Sunday, January 24, 2010 I want to try an experiment. I’m only going to write one post this week, the one you are reading right now, but I will be updating it each night until next Sunday. It will be a seven night long post. “Why?” I’m attracted to the idea because it is counter-intuitive. I don’t think
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Several months ago, I was invited to join a group that wanted to promote more women directors, writers, and female-oriented films in Hollywood. I signed up, and later day I received an email that I was blocked from the site because the administrators decided that they wanted the site to just be for women bloggers.
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Ideology and Realism
Last December, I was invited by PR Rep, Dan Cox , to attend the Grand Opening Party for Ixtapa Cantina in Old Town Pasadena. Owner Jack Huang seems to be building a Pasadena restaurant empire because he also owns Bar Celona and Villa Sorriso and they’re all on Colorado Boulevard. This was my first time visiting this space since I’ve never been to either Fred’s Cantina or Moose McGillicuddy’s, which were previous tenants
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Grand Opening Party for Ixtapa Cantina & Pop Up Bar by Névé Ice in Bar Celona
I actually first read about Cemitas y Clayudas Pal Cabron from the Teenage Gluster blog . At the time, I was actually more enthralled at the wall paintings than the food.
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Cemitas Party at Cemitas y Clayudas Pal Cabron
When I got both an email from a PR rep for TLofts as well saw a posting on LA Taco about the TLofts Food Truck Benefit for Haiti where 21 food trucks would be in attendance, I knew I had to be there. Even more so, since some of the proceeds of the sales were going towards helping the victims of the Haiti Earthquake. Since I knew it was going to be pretty crowded towards the latter part of the day, I recruited 3 of my best eating buddies for an early arrival time.
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A Foodie Crawl of 13 Trucks at TLofts Food Truck Benefit for Haiti
This is sort of a funny topic I’ve been reading about recently, and I wanted to share some findings. It’s mostly just meant for fun (mental masturbation in the wider sense of “breaking free”) but has some interesting long term implications. Read on future King and Queens! First Of All, Why Would You Want To Start Your Own Country
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How To Start Your Own Country
This Sunday, January 24th, 2010, San Antonio Winery would like to invite all wine lovers to join them at the Wine 101: Introduction to Wine Tasting and Food Pairing. Among the wines to be sampled include: Louis Perdrier Rose Champagne Windbreak Chardonnay 2006, Santa Lucia Highlands, Monterey Maddalena Vineyard Reisling 2008, Monterey San Felice “Il Grigio” Chianti Classico Riserva 2005, Tuscany San Antonio “Heritage” Rhone Blend 2006, Paso Robles San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, Paso Robles Maddalena Vineyard Muscat Canelli 2008, Paso Robles These fine wines will be served with an array of delicious foods like puma goat cheese, broiled Miso Alaskan black cod on a potato and chive pancake with Miso glaze and Island mango mousse with candied macadamia nuts and toasted coconut shavings.
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“Wine 101: Introduction to Wine ” Tasting and Food Pairing at San Antonio Winery
Last November, I was invited by Tina Clabbers, who is from Devries Public Relations to attend a media dinner that consisted of a Samuel Adams Beer and Food Pairing at Animal Restaurant to launch the 2009 Sam Adams Limited Edition Utopias Beer. I’ll go more into the Utopias Beer towards the end of this post, but for now, let’s talk food and beer pairings. Initially, we had a cocktail hour where we were served a total of 5 appetizers that included a Bean Bruschetta, Goat Cheese with Fennel Marmalade Bruschetta, Chicken Liver Pate, Squash Arancini and Fried Codfish Balls
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Samuel Adams Beer and Food Pairing at Animal and the Launch of the 2009 Utopias Beer
Usually, I don’t like to toot my own horn; however, I’ve been quietly proud of my Flickr Photo Collection , which as of today, contains 15,252 photos that depict quite a bit of LA’s culinary, cultural and architectural landscape. So you can imagine how excited I was when I got an email from Erin Broadley, LA Weekly’s Web Editor, telling me that I won the 2009 LA Weekly’s Web Award for LA’s Best Flickr Pool . It put a big smile on my face.
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I Won the 2009 LA Weekly’s Web Award for LA’s Best Flickr Pool!
