@Sasha – It’s hard to find good sushi even with a good rec. To stumble on it by chance is a true miracle. BTW, hope your mom is doing well.

@Kat C – Haha, have you found any good green tea ice cream since then? I get mine at the Japanese grocery.

@Nicholas – Did you get sick every time after the first time? Oh lord, sounds bad, but sometimes it’s hard to resist shaved ice. I like shaved ice with red beans, condensed milk, and lychees.

I think my yummiest memory was when I discovered the most amazing sushi I’d ever eaten. And that’s saying quite a bit. The euphoria occurred on my trip to Chicago with my mother and sister, just two days after we found out my mother had been cured of her stage 3B cancer. During the cancerous period, I’d eaten a lot of junk food. TONS. Luckily, Asians metabolize carbs quite well.

Anyway. While on our walk towards Grant Park, we stopped at a place called “Hot Woks Cool Sushi.” I ordered shrimp tempura maki, spicy tuna, and my mother ordered a fusion fried rice dish she shared with my sister. It had chicken and coconut and pineapple as well as other seasonings you wouldn’t think to find in a fried rice dish. And it was really quite good! I was surprised. But most surprising of all was their sushi. The texture of the tuna was so completely perfect. Not slimy but soft and smooth. The spice was even throughout each piece’s tuna block, and for a roll I don’t typically like, I loved it. If I could, I’d go to chicago simply for “Hot Woks Cool Sushi” again in heartbeat. ^_^V

My most memorable food discovery would probably have been in downtown LA. I was there for a convention and decided that I had to try an In-N-Out burger, despite only having seen Carl’s Jr. in the immediate area. So I took my roommate with me and we walked all around the downtown Los Angeles area, before stopping to ask for directions from some patrons of a Mexican food truck at around 11PM. Unfortunately getting to the closest one required a car we did not have. Fortunately, though, that truck didn’t and my roommate was Mexican. We got two tortas, threw on some fixings, and our hunger aside, that was probably the most delicious and satisfying meal I had in LA.

Since coming back to NY, though, my craving for a good torta has not been satisfied.

@Stephanie – La Maison du Chocolat was definitely a good choice. Their salty caramel macarons are my favorite in NY.

@Lily – You are such a tease. What did you eat and where?!

@Danny – I know if you win, you’ll definitely rock it! You’re hilarious. And btw, I love Super Taste too.

@Bladerunner – I love Trader Joe’s also. Some of their selections taste like crap, and once I bought burrata past the freshness date (very bad), but I always go there to stock up on olives and goat cheese. It’s cheap and good.

@kim – Hummus is pretty tasty once in a while, and it’s super easy to make it at home. I like it with lots of roasted garlic and lemon.

@Gastro888 – I’m dying to go to Hong Kong, so much deliciousness in one city! But there has to be really good goose somewhere in NY. I’ll have to look into this.

My most memorable food discovery is Cantonese style roast goose in Hong Kong with my mom. I’d never had anything but roast duck up until that point. And now, I’m wishing they had the roast goose here in the US! Take the best roast duck you’ve ever eaten time ten and there’s the roast goose. It’s so juicy, tender and flavorful you think you could eat the whole thing.

OK, I’d just rather eat the crispy skin all by myself but that’s just greedy, wishful thinking!

Great blog! Keep up the good work!

Mine was a random stumble at a Israeli restaurant and I discovered my love of hummus. There was a period when I was obssessed, I mean obssessed with this creamy concoction. I purposedly take the subway (from work) just to get my hummus fix. I literally closed my eyes everytime I bite into a hummus sandwich.

My other favorite food find is a Gorgonzola Cheesecake, with a polenta crust. There’s a swanky bar/restaurant in town that serves it as an appetizer, with a roasted garlic bulb, some thinly sliced and grilled como bread, and drizzled with a balsamic reduction that’s *amazing*.

Most memorable discovery was probably my first time at Super Taste. This was three years ago before the hand-pulled noodle craze. I heard they had good dumplings and tried their noodles too. It may not be on everyone’s top list but it’s certainly my favorite hand-pulled noodle place. When my friend and I first had it, we thought we hit the jackpot.