tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70928126997733827592024-03-16T11:52:21.171-07:00One More Bite Blog | Food | Travel | AdventuresFood and travel lover constantly pushing limits in search of one more bite of good food, adventure, and life in general.One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.comBlogger465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-73439372308484531422018-10-21T10:47:00.000-07:002018-10-27T12:16:10.183-07:00My Go To Travel (Uniqlo) Hoodie 5 Reasons It’s My Favorite Travel Jacket
It’s been so fortunate for me to be able to travel for work and play quite a bit the past few years. I’ve picked up a few habits and items along the way that have helped make my trips as seamless as possible. Today I wanted to share one of my go-tos - because it’s had such an impact on making endless trips through airports so much easier - One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-28548268718946169372018-02-25T00:36:00.001-08:002018-02-25T00:36:23.402-08:00Ho Kee Cafe: Authentic Hong Kong Cafe Fare in San GabrielAlways on the lookout for great, authentic Hong Kong food in LA, I was excited to find recently several of my favorite staple dishes and drinks at Ho Kee Cafe!
Like most fantastic food finds in the SGV, Ho Kee firmly focuses on their food vs. ambience, though the cozy space does have its own charming touches like roof-facades over main counter areas inspired by traditional temple architecture.
One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0San Gabriel, CA, USA34.096111100000009 -118.1058332999999734.043513100000006 -118.18651429999997 34.148709100000012 -118.02515229999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-41613263547592621392018-01-21T16:04:00.002-08:002018-01-21T17:33:29.741-08:001MB Travels: Hong Kong: Lan Fong YuenWhenever I’m back in Hong Kong, one of my must stops is Lan Fong Yuen, a now more than 50-year-old street food stall that persists against the odds, in the shadow of glossy skyscrapers and encroaching concept restaurants and bars and modernization.
They are said to be the inventors of the Hong Kong silk stocking milk tea, a local adaptation of colonial British high tea made more affordable One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Hong Kong22.396428 114.1094970000000321.9264945 113.46405000000003 22.8663615 114.75494400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-5064575940726814822017-11-26T11:42:00.000-08:002017-12-02T18:35:10.384-08:00Holiday Bites 2017 - Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Food and Travel LoverThe holidays are upon us once again, and this year there are so many creative food themed gifts for the foodie / travel lover in your life!
1. For the Lover of Seafood to Wear Heart on Sleeve Chain / Finger
Amazing artists who are also ocean lovers have poured their passion into incredible handcrafted jewelry pieces so that your favorite seafood lover can literally wear One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-45637870035973842822017-11-23T23:28:00.001-08:002017-11-25T00:14:44.983-08:00Thank You: Fighters, Persisters and 500 PercentersIt's been a few years since I'd returned to see my parents in Hong Kong. In recent years, we'd been heading up to Canada to spend the holidays with my brother's family. And it's been decades since I'd lived in Hong Kong - but somehow, and maybe especially more than ever since November 2016, it still feels like home.
This holiday, my parents wanted to stay in Hong Kong, and take a One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-2149680898347982692017-02-06T01:07:00.003-08:002017-08-20T02:20:57.583-07:00SHARE by Curtis Stone: Top Chef Dining on the High SeasWhether you're a food lover who has followed Curtis Stone from his first incredible tasting-menu based restaurant Maude, to the debut of his meat-focused restaurant / premium butchery Gwen, or a wanderer who looks for quality in all your travel experiences, SHARE by Curtis Stone should be on your radar as one of the most exciting things to alight the cruise industry.
<!-- Microdata markup One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-29417940395750030282017-01-23T02:49:00.003-08:002017-01-23T02:49:45.978-08:00Somi Somi: Taiyaki Sundaes in KoreatownGrowing up in Hong Kong, one of my favorite memories was after-school treats at the wonderland of a food hall, below an iconic Japanese department store called SOGO. Among gleaming cases of artfully wrapped cookies, boxes of perfect rice cracker snacks, and stalls serving steaming bowls of ramen - was a magical grill from which they pulled out a fish shaped 'pancake' stuffed with red One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.2436849-41.808645799999994 76.5219401 90 46.990690099999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-72460475600746039422017-01-08T21:26:00.001-08:002017-01-14T21:37:35.791-08:00INTRO: Creative, Intimate Chef's Table & Art Gallery Secret Supper Dining Experience in North HollywoodWith three of Hollywood's biggest powerhouses - Disney, Warner Bros and Universal - and their resident creative communities within miles of each other, it's been shocking that we haven't seen more innovation on the dining scene in the surrounding neighborhoods to pique imaginations and expense accounts.
