Chu This

Changes ahead

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:22:00 +0000

Change is a funny thing. As a consultant, part of my job is to change the way people do their job by bringing in this newer (and hopefully better) software. They tend to despise these change and are usually quite reluctant to learn the new software and new ways of doing their every day jobs. [...]

The "new project" 15

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:40:00 +0000

Knock knock. Are you still there?

Just checking.

It’s been a while, a long while, since I’ve actually posted anything. But, lo-and-behold, I am still alive and kicking, er, eating.

I just started a new project in LA, not too far from my alma mater. The downtown hotel I am now staying at is less [...]

Where do we go from here?

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:49:00 +0000

Shall we continue?

Scottish Grouse “Cuit en Cocotte” – French Laundry Garden Tokyo Turnips, Hobbs’ Bacon, Brussel Sprouts and Prune “Jus” (1/2). The first of two meat courses with the choice of the above pictured Grouse or the Rabbit shown below. As mentioned by our service captain when taking our orders, the grouse did [...]

May I replace your brioche?

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:37:00 +0000

Do you remember that boy/girl that you had a crush on for years and years? The one that you were pretty certain that you’d never ask out or would ask you out, so you sighed and then life went on, but always in the back of your mind, there was this little crush. [...]

Brussel Sprouts – no, really, they’re delicious!

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:00:00 +0000

I promised recipes and other food related posts…and I’ve sorta, kinda upheld my promise. As in, I have been cooking a little bit more and even remembered to take pictures, but the blog posts just haven’t quite magically appeared. Thus the sorta, kinda.

I’m back to doing the traveling thing and with traveling comes [...]

To the point…

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:02:00 +0000

This one will be short and sweet – food postings to resume shortly

23 years ago, he was born and I got the best baby brother in the world. Of course, I always liked to say that you were sent from heaven because they wanted it quiet up there. It must have [...]

Beet and cranberry bean salad

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0000

There are a handful of foods that I’ve always avoided not because I have bad childhood memories of them myself, but instead based on stories of friends’ childhood memories. Beets, brussel sprouts, lima beans…foods that I didn’t really eat (or was forced to eat) growing up, but that many people remember as being the [...]

6 years.

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:12:00 +0000

Disclaimer: My favoritest blogs are ones that I feel like I have a friend on the other side of the Internet in addition to all of their pretty food pictures, stories and recipes. These are the ones that keep me coming back time and time again as I wonder how people are doing, even [...]

Eleven Madison Park

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:37:00 +0000

I’ve mentioned it before, and it really hasn’t changed. I apparently like self inflicted stress because we found ourselves in a time crunch yet again before dinner on Day 2 of our NYC trip. Thanks to extra innings to an already long game, we nervously kept peeking at our watches wondering if we’d have to [...]

The Spotted Pig

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:04:00 +0000

Day 2, Brunch - Again, we found ourselves waiting patiently outdoors for the restaurant to open. And by patiently waited outdoors, I mean, we eagerly, yet awkwardly, opened the unlocked door to stumble in on the wait staff’s pre-service meetings, got shot looks like we had just walked in on someone in the restroom and [...]