japanese food is one of those cuisines that still takes me a long time to make. instead of the two hours i’ll set out for myself to complete a meal, i’ll end up in the kitchen for at least three. but the results are usually worth it. and besides, practice makes perfect.
soba with hot broth [...]
last night my family and i attended my cousin babak and elham’s aroosi. (not to be confused with their aghd, which was last month. think of it as the difference between the ceremony and the reception. kind of.) thankfully the weather was warm(ish), the food was good, everyone enjoyed themselves, and the deejay didn’t mess [...]
people say i cook too much east asian food. i guess its true, but i never seem to tire of the variety of flavors and textures that i come across when it comes to this regional cuisine. this variety, of course, includes chinese food:
sichuan spicy noodle salad
macanese steak with mushrooms
hot and sour egg flower soup
hakka [...]
i’ve been on east coast time for the past few days. i flew to new york city with dom towards last week for the ocassion of the tanya morgan moonlighting release party at opus 22. upon our arrival on thursday, it took us an hour to get to our hotel; by the time we got [...]
i spent a good chunk of yesterday in san francisco for the ocassion of eric’s birthday. the chosen location was the haight, also known as The Place Where We Look At Shoes and Records. After a two or three repeated forays into amoeba music and some very lustful sneaker gazing, we settled on lunch at [...]