So it was extremely exciting to hear about INTRO, a brand new, secret supper club One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-23553036187197352532016-12-31T22:56:00.003-08:002017-01-06T23:41:51.232-08:001MB Travels: Cancun: Day 5: Snorkeling with Whale Sharks and Fresh Ceviche Over the CaribbeanMy new year's resolution is to be more expedient in capturing our travel adventures, so on this NYE, I'm going to finish out 2016 by recapping the long overdue last chapter of our epic summer trip to Mexico.
On our final day in Cancun, due to scuba safety guidelines, we were not able to dive (24 hours before flight) - but even on the surface there was a lot of marine life fun to be had, and the One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com1Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico21.161908 -86.85152790000000820.9249175 -87.1742514 21.3988985 -86.528804400000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-72022430150692284182016-12-23T22:43:00.000-08:002016-12-26T14:43:31.025-08:00Holiday Bites: Top Gift Ideas for Your Fav Foodie / Jetsetter 2016The holidays are officially upon us again. If you procrastinated like I did and are now scrambling wondering what
to get the food / drink lover in your life, here are some ideas that may have you going PayPal credit to enable double-downs (my gifting philosophy when it comes to cool foodie items seems to default to: one for you, one for me ;)).
All
gifts are under $150, and where scaled One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-4790600395734765672016-10-01T15:52:00.001-07:002016-10-13T00:03:20.158-07:00Lao Tao Street Food: Modern, Tasty Taiwanese in the Heart of ChinatownFood lovers have been flocking to Far East Plaza for Korean/Asian fusion bowls or Nashville style hot chicken, and now they have another reason to visit: it's called Lao Tao Street Food, a serene nook of a space upstairs from Chego, and serving fantastic Taiwanese street food inspired fare that lives up to its name (which translates to foodie, and has its origins in an ancient, mischievous One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-2318955913561360372016-08-24T07:30:00.002-07:002016-08-26T09:10:12.679-07:00Countdown to Los Angeles Food & Wine, Tomorrow Through This Weekend!
The 6th annual festival, presented by FOOD & WINE
and Lexus, features four days of events held at iconic venues in LA (from just outside Disney Concert Hall and The Broad Museum downtown, to the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica) and
highlighting some of the finest restaurants from around the country.
If
you're into celebrity chefs, there will be over 100 at the event, from
Hugh Acheson One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-46758819513224693312016-07-31T16:40:00.000-07:002016-08-03T00:15:03.815-07:00Alexander's Steakhouse: A Best dineLA Deal and Fine Dining Experience in PasadenaIt's been a while since there has been a dineLA menu that has really been surprising to me, that is both an exceptional deal and with exciting dishes. Alexander's Steakhouse did that and more, and is now one of my favorite restaurants in the city, both for and beyond dineLA.
But let's start with the dineLA dinner - as this is the last day of the Summer rotation of dineLA, and you still One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com1Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-69129138697221862412016-07-24T21:38:00.002-07:002016-12-31T23:57:32.944-08:001MB Travels: Cancun, Mexico: Day 3: Tulum Cenotes, Mayan Ruins and Casa Jaguar Jungle DiningOur excitement rose with the sun on the third day: we were heading to Tulum for many firsts: first time diving in cenotes, first time visiting Tulum's Mayan ruins, and first time dining 'in the jungle'.
We started our hour and a half drive south from Cancun at 6:30am to make our morning dive call time.
Where Cancun is a mass of commercialism, mostly packed with tourists, day drinking, One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Tulum, Q.R., Mexico20.2114185 -87.46535019999998920.1816165 -87.505690699999988 20.2412205 -87.42500969999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-61299043393370560572016-06-26T03:10:00.001-07:002016-12-31T23:56:58.604-08:001MB Travels: Cancun, Mexico: Day 2: Scuba Adventures: Underwater Sculpture Gardens and My First Night Dive!Our second day in Cancun fell on July 4th! We celebrated freedom and independence remotely, by spending most of the day (and night) immersed in underwater adventure.
Though I am not a morning person at all, waking up to this gorgeous white sand and clear blue ocean at The Westin could easily make me a convert.
And the service was also fantastic - even though we were there on a One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico21.161908 -86.85152790000000820.9249175 -87.1742514 21.3988985 -86.528804400000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-49606650276954378022016-06-19T23:24:00.000-07:002016-12-31T23:55:59.264-08:001MB Travels: Cancun, Mexico: Day 1: Chichen Itza, Wonders of the Kukulkan Pyramid and My First CenoteFiji was an amazing, bucketlist trip that set off our adventure travel bug - and last summer, I was excited and grateful to go off on another, this time in Mexico!
