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Austin Food Truck Roundup: Asia Edition

Posted in Asian, Food, Trailer Food, tagged on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve had some photos stacking up lately, but no time to do proper writeups. So here’s a nice copout: a breezy tour through some of the recent additions to the food truck scene in Austin. Oddly enough, all of them are Asian food. A better title for this post might have been “How We Tried [...]

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Grand Sichuan International, New York NY

Posted in Asian, Chinese, Food, Travel, tagged on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »

On our very last night in New York, we visited the small factory that is B&H to find a new camera lens and bag for Ben. Then we stumbled down 9th Avenue to Grand Sichuan International searching for some soup dumplings. Ben enjoyed lots of soup dumplings on his trip to Shanghai, and I was [...]

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Takorea, Austin TX

Posted in Asian, Food, Mexican, tagged on March 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »

The taco truck is no stranger to Austin, but the Korean taco trucks that have become popular in LA are a new development here. We recently checked out TaKorea, which is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of 2222/Koenig Lane and I-35. It’s a little hard to find, but worth hunting down. Kogi, [...]

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Madangsui, New York NY

Posted in Asian, Barbecue, Food, tagged on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

One freezing cold night during our New York trip we met a group of friends at Madangsui for Korean bbq. We had to eat at 5:30 because The New York Times recently wrote it up as “Manhattan’s best Korean barbeque restaurant”. One of the things I love most about Korean bbq is the variety. I’m [...]

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Momofuku Noodle Bar, New York NY

Posted in Asian, Food, Travel, tagged on January 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Momofuku Ando is the name of the man who invented instant ramen noodles. David Chang, of the “refined meathead” school of cooking, named his restaurants Momofuku, one assumes in tribute. On the other hand, Chang also says in his recently published cookbook, “It is no accident that Momofuku sounds like mother-f—.” Whatever the story is, [...]

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