The Wandering Eater

Innards of the Lomo [Flickr]

thewanderingeater — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:42:25 PDT

El Quinto Pino

House cured pork loin, melted cheese, piquillo pepper

This was pretty much the sandwich that made my night. Gooey, melted cheese with enough funk to juxtapose the acidic piquillo pepper and the sweet pork.

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Lomo [Flickr]

thewanderingeater — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:42:20 PDT

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Uni Panini [Flickr]

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El Quinto Pino

My dining companion and I wondered what was that sinus clearing spiciness when we ate this sandwich. Turned out, it was mustard oil when we asked our waiter. Unfortunate thing is, it masked the uni's natural sweetness rather than emphasizing it. But it still has the sexy, creamy texture.

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Uni Panini wrapped up [Flickr]

thewanderingeater — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:42:11 PDT

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Pinchos Morunos [Flickr]

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El Quinto Pino

Lamb skewer, marinated with cumin and lemon.

Love how tender and flavorful the lamb was.

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Ice Cream Madness: Book Review “The Perfect Scoop”

thewanderingeater — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:30:33 PDT

Please note, this is sort of a book review done all in one post. If this doesn’t interest you, feel free to peruse around my blog for restaurant reviews or other recipes. For the past week or so, I went into a strange tunnel vision-like obsession for all things sweet and frozen. I’m...

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Lunch at BCD Tofu

thewanderingeater — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:51:49 PST

Earlier last week, I went to BCD Tofu with my mom for lunch. She craved Korean food and I asked my best friend, Helen for suggestions a few days earlier (she’s Korean, so she knows what’s good), this ended up as the destination of choice. Admittedly, BCD is sort of on the hype end of...

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Baking Egg Custard Tarts (aka Dan Tats)

thewanderingeater — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:52:05 PST

Last week or so while my family was still in this weird, almost obsessed period of making almost all Chinese sweets and baked goods from scratch, I went along with it and baked dan tats (蛋撻) or egg custard tarts. You may call me crazy but my argument is, there’s nothing like a fresh baked...

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Jade Asian Restaurant: An Almost Hong Kong Dim Sum Experience

thewanderingeater — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:59:52 PST

A week ago, when it’s the first day of Chinese (or Lunar) New Year, my mom called my phone early in the morning telling me to meet her at Jade Asian Restaurant in Flushing, for dim sum at 8 AM. I’m scratching my head as to “why so early?” But then it dawned on me [...]

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Upcoming Events

thewanderingeater — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:46:03 PST

Latte Art Throwdown Dean & Deluca, the epicurean food store is collaborating with Counter Culture Coffee, in their first Latte Art Throwdown that’s open to the public on Wednesday, February 24th starting at 3 PM at the New York Times Cafe. Counter Culture Coffee, will kick things off with...

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Baohaus

thewanderingeater — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:50:50 PST

My dear readers, probably if you read my blog long enough to know the essence of my eating habits most of my diet would compose of approximately 50% meat (preferably pork), 30% complex carbohydrates (as in noodles and rice), the remaining 20% miscellaneous (drinks, coffee, desserts, etc.). For the...

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Greek Lent Dinner

thewanderingeater — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:21:17 PST

Recently I’ve been invited to a Greek benefit dinner at Molyvos, whose meal frames around the Greek Orthodox tradition of Lent. Knowing what Lent is, I am a skeptic. I’m an omnivore who loves her meat and dairy. Frankly, I don’t think I can go a day without any dairy since I need...

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Baked Beef Buns, “Cha Siu Bao” Style

thewanderingeater — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:54:24 PST

As of the past weekend, my entire family have been scheming what to cook and eat for Lunar or Chinese New Year. Coincidentally, Chinese New Year falls on the same date as Valentine’s Day this year. Proofed, filled buns; Brushing on egg Anyway, as we’re planning out loud what we can do...

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Hazelnut-Almond Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies for Valentine’s Day, Lunar New Year, or Any Other Day

thewanderingeater — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:14:35 PST

During the course of my work week, I was craving something crunchy. I can’t explain it but it’s certainly one of those times that I have the strongest, indescribable desire to eat crunchy food. Since I didn’t want potato chips or pretzels, even though it was Super Bowl weekend, I...

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Lunch at SD26 – Restaurant Week

thewanderingeater — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:53:37 PST

I went to SD26 last Friday with Helen and Seungmi in tow for Restaurant Week. Part of the allure was the fact that this is the reincarnation of the old San Domenico (think refined and genteel) that went downtown hip. Top left, clockwise: Kitchen view, Salumi area, and Interior Entering the...

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