More Film Festivals

Summer is officially here and it's time for Film Festivals...
Here are a few

Japan Cuts
July 1 - July 16, 2010


New York Asian Film Festival
June 25 - July 8, 2010

Enjoy everyone!

Free Food @ Xi'an Famous Foods!

Do you remember our last visit to Flushing for some lamb burgers and handmade noodles?
Apparently, while I wasn't paying attention, that specific restaurant has been expanding. There is one location in Chinatown now, 2nd location in Flushing, and a new one is opening in East Village.

And on their opening day of one in East Village, they are giving out their free burgers.

Go check out Xi'an Famous Foods' new location on July 3rd! You must RSVP!

Opening on July 3rd:

81 St. Mark's Place
New York, NY 10003

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Better late than never...

Human Rights Watch Film Festival is back...
It already started and it's ending on soon, June 24th... Sorry, I just found out about this.


http://www.hrw.org/en/iff

Happy Anniversary!

Every anniversary, we try to go to a restaurant that we have never been to. This time, we decided on David Burke's Fishtail after trying out his other restaurant.

It's at a quite location, and restaurant itself was quiet, too, which is a plus.
My seafood tower had more to be desired but fish tacos were very good.







Fishtail by David Burke
135 East 62nd Street
New York, NY 10065-7301
(212) 754-1300

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Anthony Bourdain has a new book out: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

Read more.

Gaza Blockade

Those of you who know me well understand where I stand on Israel and Palestine issue.
But even those who know nothing about the issue or don't care about the issue should have heard about Flotilla. Today another Gaza-bound vessel was seized.

Gaza's 3 year old blockade is uncalled for and inhumane. I found a list of prohibited items into Gaza.

Here are a few items that caught my attention (that are ridiculous):

1. sage
2. cardamom
3. cumin
4. coriander
5. chocolate
6. dried fruit

There are the things that got me very upset:

1. notebooks
2. newspapers
3. toys

Israel's excuse for the blockade is for Hamas to have no access to weapons. But above items have nothing to do with weapons. How is Israel getting away with this? Israel's existential threat has nothing to do with coriander and chocolate. Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous?

Tokyo Quest: Ramen 101