Archive for the ‘Dinner’ Category
Friday, August 18th, 2006
My parents tell me Anh Hong in Vietnamese translates to hero in Chinese. I'm not sure why a restaurant is named as such, but I guess it's a good, memorable and reputable sort of name.In any case, this was a restaurant with some pretty great and unique Vietnamese dishes that ...
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Saturday, August 12th, 2006
Since it's Dad's birthday today, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. For dinner, I spent time at the kitchen counter with Mom who had a lot going on. Naturally, I helped and could not resist taking pictures along the way.FIrst, there were crispy, fresh string beans in ...
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
Dinner at Jaya with a hearty serving of good company may be the best solution to curing Monday syndrome. Despite having to transfer train three times more than usual to get to work this morning, I had hardly any Monday syndrome symptoms. Nevertheless, an evening with Mike and good food ...
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
If I haven't mentioned it before, let me say it now-- I've been working for the City of New York for this summer. And it turns out, they always throw a BBQ for their interns, where the mayor takes a picture with each one of us.Hosted at Gracie Mansion, the ...
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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
...a great song by Cole Porter. Or maybe he didn't write it.Heat. Nothing like heat (and later, humidity) to remind us that we are indeed experiencing summer. Summer often means less appetite for food and/or a strengthened desire to eat foods that are not hot in terms of warmth.I was ...
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Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
Dumplings! A whole bag full of homemade dumplings fell out of our overstuffed freezer this morning when I was inserting frozen pizzas into our icebox.Dumplings!Yes, we make them at home when we have a surplus of Chinese chives (jiu cha, Mandarin.) I can't remember how many weeks ago we made ...
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Friday, June 16th, 2006
The venue I picked for NYU's Middle C dinner this summer was a small restaurant in the West Village called Sushi Mambo. As my brother said, with a name like that, could there be a more appropriate neighborhood to for a Japanese restaurant with a fun-loving name?I made reservations for ...
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