land of milk and honey

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 i enjoyed land of milk and honey more than zhang's debut, how much of these hills is gold. perhaps it was the sci-fi futuristic take on gourmand excess. think the film the menu meets agriculture science. zhang's epicurean prose had my mouth watering from high and low dishes. note: check out the food acknowledgments at the end of the book.

last supper

to say my cousin and his family were the most awesome hosts is an understatement and then they took me to the izakaya/seafood joint ronin for my final meal. so thankful!

they offered me this bottle to go,
but couldn't fit in hand luggage

shaved ice with my name on it (literally)

pdx eeeeeats

diary of my trip to portland in meals. 

didn't make it to maurice
but the ace was kind enough to bring them to me

grilled chicken - it's what's for lunch

beets at top chef alum doug adam's imperial

first of the surf n's turf - steak tartare at raven & rose

part deux: wood oven clams and prawns

behold blue star doughnuts

i had the real maple with bacon

best fried chicken biscuit and sausage fries from
pine state biscuits

gaucho eats

i've been trying to consume the local eats in buenos aires. my colleague actually called me a gaucho for my local eat prowlness. not pictured was a lomito, various pasta and of course barbequed meats, especially steak

pretty much my breakfast every morning - basket with
alfajore, mediluna and mini toasts

cafe con medialuna

milanesa! breaded meat

ha tricked you, totes not argentine eats, but smørbrød from olsen.
shar can't resist the scandies.

best empanadas ever!

osaka = eating my heart out

was uber thankful to have my coworker yoko, native of osaka take me on a grand fooding tour of her home town.

didn't eat this, but they are kobe beef meat pies

ikayaki

native osakian with true treat. yoko told me how squid is quite rare to find versus the much popular octopus

takoyaki, as much fun to watch made as it is to eat

#5 please

so this dude is a symbol of osaka

okonomiyaki prep

traditional tea in basement of daimura dept store.did you know you can eat green tea leaves? yeah, i did it

an evening with anthony bourdain

much belated live appear -ance: an evening with anthony bourdain at bam. i've long been an admirer of tony from "kitchen confidential" to the layover. the evening began with eric ripert posing as tony clad in a leather jacket which he tossed into the crowd. friends, this truly is a culinary bromance if i ever saw one. armed with slides and clips from no reservations, tony went through a colorful commentary on the foodie world.  that's him chiding the cooking of paula dean above. he went on the talk about the behind the scenes of no reservations productions. he followed up the presentation with a q & a, where the questions ranged from when is the layover coming to toronto, taiwan, madagascar, etc to advice to culinary graduates. the evening ended with an enduring story of his daughter devouring a lobster after referencing sebastian from the little mermaid. like father like daughter.