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Hot Matcha Cha Cha!

My friends Frerin, Frarcy and I stopped by Ippodo Tea, a Japanese Matcha tea house. (Here's Ippodo Tea's Yelp page).

I have never seen this process and it was fascinating. There is a science to it. And there you can watch the entire process.

I got a Matcha Soy Latte. It's delicious but I am buzzing around, full of caffeine. FULL. Let's see if I can sleep tonight.

Here's the small cup from Ippodo. You think, geez, that's small, but in reality, considering the caffeine, it's ginormous. Like a Venti Venti.

Here's the match soy latte from above.

It's very tasty but I might just savor a matcha latte when I really need a super caffeine pick me up.















Here's a video (not from Ippodo) showing the process.

Savory doughnuts? Yes, please!

From the Huffington Post, some people came up with mac n' cheese doughnuts, cheddar jalapeño green onion doughnuts, doughnuts monte cristo sliders and other savory doughnuts.

Genius.

Photo from The Kitschy Kitchen

quick stop at Balthazar, Saturday, July 19, 2014

Ho-hum, I went to Geneva

I went to Geneva for work. Everyone seems to think travel for work can be glamorous since you are traveling to a new place, but realistically, it's so boring and tedious.  The only benefit is the airline/hotel miles and, if traveling to Europe, duty free chocolate.

It was a very short trip. I flew in on Monday and had some meetings with colleagues. Tuesday and Wednesday were all-day workshops and I flew out on Thursday late morning. So here chronicles my trip:

My flight was leaving Sunday night and lo and behold, there is a Shake Shack in JFK. So of course, I had a Shackburger for dinner. 

Swiss airlines - 6+ hours from JFK to NYC. Slept most of the way.

Getting ready to take off.

The Swiss airlines safety drawings are very boring compared to the Brussels Airlines version. The woman looks so neutral.

Woke up and we were there.

Bravo for picking up your dog's poo! The US needs these kiosks.

Nomi didn't miss me. (She had a sitter)

I went to Cafe de Paris Chez Boubier (if you watch Super Fun Night then you would appreciate knowing that it is a real last name) for l'entrecôte. This is the only entree on the menu.  So you better like meat.  It was delishous.

And I had the Toblerone mousse.

And I had the Toblerone mousse.

Geneva in the morning.  A colleague who was staying at the Hotel Cornavin told me that the restaurant where breakfast was served had the most amazing views.  And it did.

And of course, being Korean-American, I find a Korean restaurant.  My parents would be proud. (and probably eat there)

I didn't feel like Korean or more steak so I had Italian. Nothing to write home about.

And because it was so beautiful I went back to Hotel Cornavin for breakfast.

My colleague also had a business lounge pass so I got to have more coffee and oddly enough Haribo gummy bears. They were lined up for the coffee bath.

Me in the lounge






















And then back on the plane Thursday late morning for JFK. I stayed up for most of this flight since I was arriving during daytime during the snow storm.  Oddly we got there right only an hour behind schedule.

So that was my short, uneventful trip to Switzerland.  Food, plane, hotel, conference, food, hotel, food, conference, food, hotel, food, conference, food, hotel, food, plane. Work travel is sooooo not glamourous.  But I did get chocolate with iconic pictures of Switzerland. 

The Frat Boy Diet

Because of my work schedule this week, I have been just grabbing whatever food is around, if there is time to eat. So mini candy bars, bagels have been staples. I've also been attending lots of luncheons where it seems that there is a giant factory in NYC making fancy greens salads with grilled chicken and round, single serve desserts. Yesterday, I gave my ticket away to someone senior, and the group hosting were generous and said I could sit wherever I wanted. However I had work to do so I didn't have the salad with chicken and round red velvet cake. So instead, after the luncheon, I had chocolate chip ice cream for lunch.

Today I gave my ticket away but I got to sit and have the salad with chicken and the round, ridiculously thick cheesecake. (I only ate most of the chicken, the tomatoes and some of the greens. I am not a fan of frisée.) And lots of water.

Oddly, this diet has made me lose weight. But it is also making me very tired. I wonder why? (rhetorical question)

I can't wait for tomorrow's luncheon. I wonder what round dessert I will get this time. I know what the entree will be.

Fren's in town

Had dinner with Fren, wonderful college friend, at BCD Tofu. I took this photo to make our other college friend Frannie jealous. It worked.

Fren

A Civilized Dinner

Hatsuhana

48th St, Restaurant Week meal, and

The Campbell Apartment

With Fren Brown

Appetizer
Poached Tazmanian trout carpaccio - OMG

Soup - Before this clear broth soup with vegetables — at HATSUHANA.

Bento Style Entrée 

(Sashimi) 

Seared Albacore tuna with onion garlic soy sauce 

(Light bites) 

Shrimp & Bay scallops steeped in tangy summer vinegar sauce 

Simmered winter melon served cold in soy broth 

(Sushi) 

Fatty Tuna

Amberjack

Flounder

Fried fish chip with teriyaki spicy tuna

(Roll) 

Yellowtail Scallion Roll

Fried fish chip with teriyaki spicy tuna Fried fish chip with teriyaki spicy tuna

Sushi
Fatty Tuna
Amberjack
Flounder 

Simmered winter melon served cold in soy broth

Seared Albacore tuna with onion garlic soy sauce

Shrimp & Bay scallops steeped in tangy summer vinegar sauce 

(Missed photo of dessert - Homemade plum wine jelly Homemade plum wine jelly w/ ice cream and red bean

The Campbell Apartment - apertif