Happy Year of the Rabbit (or Cat)!
Happy Chinese New Year! Xin nian kuai le! Gong xi fa cai! Chuc mung nam moi! Cung hi phat tai! This year, the Lunar New Years falls on Thursday February 3rd! That’s tomorrow! May the year of rabbit (or cat, in Vietnamese) bring lots of happiness, good health and prosperity!! And great food and tasty [...]
Mooncake season and Mid-Autumn festivities
This year the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, falls on September 22nd, which is also the day when the moon is at its fullest and brightest. It’s the time for mooncakes, huge pomelos, lanterns, gathering of family and friends, and simply lots of fun and celebration. I haven’t ordered any mooncakes this year. The traditional [...]
Three dollar banhmi for lunch in Boston Chinatown
Recapitulation of eating adventures in Boston… While I was in Boston last week, I stopped by Chinatown for lunch one day. There were a lot of choices for Vietnamese food and I was in the mood for a simple tasty banh mi. I wanted to pick up a quick sandwich to go, before my lunch [...]
NYC Food Crawl February Pork Bun Crawl
It was quite an adventure trying to go downtown for just about 1.5 miles. First, we hopped on a bus which to our surprise terminated service after one block. We then decided to jumped onto a nearby subway train, but after one stop, it went out of service and they told all the passengers to [...]
Taste of 7th Street
Taste of 7th Street food festival ran for two days from Sat Feb 27th to Sun Feb 28th. Scoop St offered a discount voucher for $18 to sample signature menu items of five restaurants on 7th Street. It would normally cost $35, so it was quite a sweet deal. Scoop St presents special deals from [...]
