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Tag: food

  • london/maldives 2025 day one

    LINK: london/maldives 2025 day one Currently listening to: Creep – Radiohead When you were here beforeCouldn’t look you in the eyeYou’re just like an angelYour skin makes me cryYou float like a featherIn a beautiful worldI wish I was specialYou’re so fucking special After my shift, I made my way straight away to LAX. I…

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  • gastronomic

    LINK: gastronomic “It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where…

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  • mothers are mothering

    LINK: mothers are mothering Most of my coworkers are mothers or fathers. And then there’s me. They love to mother me and father me. I wonder if I come off as helpless or some damsel in distress? Or maybe they are just being mothers or fathers? For our Christmas Eve potluck, I brought store bought cookies (red velvet…

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  • k-food

    LINK: k-food What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals? My family likes Korean food and these are the top three favorites:

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  • seoul food

    LINK: seoul food What food would you say is your specialty? Korean food.  I’ve been on that since I was in the womb. Cooking Korean food is labor intensive so I don’t make it as often as I would like. I’ve had an overdose of Korean street foods and liquor while staying in the motherland and living…

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  • napa: chez panisse

    LINK: napa: chez panisse I drove down from Napa to Berkeley, it was an easy drive since it was around noon on a Friday. I was listening to my music and enjoying the scenery. It’s been a minute since I was in the Berkeley area, I think the last time I was there was when I was…

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  • napa: tfl

    LINK: napa: tfl The French Laundry (TFL) has been on my bucket list for quite some time.  I’ve tried to get a table a couple of years ago to no avail.  My friend tried for a few months and with the help of her partner, they were able to get the coveted reservations.  It was…

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