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Alone

2010-01-03T15:00:00.000-08:00

I was alone and felt alone when I was in Edinburgh. All the beautiful places seemed to be distant right in front of my eyes.
We came to this world alone and leave alone.
Aloneness is just a part of life.
Faster I master being alone, better I will be able to learn about life, I suppose.

It ain't donuts! Tarte Tropezienne

2009-11-30T18:03:00.000-08:00

I love bread, good bread.

But I've never thought someone can turn fine bread into unforgettable dessert.

The butterly brioche filled with custard cream, then covered with feather like crumbly sugar...

Oh, man!.. my husband yelped after one bite,

Is this for real?.. I squealed with joy.

The guide book said it is only available in St Tropez, as a matter of fact, I have not seen it anywhere else. I ate three.. it was totally worthy it!

Swiss Fries

2009-11-29T15:01:00.000-08:00

Most fries are dissapointing.

Anthony Bourdain's resturant, Les Halles has very good fries, other than that no fries has been worth eating.

Then I found out about Swiss fries.

I am not sure if it is the kind of potatoes or oil they use, prehaps the combination of the two.

Every time I go to Switerzerland my first meal is steak and fries ( I order steak just to get fries).

Crispy, nutty, insanely delicious.... just can't find words to describe how amazing it is..

If you happen to go to Europe, drop by Switzerland just to have fries, you will be very happy about making that trip.

London?

2009-11-28T20:23:00.000-08:00

It is not Paris or Venice.

If you don't expect much from London, you will be pleasantly surprised by how beautiful London is.

You put your camera in a B&W setting, you can easily take vintage photos without having to avoid obstacles that has too much modern elements.

Breakfast in Europe

2009-11-28T19:03:00.000-08:00

I love Europe.

I love the old world, real food and their approach to life.

When I am in Europe, I really don't want to come back to The US.
However, there are two things that I miss about The US whenever I am in Europe, eggs and bacon breakfast and Trader Joe's.

I just can't do pastry for breakfast.
Pastry for breakfast is like having pumpkin pie for Thanks Giving dinner.

Brits do my kind of breakfast, Amen!

Cute in a roasted way..

2009-11-28T18:46:00.000-08:00

I was a vegetarian for two years.

I did not have a particular belief about not killing and/or not eating animals.

It was not for salutary benefits either.

I fasted for two days during Yom Kippur few years back. After the fasting, I no longer felt like eating any animals, and it went on for almost two years.

what got me back to a meat eater?

Bacon and Ham..

It can be a good thing.

2009-11-28T18:31:00.000-08:00

I was walking on a street in Bath, England, all of sudden this amazing meaty, fatty, frying smell hit me. When I got to the source of the smell, I found out the name of the food was this. The kind British lady was explaining to me how it is made and mentioned the name of the food at least once in every sentences.

This is not a travel guide

2009-11-19T10:13:00.000-08:00

I know you have seen a photo like this thousands times.

If this was taken by a professional photographer, it is very not impressive.

But I took it, so perhaps consider being impressed?

Feta Cheese

2009-11-19T09:59:00.000-08:00

Let me revisit Napflio, Greece for a minute.

I am not big of fan of feta cheese. I also do not like eating a block of cheese. But..

June of 2009, while driving through a small town in Peloponnesse, Greece, we discovered a resturant looking more like a shack than a resturant.

They served Greek salad of course ( it was like my 200th Greek salad on that trip) and Gyro.

That Greek salad was something else.

The tomato tasted like it was hanging on a vine 30 min ago...

..and there is the cheese.. was that even cheese?

it was more like crack.. I will never forget that meal.

Flannel Slut

2009-11-18T18:13:00.000-08:00

So I've decided to overdo flannel.

Since I am tiny enough to fit in Abercrombie Kids clothing, I bought several shirts from them.

I saved like $20 each over A&F.

To be perfectly honest, I did not know flannel was so in. I felt flanneling months ago, was looking for good colors, and found them.

2 years earlier, I felt like flowering so I bought all these fabric flowers, put them on my T-shirts and Jackets. Very next year, J crew came out putting all these flowers on their collections.

I don't mean to mislead you that I am a trend setter. I don't spent a lot of time thinking about outfit and shopping for it.

I just crave certain things in each season, and there seems to be coincidence happens very next season.

Squash Blossom

2009-11-18T17:29:00.000-08:00

I am not a vegan or vegetarian but I needed to try something looking like this.

Squash blossom... when it is stuffed with cheese and deep fried, it is like god sent. When it is on pizza, it is like.. squash blossom.

This pizza place we went in Rome was alot like Soup Nazi in Manhattan. Since the place is so famous and all, I needed to try.

How was it?

7 out of 10.

Very next day, I picked up a slice of pizza that is reheated (not fresh out of oven), from a not-so-famous place in Rome, it was 9 out 10.

Fried Bait

2009-11-18T17:21:00.000-08:00

When we were leaving to Sicily, we decieded that we would overdo on pizza and pasta.

Then we discovered Sicilians pretty much fry anything.
How can you go wrong with fried stuff, even with something looking like fried bait..

Trader Joe's, Yeah!!!!

2009-11-18T10:21:00.000-08:00

Belive it or not, I created this blog just to promote the newly opened Trader Joe's in Millburn, NJ.

I don't need to go to Whole Food any more; we call it 'Half Food', since we get so little for the money.

Whole Food pays its employee minimum wages while charging its customers $6 per LB for tomatoes. Trader Joe's does the opposite; no misunderstanding, they don't pay you by the lb (of your weight).

Having TJ within 2 miles from my house makes me forget the humiliation of being bridge and tunnel people; we moved from Manhattan to NJ a couple years ago.