With two of us arriving early morning and fellow dive & dine enthusiast friends gourmetpigs and @jennybawel in the afternoon, the early birds decided to tour the ancient Mayan capital and UNESCO World Heritage site, Chichen Itza.One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com1Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico21.161908 -86.85152790000000820.9249175 -87.1742514 21.3988985 -86.528804400000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-65243057290422070112016-05-27T08:18:00.001-07:002016-08-15T07:48:26.571-07:00How To Be a Less Frazzled TravelerHours-long TSA lines, missed flights and delayed baggage have been the stuff of legend as of late.
Having recently encountered some missed connections / flights, some of my own doing, some not - I thought this would be a good time to share some of my learnings about minimizing risk and preparing for the unexpected when traveling.
1. Take redeye flights whenever possible
Taking less One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-29579167108026917902016-04-10T18:49:00.001-07:002016-04-10T18:54:22.349-07:00Hamasaku: One Who Creates Food from the Sea: Smorgasbarachirashi and Uni Udon Carbonara ExtraordinaireSushi lovers on the Westside have plenty of great options, many of them on or near Sawtelle Japantown. So when I first heard about Hamasaku a few years back, that it was owned by Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz, and a 'celebrity hotspot' complete with rolls named after stars who frequent the place - it immediately became associated in my mind with 'probably overpriced', and 'One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-55466675594122554632016-03-06T23:57:00.001-08:002016-03-07T00:14:00.224-08:00SHIKI: Affordable Fantastic Omakase and Washoku in Beverly Hills?!?In the zip code synonymous with luxury, is not the place where you would most expect to find affordable and authentic ethnic cuisine. Yet there it is, against the odds and expectation: SHIKI, helmed by talent from the kitchens of two of the sushi spots most beloved by those in-the-know in the city from Asanebo to Sushi Gen.
I have a fateful visit to the dentist in the area, and a One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Beverly Hills, CA, USA34.0736204 -118.400356327.348634900000004 -128.7275048 40.798605900000005 -108.0732078tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-4227574155847459332016-02-15T21:07:00.004-08:002016-02-15T23:26:43.870-08:00Bourbon Steak: Power Lunching at The Americana by Michael Mina (Yes, in Glendale!)Suburbia: a 'safe haven' typically for those who find predictability and conformity comforting. In the food & bar space, this usually means chain restaurants serving familiar, passable middle-of-the-road fare, consistently.
The Caruso group, whether or not you're a fan, has undisputedly done a lot to disrupt the concept of a shopping mall and its potential to be a shop/eat/play One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-54228448691506445122016-02-14T20:56:00.002-08:002016-02-15T14:00:44.249-08:00Sweet Heart Dessert House: True Love for Hong Kong Style DessertsNot one for over-commercialized holidays, even for Palentine's just for the sake of an alternative during this sometimes challenging day for singles, today for me is more about indulging in and celebrating all manners of sweets. And a recent favorite that hopefully more people will get to know and frequent is Sweet Heart Dessert House in Rosemead. The owners are originally from Hong One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-87826724198745550032016-02-08T00:28:00.002-08:002016-02-08T18:28:24.034-08:00Giveaway: WIN 2 Tickets to LA Weekly The Essentials February 20th!
LA Weekly's annual event featuring some of the best restaurants in LA (as featured in the 99 Essentials list) is coming to DTLA in a few weeks, and I'm offering readers a chance to win a pair of tickets right here!
See details on the event below, and enter for a chance to win at the bottom of this post!
What: LA
Weekly's
signature food and wine extravaganza curated by award-winning food
One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com4Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-66887556872233715982016-01-31T22:17:00.002-08:002016-01-31T23:47:57.376-08:00Broken Spanish: Moawwrrr, Por Favor!Some restaurants and dishes are so good, dining there could be considered 'feeding your soul': it inspires you so much you still dream of it days, weeks after, and want to return at every available opportunity. One place that, at under 1 year old, passes this test is Broken Spanish: serving up modern Mexican, influenced by the diversity of the city, as only a talented chef born and raised One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-54186798424512915562016-01-25T00:56:00.003-08:002016-02-21T23:39:39.253-08:001MB On Film: NOMA: My Perfect Storm<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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<![endif]-->NOMA: My Perfect Storm is a portrait of groundbreaking chef Rene Redzepi: his cooking as his love letter to mother nature,
built with an alphabet of local and foraged ingredients. One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092812699773382759.post-13097786628703355002015-12-13T17:10:00.002-08:002016-09-12T02:25:14.140-07:00Baroo: Pure Imagination in World of Chef Kwang Uh's CreationThe feeling you get when you first pull into the non-descript strip mall where Baroo holds ground, and when you first step into the quaint yet pleasantly unsettling nook, is a version of what I would imagine the kids who won Golden Tickets felt when they first set foot in Wonka's factory.
Except that Baroo is tiny, where Wonka's factory was gargantuan, and Baroo is obsessive with natural One More Bitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00192996976267212404noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.243684933.2099567 -119.5345784 34.8945117 -116.95279140000001