Like the sign says, the name of this restaurant is Bang Mi! It means “ten-thousand tastes” in Korean. Whatever it means, how can you not like a restaurant called “Bang Mi”? I went there for dinner tonite with Tash and Chris tonight. We had a chijimi (savory Korean pancake with vegetables and kimchi), Eggplant and [...]

Total Physical Response!!!

I just got back from the post office where I shipped 3 boxes of clothing home to Arizona. I got drenched in the pouring rain on the way back to school. It has been raining like crazy for the last week and according to the weather report, this is supposed to continue for another week. [...]

Here’s a recipe I improvised for dinner last night at my house with Tash and Keiko. It is inspired by a nouvelle japonaise recipe that someone posted on BigDaikon.com. Ingredients: (for 2-3 people): 2 Salmon Filets one bunch of asparagus (quickly blanched or steamed) 3 potatoes one teaspoon of wasabi 1 teaspoon of Japanese mayonnaise [...]

I headed up to Kokura yesterday to see Inside Man, a movie directed by Spike Lee and staring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, and Jodie Foster.  The movie deals with an unconventional bank robbery full of surprising plot twists and reversals.  In classic Spike Lee fashion, the film also deals with racial stereotypes and interracial relations [...]