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- Appreciating the moon (赏月)
Dear friends and readers, Appreciating the moon (赏月) is a particular flavor of Chinese romanticism. Countless Chinese poets have spilled ink over what it means to look at the moon, and for the majority of them, the consensus is that looking at the moon evokes a longing for a place where you were once from,… Read more: Appreciating the moon (赏月) - Soy boy
Dear friends and readers, When I was growing up, my mom told me once that I had a milk allergy as an infant. I can’t really recall that conversation completely (it was just a flashing moment in my life); what I took away, and what long endured into my adulthood, was the idea that I… Read more: Soy boy - Summer is not complete without a pile of cold noodles: Zaru Soba (ざる蕎麦)
Dear friends and readers, Every summer, my family makes cold noodles. It has been an unspoken tradition in our family ever since I can remember. I am typing this from a new purchased Walmart (very uncomfortable) couch from my parents house. I was digging around my parents’ fridge for snacks, and I found a big… Read more: Summer is not complete without a pile of cold noodles: Zaru Soba (ざる蕎麦) - Soup, Sandwich, Sourdough! @ G Cafe, New Haven, CT
Dear friends and readers, One of my goals while vacationing on the east coast was to experience and enjoy train rides, and I was not disappointed. When I finished my initial brief exploration of New York, I took a late Amtrak train to New Haven. The train station at New York Penn Station was sparsely… Read more: Soup, Sandwich, Sourdough! @ G Cafe, New Haven, CT - Soothing Summer Heat with Hōjicha Kakigori (焙じ茶かき氷) @ Maki a Mano, Chelsea Market, NYC
Dear friends and readers, For the first time since I could remember, I deliberately chose to take a vacation. The romantic in me always dreamed about the simple pleasures of being in another city; to masquerade as one of its dwellers, listen to the music of its hustle and bustle, and dance to the rhythm… Read more: Soothing Summer Heat with Hōjicha Kakigori (焙じ茶かき氷) @ Maki a Mano, Chelsea Market, NYC - Udon soups are better with Pyropia seaweed laver!
Dear friends and readers, My parents immigrated to California in the 90s. My father was an English major in university while in China, and it was always my impression that he picked up work here as a result of his collegiate education. Like many others, my parents landed in Monterey Park, and they became engrained… Read more: Udon soups are better with Pyropia seaweed laver! - I love crack and by that I mean Katsudon
Dear friends and readers, I know we have been talking about making some kinda of writing project about food for some time now. In our first year of meeting, I had quite the delusional idea of hosting monthly dinner parties; that we could make a recipe book by the end of our graduate school training,… Read more: I love crack and by that I mean Katsudon