Sang Kee Noodle

Happy New Year! I’ve been very neglectful in my blogging this past year or two – perhaps a direct effect brought on by the fatigue of our ongoing COVID pandemic – so one of my resolutions for 2022 is to get back to it. So, here goes. I was in Philadelphia recently. My son was …

Dim Sum Lament

22 October, 2020 Hi there! First, I hope you’re safe and healthy. To those who have suffered and lost, I offer you my condolences and prayers. I hope things are getting better. I guess it was a really busy year since my last post was in June 2019. Sorry for the delay. Life got in …

Dinner at the new Duryea’s

It’s been a long time since I posted anything here but I think it’ll worth the wait. For those few of you who’ve been waiting for a new post, I apologise for the delay but you don’t have to wait any longer. So, I’ve been to Duryea’s in Montauk, Long Island many times. Every time …

Thank you, Chef

 (Photo courtesy of 8list.ph) A Tribute To Anthony Bourdain June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018 I’d never met the man but I felt like I’d lost an old friend when I found out of his passing a week ago. I’d gotten to work, sat at my desk and went to Facebook on my iPhone. When …

Asian Delight

Via Montebello, 66, Lazio, Rome, Italy. Tel: (06) 3249217715 While enjoying all of the freshly made Italian cuisine, by the fifth day of our Roman adventure, we – well, I, at least – began craving something different on our palates and by different, as an Asian and lifelong rice-eater, I mean rice and some kind of …

Filipino Rock Salt

29 January, 2012 For the most part, and I’m a home-cook foodie, dishes never really taste the same as the first time you eat them – nor should they – and more often than not, they never taste as good as that first time either. This, however, could be due to a psycho-emotional reason and …