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Cheers to a lovely and calm weekend.Saturday coffee at Abraço with Lauren, shopping and afternoon cookies. A brand new rabbit fur beret from Barbara Feinman, and late night tapas with P at Alta. Dangerously potent sangria, warm mushroom salad, lamb meatballs, tuna tartare, skirt steak over chimichurri, and a parmesan potato puree. Ricotta fritters, ricotta fritters!! What a city.Sunday coffee at Everyman and lunch at Mercadito with Don. Pineapple in guacamole, who knew! An afternoon of ...
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I'm sure you have not forgotten about Mitzy, the amazing woman behind Itzy Bitzy Patisserie. She moved back to Indonesia last summer, and along with her left the best macarons in NYC. Well guess what? She came back for a short visit a few weeks back, and we finally meet up yesterday afternoon along with Tina. It has been a long long time since I've seen Mitzy, so you can imagine how lovely it was when the three of ...
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Yesterday afternoon I stopped by Forbidden Planet, my neighborhood comic book shop. On the agenda: Betty & Veronica Double Digest #177. They was but one copy remaining and it was pretty beat up with the cover all bent and everything. One of the guys working there offered to check for back stock, but that was all they had left :(So we started talking about Archie comics. Back in November 2009, they had a big window display with HUGE originals of various Archie ...
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Coffee is something I will never give up. It makes for an expensive habit...cortado in the morning, espresso in the afternoon...and before you know it, you've spent the equivalent of a Chanel bag on coffee! Heehee.My office is located right between two very good coffee spots in Tribeca: La Colombe and the recently opened RBC NYC. All my weekday business (weekends are for Abraco, Everyman, and ...
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Sorry my posts haven't been more interesting as of late. Work is much enjoyable, but exhausting. And personal life has been topsy-turvy. Excuse me a minute while I look for peace and quiet, time for "life-admin" and a bowl of duck and mushroom noodles from Boky.With the thick egg noodles. Not half as good with any other type of noodles, for sure.Am close to closing some big deals soon...maybe a trip for one ...
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...for the week at Serious Eats New York. ^_^Lunch for One: MoomahSugar Rush: Northern Spy's Flourless Chocolate CookiesSugar Rush: Cafe Zaiya's Marble Cake...
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Monte EnebroLeft work early this afternoon to visit Murray's Cheese. A gchat conversation with Nikki eventually led to murmurs of cheese and macarons, and I just had to abandon my office desk for a baguette and a quarter pound each of Gabietou and Monte Enebro. Heaven! The Gabietou was quietly polished off inside of nearby gelateria, Grom, with a Tom Cat baguette. You wouldn't believe the effort it took to refrain from opening a bottle of olive oil inside the gelateria ...
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...for the week at Serious Eats New York. ^_^The Dessert Files: A Second Look at the Village TartSugar Rush: A Quartet of Mini Cakes at DT WorksDorie Greenspan's Cookie Bar...
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After reading Amateur Gourmet's post declaring, "The Best Tuna Sandwich in New York is at The New French" I emailed Zubair, "let's go!" And so we met up, one very rainy Sunday. The New French was fairly quiet during peak brunch hours...calm and pleasant :)The sandwich is a deal at $10, and comes with a crazy mountain of crisp fries, they practically bury the sandwich! "Fresh ...
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...to have a Sicilian slice at Two Boots for an early afternoon snack......and a margarita slice at Artichoke for late afternoon snack. Even if you drank Diet Cokes on both occasions. And even if you had (some pretty glorious) cookies by Dorie Greenspan in the morning, and brioche in the afternoon, and lots of chocolate and cheese the hour before ;) Happy Monday!...
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Shots from last Friday's dinner with John.We did the chef's tasting...food was lovely, company was great, but service was quite awful. Disorganized, forgetful, and at times, downright rude. Upon finishing our last savoury course, we were handed a dessert menu. I returned it to the waiter, "we're having the tasting.""Yes, but you pick the dessert.""Oh."So we perused the menu, selecting a dessert.Another waiter came by minutes later, and removed our menus."Oh actually, you don't pick the dessert.""But...we don't?""Your dessert is coming soon..." and ...
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...for the week at Serious Eats New York. ^_^Sugar Rush: A New Trio of Sweets at Locanda VerdeLunch for One: Maximo PinoSugar Rush: Chocolate and Vanilla Eclairs at ChikaLiciou...
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In 2006 I made a post about Oatcakes found Oahu Starbucks. They are wonderful.A few things about these oatcakes (and why pastries at the Oahu Starbucks are much better than those on the mainland):- The pastries are baked locally, by the Honolulu Baking Co.- Locals are so addicted to these oatcakes that Betty Shimabukuro over at the Star Bulletin did an article on how to recreate them...- ...actually, make that two articles!- Oatcakes: ugly as hell but so tasty.- about 500 calories apieceRecently, I received an email from ...
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...to my close friend/apartment-mate, Darien who participated in the annual Empire State Building Run-Up yesterday! She ran up all 102 floors! 102!! You can see her on the NBC New York video here. (She's the pretty blond :)
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Mom spent the last few days over at Turtle Bay on the North Shore of Oahu. I think she scored a pretty swell hotel room...and couldn't help but email me some photos. I am envious - it was snowing all last night here in NYC!During the day......and into ...
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photo from ShannJust attended a Punahou/Hawai'i reunion at the Marriott (Times Square location) this past weekend. I'm always amazed by how many Hawai'i people there are in this city. The gathering was a breakfast buffet consisting of rice, eggs, and Portuguese sausage. The Portuguese sausage was flown in from Hawai'i!! How cool is that? And they even passed around shoyu bottles! I think there were only a few bottles so it had to slowly make way from table to ...
