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Din Tai Fung – Xiaolongbao (Soup Dumplings) Yum

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:46:59 +0000

Had a quiet dinner of xiaolongbao to celebrate a friend’s birthday.

Famous steamed pork dumplings

Fact: The Hong Kong branch of this place was awarded 1 Michelin star in 2009.

Of course, we also had other stuff like…

Braised beef soup.

Pork and crab dumplings.

Shrimp Fried Rice.

Steamed pork glutinous rice dumpling, wrapped in bamboo leaf.

Pork and glutinous rice shiaomai.

Fried pork chop.

Some kind of appetizer.

Green melon and shrimp dumplings.

All of it was delicious and cheap, which leads me to the only downside of the place – the wait and the fact that they don’t take reservations. Oh well.

Link: Din Tai Fung

Empress Pavilion – Yum Cha

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:46:49 +0000

i love dimsum. brunch with the PV kids. first time at Empress Pavilion. to make the experience feel authentic, made EA order for us in Chinese. =)

tried something new…

… tripe…well, not new.. just new for dim sum… YUM.. like chicken feet without the bones!

I think I will add this to my regular dim sum orders.

Link: Empress Pavilion

Sue’s Kitchen – Tan Tan Mian

admin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:38:26 +0000

Kickboxer friend introduced me to real Tan Tan Mian -Sichuan Style at this hole in the wall Chinese cafe in Torrance.

FREAKING YUM.

also had these…

soup wontons

onion pancake

Highly recommend getting the spicy peanuts also.

Sue’s Kitchem, 23918 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505

Red Cliff – Tortoise Formation

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:19:16 +0000

Here is a screenshot of one of my favorite fighting scenes of one of my favorite movies, Red Cliff.

In it, the bad guys are lured into this maze, where they are methodically massacred by the underdogs. Amazing cinematography.

Trailer.

Link: Red Cliff

George Soros: China must be part of the New World Order

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:10:00 +0000

Interesting interview with George Soros.

I think this would be time because you really need to bring China into the creation of a new world order, a financial world order. They are kind of reluctant members of the IMF. They play along, but they don’t make much of a contribution because it’s not their institution. Their share is not commensurate … their voting rights are not commensurate to their weight, so I think you need a new world order that China has to be part of the process of creating it and they have to buy in. They have to own it the same way as, let’s say, the United States owns the Washington consensus, the current order, and I think this would be a more stable one where you would have co-ordinated policies. I think the makings of it are already there because the G20, in agreeing to peer reviews, effectively is moving in that direction.