Vietnamese Sandwich
I had this tasty Bahn Min from a Vietnamese restaurant in Davis tonight. I enjoyed the combination of shredded pork, pork skin, cilantro and jalepenos. It tasted awesome after our yoga class. Davis is such a cool college town!
February 4, 2008
January 31, 2008
Random Thoughts on Balut
I’ve been thinking about Balut. I think it’s time I try this Filipino delicacy. Hell, Mark already sampled it.
I wonder if this is a good price for the half-hatched duck eggs. We found this vendor at the Fremont Farmers Market last September. Sadly, I had to catch a plane to Kansas that day…so we passed on the Balut.
This week, I stumbled on this informational blog entry on Balut aka Hot Vit Lon.
I remember eating them with my siblings, tapping on the egg shell with a spoon and then breaking the membrane underneath to sip at the flavorful liquid, which was broth like. Then we ate the solid stuff, which basically was the embryo. I don’t recall beak, bones or feathers, but they can be in there, depending on the age of the egg. We didn’t eat the hard white albumen. It was a kind of weird dare and that was it.
OK — some day I will try Balut. Maybe on my next trip home to LA…we’re thinking about doing a quick visit on President’s Day weekend. I know that falls in the middle of sweeps, but I happen to have that holiday off. Neato.
March 29, 2006
Saying good-bye to my escape route from reality
Mark sent me this article about Act 1 & 2 closing down. It’s on Center St…close to Top Dog, a yummy Vietnamese restuarant, yummy burritos, Starbucks and more. It’s closing it’s doors this weekend.
I’m bummed. During my undergraduate years and my time at Haas, I checked out films by myself at this theater. I saw plenty of arty and foreign flicks that other people didn’t want to see. I felt comfortable curling up by myself in one of their comfy theater seats. I didn’t have to worry about cat-calls and rudeness from teenagers who were bored by the next blockbuster hit. When I was upset with people, boyfriends, co-workers, myself, the world - this theater was a sanctuary for me - a place to escape from my problems and get lost in French drama, British slapstick or something otherwordly.
November 15, 2005
Kansas Food
This is from our first night in our brand new apartment. We were pooped from unloading both Corollas. We had to carry everything up two flights of stairs. That was my workout for the day.
Pizza and beer - the perfect meal after a day of moving. My bears felt entitled to some booze as well.
