Can’t believe I made Miya grilled porterhouse with ground porcini mushroom dry rub after I had just seen the documentary “Food Inc” at the Film Forum 2 weeks ago… well, this was per request… hah, smelled like very animal-ie flesh and bloody thing-ie to me =P
Miya and her porterhouse.
A pitcher of fruity sangria for her and a very big glass of PLAIN OLD BORING WATER for me 
thought this looks a bit MOMA-esque modern-ish strange
another gorgeous night up in the roof garden 
Stumbled upon takoyaki making videos on YouTube, couldn’t help myself but ordered an electric takoyaki grill from Japan!
Takoyaki & Okonomiyaki, and Moto’s Guinness
bff Celine’s baby girl is due next month! HAPPY
Moto, a fab composer, Celine’s hubby Robert’s bff since college!
Fun night making lots of Japanese food on the pre-4th of July weekend
raw agave rum raisin & raw honey white wine fresh strawberry 6 hour “pickle”
made yummy Okonomiyaki (aka Japanese pizza) for Miya, you can see my fav food — raw broccoli on the bottom of the photo
Strawberry honey pickle in bubbly
YUMMY COCKTAIL POPSICLES!!!
Blue Lagoon Pops ~ maraschino cherries, vodka, blue curaçao, raw agave, lemon juice
Tequila Sunrise Pops ~ orange juice, tequila, campari
home made Red Bean Soy Milk Ice Cream ~ love my soy milk machine )
beautiful night in my roof garden…
Making dinner at bff Linda’s last night. Had mover packed up all my books — didn’t have enough time nor resources to sketch up a more complexed menu… But it was still a tasty dinner, well, I assume, and as I was told since I didn’t eat any of the food — on the 4th day of my raw vege juice fast — trying to regain my health.Â
Chilled Yellow Tomato Soup with Avocado Sorbet (my fav soup in the world)
Arugula and Watercress Salad with Vanilla Bean and Cracked Pepper Dressing
Pappardelle Bolognese (one of my favorite things to make, love making pasta from scratch and Mario Batali’s Bolognese recipe is to die for…)
Espresso Torrone with Drunken Cherries
Went off to hear my dear friend Jed‘s jazz piano performance after at Cafe Vivaldi, the lady singing in the clip actually works at the cafe bar… Enjoyed it very much, fun night
Dine at “Dot” (隨æ„鳥地方), a panoramic city view restaurant on the 85th floor of Taipei 101 with two high school friends tonight. Special requested the chef to make me a plate of raw vege with no dairy nor dressing, was glad the masterful chef didn’t get offended — just couldn’t eat anymore refined food 
looking out from our window seat table… love Taipei 101…Â
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iPhone G3 Chinese version and iPhone first generation English version with a nice bottle of Chianti at InHouse Lounge… hmm, time to get the G3 with a new number.
nice to see old friends, we’ve grown up so (if not old already) Â Â
Meet up with bff Celine in Taipei today at 信誼 children’s bookshop shopping for her kids, Zoe and Otto. Love this fuzzy book I found
 
Went visiting my childhood piano teacher at the university after (also Celine’s college piano teacher by coincidence). Miss Lin, who I am in debt to in many many ways, has not changed a bit all these years!
hah, someone (me) is getting chubby! Too much good food and happiness makes one grow sideways
Went to Taipei 101′s Pageone Bookshop and then Eslite Bookshop after by myself, can’t get enough books… took lots of pictures of Hello Kitty everywhere, decided not to post them any longer, this city is really plagued with HK and all the Japanese overload cuteness…Â Â Â Â
Too bad Hyung-Ki is in New York while I am in Taipei, well, I am dying of laughter watching him on YouTube instead…
this is only the 2nd concerto, imagine what damage the 3rd concerto does…
Making dinner at bff Linda’s place again, she has stocked up all the finest kitchen equipments for my indulgence, her kitchen is now my second home
with Linda, after my performance at the Kosciuszko Foundation Friday the night before…
Crimini Mushrooms and Asparagus with Red Bell Pepper Curry Sauce and Black Sesame Crackers
Linda’s friend Michael, who swears off vege and anything green, was eating all these raw vegan food to the last drop
2:15 p.m.100 sit ups with weights, 6.4 miles running furiously like there is no tomorrow with Wii Fit, ready to head the shower and start my — birthday — with 3 hours of teaching…
I have a feeling this post is gonna be very long today…
5:51 p.m. Lisa arrived early before I finish teaching… I snapped at her for making noises… (sorry )
6:30 p.m. finally got a phrase through with my student Ryota, let him go at last I continue snapping at Lisa — too wired from teaching — sorry again
7:35 p.m. first round of gift opening, you can see I wasn’t really amused with the hello kitty tiara… hah… Amazingly, HuaHua chewed up my pink keychain just 2 days ago, I was making mental note to self “need a new pink keychain” and Linda read my mind! I got a Juicy pink keychain as one of a big bag of gifts I got from her!!!! I am getting spoiled… But that book on my lap from Lisa is to die for (she was right, it does weigh as much as me)… I am sure Linda is plotting on our visit to El Bulli in Spain now…
8:15 p.m. somewhere in Soho, on the street
8:17 p.m. arriving CRIF DOGS, a hotdog stand with a secret passage to its hidden bar!!!!!
bff Lisa
Me & bff Linda
drinking Absinthe… imagine!!!!!
too funny…
this concludes the first round of drinking…
9:00 p.m. Pure Food and Wine, my fav raw restaurant!!!! Love you girls for thinking of it
giving bff Celine some raw chocolate
2nd round of gifts, from Zoe too
Celine & Linda, I am so happy they like each other
Lisa
Me & Celine
sorry, these are the only 2 pix I took of the food, I was not coherent enough to remember to take pictures any longer…
12:07 a.m. back home
Vegan cake made with Agave, no sugar!!! And the little cake on the side is actually a cake for HuaHua… my girls are nuts in love with my dog!!!!
3rd round of gifts, I have rich girlfriends… !!!!!!!!
cutting my cake, eating my cake, enjoying my friends, feeling loved and inspired…
How did this night end? I passed out on the chaise while we were listening to my playing of the Saint-Saëns-Godowski Le Cygne… No one could move me or wake me, I was in my dream heaven… happy and sleeping for once…
10 p.m. after a looooong day of practicing, 6 course Valentine tasting at Hangawi, my fav vegan place on earth, and it is Korean…!
bagged up the dessert… couldn’t eat another bite any longer
Should we make my “girlfriend”/Valentine date Arman into an Asian idol? — I totally see it happen even though he does not have a drop of Asian blood.
Movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic” with my girl Lisa at 12:30 a.m., since Lisa thinks I have been doing too much of shop therapy online… God knows why… Fun movie though 
