Feeding Umi

What is that you see? Yes, that restaurant’s name is Umi Nom. As in, Umi Nom (nom nom nom nom mmmm munch…). Genevieve tipped me off to the place by emailing me the NY Times $25 and under article featuring none other than my namesake. Of course, we had to try it. So off [...]

Kris suggested that we come over and Ryan make his famous green curry. It’s surprising how many people struggle with it, when all it is is fish sauce flavoring and palm sugar. That’s it. That’s the secret. Anyway, it was a great opportunity to see the latest addition. Little Lulu! Kris saved her from a [...]

I love stews and soups. The funny thing is, I never thought Ryan was a fan, because he wouldn’t want to eat them when we go out. Little did I know that he was actually just quite particular. He made me 2 stews last week, both of which were delicious. The first batch he made, [...]

So, we went to go visit my mother. We try to make the trip once a week and of course, we get fed. She puts out SO much food. It’s almost unbelievable. For example, this one particular time, she put out, from left to right: Oden with variety of fish cakes, konyaku (root noodles), bamboo [...]

One of Ryan’s Christmas presents was a Momofuku cookbook (WSJ Review) given to him (or should I say us, ;) heh) by his sister Tracy. It’s an awesome punch of a book filled with the history of how his ramen shop went from being a little failing place to the entry way of the Momofuku [...]