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Jun. 4th, 2007 11:14 pm
links! links!
Too sleepy to post anything more than the following:
Optimus Prime v. Bonecrusher
Activate interview with Jenni Gainsborough, Washington director of Penal Reform International
on hip-hop, hoes and bitch-ass-niggas - a post on "Hip-Hop and Homophobia: Exploring Masculinity, Bisexuality and the DL." by blackademic Larry D. Lyons II.
Not a lot of love in the Haight - LA Times article about how hippie homeowners wish those damn kids would get off their lawn even though those hippies probably did the same thing 30 years ago.
WANT: Dim sum cell phone charms! Too cute.
Edited to add: Why is it "hoes"? Shouldn't it be "hos"? Someone confirm the spelling rule on this one.
Optimus Prime v. Bonecrusher
Activate interview with Jenni Gainsborough, Washington director of Penal Reform International
on hip-hop, hoes and bitch-ass-niggas - a post on "Hip-Hop and Homophobia: Exploring Masculinity, Bisexuality and the DL." by blackademic Larry D. Lyons II.
Not a lot of love in the Haight - LA Times article about how hippie homeowners wish those damn kids would get off their lawn even though those hippies probably did the same thing 30 years ago.
WANT: Dim sum cell phone charms! Too cute.
Edited to add: Why is it "hoes"? Shouldn't it be "hos"? Someone confirm the spelling rule on this one.
Hey, wisdom teeth recovery is coming along fine, and fairly fast, too. My left side is still kind of swollen, but I'm icing it. Been wasting a lot of time on the Internet and watching TV. I cannot seem to find the will to finish Foucault's Pendulum. Oh my god is this Umberto Eco book so boring! I'm on page 300-something and I still know nothing about the Plan except that it is stupid. I think I'm going to give it away on Freecycle or something after I'm done with it.
Some conversations with Mark:
Mark: "Hey, I have to get the new season of 24."
Me: "Why?"
Mark: "Because (random actor from Star Trek) is going to be on it. It's going to be awesome."
Me: "Cool."
Mark: "Oh, and Kumar (Kal Penn) is in it, too."
Me: "Really? Awesome."
Mark: "Yeah, but if he's going to play an Arab terrorist I'm going to be pissed. That's the second time they're having an Indian guy play an Arab."
Later:
Me: "Hey, you remember how you wanted to see the new season of 24?"
Mark: "Yeah?"
Me: "You're going to be pissed."
Mark: "Why?"
Me: "Well, Kumar plays a Muslim terrorist and then he dies."
Mark: "Great."
We finished Rome. Dude, I love HBO and I don't even get it. The production values on Rome really rock, and it's really interesting to see how they spin the historical events that happened - the relationships between Caesar and Brutus, Caesar and Mark Antony, and everybody underestimating Octavian.
Anyway, some interesting links I found:
Journeywoman - International Guide to Dim Sum - the ones I can vouch for on here - China Village in Belmont is only okay. There was something off about the siu mai and as we were walking out I noticed that some of the seafood was already dead, which is not really a good sign. The Empress Pavilion in Los Angeles is excellent, and nicely priced. Ton Kiang on Geary in San Francisco is also very good, but kind of expensive. East Ocean in Alameda is also good, but still kind of expensive for what you get. There's a nice view of the Bay.
I love Dinosaur Comics. I think I have an odd sense of humor.
Search Amazon for deals.
Metafilter post on an American doctor who genitally mutilated a bunch of women without their consent and actually wrote a book about it. I haven't actually read the posts, but I read the thread, which predictably ended up with a bunch of guys going "Circumcision is genital mutilation too!"
We visited Daiso last week. Eh. The Japanese discount stores in LA are so much better. Plus L.A. has Book Off, where you can get fairly new used books for about $2-3 each. Oh, and American CDs for really cheap, too, if you're willing to dig around a bit.
Some conversations with Mark:
Mark: "Hey, I have to get the new season of 24."
Me: "Why?"
Mark: "Because (random actor from Star Trek) is going to be on it. It's going to be awesome."
Me: "Cool."
Mark: "Oh, and Kumar (Kal Penn) is in it, too."
Me: "Really? Awesome."
Mark: "Yeah, but if he's going to play an Arab terrorist I'm going to be pissed. That's the second time they're having an Indian guy play an Arab."
Later:
Me: "Hey, you remember how you wanted to see the new season of 24?"
Mark: "Yeah?"
Me: "You're going to be pissed."
Mark: "Why?"
Me: "Well, Kumar plays a Muslim terrorist and then he dies."
Mark: "Great."
We finished Rome. Dude, I love HBO and I don't even get it. The production values on Rome really rock, and it's really interesting to see how they spin the historical events that happened - the relationships between Caesar and Brutus, Caesar and Mark Antony, and everybody underestimating Octavian.
Anyway, some interesting links I found:
Journeywoman - International Guide to Dim Sum - the ones I can vouch for on here - China Village in Belmont is only okay. There was something off about the siu mai and as we were walking out I noticed that some of the seafood was already dead, which is not really a good sign. The Empress Pavilion in Los Angeles is excellent, and nicely priced. Ton Kiang on Geary in San Francisco is also very good, but kind of expensive. East Ocean in Alameda is also good, but still kind of expensive for what you get. There's a nice view of the Bay.
I love Dinosaur Comics. I think I have an odd sense of humor.
Search Amazon for deals.
Metafilter post on an American doctor who genitally mutilated a bunch of women without their consent and actually wrote a book about it. I haven't actually read the posts, but I read the thread, which predictably ended up with a bunch of guys going "Circumcision is genital mutilation too!"
