The Minty Banh Mi Crawl
Last Saturday, I gathered a group for a Vietnamese sandwich crawl. The banh mi crawl traveled through Chinatown (and Little Tokyo!). We started at Jonathan Gold’s favorite Buu Dien. While I was waiting… Continue reading
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May Minty Crawl: Banh Mi, Baby
Back in January of ’09, I tackled some banh mi shops along Valley in the San Gabriel Valley. My ultimate favorite that day was Saigon’s Sandwich & Bakery though my group generally liked… Continue reading
UK: Empress of Sichuan
Before heading over to the Experimental Cocktail Club, we had dinner at Empress of Sichuan.I went with a friend who is not really into spicy food so we may have not picked dishes… Continue reading
Love is in the Air at Hop Woo
I’m not entirely certain when people began to associate me with bizarre and extreme eating. Maybe it was after the pig’s head dinner at Gorbals and teasing everyone about bull’s penis at Feng… Continue reading
Sneak Peek: Bull’s Pizzle Soup
Eddie Lin of Deep End Dining and Val Herrera of Trippy Food must have read my Feng Mao post and thought this girl needed some pizzle. Pizzle is the innocuous term for penis.… Continue reading
Test Kitchen: TiGeorges
I’ve said I knew who I was before but occasionally I think about the past. Right now I’m re-reading On Gold Mountain by Lisa See. I just finished her book, Shanghai Girls. Both… Continue reading
Dim Sum Battle: Traditional VS Food Truck
Who eats dim sum twice in one day? Minty, of course. A week ago, I checked out the Dim Sum Truck and thought very highly of it. A few friends were jonesing for… Continue reading