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Restaurants

The Big Easy at The Office

2011.Dec.11 Sunday

 New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.” – Mark Twain Among the various “American” food offerings here in BA the field is pretty limited – burgers, bbq, ribs, wings – that sort of thing. Oh, there’s a bit of a longer menu at places like Hard Rock Cafe, Kansas [...]

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The Leaf that Toppled an Empire

2011.Dec.10 Saturday

 ”The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – French proverb Early this year I was sad to have a couple of conversations with friend and colleague Kevin Rodriguez as he was going through the throes of closing up shop at Empire Thai, until that point my favorite southeast Asian spot here in [...]

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November Roundup

2011.Dec.01 Thursday

I realized recently that at the end of each month there are always a bunch of photos sitting in a folder that I haven’t gotten around to writing about because they’re just things that caught my eye or, if they’re restaurant/food related they just don’t quite merit a review. So, perhaps this will be a [...]

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You Say Carp, I Say Koi

2011.Nov.28 Monday

 Probably surprising to many westerners is the large of amount of ancient myth that surrounds these beautiful fish in the Orient and their elevated status there. Generally known here as the brightly colored fish that are common in public ponds and fountains, carp (koi is Japanese for carp) can be found in colors that include [...]

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Misty Water-Colored Memories

2011.Nov.24 Thursday

 If you would have walked through my dreams and memories who knows what treasures you might have found.” – Genen Gaines, poet, excerpt from You Might Have Loved Me Apparently, all three Colombian restaurants that I had reviewed awhile back have closed (nothing to do with my reviews, I assure you, I didn’t trash any [...]

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Café Geranium

2011.Nov.20 Sunday

 If I do live again I would like to be as a flower – no soul but perfectly beautiful. Perhaps for my sins I shall be made a red geranium!” – Oscar Wilde, author I’ve heard about this place a few times, mostly from folk recommending it as a brunch alternative. It’s just been one [...]

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K-Pop BBQ

2011.Nov.17 Thursday

K-Pop fans make Justin Bieber fans today and Beatles fans of the 60s look like amateurs. You’d have to see a clip of something like Sydney’s annual K-Pop Fest or Singapore’s annual Asian Music Awards show (I’m sure there are Korean fests and shows, but they don’t seem to get broadcast internationally) to get a [...]

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Updating Ceviche

2011.Nov.12 Saturday

 The secret to this fusion of Asian and Peruvian cuisine found in fine restaurants throughout Lima is the country’s intricately woven ethnic tapestry. Chinese and Japanese immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought with them Asian ingredients, cooking techniques and a new take on traditional dishes, especially on the capital’s beloved seafood [...]

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Seeing One’s Nature

2011.Nov.10 Thursday

There is a term in Zen Buddhism for the moment of awakening, generally after meditation, though sometimes in a flash after a precipitating experience, when one sees one’s own true nature, one’s self, and that term is kenshō. It seems an appropriate name for a restaurant that undertakes an alternative exploration of dining, and chef [...]

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