tarte tatin
inspired by the fabulous tarte at le grainne cafe (which I’ll have to review later), I made my own from a recipe off epicurious. looks so good! recipe is as follows:
who buys ostrich eggs?
my first time shopping at whole foods (union square)–and while it was overwhelmingly chaotic and overpriced–I have to admit their range of products is impressive.
a stroll through harlem
I went for a stroll in search of Sugar Hill (where many wealthy black people lived during the harlem renaissance), and found many other sights on the way… some avid speed chess players in St. Nicholas Park: a man painting (and smoking) outside the Harlem School of the Arts: an entrance to River Bank State Park: city university of new … Read More
lenin statue park
possibly my favourite park in hanoi, lenin statue park (not to be confused with the larger Lenin Park) is always filled with kids in the evenings: skateboarding/breakdancing hip-hop teenage kids, or–as shown here–young kids being driven around in remote-controlled cars rented by their parents. all under Lenin’s proud gaze.
giant wind-up hello kitty
stumbled upon hello kitty on 53rd & Park avenue.
le pain quotidien
I’ve been dying to find a decent bakery or pâtisserie in the city. there are none in my neighbourhood, so when I saw this window in the Upper East, I immediately dove into the shop.
125th street station
some photos of 125th street station on line 1.
num pang
num pang means ‘bread’ or ‘sandwich’ in khmer (similar to the word banh my in vietnamese), and is the name of a new cambodian sandwich shop in the village. the bread here is to die for: crisp on the outside and deliciously chewy on the inside–better than any banh my I’ve ever had (and that’s saying something).
switched to wordpress
my frustration with comment spam + my newly found free time = my decision to make the switch to wordpress. pretty swanky, but a pain to transfer all my photos… slowly chugging through but it will be awhile before all the old photos properly show up. my old blog can still be accessed here.
go! go! curry
inspired by the village voice, I decided to head all the way down to west 38th for this japanese curry shop.