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January 1, 2005 2

Happy New Year!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR~ It’ll take awhile to get used to using ‘2005’ (actually I was constantly confused whether last year was 03 or 04…as if unconsciously I’ve always wanted the time to freeze)! Two cakes from a local Taiwanese bakery chain Cathy Bakery. The Raspberry one is a birthday cake for my mother (Jan 1 […]

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November 26, 2004 6

Thanksgiving Dinner

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We don’t want to settle for the same old boring turkey every year so we tried something different. We get Shanghai food this year. Hidden Treasure Duck. This is heavenly~! The ‘hidden treasure’ are sticky rice, they’re soaked with duck flavor and sweet fig. So YUMMY~~ The other one is Dongbo Pork, the most unhealthy […]

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November 21, 2004 6

Pho 79 (Alhambra)

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Salty Plum with Soda $1.50. Shrimp cake vermicelli noodle $5.50. Very delicious! The Salty Plum drink is one of my absolute favorite, can’t get enough of it! Beef Ball Soup $4.25 The Beef ball is pretty good (I’ve had better). Caramel Flan $1.25. Flan is fake tasting (like the kind you make from Package from […]

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October 21, 2004 6

Wonton Time (Alhambra)

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My food-snob uncle recommended it so it should be good. Turns out it IS really good, best in LA I swear! They only sell wonton, fish ball and beef noodle (or combinations of them). The wonton and fish ball are so huge and homemade looking, they taste really juicy and chewy (there are dried orange […]

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October 1, 2004 4

Mission 261 (San Gabriel)

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Two days ago was the Chinese Moon Festival. Coincidently I’ve been animating a moon (see pic) for the past few days on a project. We dined at Mission 261 for the first time there with dad (mom is still at Tibet). Shark Fin Soup $58 Haha when I was eating this I’ve been thinking of […]

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