This story is first in a series on Burmese food in San Francisco. The middleclass white person is a fickle eater. We can be picky about our special diets, about unfamiliar ingredients, about foods that our palates might insist are too greasy or too salty, and we can even balk at a menu’s linguistics. Just [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve had to haggle over my lunch. Fortunately, the wait staff at Taste Good Malaysian were feeling diplomatic when I asked about their chili crab. The last time I had eaten at Taste Good, chili crab was a special, something I hesitated to order because it would require the restaurant [...]
Since moving to New York, I’ve had the feeling that Thai food in this town lags behind its California counterparts. On average, I’d still bet that this statement is empirically true. In the Bay Area, I can get a very decent Thai curry or noodle dish, full in flavor, replete with fresh California produce and [...]
What does Thai food mean to you? I agree with the artist. I’m going to go with smile! That artist, Little Tawan, had a different experience. As a small child, he had this restaurant named after him and designed after his drawings. Until late high school, I probably couldn’t have told you the name of [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is the second of four stories I’m writing on my recent trip through the Carolinas. This piece is devoted to the incredible side dishes of North and South Carolina. Featured: Brunswick stew, hush puppies and the Palmetto state’s barbecue hash (pictured above), which is essentially the American South’s [...]
I’m sometimes asked why, as a food blogger, I don’t post negative reviews. The greater answer is that I rarely post reviews, period. Most people get this – many of the stories on The Eaten Path are more exploratory than exacting, and Hell if I know what practical service any given reader is extracting from [...]
When I tell people I’m going home for the holidays, I mean to say two things: 1. I’ve booked a flight to Los Angeles. 2. Once I’m in Los Angeles, I’ll get the Hell out and make tracks for the East Bay. 3. My appetite is expanding to Homeric proportions. I’ll be the first to [...]
Tomorrow I set foot in California for the first time in over a year. As much as I like to think I’ll be able to spend my two weeks on the west coast exploring brave new worlds of flavor, my rotation of meals will probably be a lineup of long missed favorites, determined by the [...]
Nostalgia can be the darnedest thing. Growing up a young Chinese American in a household that favored Chinese culinary etiquette, I often wondered aloud whether I was getting the short thrift on what, back then, I considered to be my sole birthright: home cooked Western meals. That should’ve meant lasagna nights. More pizza. Even the [...]
Mele came up with the mantra that we would “eat New York” when we visited the city last March, a style of travel that basically translates into “meals before museums.” While I won’t always condone pizza before Picasso, I’m a big fan of eating out often when visiting a new city, and that is especially [...]
