Monthly Archives: July, 2007

LA and New York Restaurant Recommendations

Written by Amanda on July 31st, 2007 — 15 Comments

There are plenty more places worth mentioning throughout my trip… Thanks to Deb, especially, for making so many bookings! Sorry for being vague and brief… I’m just feeling really hungry!

Blue Marlin Japanese Bistro
2121 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310.445.2522

The infamous uni spaghetti – I go back for it everytime I visit LA. Will attempt to recreate it [...]

Posted in Eating, Visiting | Tagged Asia, best restaurants, book, burger, dessert, dumplings, food, French, italian, LA, New York, NYC, potato, salad, salmon, tapas, tofu, truffle, tuna

Palatable, Per Se…

Written by Amanda on July 25th, 2007 — 20 Comments

A veritable cornucopia of taste, for all five senses. Even though Thomas Keller resides more at French Laundry, his creations were undoubtly passed on exquisitely to his fellow chefs. He was awarded a three star rating by the Michelin Guide to New York for his restaurant Per Se, and in 2006, he was awarded a three star [...]

Posted in Eating, Visiting | Tagged barramundi, berry, food, French, ice cream, LA, michelin, mushroom, New York, per se, petit fours, restaurant, soup, thomas keller, truffle

MoMa-ing

Written by Amanda on July 20th, 2007 — 11 Comments

Posted in Visiting | Tagged LA, NYC

Destination… NYC

Written by Amanda on July 19th, 2007 — 19 Comments

Currently leeching off someone’s wifi on the upper east side in my [cousin's] cute shoebox studio.

Today’s lovely explosion near grand central… I had to walk 30 blocks to get to dinner at Cafe Grey!! Had no idea a building exploded (even though we were literally RIGHT NEXT TO IT) until Isa & I kept receiving [...]

Posted in Visiting | Tagged dinner, LA, NYC

Well… I’m off!

Written by Amanda on July 12th, 2007 — 5 Comments

I am still not quite sure WHY I’m flying, but since my ticket is not refundable… I guess I’m on a (working) holiday!
See you in LA!

Tags: LA

Posted in Visiting | Tagged LA

Healthy Dumplings

Written by Amanda on July 9th, 2007 — 15 Comments

Call them what you like: Dumplings, gow-gees, pot stickers, gyozas… to me, the word dumpling is a generalization of food encased in a rolled out dough or pastry sheet… and exists most popular in Italian (Ravioli), Japanese (Gyoza), Chinese (Jiao zi), or Jewish (Kreplach aka Jewish wonton)
While I love the frozen variety from Asian supermarkets, [...]

Posted in Cooking, Dieting | Tagged Asia, cabbage, chinese, dumplings, food, italian, LA, mushroom, recipe, soup

Dolphins, Otto, Emon

Written by Amanda on July 3rd, 2007 — 9 Comments

DOLPHINS
Never before have I EVER seen something so breathtaking in my whole life – a pad of dolphins, around 20 or so, frolicking so close to Icebergs yesterday, and swimming amongst the surfers. Being such intelligent animals, they bathed in the glory when they showed off with numerous jumps and backflips.
Did ANYONE get a good [...]

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged black truffles, dolphins, emon, italian, japanese, otto, risotto

My Amazon Wishlist

Written by Amanda on July 2nd, 2007 — Leave a Comment

I never intended this to be so food-centric but it showhow just drifted that way…

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/25B5N984WGWKD/

Tags: books, food

Posted in Shopping | Tagged books, food