Overworked. Underfed.

Lucha Libre

A few weeks ago, the high school crew (+ The Toothbrush Sharer) and I celebrated Dubabo’s birthday in sunny San Diego. Much to my surprise, after too many years post-graduation, were all still good friends. Most of them still hang out regularly (DJ SuCha, HemaSh, CMac Attack, etc) but I’m just too far and too…

Sen Nari Sushi

I had always been meaning to check out the foodie scene in South Bay (ie Torrance, Gardena, etc). Perhaps “foodie” is an overstatement, but there are a fare number of highly rated Japanese restaurants in the area that both Smooth Obturator and Nancy Rheeeee have recommended at one time or another. So I took it…

Nanbankan

I meet up with Big Willie for the first time in a long time. It’s amazing how you can live just minutes away from someone and still never see them. We go way back, back to the days when were wild and free. Now were just a pair of old tame retired senior citizens, retreating…

4th of July

Obviously this is a month delayed, but I took the pictures so I might as well blog about them =) I think it is now an established H.o.P. tradition to celebrate the 4th of July at Smooth Obturator and Triple T’s pad by the beach since you can see multiple fireworks shows from the neighboring…

Random Chiang Mai Eats

Chiang Mai was really where I got my street food on, and maybe that’s how I got typhoid, but that’s another topic for another day. Our hotel was right next to the Night Bazaar where they had stall after stall of cheap goods, t-shirts, knick knacks, and in short, JUNK. After many years of traveling…

Random Bangkok Eats

If you ever go to Bangkok, you HAVE to go to the Siam Paragon Mall. You may say to yourself, why would I want to fly thousands of miles to go shopping? This is true, some of you world travelers look down your nose at people who “waste” time and money to do all the things…

Huen Phan

Now to resume my culinary tales through Thailand… After Bangkok, we headed north to Chiang Mail. Chiang Mai differs from Bangkok on many levels. First of all, the weather is considerable cooler and drier, dry in that the humidity is less, but it rained a whole lot more. Secondly, the hustle and bustle is toned…

Seongbukdong

The Pouter knows whats up when it comes to food. She was the one who recommended Seoul Garden to me and I have loved that place ever since. So when she raved about Seongbukdong, I knew it had to be good. What is this strange sounding place, you may ask? Well Seongbukdong specializes in galbijim…

Hiko Sushi

So I actually came to Hiko for a birthday treat from Smooth Obturator and Triple T. Hiko had been on my radar for some time after some really rave reviews from Ghetto Booty Talks A Lot. This was many years ago, when he said Hiko was some of the BEST sushi he has ever eaten. …

J&J

For all of those tired of the updates about Thailand, this one’s for you… The San Gabriel Valley has no shortage of dumplings. In my experience, most of the dumplings are just OK, never really achieving that yum-inspiring lip-smacking deliciousness of Luscious Dumpling, which I am convinced has to use MSG. Most taste like something…

Nara

So from Phuket, we headed toward Bangkok. Here we would partake in the wedding festivities of my dear friend Bruin Bear. Bruin Bear is NOT Thai, but she got married in Thailand. Awesome, I know. Awesome for us guests, since we got to eat and party for a couple days straight. Because the wedding took…

Savoey

So after the previous nights less than impressive seafood, I got lazy and did not take pictures of the ONE meal with what ended up being the best tom yum kum soup I’ve ever tasted and freshest most tender prawns in red chili sauce. What I believed to be Aroonsom Food Park, was actually probably…