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G: I think my favorite Ralph Fiennes performance was In Bruges

me: ...not Schindler's List, The English Patient??

Food I ate in 2015:

oysters topped with fish roe in San Francisco

curry chicken noodle soup

ansari ramen: Manila clams, seaweed, sanso peppers, seafood broth @ kaiju eats

carnitas burrito @ taqueria cancun yes post heavily features SF

wontons in chili oil, Flushing

pork ears in chili oil @ northern city

this fish from the chicago food + wine festival

this bulleitvardier from same festival

logganisa lumpia--sweet and spicy pork sausage stuffed egg rolls, and bibingka--sweet rice cake cooked in banana leaves, in ube and coconut and salted egg and cheese from filipino kultura festival

yumso tang, braised goat stew, pickled beech mushroom, rapini, perilla @ parachute

Food I made 2015:

vegetarian miso ramen: kombu and fungus dashi, bamboo shoots, enoki mushrooms, bok choy, gluten balls, spiced veg chicken, wakame, scallions, soft boiled egg

steamed homemade gyoza: ground beef and leeks

congee: wakame, salt duck egg yolk, Chinese sausage, five spice tofu, scallions

wonton soup: ground pork, leeks, oyster mushrooms, ginger, with five spice tofu and scallion garnish

chicken broth congee: ginger and rice wine, leftover hainan chicken, baked salmon

green curry: chicken, broccoli, celery, red peppers, carrots, and water chestnuts, over rice

Bell’s Oberon chicken panang curry: whole Cornish hen, onions, potatoes, scallions for garnish and a squeeze of lime

black pork bacon with fried lotus root: leftover bitter melon, short grain rice

oxtail bone soup: daikon, onions, and wood ears, short grain rice, and steamed vegetable dumplings