Eleven Madison Park was pretty mind-blowing. I made a reservation thinking we'd do the 4-course lunch menu, but after reading lots of reviews, realizing that it has 3 Michelin stars, and is #10 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, we decided to splurge on the tasting menu. It was AMAZING. We even got pulled aside into their kitchen halfway ( Read more... )

I've been cooking a lot lately and trying to document more of it, because I take photos and I love looking at photos of food, so... yeah. I need to stop being lazy!

Here are some edibles (mostly)...


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Happy Chentucky Fried Derby Day!

Fried chicken donut sandwiches are a total improvement on the donut burgers. Add a Horse's Neck cocktail, and that's the best 2nd lunch a girl could ask for! Zack's homemade thousand island dressing won over Kewpie mayo & mini dill pickles. Sugar donut wins 1st place with crumb donuts 2nd, & glazed in 3rd place.


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Today's #lunchtimerollcall is special... We made donut burgers, or Luther burgers (apparently a favorite of Luther Vandross, who might have invented this, thanks Wiki)


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... or, why miffytoki is wonderful. Last Friday was a great day for soon tofu. Not only did Stella cook homemade soon tofu for us (<3!!!!!), which was delicious OMGARRR, but she also delivered on this drawing which was sort of a flippant remark --> joke --> something I really, really wanted...


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Three SoCal/AZN-style froyo places have opened up near campus. I tried the first one last week, and it was just ok. Ryno is the cheapest of the 3, but their fruit isn't very ripe, and the yogurt isn't tart enough. They did, however, have mochi as a topping and this excited me, as the Pinkberry I went to on my last visit to LA didn't have mochi ( Read more... )

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Gotta have my tin of mooncakes, lotus paste with one yolk. I would share, but really, not many of my friends like the kind with yolk (Zack thought I was crazy to get the double yolk ones last year), so I am ok with the responsibility of eating all these mooncakes by myself ( Read more... )

Having a quiet weekend (finally!) so here's the long-delayed Ninja Restaurant photoset that I meant to upload to Flickr months ago ( Read more... )