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THAI SPICY TOM-YUM-GOONG TOMATO GAZPACHO
[ezcol_1half] I FELT LIKE MY MOUTH HAS TAKEN A BEACH VACATION DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST, THAT I COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF TURQUOISE WATER MASSAGING MY TASTE-BUDS [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] Something is happening here, and if you had any loved ones residing in Beijing, you may have felt this. Perhaps from the shaken jitters that come through…
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APPLE FUNNEL CAKE W/ APPLE YOGURT SORBET
The yellow bowl, my recent favourite for everything, is from Dishes Only. [ezcol_1half] I STARED HATEFULLY INTO THE FUNNEL CAKE LADEN IN CINNAMON SUGAR AND MELTED CREAM, THEN REACHED OUT MY TENTACLES AND TOOK ANOTHER “ONE LAST BITE” [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] I think we’ve all been there. There, every year in the first week of June,…
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CLOUD-9 CHIPS-LIKE POTATO HASH, AND THANK YOU
[ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] CLOUD 9, LIKE HOW YOU MADE MY DAY, AND YOU’LL NEVER WANT TO EAT POTATOES ANY OTHER WAYS AGAIN Today, I woke up, and as I spent the next 1:30 hours removing microscopic dead leaves off of my succulent-babies with an eyebrow tweezer, I was utterly oblivious of the surprise that was waiting, patiently, in my…
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THE SHIT I EAT WHEN BY MYSELF: K-TOWN RICE’N CHEESE
[ezcol_1third] THE RICE AND SAUCE QUICKLY COOKED INTO SOMETHING LIKE A DOPPELGANGER OF RISOTTO, BOUND BY THE STRINGENT GOOEYNESS OF MELTED CHEESE, OF WHICH HE THEN GOBBLED DOWN BY EACH OVERSIZED WOODEN-SPOONFUL [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] I hardly think that it’s unreasonable, sometimes even understandable, for people to bundle their perceptions for different cultures around a region,…
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XI’AN STYLE SMUSHED LAMB MEATBALL BURGER
[ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] XI’AN-STYLE SMUSHED LAMB MEATBALLS BRAISED IN JOY-JUICE, STUFFED IN CH-ENGLISH MUFFINS… MORE THAN WORDS I can’t even… I won’t even… I’m not even gonna… Look, my friends, this is my Xi’an-style smushed lamb meatballs braised in joy-juice, slobbering in between a layer of sesame/peanut sauce and cilantro/red onion slaw, my signature chili oil…
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THE PARADOX OF ICE CREAM-SPRING ROLL W GROUND PEANUT BRITTLE
[ezcol_1half] …BUT IT DOESN’T STOP THERE. THE REAL MIND-BLOWING PART IS THE LAST DESCENDING SPRIGS OF THE UNIMAGINABLE… FRESH CILANTRO LEAVES [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] If you were those who like to travel to unfamiliar places, see unfamiliar pictures, eat unfamiliar things, chances are that for many times, you have been caught up in moments where I’d like to call – the…
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MOLTEN TRUFFLES MOCHIFFLES
[ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] THE UGLIER IT APPEARS, THE BETTER THAT SON OF A MOCHI TASTES. I want you to do something for me, okay? I want you to just… blindfold your judgement towards the bizarre appearances you’re fixated at, and forget the unfamiliarly gooey bias you have towards this thingy called mochi, and just… just do what you…
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M(Y) SHANGHAI’S COLD WONTONS IN SPICY PEANUT SAUCE
[ezcol_1third] YOUR ULTIMATE REVENGE TOWARDS THE COMING ASS-BINDING HEATWAVES A REFRESHINGLY PLEASURABLE PAIN, BEST SERVED COLD [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] It might say something about me, perhaps not in the most positive light, whenever I fell for a Chinese dish-inspiration from half way around the world while living right inside the epicenter of it all, where the “real things”…
