Bean arrives for a Christmas visit!

At last Bean is here to visit us.  He came in on the evening of Christmas and brought with him many gifts from my parents mostly in the form of delicious Mrs. Peng’s food!  He had a long flight from Boston taking him to Chicago first before arriving in Atlanta.  These plane routes are ridiculous!  Bean freaked out when he arrived because the airline lost his luggage but things turned out ok in the end as the next morning they found it.  Here some photos of the first night and morning with Bean.

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Of course no visit from Bean would be complete without a ton of video games.  The sound of guns blazing from the xbox 360 fills the air as I even right this.  The photo below is rare instance of when Bean is not playing and myself and Kumar, a friend from Sapient is. 🙂

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Bean brought numerous treats made by my parents.  This morning, we cooked a few of them and I had to snap some photos.  Here’s one of Bean and I enjoying the wonderful food my parents made for us.

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The pic below is a pan fried bun.  The bun is original steamed and is made with corn meal, flower and some other ingredients I am not aware of.  We then pan fry it to create a crispy outside with a very soft inside.  This puts the best bagels to shame or toast.

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Mrs. Peng’s delicious scallion pancakes.  Very thick and with lots of fresh scallions and a touch of salt.

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Since we’re on food photos.  This evening we also had some kal-bi short ribs.  Ash and I bought them from H-Mart and she marinated them.  They are awesome!

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MF Sushi, Atlanta

After all the hype from locals, Ash and I went to MF Sushi in Midtown Atlanta. MF Sushi is definitely a more traditional yet high end sushi bar. The ambiance was dark and hip, however the service was average. The sushi was very expensive. Overall the food was good but very pricey.

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The Toro and Lobster Box Roll below were great. Very well portioned and tasty. The Spider Roll was below average and should be avoided. Ash LOVED the Lobster Box, it was fresh lobster placed on top of rice topped with roe and a sweet dark sauce.

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The spicy tuna roll was also very good. Their sushi rolls are definitely more traditional in size.

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My favorite, the Crunchy roll contains salmon and tempura mix.

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Spicy Tuna Tar Tar

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Toro Tar Tar – this was VERY good

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Whole Foods

Ash and I love the beautiful displays they have a whole foods.  I was able to snap a few pictures before someone told me it was not allowed.  I don’t know what the art form of food photography is but I am calling myself a Foodographer.  🙂

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Dim Sum @ Hong Kong Harbor

So I have become more and more obsessed with taking pictures of food.  Today Ash and I went to Hong Kong Harbor in Atlanta for Sunday Dim Sum.  The dim sum was actually pretty bad so we wouldn’t recommend going there but the pictures came out great!

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Pork Bun

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Deep fried shrimp withe coconut shavings

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Deep fried shrimp on a sugar cane kabob

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Shrimp Dumplings (have you noticed Chinese LOVE shrimp?)

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Shark’s Fin Dumplings

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Vegetable Dumplings

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Beef Chow Food (my favorite photo)

Our Thanksgiving Feast

Ashley and I celebrated our first Thanksgiving here in Atlanta with a feast my mom would be proud of. The spread was a 19 lb turkey with Mrs. Peng’s classic stuffing and gravy, onion and garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, candied yams, biscuits, corn and a dessert of apple and strawberry rhubarb pie.

We invited a few of Ashley’s master’s program classmates over, Marienella, Abby and Abhi. We had a great time and everyone enjoyed the food. Here’s some pictures of our feast.
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By the way, Thanksgiving also happens to be Cappy’s birthday, he turns 4 this year and this is his third thanksgiving with us. He got some turkey too!

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