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Food in Film/TV
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Chinatown, Food in Film/TV, Giveaway, Restaurants
Feasting at Hop Kee & No Reservations Giveaway- NYC
02.23.09 | Permalink | 28 Comments
Yes, it’s another post about Chinese food, because as you may have noticed by now, I love Chinese food. My friend, Eunice, says sometimes I act like they are going to run out of food in Chinatown. They probably won’t, but why take the chance!!! Amazingly enough, I wasn’t crazy about Chinese food until I started dating my boyfriend. I mean I liked it, but not with this much fervor. Growing up, my brother would order Chinese take-out almost every day. In the summers, I would wake up to my brother holding two menus: Chinese in one hand, Italian in the other. As a result, Chinese food was nothing special, it was always around. Well that changed when I started living with David. My boyfriend, as I mentioned previously, does not like pork. In addition to that, he does not like Chinese food. Consequently, Chinese food is now another obsession of mine, and whenever an opportunity arises, I hit Chinatown with a vengeance. Two weeks ago I did just that, when my Chinese food-loving friends, Soo Hyun and Joo Hyun, came to visit me from Seoul. As usual, we did some damage at Hop Kee.
Hop Kee is one of my long-time Cantonese favorites in Chinatown. In college, it used to be one of my go-to spots after clubbing, since they’re open until 4am on the weekends. The place hasn’t changed much since then. They still have the old red booths and the waiters still wear the thin grayish white jackets that make them look like shady back-alley dentists. But most importantly, the food is the same, delicious, cheap, and plentiful. MORE »
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Food in Film/TV
Top Chef: Season Five Premiere – NYC
Last Wednesday was the long awaited premiere of Top Chef. I love Top Chef! In my opinion, it’s the best food competition show on TV. The Next Food Network Star and Hell’s Kitchen seem like a joke in comparison. So did the premiere deliver? Hrrm, I would say it was OK. It’s too early to tell, but so far, this season’s chefs don’t seem as accomplished or as talented. I hope I’m wrong here, because last season wasn’t that great either. Did they run out of good candidates already, because I can tell you right now, a chef from Montclair, New Jersey is not going to cut it. Where are the new Harolds, Hungs, Sams, and Marcels? I also read somewhere on the Internet that they don’t do any tastings during the try-outs. WTF?!! C’mon, is this a popularity contest or cooking competition?! Anyway, here is a breakdown of some of the confusing moments from the first episode. SPOILER after the jump. MORE »
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Food in Film/TV
Le Grand Chef – NYC
09.01.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Leaving Cinema Village after watching Le Grand Chef (식객), currently in the Korean Film Festival, my only thought was ‘Damn, Korean people are so dramatic.’ I’ve always thought that. My boyfriend thinks it’s because our food is so spicy, we have so much fire inside. My friend told me once how he saw two grown Korean women brawling on the streets one night, intent to be the last one standing, just after sharing a drink together. Korean people are also known to walk in the rain crying after fighting with their loved ones. That’s their M.O. They are a people of extremes, there is no middle ground. Me, I’ve had my own share of crazy nights no one on the Internet needs to know about. So it’s no surprise many Korean films are steeped in intense emotions. Le Grand Chef, directed by Jeon Yoon-Soo is no exception. MORE »
