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Botros


Botros
Location:Lebanon, Beirut
Activity:Grocery Store

Hem Sovann


Hem Sovann
Location:Cambodia, Batambong
Activity:Services

Oyunchimeg Norpil


Oyunchimeg Norpil
Location:Mongolia, Arhangai
Activity:Internet Cafe

Restaurant review: Boca Chica

[Ed. note: I realized I still have all the rights to my reviews I've been writing for the local paper, so I'm going to republish them here. This was originally published in the Manhattan Times, 4 December 2008:]

Seafood Boca Chica, 4235 Broadway, near W 180th St., (212) 568-0027, open 24 hours.

If it hadn’t been raining, [...]

Why I Am A Bad Food Blogger: Part II

I have kept a draft titled Taste of Chinatown: Spring 2007 since, well, spring 2007.

Doesn’t seem especially blog-worthy now, does it?

Here’s the draft’s one highlight:

Tasty Dumpling. Five completely perfect dumplings for one whole dollar.

And that is why I live in the best city on earth.

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Hiatus: over.

Do you know how much stuff I’ve been doing lately? It’s crazy. Let me sum up, list-style:

I got sick. For like, a full week. This never happens.
The house fell into a shambles.
I started tidying up and the kid got whatever I had.
She got over it, then I had to embark on mad cleaning spree.
My mother-in-law [...]

Taste of Chinatown 2.0!

It’s back!

I don’t care if it is overrated/overcrowded/brings out the tourists in swarms — I freakin’ love Taste of Chinatown.

Here’s a series of posts about last fall’s Taste of Chinatown:

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV

Who’s coming with me this year? I’m gonna have a stack of singles on me like an ugly bridesmaid at a [...]

April in Paris, banh mi in blossom

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