We visited Daiso last week. Eh. The Japanese discount stores in LA are so much better. Plus L.A. has Book Off, where you can get fairly new used books for about $2-3 each. Oh, and American CDs for really cheap, too, if you're willing to dig around a bit.
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Dec. 5th, 2006 11:21 pm
thinking...
- Is Hillary Clinton high on something?
- Rolling Stone's articles are really good. I don't know why I am so surprised by that but I am.
- I'm really pissed that I'm not getting my Elle subscription. Arrrgh give me my shallow fashion fix dammit.... Maybe I shouldn't have sent them money.
- Reading other people's reviews of dim sum restaurants is driving me nuts. If you're a vegetarian, what the fuck are you doing in a dim sum restaurant in the first place? And hello, if the waitstaff speaks perfect English, you need to leave immediately.
- I'm freaking out a little about Christmas shopping.
- I'm in love with Heroes.
- Also liked but didn't love last week's Battlestar Galactica.
- I have no attention span right now.
- I learned today that "ong choy" is "water spinach". That explains a lot.
- I should sleep.
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Aug. 8th, 2005 10:00 pm
stay away from alliterative celebrities
Rachael Ray - San Francisco episode of $40 a Day
So on this episode, I discovered that Ray-Ray knows jack-shit about Chinese food, which is baffling to me, because doesn't she live in New York? They don't have dim sum over there? They have no carts! It is not dim sum without the carts! The man who prepared food for her gave her fucking potstickers and egg rolls. No one ever orders potstickers. And egg rolls are the worst thing on any Chinese menu; I only get them at buffets because I am masochistic and hope that this time, they will be crunchy and contain yummy vegetables that aren't days old, but no. Inevitably, Chinese egg rolls are soggy, filled with days-old napa cabbage that tastes bitter. If you want egg rolls, order in a Vietnamese or other South Asian restaurant. Crispy, with fresh veggies and just the right amount of grease.
Oh, and the kicker was that she passed over all the items that I consider "authentic" dim sum food - she looked at barbecue pork bun and went "What's that?" in a way that only Rachael Ray can. What does it say it is, genius? She passed over the har gow. No shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, sticky rice, yada yada. Bleh!
The French restaurant she went to looked good, though. It's called Le Metro - $12.50 for a 3-course meal? I'm so there.
So on this episode, I discovered that Ray-Ray knows jack-shit about Chinese food, which is baffling to me, because doesn't she live in New York? They don't have dim sum over there? They have no carts! It is not dim sum without the carts! The man who prepared food for her gave her fucking potstickers and egg rolls. No one ever orders potstickers. And egg rolls are the worst thing on any Chinese menu; I only get them at buffets because I am masochistic and hope that this time, they will be crunchy and contain yummy vegetables that aren't days old, but no. Inevitably, Chinese egg rolls are soggy, filled with days-old napa cabbage that tastes bitter. If you want egg rolls, order in a Vietnamese or other South Asian restaurant. Crispy, with fresh veggies and just the right amount of grease.
Oh, and the kicker was that she passed over all the items that I consider "authentic" dim sum food - she looked at barbecue pork bun and went "What's that?" in a way that only Rachael Ray can. What does it say it is, genius? She passed over the har gow. No shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, sticky rice, yada yada. Bleh!
The French restaurant she went to looked good, though. It's called Le Metro - $12.50 for a 3-course meal? I'm so there.
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Jun. 24th, 2005 08:38 pm
a love letter to chicken feet
Chicken feet is my favorite part of dim sum. This sentence will get odd looks and Americans backing away from me slowly, but they just don't know yet how good it is. Anyone who eats dim sum with me has to try it at least once, before they start gagging. Most people either end up liking it, or think it takes too much trouble to eat. (There are a lot of bones.) Or they think about the fact that they are eating *feet* and then talk themselves right out of eating it. This is the wrong way to go.
Of course, not just any chicken feet will do. It has to be marinated in the right sauces, have just the right amount of cartilage, tender, and be a little bit spicy. It should be piping hot. Very few restaurants actually get it right, but when they do, we order a bunch. Last weekend, we ended up with 4 chicken feet plates at Willow Tree. One of my sisters went through two by herself. Yes, they really were that good.
One of the best things about chicken feet is that there is no grace to it. You chew up fat and cartilage and bones, and spit the bones out when you're done. It probably takes you twice as long to eat them as it does for other dim sum dishes. If you're like me, you just like to gross people out, and other people usually don't mind if you play with the feet. I mean, why not?
Jewish and Cantonese partners come to a cultural understanding via
chicken foot soup
The Ritual of Dim Sum, or, Why I Love Chicken Feet
Of course, not just any chicken feet will do. It has to be marinated in the right sauces, have just the right amount of cartilage, tender, and be a little bit spicy. It should be piping hot. Very few restaurants actually get it right, but when they do, we order a bunch. Last weekend, we ended up with 4 chicken feet plates at Willow Tree. One of my sisters went through two by herself. Yes, they really were that good.
One of the best things about chicken feet is that there is no grace to it. You chew up fat and cartilage and bones, and spit the bones out when you're done. It probably takes you twice as long to eat them as it does for other dim sum dishes. If you're like me, you just like to gross people out, and other people usually don't mind if you play with the feet. I mean, why not?
Jewish and Cantonese partners come to a cultural understanding via
chicken foot soup
The Ritual of Dim Sum, or, Why I Love Chicken Feet