I had a pretty good (busy) weekend. On Friday, I attended my good friend’s birthday dinner and party. We went to Otto for a delicious meal which included a cheese platter, pizza, wine, gelato and Sugar Sweet Sunshine “Bob” cake. Yum. After our meal, we went to a Belgian beer bar. I ordered Cherry Lindemann’s beer. So tasty. Too bad the bar was a little warm inside. I wish they had better air conditioning. I went to bed relatively early (2am).
I still managed to wake up early to go to my spinning class with my favorite teacher, Jess. I then relaxed for most of the day on Saturday. I snuck in a short nap. I then went out with my new roommate, her sister and cousin. They are all from Las Vegas, so I could barely keep up. My roomie and I left the bar at 3am, when they kicked us out. However, her sister and cousin (who are visiting), went on to another bar! I then found out today that they didn’t get back to the apartment until 7am. Crazy. I don’t know how they have the energy to stay out so late.
Today, I woke up around 8:30am and headed to the gym again. I came back, showered and napped. I was meeting friends for brunch at Alice’s Tea Cup for sandwiches, scones and tea. We had our favorite pumpkin and ham & cheese scones. We tried the strawberry and chocolate scone and it was delightful! I thought about buying two scones to bring home, but I controlled myself and only bought the ham & cheese scone.
Tonight, I took my roommate and her visitors to Chinatown for a “real” Chinese meal. We went to one of my favorite restaurants in Chinatown, New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe. I introduced them to soup dumplings. Yum. I couldn’t resist and ordered my favorite preserved vegetable with pork noodle soup. After our very large meal (we ordered so many dishes), we headed to Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. I think my favorite flavor is Taro there. I didn’t get ice cream because I wanted to get my passionfruit green tea.
We walked through Little Italy and then they headed to Times Square while I went back home. I was just in time to catch the Trueblood season premiere. Yay! Now, I must go to bed so I can wake up at the crack of dawn to go spinning with Jess again! I love her music. It really gets me going!
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My roommate of 3 years moved out on Friday. I was lucky enough to find a new roommate with Craigslist. Anyhow, my boyfriend helped me move my stuff from my room to my new and improved room (the actual “real” room in the apartment). My roommate left her huge Ikea Expedit bookshelf. She wasn’t able to sell it in time. She posted an ad Friday night and told me that the guy would be coming by around 5-5:30pm on Saturday.
After a missed connection, I found the guy waiting outside our apartment building. He had no one else with him. He didn’t have a dolly either. I was worried just how he’d be able to bring this bookshelf home. He told me that he lived in the UWS so he was thinking about just taking a cab across town. My boyfriend was sweet enough to lend his electric screwdriver so the buyer could take apart the bookshelf. Jeff even helped him with some parts. I helped move all the pieces to the elevator. Then we waited outside the apartment for a SUV or minivan cab. We then helped him load the pieces into the SUV and said our goodbyes. I just find it so funny that this would probably only happen in NYC.
Another special NYC story was when Jeff and I returned from our dinner on Saturday night. We stepped onto the 6 train at Astor Place. To the left of the doors, sat a man who was sleeping. However, if you looked more closely, you’d see that his pants were halfway off. Also, his zipper was completely open. It looked like he peed in his pants too. There was mysterious liquid on the train floor. I could only assume it was pee. At Grand Central, I noticed that his pants had fallen off all the way and now we could see his boxers. He laid down on the bench. It was pretty disgusting. I think he was drooling too. Meanwhile, all the passengers just stared at him. Some people tried to ignore he was even there. I couldn’t help but look!
I am completely moved into my new room in the apartment. It’s so spacious. I even have room for a shelf. I could possibly put in a TV too! Crazy. Who would have thought? Also, my apartment is so clean now, thanks to Jeff. I did clean the fridge. It sparkles now. I wonder how long I’ll be able to maintain this? I really hope my new roommate isn’t crazy. Would it be weird if I slept with my room door locked? Now to think of it, I don’t think it even has a lock! 
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Since I don’t have much to say about my life, I’ve decided to write a post about a recent food trip I made with my co-workers. I think most of you know that I’m obsessed with good food. Also, I have a soft-spot for any food that reminds me of Taipei. I follow a lot of food blogs (Midtown Lunch and Serious Eats). Ever since I’m moved to the outskirts of Times Square (aka TOURIST HELL), I’ve been searching for decent food that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
Recently, I’ve been reading a lot about the NYC Cravings Truck that sells Taiwanese Fried Chicken and now Taiwanese Pork Chops. I read so many raving reviews so I rounded a group of foodies within my company to trek 5 avenue blocks to get these pork chops.
We arrived on Friday at around 12:15pm. The line was about 4 people deep. The truck just ran out of tea eggs, so I was a little disappointed. I went ahead and ordered pork chop over rice. In fact, all my friends ordered the same thing because I was their guide. We walked back to the office (took about 15 minutes) and opened up our lunches with anticipation. I tried the pork and it didn’t seem very flavorful. Then I tried the rice and it was undercooked. My favorite part of the “meal” was the pickled cabbage. My co-workers also agreed that the lunch wasn’t worth $7. One co-worker claimed he could make better pork chops at home. Another said the pork chops at Tina’s are better. Even the co-worker who isn’t picky about food said that the lunch was “unsatisfactory”. The lunch was so bad that I gave away more than half of my pork chop to anyone who cared to try it.
I’ve been eating Taiwanese pork chop over rice and Taiwanese pork chop noodle soup since I was little. I know exactly what they should taste like. Just a week ago, I finally ventured out to Excellent Pork Chop House in Chinatown and it was really tasty. These pork chops were tasteless and a little too chewy. Also, it barely tasted like it was fried! The time it took us to walk back and forth from the truck, we could have taken the subway to Chinatown and ordered pork chop over rice for $5.25! At least now I know that to get real Taiwanese Pork Chop, one must go to Chinatown or Flushing. If only Flushing wasn’t an hour away!
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