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Flight Review: Japan Airlines (JAL)
September 2007New York to Narita, Japan to Taoyuan, TaiwanEconomy ClassSeating: Tight, tight, TIGHT. K and I are not large people, and even with our size, we were super cramped in our seats. I had...
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Flight Review: Northwest Airlines
November 2007New York to Detroit to Shanghai, ChinaBusiness ClassSeating: On this flight, the Business Class seating were divided between the first part of the lower cabin, and an upper cabin. I chose...
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Restaurant: Morimoto NYC
I've always admired Morimoto on the Food Network; he was such an amazing and inventive chef, yet he was just so humble.I had visited the first Morimoto restaurant in Philly a few years ago but did not...
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Trip Report: Tahiti 1
I always knew that we would goto Tahiti for our honeymoon; we didn't know what the venue would be for the wedding and in fact, hadn't even set the date yet, but I knew for sure that I wanted to splurge...
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Trip Report: Beijing & Xi'an
This past January, we spent a week in Beijing (and then a week in Japan). It was one of the coldest vacations we've ever taken, and we are not cold weather loving people :( so it was quite an ordeal,...
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Flight Review: Continental Airlines
January 2009Newark to Beijing, Japan to NewarkEconomy ClassSeating: Continental Airlines is typical of most American carriers. The seats are "normal" sized so for us Asians who are 5'5" and 5'9", we...
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Restaurant: Fishtail by David Burke
As per the previous post, this meal was for Babe's birthday, but this time, it was just the two of us. I wanted to try a "well-known" restaurant and someone had recommended a David Burke joint. Now, I...
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Restaurant: Aquagrill
I picked Aquagrill for our group dinner to celebrate Babe's birthday. It was the big 2-8, afterall!Keeping in mind the last minuteness and the fact that not everyone ate everything, I picked Aquagrill...
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Recipe: Matcha Shortbread Cookies
I love green tea flavored anything and when I purchased green tea cookies from Panya bakery, I knew that I would have to find a recipe to make my own.After much searching, I found the following recipe...
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Honey Biscotti and Sweet Melissa Sundays
So I recently joined a baking group called Sweet Melissa Sundays. We base our recipes on a book called The Sweet Melissa Baking Book, which is a bakery based out of our very own Brooklyn. Each Sunday,...
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Brooklyn Brownout Cake (Sweet Melissa Sundays)
This week's Sweet Melissa Sunday recipe is the Brooklyn Brownout Cake, chosen by Elyse of Confectionary Creations. I saw this recipe and was like, dang there's so much to make and with school and work,...
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Trip Report: Tahiti 2
Here is my much prolonged update to my first Tahiti post. Hope this is helpful!Activities: There are so many things to do in Tahiti, but at times, we just wanted to hang out in our bungalow because 1,...
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Crabs in DC, Hazelnut Buttercream, SMS Break
So these past two weekends I've been preoccupied and therefore have not been able to partake in the SMS festivities. Apple Turnovers and Granola Breakfast Cookies can be found at the respective linked...
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Strawberry Shortcake (SMS), Strawberry Cupcake, more crabs
Busy, busy weekend! So this week's Sweet Melissa Sunday recipe was the Strawberry Shortcake. You can find the recipe at Pink Stripe's blog here. We'll come back to the shortcake in a...
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Bee Stings (SMS), Foodie Trip to LA
I'm sad. This week's Sweet Melissa Sunday recipe was picked by Jaime and hers came out so beautifully that it makes me even more sad because mine were a big flop. Go visit her page for her wonderful...
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Chocolate Chip Cookies (SMS)
This week's SMS recipe is extra special because it was picked by Melissa herself. You can see her post and the recipe at the SMS blog here.I have to say, I've been quite busy lately, thanks to the...
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Dark Chocolate Cupcake with Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting
This weekend is a colleague's birthday, so I decided to bake something special to treat everyone. I didn't do anything special or fancy to this recipe; just decided to follow it directly and the...
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Ippudo and Cheesecake (SMS).
So last week I wasn't able to participate in SMS because I do not own an ice cream maker. A travesty, I know... there are just so many attachments to my KitchenAid mixer that I want to acquire yet I...
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Smith & Wollensky - The Aftermath.
I want to preface this by asking - why do we have Restaurant Week? Isn't the whole point so that people can taste test restaurants they normally wouldn't, for one reason or another? And wouldn't you,...
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Hazelnut Truffles (SMS)
Yes, it is finally my week! And with this heat, boy am I glad I picked something that didn't really require much baking.I love hazelnuts. The taste, the smell... just love everything about it. Toasting...
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New Orleans, part 1
Yikes, has it really been 3 months since I last blogged?! I'm sorry to the very few that actually follow... I've been quite busy with school and work and other stuff. However, I do have a treat for the...
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