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Where to Eat in Austin: Jester King Brewery & Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza
When a friend asked if I could pick up a few bottles of beer for him if I happen to be at Jester King Brewery, I was initially doubtful. I hadn’t planned on visiting the brewery and didn’t even know it...
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Where to Eat in Austin: Easy Tiger
Bread, pastries, and beer next to a creek. What could be better? While I unfortunately only had time and stomach space to eat a pastry from Easy Tiger, I liked what I ate. So much so that I forgot to...
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Ramen Champ — Long Live The Champ
Disclaimer: I was invited by a friend to Ramen Champ and did not pay for my meal. When I first walked into the small ramen restaurant, what caught my eye was the bold black on white drawings on the...
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The Cortado @ Dinosaur Coffee
I was sipping a cortado at newly opened Dinosaur Coffee on Sunset a few days ago when I noticed something different in the popular drink served in a gibraltar glass. It was slightly sweet. Not as...
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Not Your Mama’s Liang’s Kitchen
The last time I had dined at Liang’s Kitchen in Monterey Park, years ago, it was still full of KMT memorabilia and served Taiwanese comfort food. This recent time I paid it a visit, it was definitely...
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Dune — Frank Herbert never ate so good
I admit to being surprised about Scott Zwiezen’s newly opened restaurant in Atwater Village. The chef that I associate with Elf Cafe is known to be an advocate of raw, vegan and vegetarian cuisine....
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Kaioo Ramen
Kaioo* Ramen opened in the first week of February, replacing an unsuccessful hotpot restaurant. With the LA ramen revolution in full swing, it’s nice to see some new places to slurp the hot bowls of...
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Independence Tavern
Independence Tavern opened in early February in the location that used to house Buddha’s Belly. Named after the steam-powered railroad line that once ran from Santa Monica to San Pedro, it is now a...
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The Humble Baozi is a Must Eat in Shanghai
On this recent trip to China, I was happy to still be able to find street food in Shanghai. Even in more affluent areas, I could wander down an alley and find delicious, cheap food of questionable...
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Jian Bing is a Don’t Miss Breakfast in Shanghai
Living in the SGV, with its dizzying selection of regional Chinese restaurants, has its benefits, but there are some things I still miss from Shanghai. One of these things is the jian bing, a savory...
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Breakfast Like a Shanghailander
Step 1: Locate the breakfast spot, usually in a residential alley. Telltale signs are giant, bubbling pots, a charcoal oven with a huge bamboo steamer basket of rice over it, a precarious deep fryer...
View ArticleConcatenate an array in JavaScript
I’ve been slacking off on the food-related posts lately because of my day job. Then it occurred to me that I started this blog as a general repository of things that interest me, even non-food things....
View ArticleAccessing the same variable in a directive and controller in AngularJS
A few days ago, I was working with this type of structure in AngularJS: <div class='container' ng-controller='formController'> ...some stuff......
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Rustic Canyon
Last night, Will and I finally made it to the west side for dinner. We’d been meaning to try out Rustic Canyon ever since we found out Jeremy Fox was now cooking there. It seemed like a good idea,...
View ArticleJSON keys as symbols instead of strings in Ruby
Here’s a quickie that saved me from having to write a recursive symbolize_keys method. I was dealing with stringified JSON in the params of one of my rails controllers. I wanted to do the usual call...
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Blackball Desserts
Blackball is one of the many Chinese-style dessert shops opening up in the SGV. It replaces the now defunct Hong Kong dessert shop formerly known as Benser Tasty. Blackball specializes in house-made...
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LA Weekly Burgers & Beer
This past Saturday was the LA Weekly Burgers & Beer festival. In addition to being a weekly alternative paper, the LA Weekly is also a food festival churning machine. The weather was great, the...
View ArticleAlias a route in Rails
Once in a while, I want a route but don’t want to change the controller name or any actual filenames. Route alias to the rescue. If I have a controller called ‘children’ but want a route called ‘kids’...
View ArticleCity of Gold
When I heard about this documentary being made years ago, I have to admit that I wasn’t that enthusiastic about it. Because of his larger than life persona around certain circles in Los Angeles, I...
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This is the dish you aren’t eating at Mian
With all the hype about their saucy noodle soups and savory wontons, it’s understandable that you overlooked the Tofu with Minced Pork in the appetizers section of the menu. Don’t let the unexciting...
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