1133 Broadway W Vancouver, BC V6H 1G1 (604) 872-8050 www.tojos.com I recently teased this photo of Tojo as a Wordless Wednesday post, stating that Tojo gave me the best meal I had in Vancouver. I thought I’d do you right and finally post about this wonderful nine course omakase (“chef’s choice”) meal. I had Tojo’s [...]
Various locations in Dowtown, Vancouver, Canada. http://japadog.com A handful of people kept mentioning Japadog when I was gathering food recommendations for my trip to Vancouver. (One person in particular who was sweet enough to write an entire email full of recommendations was Suki. Her post on Japadog and other food carts in Vancouver here.) Alan [...]
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 [...]
1219 S Lamar Blvd Austin, TX 78704 (512) 695-6922 www.farmtotrailer.com Saturday night, my friend Cindy was craving a Gourdoughnut. She is one of many friends I’ve turned onto Gourdough’s. As I’ve tried 13 of their doughnuts, I thought I’d skip out and try out Odd Duck. Odd Duck sits along side Gourdough’s in the same [...]
Success! I met Anthony Bourdain and did not visibly salivate or embarrass myself in anyway. That’s a feat! It has been almost two weeks since I’ve blogged but life has been kind of in flux lately, with packing, moving, and facing fears, and oh, MEETING ANTHONY BOURDAIN. I grazed his right tricep after this photo. [...]
Lamb Tagine from Kasbah Grill The first person who educated me that tagine is first, a cooking vessel before its namesake was passed on to the stew it helps cook was Brittany. In October we were eating at a delicious Moroccan restaurant (see link in caption) in Irving/Dallas, Texas and she told us she used [...]
Condensed milk is wonderful. I don’t see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans. ~ Fred Allen Last night I tried my hand for the first time on how to make Vietnamese Coffee. I say it’s coffee on crack because it definitely delivers a zing even the extreme coffee [...]
I just started reading my first Anthony Bourdain book (A Cook’s Tour) and when I came across this passage describing eating pho in Saigon, I found myself salivating. I’ve only been to Vietnam (my parent’s homeland) twice in my lifetime thus far and the last time I was 15. In this passage, not only is [...]
301 E 6th St Austin, TX 78701 (512) 474-9898 parkside-austin.com Oh my dear Parkside has seriously won me over. I really regret taking this long to get to know Parkside and I shouldn’t have moved my 25th birthday dinner from this restaurant. I would have loved an older relationship! Alas, I’ll settle for our new [...]
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 [...]