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...just republishing a post that was accidentally deleted :/ Hope you had a good weekend :)We come here for the tofu. Three types of tofu to be specific. Order them separately should you desire, or get the tasting trio for a better deal. That's the black sesame tofu upfront. All is made in-house.Pretty huh? ^_^...
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...for the week at Serious Eats New York. Plus, a stop at the new Village Tart in Soho, Led Zeppole in the East Village, and lunch at Carteles ^_^The Dessert Files: Village Tart......where I found olive oil madelines......
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Thank you for all the comments on the last post!! ^_^ It's a shame I cannot teleport between NYC and Hawai'i...how delicious would that life be??I've been taking photos less frequently since I got back to NYC, trying to wean myself from this "addiction". First it pained me to let meals go to "waste" by not having photographic evidence...but now, it's sort of nice to just oooh over a dish and dive in, without pulling out the dslr and snapping away.However, I do get occasional pangs from non-camera-use-remorse ...last night I had dinner with ...
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I've been back in NYC for the past month, haha, but there was so much Hawai'i eating to do. My aunt and uncle from Paris are visiting Hawai'i in early summer...so I might go back to meet up with them then!Below, Hawaiian plate lunch time at Fort Ruger Market with Shann, Kelly, and Steph ^_^Here's the menu...plenty options!We got "Plate A"...which comes with a ...
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We come here for the tofu. Three types of tofu to be specific. Order them separately should you desire, or get the tasting trio for a better deal. That's the black sesame tofu upfront. All is made in-house.Pretty huh? ^_^...
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Quick dinner at Kaka'ako Kitchen before heading off to the movies with my mom. Furikake Tempura Catfish plate. I usually get this or the Fried Mahi Sandwich (on a taro bun with curly fries!). The Catfish is fried in a furikake speckled tempura batter and served with ponzu sauce on the side.Cannot forget the mac salad and rice! ;) I try to eat as much mac salad ...
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Still the best avocado smoothie in town ^_^Remember these posts? And this one too.Thang Coffee & Bubble Tea1120 Maunakea StreetMaunakea MarketplaceHonolulu, Hawaii 96817
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Hello, buffet time! This time we're at Makino Chaya in Aloha Tower.Only in Hawai'i do I enjoy buffets this much. I have yet to visit a buffet on the mainland...Lots of sushi, lobster and steak ...
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At the bar with the super wonderful and sweet Farida. Lewers Lounge at the Halekulani. A few cocktails, and out comes a plethora of sweets. Lychee sorbet, chocolate cheesecake, chocolate souffle and vanilla bean ice cream. The best part were these mini lilikoi puffs that arrived at the end of the night. Little nibbles of the sweet sort, bursting with local fruit and cream. People on the mainland might be more accustomed to the name passion fruit in place ...
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Nighttime malassadas with my mom (she really is the best ^_^) at Champion Malasadas. Made to order and only $.60 apiece. $.60!!! How awesome is that for something made to order?Piping hot, we ate them in the car with the windows down.Steamy! Sugar dusted and super crispy on the outside. They're lighter than I remembered. Malassadas put other forms of friend dough to shame ;)...
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...for the week at Serious Eats New York. Plus, lunch for one at Kiva Cafe and McNally Jackson Cafe ^_^Lunch for One: McNally Jackson Cafe. Congrats to Michi and Yen of Lunch Studio for the awesome redesign of the cafe space!Lunch for One: Kiva Cafe. Lots of Tribeca moms + babies in strollers here ^_^...
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My grandma's favourite dessert comes from Coffee or Tea in the McCully Shopping Center. Plush, little sponge cake rolls stuffed with cream. Sold in sets of 12 for $7.The soft chocolate rolls comes with cherry speckled cream. Aren't they just too cute for words? ^_^ And the vanilla scented rolls ...
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Chocolate-Chocolate Loaf Cake with chocolate chips from Alan Wong's. Christmas leftovers. I wiped out the whole loaf my own. All it took was two days, a big metal spoon, and plenty of hot tea to accompany. This stuff is intense ;)Alan Wong's(from the bakery counter right outside his Pineapple Room location)1450 Ala Moana BoulevardHonolulu, HI 96814(808) 945-6573
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Once a year, usually during the "winter," Kristen, Monica and me gather together for a meal. Kristen lives in San Francisco, and Monica lives in DC...so it's very nice to "re-ground" at home in Honolulu during the month of December.This time around we did afternoon tea at Monana Surfrider, our favourite spot on the island. (with The Kahala Resort coming in second, and Halekulani third ...
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Afternoon meal with my mom and Bobbie. Beautiful as always ^_^town Lemonade - green comes from parsley juice.My mom's order of Linguini with Pancetta, Hamakua Mushrooms, Green Chile, and Tomatoes.Bobbie had the town ...
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Shots from various dinners at my grandma's home. She's the sweetest lady I know and has a killer sense of style. Dinner at her home is one of best meals you can have in Hawai'i ^-^Cured Pig's Feet...paired with my mom's nuoc nam...
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...for the week at Serious Eats New York. Plus, chow mai funn and chow funn at Great NY Noodletown ^_^Lunch for One: Great NY Noodletown - Chow Mai FunnLunch for One: Great NY Noodletown - Chow Funn...
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Cold black noodles are the lure at Yu Chun, which recently relocated next door to the McCully Car Wash. Check out the menu here...man, it's only 8am here in NYC, but I would do near anything to fly back to Hawai'i for a quick lunch!! ;)Mom and I each get our own order of the naengmyun, which comes with the slushy cold broth on the side. ...
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Family breakfast at home. Assemble your own lo mein dish......with extra fried garlic of course ;)Don't forget to add slices of fried tofu......cha......
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