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the most tasteless bibimbap I’ve ever had – part 1

August 29, 2009 Blog
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Last Friday was the going away party for one of my co-workers at a karaoke place nearby work. But since it didn’t start until 8:00, my boyfriend, my friends/co-workers and I decided to grab something to eat before going to the karaoke place. The karaoke place was in Korean town in NYC, so we just went to one of Korean restaurants by the karaoke place. [...]

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How to make Domo-kun croquettes

August 8, 2009 characters
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Croquettes are a very popular food in Japan. For those who don’t know what croquettes are, croquettes are deep fried mashed potato with any kind of minced meat or fish and sometimes with vegetable. The great thing about croquettes are that they’re easy to make, and you can put pretty much anything in it. Also, you can make many croquettes at once, and freeze them [...]

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bento #60: Domo-kun

August 4, 2009 anime
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I was going to do a how-to on this and did a photo shoot on Sunday night, but it was getting late, and I was very sleepy & sloppy… The croquettes didn’t look very good in the photos, so I decided to re-shoot some stuff again. I’ll post a how-to sometimes this week. But since I had already made them, I decided to use them [...]

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bento #33: Calvin and Hobbes

February 5, 2009 american
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EDIT: I just realized that this bento was featured on reddit, and getting a lot of traffic to this page from different sites. I noticed that one editor in particular praising my bento on their site said that the potato salad “is probably spoiled.” I usually ignore any negative comments, especially if it’s someone else’s page, but this is a bit different. Not just assuming [...]

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bento #29: Moyashimon

January 24, 2009 anime
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My boyfriend and I watch anime at home regularly. Sometimes it’s new, sometimes it’s old. There was this one anime that came out in Japan two years ago, and I had always wondered about what it was about. Well, I knew what it was about, because the title explained it all, but I wasn’t quiet sure how they did it, and why it was so [...]

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bento #5: Nekobus

November 18, 2008 bento
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When I was cooking croquettes before, I thought the color was perfect for Nekobus (a.k.a Catbus) from “My Neighbor Totoro.” I thought, “I’ll just shape mashed potato like Nekobus and fry it like a croquette!!” Bento #5: Nekobus (My Neighbor Totoro) Created and eaten on: 9/29/2008  

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