In the year 2010, 2010 If I’m still alive If my blog can survive I may find… In the year 2010, 2010 I’ll be unfollowed by blogger Gwen Because I’m “just like ALL THE OTHER men” And she KNEW it from way back when In the year 2010, 2010 I’ll be insulted by blogger Glenn For shirking duties now and then And writing a post in
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In the Year 2010, 2010
For the past several months, Asian-Mexican fusion dining has been all over town, from Kogi BBQ, a food truck to Red Hot Kitchen , a brick and mortar restaurant. The flavor profiles have been geared primarily towards Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese Cuisines; however, India is also a part of Asia, albeit South Asia and guess what?
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Indian Fusion Food at Cowboys and Turbans
Well, now I know why they call it the city of gold! First of all, they have a famous street where you can only buy gold, gold and… gold, it’s called ironically the Gold Souk! Next to this, they have beautiful and astonishing architectures. You can visit the famous Hotel Burj Al Arab (sailing ship), the remarkable Hotel Atlantis which is build in the sea and the highest building in the world: Burj Dubai (which has opened on the 4th of January 2010).
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Dubai, the city of Gold!
This past summer, I’ve had my share of BBQ from Bludso’s BBQ to Big Mista’s BBQ to Porky’s BBQ and much more, so based on all these tastings, I can say without bias that my favorite BBQ comes from The Park’s Finest BBQ . What’s even better is that TPFB is owned by Johneric Concordia, whose BBQ and BBQ sauce is based on flavors from the Philippines, where I’m from.
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The Park’s Finest BBQ Lives Up to its Name!
Last November, I was invited by the National Honey Board to attend a honey-inspired 4 course tasting menu at Chef John Rivera Sedler’s Rivera Restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. This event was one of a 3 part series held across the country where the National Honey Board decided to focus on Latin Cuisine and tapped 3 celebrity Latino chefs to create honey-infused gourmet dishes.
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Honey-Inspired Tasting Menu at Rivera Hosted by National Honey Board
One of the things I enjoy about dining at Korean restaurants is that some of them offer tableside cooking where you either cook it yourself as in Korean BBQ or they’ll cook it for you as in Octopus Fried Rice or Spicy Crab Soup . So after reading an LA Times article about a Koreatown restaurant that specializes in a multi-course tableside prepared seafood meal, I knew that this was one place I had to visit and soon. The name of the restaurant is Bultaneun Cheongdamdong Jogae Gui, which translates to Flaming Clam Grill of Cheongdamdong and it’s in the Chapman Market Complex.
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Seafood Feast at Bultaneun Cheongdamdong Jogae Gui
The best picture contest is over!!! Many thanks to all the students who sent in their masterpieces. The jury (your faithful teachers and staff!) met on Friday 18 th december to choose the three best pictures but after much heated discussion they were not able to reach a final decision. We have therefore decided to post our top five on the school.
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The best picture contest is over!
When I got an email from Tara of When Tara Met Blog inviting me to join her LA Cupcake Meetup Group for a tour of 4 cupcake shops in LA, I was pretty stoked. When I learned that we would also be chauffeured in a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and 2010 Chevrolet Camaro convoy courtesy of Chevrolet and @BestOfTours , how in the heck could I say no to that? On the day of the actual tour, there were gray skies and imminent rain, but I wasn’t going to be deterred by a little bit of water
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LA Cupcake Tour Powered by Chevy
Happy Thanksgiving. Tomorrow, Santa Claus made his first appearance at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, which means only one thing — Macy’s is open for business! Uh, I mean its the start of this special Holiday season. To me, nothing says “holiday” more than song. And nothing brings more joy to the …
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The 2009 Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert Sign-Up Sheet
Ok, so about a week ago I received an email from a Breaking Free reader. He began “Dear Citizen Brian” and went on to explain that yes, he was in fact a real life super hero who dressed in costume and patrolled various areas of Australia, intimidating the criminal element. He also wanted help spreading his message and building his blog
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The Most AWESOME Interview I’ve Ever Done – With Captain Australia
You know how you have one of those days when you rush to get to an appointment only to find out that you got the times mixed up and are actually early? So now you have time to kill and then you realize that you’re also hungry? What’s a girl to do, except look for some place to have lunch, so I decide to take a drive and tell myself to stop at the first place that looks interesting.
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Making a U Turn for Cafe Antigua Guatemala