the chef, the pm, and the witty

2011-06-20T06:05:00.000-07:00

wow.. look at this old thing I found..

Thinking of trying this out this week..

2009-11-15T15:24:00.000-08:00

japanese sesame spinach...

Ingredients

Serves 4
1 1/2 pounds spinach leaves, washed and trimmed
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 teaspoon soy sauce
Coarse salt
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
Directions

Fill a large pot fitted with a steamer basket with 1-inch of water; bring to a boil over high heat. Add half of the spinach, cover, and steam until just wilted, 2 to 3 minutes. Using tongs, remove spinach from steamer, squeezing gently to remove excess moisture, and transfer to a serving platter. Repeat process with remaining spinach; season with salt.
In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, sesame oil, and soy sauce until combined. Drizzle dressing over warm spinach and sprinkle with sesame seeds; serve immediately.

kbbq rub

Yield: About 3 tablespoons (serving size: 1 1/2 teaspoons)
Ingredients
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons dark sesame oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
Preparation
Combine all ingredients. Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

2009-10-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

Witty realized, no restaurant is better than when the witty is cooking with the Chef while the PM impatiently awaits by the kitchen.

@_@

2009-01-17T09:31:00.000-08:00

I did it.
I bought tickets to HK.

omg. I am so excited... my heart is beating so fast.

I feel a super sigh of relief. that there is some plan now. no matter how little of it thats been figured out, a tiny bit of it is set. Its like I've throw a rock ahead of me and now I can use it to pull me through.

:)

HK ... HK .. HK ...

Check them out!

2008-09-20T19:05:00.000-07:00

Want to know if the restaurant you are going to at Waterloo is one that could potentially get you food poisoning?

Check here! Inspection records - yes this is a little bit of an overkill but I swear I was only sent this link and didn't personally look it up nor will I be so proactive to ever look again before I go somewhere but to satisfy potentially curious minds and stomaches, here it is

http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/foodinspection.nsf/Index?OpenAgent&city=w&prefix=&valid=y

Enjoy!

:(

2008-09-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

I've been looking at this work report for what feels like years.
I want to barf on it.
And then punch something.

Thats all.

hey guys...i found the best curry in Toronto

2008-09-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

the Food court@Jap Town- Victory Park/Steeles

i licked the plate soooo clean.

EOT

2008-08-23T09:07:00.001-07:00

trying super hard not to be emo

but seems like the past week I have been waking up with a strange feeling in the middle of my chest and a sad woozy feeling on my head

As the time comes closer .... now t-1.5 days to go back to the land where trees exist and the air doesn't smell like intermingled corpses of varying types of sea creatures... I am walking around with my eyes peeled at everything that moves and doesn't move.

Its like I will never come back. ... and I really hate the feeling but I know that even if I did come back, it would never feel the same.

Sorry - I just read Albert's blog and for some reason I feel like it has influenced the way I am writing now... just raw but I like it.

Yesterday was my last day at work ... I am proud of myself for the past week and the good byes that I have had to say because I have not looked back once and just walked away.

My Take on Free Speech and Human Rights in China

2008-08-08T19:11:00.000-07:00

This is my first attempt to blog about something political related so don't mind my ignorance...

Check this out, we have 105 senates, 305 members of parliament, and a bunch of dudes making decisions for 33million people. I don't know the exact figures but I can imagine it's a bitch trying to pass one bill. Now for a country of 1.3 billion people, do you really expect the government to work the same way as we do? If everyone in China can access all the information we can access and bitch the way we bitch, we're the ones to suffer from bitching-overload. So let them be. These dudes in the communist parties have enough things to worry about...let's not make their lives harder.

that's my two cents...

t - 14 days .... I think

2008-08-07T19:26:00.000-07:00

So .. the countdown has inconspicuously creeped into my daily routine these days..

and you would think that there are many things on my list to check off before I leave... it is actually quite the contrary.. just feeling like floating around doing nothing and relaxing

talked to two pregnet women today - it was kinda scary

went to cheesecake factory / ikea / woodbury last weekend
- excellent apps ... absolutely delicious
- swedish meatballs - good as any ikea makes it
- bought a disel dress

So intereting things that have also happened.... did a total history dump on someone random .. still wondering why

If MSG is bad for you why doesn't everyone in Asia have headaches?

2008-07-10T08:43:00.001-07:00

Just a cool little article i stumbled upon.. i think you guys should both read it.. it has some cool points!

the month mark

2008-06-09T20:03:00.000-07:00

wow.. time has suddenly felt like its passed mad fast..
its already more than a month in and I definitely feel like I haven't done enough. .

haven't done enough shopping, eating or sight seeing although I can say I feel really happy and I'm having a lot of fun.

