Archives:
- Some Unusual Breakfast Foods
Yes, I like Spam. I like it, as Hong Kong people do, in soup, with macaroni and frozen mixed vegetables. For breakfast. Preferably with Horlicks (an unfortunately-named malted milk drink, originally from Britain, but now consumed only in former colonies), and puffy toast spread with salted butter and sweetened condensed milk. You can take your […]
- In Which I Complain Profusely About The State of Sushi In America
Psst: I hate super-rolls. Caterpillar rolls, dragon rolls, rolls wrapped in eel and stuffed with avocado, rolls wrapped in avocado and stuffed with eel, spicy tuna rolls, spicy crunchy salmon rolls: they all taste exactly the same–which is to say, of avocado. Now, I like avocado as much as anybody, but come on. I am […]
- Aerial Rant and Noodle Soup Odyssey, Part I
I’m starting this entry five and a half hours into a fifteen-hour plane ride. Technology! This is the first plane I’ve ever flown in with an electrical outlet at every seat, not to mention enough computer games (crosswords included) to make a nerd like me want the ride to go on just a little longer. […]
- Back in the SAR
This is a picture of medicinal broth ingredients I took in Hong Kong on my last visit, maybe four years ago. The roots, cocoons, flowerbuds and balletically arranged frogs were displayed outside one of the many shops here that specialize in yucky things you add to chicken broth to give you a variety of […]
