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Category Archives: Food & Drink
Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: The Huntington Library (Part 5 of 6)
The Huntington Library is known for its iconic Japanese tea room, but there’s actually no tea served in that tea room–it’s really just for show. However, there are two other ways in which you can enjoy tea at this lovely … Continue reading
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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: 85C (Part 4 of 6)
The two guys in the video are coffee drinkers and tried the coffees, but since I’m the tea drinker, I was SERIOUSLY addicted at one point to their ice sea salt jasmine green tea and the ice sea salt mountain … Continue reading
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Dim Sum Diet Wrecker
For the past few months, I’ve been on a 1200 calorie baseline diet, which means I try to keep my daily calorie net intake at 1200, just enough to keep myself alive while maintaining a 500 calorie deficit. On days … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese food, diet, dim sum, Health
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8$: Caffe Borsa: Single Serve Pour-Over Coffee
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: Boba Shops (Part 3 of 6)
Okay, there are like a million boba shops all over the place in LA. Sometimes the most random shops will sell boba milk tea, so you literally can get it anywhere. Most boba specialty shops are really purchase-and-go places. They … Continue reading
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My Visit to Din Tai Fung in Glendale, California at Americana at Brand
If you’ve been following this blog, you know I am a big fan of Din Tai Fung. Back in October, I happened to have made a last minute trip up to the Seattle area and was lucky enough to eat … Continue reading
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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: Tea Station (Part 2 of 6)
One of my favorite Starbucks convenience alternative stops is Tea Station. It’s a grab-and-go or sit-down place with a decent variety of tea pot loose leaf traditional hot teas, herbal teas, or sweet milk teas along with snacks or full … Continue reading
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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: Tea Time At Home (Part 1 of 6)
In standard Mandarin Chinese, tea is pronounced “cha” with a dipping tone. However, the common English word “Tea” actually derives from the Taiwanese/Minan/Fujian word for tea. In Taiwanese, I pronounce tea as “deh”, a lot more like “tea” than “cha”, … Continue reading
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Starbucks Acquires Teavana for $620mil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfz0eLT5ryo I love tea. I’m also not much of a coffee drinker. Although I am a periodic Starbucks customer, it’s mainly because it’s usually a convenient spot for me to settle down and get some work done in my on-the-road … Continue reading
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Din Tai Fung Opens in Glendale, California at Americana
Earlier this Spring, I had blogged about a new Din Tai Fung was going to be opening at a shopping mall in Glendale, California called Americana at Brand. Well, the new restaurant is now open: “Soup-dumpling temple Din Tai Fung … Continue reading
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First Annual LA Sriracha Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh4zxJdy1r8 About time. I love sriracha, but not as much as most people I know, and certainly not as much as the guy in the video above. On ice cream? Seriously? Anyways, the festival is brought to you by the … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Chef Ming Tsai & Aero Knife
I caught this the other night on cable with celebrity chef Ming Tsai promoting the aero knife in a “infomercial” inspired commercial. I was kind of surprised to see Tsai in this kind of commercial, and surprised he doesn’t have … Continue reading
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