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Places I’ve eaten at with Brian Chan, and sometimes Diana Wan: Flour
| May 7, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Flour Bakery & Cafe has gotten a ton of great press, so there’s not a whole lot more that we can really say without being redundant or even plagiaristic. If you haven’t eaten at Flour yet and your palate is exhilarated (or at least somewhat pleased) by delicious baked goods and wholesome sandwiches, you must go at least once. I can’t wait until Flour3 near Central Square opens!!! For folks residing in that area craving Food with a capital F (ahem, Tim), you are set!
Also, on May 7th at 7PM, Flour’s Joanne Chang will be at the Boston Museum of Science as part of a panel discussion on food and the environment. Admission is free! Details at the MoS website.
1 commentChang-Rae Lee at the Harvard Book Store this Wednesday
| March 10, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Wow, I just found out that Chang-Rae Lee will be reading from his new book The Surrendered on March 10th at 7PM. The event is free, and if the recent events at the Harvard Book Store are any indication, you might want to get there early if you want to get a seat. BTW, last time I was there, I saw a stack of Alvin Ho books in the remainders section for mad cheap; pick up a copy if you’d like a fun, light API* read!
Places I’ve eaten at with Brian Chan, and sometimes Diana Wan: Sapporo Ramen
Sapporo Ramen: This place has only gotten better since I started eating there years ago. Chewy ramen noodles (こしがある！) in wonderful broth (the kind I want to keep drinking even when I can barely swallow any more) with a mix of vegetables and meat (or tofu). You can also enjoy a variety of appetizers there, like the ever-popular gyoza. Fortunately for Diana and other spice-craving gastronomes, there are little jars of chili oil and Sriracha sauce on every table.
On the first floor of the Porter Exchange building, Sapporo Ramen is just a short walk away from the Porter Square Red Line T stop.
Tags: Food, ramen, sapporo ramen.
No commentsRewolf: Asobi Seksu, you’re even more mesmerizing!
Wow. The vocals and acoustic sounds of this album are stunningly crisp and utterly dazzling with a vibrant lucidity calling to mind wondrous, idyllic locales and leisurely afternoons. If you’ve listened to Asobi Seksu before, you’ll now doubt recognize familiar songs like “Walk on the Moon” and “Thursday” recast into fascinatingly crystalline splendor with fresh clarity.
You can bag these tracks from Polyvinyl Record Co. (they have two tracks you can download for free), iTunes or Amazon.
1 commentAn Evening with Sophia Moon: March 3rd
| March 3, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Sophia Moon will be having a show at Limelight Boston on March 3rd at 7PM! If you missed her when she performed at East Meets Words or are looking for another chance to hear her songs live, go to this event!
No commentsDUMB PROFESSOR: the latest from Randall Park
Cultural and societal references (even commentary?) abound (along with facial hair) in Randall Park’s latest piece, a concise and humorous tale of love and academic elitism. Ever since episode 3 of THE FOOD, I’ve been wondering what Randall Park and his adept cohort would roll out next, and DUMB PROFESSOR—while upholding the bar set by its predecessor—takes viewers into another fascinating region of Randall Park’s wondrous world.
Tags: academic elitism, film, humor, Love, youTube.
No commentsTONIGHT: David Choi at Cafe 939
| February 22, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Tonight (Monday, Feb 22), musician David Choi will be performing! Here’s all the info and a video of his by Wong Fu Productions:
Cafe 939 @ Berklee | 939 Boylston St. | Boston, MA. 02115 | www.cafe939.com
Doors Open: 6:30pm | Show Starts: 7:00pm | Day of Show: $12.00 | ALL AGES
No commentsThe People I’ve Slept With
All you API* folks in California are so lucky with your Asian Am film fests like SFIAFF!! You get to/got to see the latest film from Quentin Lee starring BLT’s Stephanie Vandergosh (Karin Anna Cheung) as the protagonist. This film also includes THE FOOD’s Wallace (Randall Park) as the nice but boring guy. For those of us who have to wait for broader distro of this film, we’ll just have to be satisfied with this for now:
Tags: film festival.
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