FOOD n Drink

February 2nd is gonna be Chinese's New Year's Eve according to the lunar calendar,Everyone is preparing for the upcoming "rabbit" year while waving goodbye to the "tiger" year.You can sense how crowded the streets are these days,Moms shopping for New Year's Eve dinner ingredients,Kids picking up their favorite festive candies,Workers putting in more hours to wrap up tasks on hand in order to freely enjoy a whole week break.Since my mom is going to be the chef in charge for our big holiday's...

Hello Taiwan!It's been almost one week since I arrived in Taiwan,My parents are really taking good care of me,Not sure about other families, but to mine, that involves a lot of feeding...Don't get me wrong,Feeding is good, especially everything's homemade and childhood favorite dishes,But man oh man, how much I miss cooking and messing around the kitchen.Luckily, I finally got my cooking time back yesterday,My dad got tons of Matsusaka pork slices for friends and business partners,6 of that...

As a food blogger,It is pretty expectable when I'm saying a few of my favorite TV shows are from Food Network and Travel Channel,But there's one more indelible series I've got to watch,Bravo's Top Chef! Check the link here if you're not all familiar with it.They even brought the show up to another notch a while ago called - Top Chef Masters,Several already well-famed, world renowned chefs competing for their choice of charity and the title of top chef masters.Man, that was such...

Thanks to my friend, I got a free pass to CES Las Vegas this year!(CES = Consumer Electronics Show)Sadly I didn't bring my camera to the show,Lesson learned, No matter what happens, camera should always be within reachable distance 24/7!Since I cannot show you all the exciting new gadgets, 3D TVs, green engineered cars of this upcoming year,At least I can give you some thoughts and feedbacks regarding the hotel I stayed in,Plus possibly my top three favorite restaurants in the U.S. - Aburiya Raku!You...

Hooray my first post of 2011!After days of binge eating just like how I expected right before the holidays:Non-stop grilled meat, spicy hot pot, and endless boba milk tea,The healthy eating God finally shined on me today,Yes, it's definitely the time to get back on the less greasy track.Let's see what they have in the grocery store...No eggs...no small pack of basil...no lactose free milk...What?!? Was this store raided by a bunch of hungry customers?But a fine home cook like me should be able...