Random Sunday night organizing my photos and videos, found this film shot by LomoKino in 2012. Watched it 10 times in a row and made me very happy. Decided to make a LomoKino film in every cities I visit this Christmas – first Assen, then Amsterdam and London. https://secure.assets.tumblr.com/post.js
I have been meant to write about my trip to Chicago in September – a mini trip to a city I have visited many times in the past, in fact the first American city I visited. Perhaps because of that Chicago is always extra special among all other American cities. The architecture, river, skyline and… Read More The Architect’s Neverland
I wasn’t planning on writing about Untitled. After all, I inhaled that dinner at Whitney Museum’s new location downtown in an alcohol-fueled haze, to the point that I didn’t take pictures of the food. Not to mention that my dinner date has completely forgotten about having ingested any food that night. The few things I… Read More At Untitled, I remember…
Asian food is having its moment. In the U.S. for years, Asian food often meant little more than General Cho chicken, dumplings and pad thai. Now however there is a proliferation of a new breed of restauranteurs offering the actual food that is eaten in Asia. That’s not surprising given that in New York City alone, there are more… Read More Chop Chop to Chomp Chomp
What’s more exciting than seeing West Side Story at Lincoln Center? Nothing. And I’m not exaggerating. As part of the opening of the Summer HD Festival, the Metropolitan Opera and the Film Society of Lincoln Center screened West Side Story at the Lincoln Center Plaza. Not only is the 1961 film a classic with an all-star… Read More Tonight, tonight…
Whenever friends are in town, they would always ask for a meal at a Mario Batali restaurant. The Italian chef has gained much fame in Hong Kong, with his outpost Lupa, in Central. One foodie friend specifically asked for Batali establishments in New York because he thought the Lupa in Hong Kong isn’t the real deal. I haven’t been to the… Read More Batali, please
With over 2,300 restaurants in Manhattan alone, New York is not an ideal place for culinary monogamy. But once in a while, we find ourselves frequenting one establishment more than the others, either because of the location or the hospitality. Txikito, in Chelsea, is what I would call “my local”, despite living a hundred blocks… Read More Basque in New York… Txikito
I would do this blog a great disservice if I don’t start with where it all began: Indie food and wine. Snugged under the Michelin-starred Lincoln Ristorante, Indie is the open secret that doesn’t get enough hype in New York. That is fine with me, as nothing beats arriving after work at one of the… Read More The Beginning.. at Indie
You might mistake Shelter as an old factory warehouse from the outside. There is a wide open front and windows on the celling that makes the whole place seems even more spacious. The restaurant looks like a ski lodge for hunters in the middle of mountains, with communal tables, large sofa, armchairs and and moose horns. Although… Read More Shelter Pizza, Williamsburg
As a New Yorker, you learn to love (and hate) the summer, because winter is brutally long and miserable. When it’s finally proper summer weather, everyone seems to try staying outside, drinks, cinemas, concerts and picnics. Founded in 1954 by Joseph Papp (1921-1991), the New York Shakespeare Festival is the first company in the U.S. to… Read More Summer Roofless Activities
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