My Inner Fatty

Cambodian sandwiches and dolphin rape (Num Pang)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:51:22 PST

For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for me to kick the inevitable bucket from heart disease... sorry. I'm still around. Just so busy with work and shiz that I haven't really...

When mediocrity is okay (Schnipper's Quality Kitchen)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:41:15 PST

It finally happened. My coworkers found my blog. Not just my coworkers... managers, my manager's manager, my manager's manager's manager. Imagine how confused I was when one of them strolled up...

Bibimbap burger (Social Eatz)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:01:37 PST

In a stroke of brilliance, I'm going to capitalize on the fact that a bunch of shit is going down tomorrow in protest of SOPA - since there's nothing better to distract you from work, you might as...

Loads of dumplings (Shanghai Asian Manor)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:30:15 PST

I'll admit it - my neglect of this blog is as palpable as the sexual tension in a retirement home, which in case you weren't aware is very. I've mentioned this before in passing, but work has...

2011 in review (five things I ate that are the tits)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:07:18 PST

Note: I meant to publish this yesterday... but I passed out from NyQuil. So what happened to me in 2011... a tl;dr version would be - I started out stuck in a grad program that I had absolutely no...

Spicy-ass noodles (Xi'an Famous Foods)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:36:06 PST

Well, well, well... it would appear that my blog has turned three years old. Hooray me. In internet age, that's like reaching mid-life crisis stage (which is eerily appropriate considering I...

HK-style French toast (Cha Chan Tang)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:42:29 PST

Do you know why I gave up on my PhD so prematurely? It's because innovating shit is hard. Every time you think you've come up with some pimp-ass novel idea, you go online to Google that shit, and...

Honey-glazed steak (New Malaysia Restaurant)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:51:03 PST

Let me preface this post by saying - I don't know jack shit about Malaysian cuisine. I can't tell you if this is an authentic representation of true Malaysian food, shit... I can't even tell you if...

Bacon, mac & cheese, and pancakes (Shopsin's)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:06:34 PST

The other day I came across this video - don't ask me how or why - of Evgeni Plushenko's exhibition performance from when he won the gold medal at the World Championships in Vancouver. For the women...

Cookies-n-Cream sundae (Dessert Club, ChikaLicious)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:52:32 PST

Evidently my stomach is "disturbingly malleable?" Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and I guess the normal thing would be to write about all the things I'm thankful for... awesome friends, loving family,...

Wontons in chili oil (White Bear)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:38:41 PST

I came to two very important realizations this week... one, I haven't written about anything spicy enough to make me regret going to the bathroom lately and two, I haven't talked about dumplings in a...

Taiwanese food in Flushing (Gu Shine)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:25:59 PST

Guuuuuuu shine... A few months ago, I had mad cravings for Taiwanese food - stinky tofu, oyster pancakes, oil sticks, and a bunch of other shit that most white people aren't even aware of - but...

Steak and eggs w/fried rice (Boka)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:10:27 PDT

Holy shit bro... you like steak and eggs? Do you also like kimchi fried rice? Fuck son, me too. If only there were such a glorious place that will fry a couple of eggs sunny-side up, plop them...

Grand slam curry (Go! Go! Curry!)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:07:30 PDT

From the same country that brought you Godzilla (cool), tentacle porn (disturbing), and girl groups with 48 members (erotic?), Japan has also given us Go! Go! Curry! - which is awesome. Now, I don't...

Korean beef gratin (Pastel)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:03:38 PDT

You can go ahead and file this entry under the "random things I like to eat, and I feel I should tell other people, because they might like to eat it too" tag. Now to answer the pressing, and very...

A roast pork PSA (Wah Fung)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:59:28 PDT

Not that this really needs reiterating, but I fucking love Chinese roast pork. Not just any roast pork from Chinatown will do though, it has to be from Wah Fung - home of magically delicious maltose...

A list! (of things I'd eat if I had a week in Taiwan)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:08:36 PDT

Number 1 priority: eat shaved ice desserts. All day. Everyday. Maybe this post is long overdue, but when a friend of mine told me she was going to visit Taiwan for the first time in a bajillion...

PB&J Doughnuts (Doughnut Plant)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:51:33 PDT

I'm a big proponent of people who take normal foods and make them unhealthier. That dude who decided to fry Oreos the first time round? Awesome. The first Chinese guy who decided to pan fry...

Mooncakes, I eat them (Kwong Wah Cake Co)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:49:57 PDT

Know what those bitches are? Of course you do. Those are fucking mooncakes. Look at that shit... there's two of them gettin' all intimate on that plate. Goddamn. You might be wondering (if...

Marketing and dumplings (Plump Dumpling)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:30:57 PDT

"Oh shit, not another dumpling post." I know, I know. I need to stop eating dumplings, but bear with me. I've actually been thinking about else aside from how awesome pockets of meat are... like...

Authenticity and shaved ice (The Shaved Ice Shop)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:35:27 PDT

People always want to be innovative and on the cutting edge of things. Food blogging is kind of like that. There's food trends and other nonsense that suggest that you have to be writing about the...

Why press events are retarded (Rub BBQ)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:42:25 PDT

It's cornbread inside suckling pig. Yes it was delicious, no I did not pay for it. When I first started this writing thing I thought getting invited to press events was the epitome of baller status...

Rice noodle rolls and pork chops (XO Kitchen)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:40:37 PDT

There are a lot of stories on the internet telling tall tales about how ridiculously great the Google cafeterias are. While I will admit that having an endless supply of coconut water and fig...

More reasons to hate food blogging (Bánh Mì Saigon)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:40:40 PDT

Remember a while ago when I talked about how much I hate food bloggers? I bet you probably thought my 24 pack of Haterade™ had run dry, but you'd be wrong. This shit is real, this shit is happening...

Indifference and pork chops (Excellent Pork Chop House 武昌好味道)

noreply@blogger.com (Nicholas) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:44:38 PDT

Good things come in threes. That's a fact of life. The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Mighty Ducks, High School Musical (okay, maybe not that one) - all come in triplets, all awesome. The...