Sundays are made to be lazy all day, especially when the weather is so dreary and foggy outside, but since I had Sunday off this week, the Phamily decided to try out a new dim sum restaurant that just opened near our house. The dim sum was decent and the selection is sparse, but at least it’s good to know there’s a dim sum restaurant around the corner if I ever get a craving. Tuan […]
This last week has been a whirlwind of food and family and friends. But now that the holidays are drawing to a close, the “Monica Gellar” in me is beginning to feel the stress of the upcoming nuptials and bridal shower planning. I finally tested out some recipes for the shower, spicy ponzu noodles with cilantro and seared scallops and a citrus tilapia ceviche. Ceviche is harder than it looks, but the scallops received two […]
Central market makes my favorite gingerbread man cookies. This one’s from Panera Bread, though. chomp chomp!
It’s persimmon season! At family gatherings, we trade in the usual mangos for crunchy persimmons to snack on after meals. ( By the way, My iphone is making this photo absurdly Oompa-Loompa orange). Did you know there are two main types of persimmons? Soft and crunchy. The softer ones are more red in color and has larger seeds. I prefer the crunchy ones for aesthetic reasons and also because it’s just damn tastier. There’s a […]
Just had a wonderful weekend. It was a looong and busy week but I couldn’t have asked for better by the time the weekend came. Friday night, my friend, Trang and I, spent an evening with Isabella Rosselini at the Cinema Arts Festival. She is such an awesome, funny, charismatic person. We got to see some of her new Green Porno series, titled, Seduce Me.sigh* She’s so cool. Afterward, we couldn’t resist going to our […]
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