This passage made me miss my parents. Everything Anthony Bourdain said about dedication, pride, family, struggle are the qualities my parents embody and have modeled to me. Maybe one day I will share a bit of my parents’ story about their journey over here. About their life pre and post Vietnam. It has a lot [...]
Photos courtesy my globetrotting friend, Thomas. He just came back from tour of Asia (not his first either!) and has sent me lovely photos to share. First installment is the street food and food court of Indonesia. Who wants to go with me to Indonesia?
Vietnamese traditional cuisine often features snails. I’ve never sees them in Vietnamese restaurants in the US but stories from the parents have told me they often cook with it and put it over bun (vermicelli) in Vietnam. I’ve planned to try out a few snail dishes in Vietnamese fare when I go back to visit. [...]
Girls’ weekend was so good for my soul. High school friends, Alex and Hillary left their towns to come spend the weekend with me in Austin. There was constant eating! Weekend menu: gelato, escargot, duck confit, ratatouille, scallops, Gourdough’s, tacos, chorizo nachos, wines, cheeses, fruits, chocolate bars, chocolate truffles, pho, egg rolls, spring rolls, pear [...]
ChiLantro BBQ Austin, TX (512) 568-0256 www.chilantrobbq.com I’ve been meaning to try Chilantro and every time I see a tweet from them announcing their location (they rotate locations), I salivate in yearning. Alan who has no idea I’ve been stalking Chilantro by way of twitter, asked me while we were out drinking downtown last weekend, [...]
I can very easily enumerate what I know about wine, that’s how little I know. I’ve gone to quite a few wine tastings in my time, the last one just last weekend at the Austin Wine & Music Festival but as I taste and taste and sommeliers tell me what bottle I’m sipping from, the [...]
I hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day! I went home for the weekend for some mom and daughter time. Some of my best tasting meals I’ve had courtesy my momma. She does have this pesky habit of hers of overfeeding me. I’ve once told my friend Dave that sometimes I’m so full from eating [...]
It’s my brother’s birthday today. I dedicate this Lego cake to him, the Lego artist. I took this picture at the Lego Store in Houston. Click here for more Lego Art posted on my personal blog.
I’m working my night job the next two weeks. Being away from home 6:30am to 10:30pm straight stifles a lot of my eating fun and well.. life’s fun. (Which is why I’ve put in my notice!) I did manage to catch a lovely lunch with my old college roommate who happened to be in town [...]
Last Thursday, Jamie and I had a fabulous date that included an evening with Anthony Bourdain. He came to the Paramount to chew the fat with us Austin folks and as Paramount does not allow us to photograph their beautiful theatre, and Bourdain had an early flight to catch, I sadly have no photos to [...]