Category: Chinese
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VINU Wine Bar’s $25 Foie Gras Tasting
If you’ve been living under a rock, you may have missed that the ban on selling foie gras in California has been lifted, though producing it in-state is still illegal. My feelings on foie gras are not as clear cut as you may think, but suffice it to say I do eat it, and I’ll […]
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Qin West Chinese Cuisine on Westwood
Noodle soups are some of my favorite food, whether it’s Japanese ramen, Vietnamese pho, Thai boat noodles. Unfortunately, with the exception of ramen, it is relatively difficult to get authentic noodle soups on the Westside, particularly Chinese noodle soups. However, one restaurant, opened just a few months ago, has been a game changer on that […]
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Hải Ký Mì Gia, Pig & Pie, Humphry Slocombe, Three Twins, Nopa (San Francisco: Day Five)
I was in San Francisco this week for WWDC (Apple‘s Worldwide Developers Conference). I found out a few months ago I’d be able to attend, so of course, I made a list and asked for advice beforehand. Now that I’m here, I plan on posting a report as quickly as possible for each day, to […]
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State Bird Provisions (San Francisco: Day Four, Part Three)
I was in San Francisco this week for WWDC (Apple‘s Worldwide Developers Conference). I found out a few months ago I’d be able to attend, so of course, I made a list and asked for advice beforehand. Now that I’m here, I plan on posting a report as quickly as possible for each day, to […]
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Two Breakfasts, One Afternoon Snack: Taiwanese Food in the 626 (Huge Tree Pastry, Four Sea, and Old Country Cafe)
Happy 6/26 Day! Unfortunately, I cannot make it to the SGV to partake in the festivities, but I’ll comfort myself with thoughts of the two Taiwanese breakfasts and one Taiwanese snack I had on a hot, sunny Father’s Day a few weeks ago.