & pestal
New food processor
Saffron

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Snowing Finally

04Dec09

It’s finally “snowing” in Austin but the snow on my blog is coming down FASTER than the actual weather outside!!! HOW LAME IS THAT?!!?!?! I was expecting the snow to fall like how it did in Plano every year… this is just pathetic and lame. The snow is drifting down like little tiny cotton specks. [...]

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My 2009 “Thanksgiving” Menu

19Nov09

This year is the first time I’m spending Thanksgiving in Austin and by myself! My brother is in boarding school in Boston and my parents live in Hong Kong. For the previous 4 Thanksgivings, I went to Los Angeles once, Boston twice, and Toronto once.
I don’t “celebrate” Thanksgiving and I don’t eat/like turkey. I don’t [...]

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Bad Encounter in France, 1994

03Nov09

I used to hate eating avocados because of my first encounter of the fruit in France, circa 1994, and all I remember is that the avocado that I had tasted like rotten eggs. So that feeling stuck with the fruit until I moved to America, where there are sushi rolls called Californian rolls with avocado, [...]

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I Miss My Asian Food

18Oct09

I bought too many pasta ingredients last week. I’m missing Chinese and Japanese food. I want to eat fried rice, I want to eat my own dumplings, and I want to make spicy salmon sushi. But I probably won’t get a chance to eat my own Asian food until after I get back from Los [...]

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It’s the Liver?

15Oct09

I just found out the English translation for the yellow/red/orange/greenish in crustaceans: tomalley/tomale. In Chinese, it’s just called 黄, which literally means the color yellow. It is considered a delicacy and has a very unique flavor.
I eat it in shrimp/prawns, crabs, and lobster… But in female crabs, female crabs have something different. They have solid [...]

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cwST08 Twitter

14Oct09

Since my own tweets are private, I just created a Twitter account for this blog. Click on the icon to the right to follow me or just click here!

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Future Projects 2009

03Sep09

I can’t wait to start cooking again and trying new dishes. I will be making these when I get back.
Cornish Hen with Pomegranate Glaze – I’m going to make this just so that I can have an excuse to buy a bottle of POM.
Braised Pork Belly – I’ve been eating this once a week since [...]

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Julie & Julia

24Aug09

I still haven’t watched Julie & Julia yet. I don’t know if they’re showing it in Hong Kong (I’m too lazy to check). When I’m in HK, I don’t feel like doing anything because the weather is so unpleasant. I’ll just wait until I get back to Austin and when everything settles in. I’m going [...]

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