I suddenly feel like my projected remainder of the term is approaching too quickly as I discover more and more places to go and meet more and more great people.

Little snippits of where I've been. .. MoMA, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Comic book museum, NYPH, EATING

72 cents

2008-05-21T19:22:00.001-07:00

thats way too much for sending something like a piece of paper to canada.
I could buy 90% of a bun with that in Chinatown!

man.

more me in NY

2008-05-16T21:22:00.000-07:00

More random pics from NY.. starting from views from the park next to my work :) . to the ugly pigeons that attack me when I sit at the park to eat my lunch .. YO, they vicious! ..... good thing I am more vicious than them ..haha

and lastly .. the meal I had tonight, authentic chinese box and.. not so good tasting food but .. note the box. :).. I learned how to dissemble + assemble. First CHINESE BOX experience ever.

HK HK

2008-05-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

recounting the adventure .. at the Hong Kong Station in the heart of chinatown, NY..on a sunny saturday :)

food pictures :)

2008-05-11T18:15:00.000-07:00

- first pic (mmm... chinatown goodies)
- 2nd pic (homemade aunt goodies) --> salty tong yeun .. YUM for mothers day

sights and sounds

2008-05-11T15:35:00.000-07:00

Week numero 2

2008-05-09T23:59:00.000-07:00

things are taking an expected turn for the better..
as familiarity grows and comfort returns .. and the partying begins ..

NY is somewhat more appealing...
although the same things are around, with knowledge comes less fear of a dark unknown?

Anyways, went to a bar tonight called Johnny Utal .. I think, it had a raging bull .. corporate parties gone wrong.. pretty much... but it was fun ..

Notable eats :

1/ Jackson's Hole - maaad huge burgers like I've never aten before but I showed em new yorkers how its done :) ... haha no girl finished their portions except for moi .. even some of the guys. . [I know you guys are proud of me :)]

2/ Superfine - right next to work .. had a steak burger with watercress and skinny fries.. the fries were uber skinny like tasted good even without ketchup ..... minimal ketchup usage .. wowed me..

can't stop saying maaaad and uber
and for some reason .. soda is growing on me...
and I'm starting to talk with strange emphasis on random words...

ah! Transformers *music

TMR- bodies exhibition ..... and a restaurant from THE BOOK

stay tuned folks ;)

PM

2008-05-07T21:00:00.000-07:00

add oil.

tried any food place yet? look for that ultimate omelet place.

NY craze.

2008-05-02T20:22:00.000-07:00

not what I thought.

interesting but I already miss home.
what I saw today...
Chinatown.
Tons of people swearing at each other..
crazy parking
not so good viet food
very small quarters..
sketchy people all around..
traffic roaring outside my window at 1130pm..

is this what I signed up for?
too early to tell.

although, I found a place to kick box ;)

the witty has spoken...

2008-04-30T08:06:00.000-07:00

too much!

Now its my turn :) Welcome to our home where our food adventures will reside!
To account our adventures in their entirety might be grossly unrealisitic but setting the starting to now is quite doable.

Especially since I am venturing to new land! Well... new to me anyways ^__^ .. everyone can look forward to tasty tasty pictures :)

Anyways, I will super miss my food group while I am gone and the meals we share together but I guess this is the loss I must be willing to take in order to be learned in the NY food culture :P ..

Regardless, thanks guys for the going away dinner :) .. it was le awesome as usual <3 ..

2008-04-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

so the pm says she'll take up kick boxing in new york.
quote and unquote: i'm gonna get so hot when i come back.

epic.

2008-04-23T14:54:00.000-07:00

hey guys, i think this blog totally makes our blog look bad.

since the PM is going to NYC, i believe she can benefit from this well.

good luck PM, go get 'em bling boys.

almost done my work term @_@ time to enjoy summer. summer of studying that is. but that's ok, because i'm witty.

words of wisdom

2008-04-14T18:37:00.001-07:00

"Any fame is a bi-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a shit." -Banksy

intro

2008-04-06T15:46:00.000-07:00

so, it's exam time for the pm and the chef so i'm guessing those two idiots won't blog for awhile. anywhos, let me introduce who we are, what we do, and the rest.

the pm: acronym for project manager. she enjoys managing projects and people apparently. mainly because she sucks in programming.

the chef: he is responsible for feeding the pm and the witty.

the witty: what i can say, he's the best looking witty guy in town.

we are all waterloosers sharing a common value: food is quite the most important thing in life. you may ask the chef about the realm of music, you may ask the witty about solution to life, you may ask the pm about stuff, but really she doesn't no much about stuff. she's just a pm.

said and done.

good luck guys, on your exams.

The End...

2008-04-05T18:04:00.000-07:00

...of your miserable life without iwanttofoodyou.blogspot.com

i want to food you.