travel iM Star cafe in NY Chinatown I was meeting my aunt for lunch in NYC chinatown and she decided to bring us to a HK style cafe called iM star (called M star on yelp for some reason). The HK style french toast was nowhere near as good as the
food Not so good Austin food / coffee I'm trying to avoid devoting a whole blog post to negativity but since I've been trying out new places to eat faster than I can blog. I think its much easier to just compile a list of places I didn't like with a short
food Restaurant Review: Fukumoto, the Izakaya Austin Deserves? I have been moving into my new apartment over the past week, and the movers came today to move all of our big furniture ( Einstein Moving was AWESOME btw I highly recommend them ). I have also been eagerly anticipating the opening of Fukumoto, which
food Coffee Shop Review: Sa-Ten I felt like I've been writing about food a lot recently, and was planning on taking a break by writing about either technical / personal development or traveling. But I've been so excited about Sa-Ten that I just could not wait to share this place
food Restaurant Review: Peché Decided to meet my girlfriend and a few of her coworkers downtown at Peché for drinks and dinner. I was told that their cocktails are amazing, but expensive. I found
food Most versatile Chinese home cooked recipe I know I approach most of my cooking with a very engineer type of approach. Look up a recipe, follow directions and use the exact amount listed on the recipe and use a timer and scale when necessary. This following recipe is one of the few
food Restaurant Review: Does Uchi live up to the hype? On to my first restaurant review on this blog. I think I'd like to set up a general guideline on writing my reviews. A brief introduction, followed by a list
travel Japan Trip Part 4 - Last few days in Japan Japan Trip Part 1 Japan Trip Part 2 Japan Trip Part 3 Leaving Kyoto We started the morning off by visiting a small bakery around our Ryokan called Rauk. If you're ever in the area I highly recommend you try out the bread here.
travel Japan Trip Part 3 - Kyoto Japan Trip Part 1 Japan Trip Part 2 Leaving Tokyo Woke up in time for hotel breakfast. It wasn't particularly amazing but wasn't bad either. Natto, fish, Miso soup and some fruits. We went into the JR office asking the attendant there how to
travel Japan Trip Part 2 - Akihabara Japan Trip Part 1 We started the day off by going to the cafe across from the hotel and had some breakfast. Our plan today was to explore Akihabara. All this cost around 8 USD. We walked by this bakery right next to the
travel Japan Trip - Part 1 After we arrived at the airport I opted to purchase tickets for the coach bus into Tokyo that drops us off right in front of our hotel, the tickets cost ¥3000($30 USD) per person. The reason I chose to take the coach bus
travel Hong Kong Day 4 Hong Kong Day 1 Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 3 Woke up to meet with girlfriends friend to have some dim sum. Went to one of the dim sum restaurants that I grew up going to with my grandfather on Sundays when
food Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe I've been making this garlic mashed potatoes recipe for years now. It's my go to recipe for any sort of holiday dinners / potluck since it's simple to make and every one tends to bring some relatively fancy things with heavy flavors, and I like
travel Hong Kong Day 3 Hong Kong Day 1 Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 4 Woke up at around 9 am looking for food. We tried desperately to look for a dim sum place around Tsim Sha Tsui but it seems like every thing was closed. It
travel Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 1 Hong Kong Day 3 Hong Kong Day 4 Blast to the past We woke up and decided to pay a visit to where I used to live and pay a visit to my old primary and secondary school which was
travel Hong Kong Trip Day 1 Hong Kong Day 2 Hong Kong Day 3 Hong Kong Day 4 I've said that I would try to blog once a week but I have been pretty bad at it so far. But I've decided to try and follow the rules of "
