first snow
I missed the big dump from a couple of weeks back since I jetted off to Taiwan–so today I had my first snow steps of the year…
more from 西安名吃 (Xi An Famous Foods)
I was supposed to take my parents somewhere to eat during their layover at JFK yesterday, but they didn’t make it out of the airport due to ticketing problems. Not to waste an opportunity to eat away from Manhattan, G and I headed to Flushing anyway. I wanted to try this new Qingdao restaurant called M&T, but it was closed–and … Read More
a sunny day in flushing
For foodies, it’s no secret that Queens is the home of New York’s best cuisine–and for Chinese and Korean it’s in Flushing, an easy (if long) ride on the 7 line all the way to Main Street. Here are a few photos of this vibrant neighbourhood: Vendor scooping out seeds at a tea & herb shop: Street counter food: Massage, … Read More
you can always find deals in chinatown
an extra $3 to wash and blow-dry. and an extra $1 for… womanhair?
veterans day in nyc
miss NYC and the USO: military past… …and present: and some guns
nyc elections
As New Yorkers voted for the richest man in the city for mayor, I spent the morning of November 3rd doing exit poll surveys for AALDEF. My shift started at 6 AM in District 20 of Flushing, Queens–which meant catching the subway at 4:30 from where I live. Flushing is one of the most diverse communities in New York, which … Read More
cubicle housing in chinatown
Walking near Columbia, I once met an older Chinese man trying to talk to some black dude in Chinese, both clearly frustrated since the latter had no idea what he was saying. I was dragged into the conversation and though I could not help the man with his problem, I walked with him back to the university. He told me … Read More
good news trauma
I thought it was funny that someone added a chinese pamphlet to this ad for the new Trauma tv series. It says: Good News (好消息)–as in the religious kind. nice parallelism between the chinese dude shouting “good news” and the med-evac guy calling for help in the middle of what appears to be a fireball.
SanRasa on staten island
I heard there was a ‘little sri lanka’ on staten island, so I booted over there and had lunch at SanRasa restaurant, not too far from the ferry terminal, on Bay street. The food was worth the two-hour trek (due to weekend subway rerouting, grr) to get there. We started with some yummy fried lentil patties (masala wale) accompanied by … Read More
“Congee” on Bowery
I was in chinatown when I suddenly remembered I’d been craving congee–and how convenient, there was a place across the street from where I was standing called: Congee (well, congee city in chinese: 粥城). and though it didn’t look like the most elegant juk I’ve ever had, it tasted good! I had the fish and thousand-year-old egg congee (魚片皮蛋粥, “yu … Read More