I’ve been back home for Christmas, in Ottawa. But I planned for a Toronto trip in the middle of this little vacation, because most of my friends ended up in Toronto after graduation. I know Vancouver is supposed to have better Korean food overall, but I still hold onto the belief that Finch Ave. has […]
Category: Restaurant
Restaurant Series: Miku (Waterfront)
Shirley was visiting this weekend. Vancouver is surprisingly picky on Japanese food, since we were planning to do a shoot in Stanley Park around the afternoon, we wanted to grab lunch relatively close to that area. Given this restriction, the best Yelp could offer was Miku, sitting at 4.5 stars with 900+ reviews. I booked […]
Back Home. [Xi’an Day 3]
Play this. Or this. How do you express the feeling when you haven’t been home for 5 years, and then you return? It’s kinda hard to describe, but I found myself smiling more every meter I moved towards my home. I was born and raised until 11 years old in Xi’an, China. This is […]
Trip to Hutongs and Houhai (胡同与后海) [Beijing Day 8]
Ok, so 2 things. I know this was a huge gap from day 2.. I got some minor food poisoning and did nothing worth noting for a few days. Mainly being a potato. Also I’m now posting this about 2 months late. I’ve just been too caught up between moving across the country and playing […]
Restaurant Series: La Jia Si Chu (辣家私厨) Beijing [Beijing Day 2]
At the end of a long day, nothing beats a good meal of baby lobsters. I used to have this stuff all the time before I left China. My mom would take me out on the streets after work on her scooter, and we’d eat either this stuff, or claypot, or both. I know we […]
Restaurant Series: Dao Xiao Man (刀小蛮) Beijing [Beijing Day 2]
It’s now day 2 in Beijing, and since it’s a Saturday, my aunt suggested to go to the Forbidden Palace. I wanted to go back there and grab some photos, since the last time I visited was around 2008 and I didn’t have anything back then. The plan was to park the car at Xi […]
Restaurant Series: Missi Missi (美食, 美食) Beijing [Beijing Day 1]
After Roger dropped me off, I had a chance to meet up with Tenny, whom I haven’t seen for almost a year now. Tenny is my 死党, which unfortunately doesn’t translate into English very well, whereas the closest meaning would be the phrase “brother in arms”. Oh vell. Tenny had this unagi don place in […]
Restaurant Series: Ju Qi (局气) Beijing [Beijing Day 0]
I’m back in China! It’s been almost 5 years since I was back last time, this time, first stop is Beijing, and of course the first thing to do after landing (and showering) is to go for dinner with my aunt and my uncle (whose place I’m currently staying at). I think the pictures […]
Farewell to Many
I’ve been putting this off for a while now, I felt like if I had actually gone ahead and wrote it, then it would truly be over. But, I can only escape from reality for so long, and while I am just 700 kilometers outside of Beijing on this dreaded 11 hour flight, I realized […]
2016
Well, I’ve put off writing my blog for so long now. Work got really tough, and was very stressful for the last couple of months. I gained weight from eating Jack In The Box (shoutout to Doordash and their fantastic delivery service) all day because I don’t have time to cook. Now that I’m back […]