August 2011
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The Spice & Tea Exchange.
While exploring Pier 39 in San Francisco, we came across an interesting spice shop called The Spice & Tea Exchange. The store offers a variety of interesting spices, spice blends, and tools for all of your culinary needs.
As you can see, there are a lot of spices.
Lots of custom blend spices to spruce up your foods.
Red Curry Powder. I actually prefer red curry over green curry.
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Breakfast Cravings.
Ever just crave for waffles, maple syrup, fluffly whipped butter and eggs benedict? Every once and a while, I’ll have that serious craving for breakfast foods. So my friends and I decided to try Le Peep breakfast and lunch restaurant in Edison a while back and I was pleasantly surprised.
Fancy iced water right at the table to ease waiter duties! How clever…
They warm the maple...
French Macaroon Hunting. Macaron Cafe.
I went french macaroon hunting a really long time ago, and never posted photos up. Macaron Cafe in New York City is a small cafe that offers a variety of different macaroons, as well as freshly brewed beverages and sandwiches.
The macaroons are very small and quite pricey at $2.50 a cookie. I ordered two dark chocolate, one passion fruit, two mango, and one pistachio.
Out of all of them,...
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Finally 21!
I finally turned 21 on the 21st. Yay me! Since I didn’t get to eat french macaroons during my trip to Shanghai, my awesome boyfriend had his family get some for me from Shanghai. Unfortunately, they were completely crushed along the way. But I still ate them anyway! Isn’t it such a sweet gesture? =]
My friends managed to throw me a legit surprise party that I was NOT EXPECTING AT...
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Shanghai Vacation Miscellaneous Photos.
Department stores in Asia are so upscale and EXPENSIVE. The is a 30%-40% mark-up on pretty much every single name brand you can think of. I think I’ll leave the department shopping for back in the States, where the sales are! >_<
Most expensive not-that-tasty coffee ever!
The European-influenced sector of Shanghai, where all the expensive shopping and fabulous people go!
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Vacationing in Shanghai Part 10. Hot Pot!
Yummy delicious unlimited hot pot for less than USD$5.00!
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Vacationing in Shanghai Part 9. Shuyuan Village.
So we went to one of Rob’s parents’ favorite restaurant, Shuyuan Village. The area is more like a village resort where you can rent rooms and eat food that has been grown and raised at the village. Of course they use the freshest ingredients free from chemicals and any preservative waxes because everything is grown on spot.
Golden fried eggplant with ground pork inside.
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How to Make... Homemade dumplings!
INGREDIENTS: (feeds 8-10 people)
1 pound ground pork (can also use ground chicken)
1 head of Taiwanese cabbage (available at Asian supermarkets)
2 packs of dumpling skins (available in Asian supermarkets)
Sesame oil
fish sauce
1 small bowl of water
chili oil (optional)
soy sauce (optional)
1 small bundle of cilantro (optional)
1 stalk of celery (optional)
2 stalks of scallion...
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Vacationing in Shanghai Part 7.
We went to one of Rob’s favorite restaurant spots in the center city of Shanghai. The restaurant has mainly traditional Shanghainese dishes that attract many locals.
Fried rice with corn, eggs, and baby shrimp.
Light curry beef soup with cilantro.
Crabmeat Shanghainese steamed buns.
