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places i’ve eaten more than 5 times vol. 1.5

20Dec06

Ok, I’ve decided to start a common thing here on this Internet thing. It’s called “Places I’ve Eaten More Than 5 Times.” My around the world food that is delicious kicked it off (I’ve been to all those places more than 5 times), but I am now renaming and officializing:
Place I’ve Eaten More […]

question for you, “chili?”

07Dec06

Chili is a great food. It is delicious. It is healthy. And if you wash off the beans properly, you don’t even have to fart a lot after eating it. You can make a batch of it, save it, and eat it the rest of the week. Let’s make the […]

barnes and noble(s)

07Nov06

My mom and someone who checked if I updated today both call that omnipresent green bookstore “Barnes and Nobles.” Com’on guys, there were two Barnes and only one Noble. I went today and bought two books: Ajax Patterns and Best Practices (what a nerd!) and Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes (what a… weirdo?). […]

around the world food that is delicious

25Oct06

Here is a list of delicious food and where to find them. If you have a better suggestion and would like to have a food battle to the death, please feel free.
China - soup dumplings (xiao long tan bao) - New Green Bo, Mott and Bayard, Chinatown NY
Korea - soft tofu soup (soon dubu […]

coffee complaints 2.0

18Oct06

Ordered a coffee and a taylor ham egg cheese (TaHaEggChee) this morning from Jewish deli. Asked for it done wit’ “milk and sugar” (the coffee, not the TaHaEggChee). Got a cup of sweetened milk. What’s the point of the coffee if you can’t taste it?! Might as well crap in […]

coffee standards

15Oct06

If you order a Dunkin Donuts coffee without specifying the exact quantity of sugars and milk/creme, they make it way too sweet. Below is a reference chart of how to order non-uber-sweet DnD coffee:
Small coffee - 0.83 milks, 0.75 sugars
Medium coffee - 1 milks, 0.95 sugars
Large coffee - 1.42 milks, 1.27 sugars
Did you know […]

mitsuwa (ex yaohan)

05Oct06

Mitsuwa is a great place. It is in Edgewater, NJ. There is a supermarket where you can buy anything from onigiri (rice+seaweed+ish in a triangle) to sake (Japanese rice vodka) and soju (Korean potato vodka). There is a food area that has udon (noodles), katsu (battered ish), and a bunch of other […]


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