To my surprise, World of Warcraft celebrated Chinese New Years yesterday. It turns out they’re more Asian friendly than I could’ve ever imagined.

Walking around the town where the festival was held, I noticed that the NPCs (non player character) were selling Korean food: steamed mandu, bean soup, rice cake and kimchi. I definitely had a couple since IRL I can’t eat any. How sad!

I wonder if there’s sushi or pho in other towns.

Tags: bean soup, kimchi, korea, lunar festival, rice cake, steamed mandu, world of warcraft

Exam season has arrived but don’t gripe, Japan has found a solution.

Not really but for what they believe will bring better luck is a wonton noodles known as “Ganbare Students” (try your hardest or don’t give up) by Myoujou FOods. They are sold in convenience stores all over with cherry blossom colored wontons with flowers embedded in the soup’s kamaboko (if eaten, they bring good fortune supposedly).

But if you’re not hungry and need some loving, there’s also lotion! Waimack Jewel Cosmetics released a “refreshing lotion” designed to clear your mind and encourage students.

All of it sounds like a hoax to me but I wouldn’t mind trying out those wontons.

Source: CScoutJapan
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Tags: exams, lotion, ramen, student

I can’t cook to save my life so I decided to cook something simple like egg rolls.

Granted they look really bad but at least they tasted yummy. My favorite part about making them (besides eating them) is actually rolling them all together. I didn’t learn how to do it until last year (yes I’m a nublet) and since then I love to practice. It’s like playing real life Order Up (Wii) only I don’t have to spaz as much.

Anyways how often to you cook and are you any good at it?
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Tags: asian, cooking, eggrolls, order up, wii

A few weeks ago, Andrew talked about a restaurant called Home’s Kitchen. He highly recommended the place so I made him take me and my boyfriend there.

From beginning to end, the experience was amazing. Not only was the food the best I’ve ever tasted (probably), but the restaurant was the nicest I’ve been to in NYC. They redesign their little hole in the wall awhile ago and now it looks like a five start restaurant.
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Tags: andrew lim, chinese cuisine, homes kitchen, new york city

This past week, I had the opportunity to eat at a Japanese restaurant called Menchanko-Tei and boy was it yummy.

I was there with my boyfriend to eat with a friend who was 15 mins late! It was really hard not to eat without her since the room was completely filled with the aroma of ramen. Looking over the menu, most of the items were inexpensive; however, I felt like there wasn’t much of a selection. It mainly consisted of ramen where you could add multiple toppings.
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Tags: menchanko-tei, new york, ramen, restaurant

It makes me so sad to write this as it is the last day of the New York Anime Festival. It was my very first time at an anime convention and it was an overall great experience. I can’t wait to attend another.

Recapping on today, it was easier than the previous 2 days as it was more relaxed (thank God) which left a lot of room to socialize with fellow attendees. I met a lot of new people in addition to running into friends from the anime community. I want to give a shout out to “Saka”, our booth neighbor TM Revolution, John and Jayelle from Otakuden, Zlade from Anime Meetup, Ichi-P and old friends from Cosplay Day at Kinokuniya; it was great meeting you guys.

About the Cosplay Photoshoot Contest, we did take a ton of photos again which are all uploaded to the galleries. I want to thank all the participants; you guys are amazing and I wish you luck! Details of the contest voting and winner will be posted later. Also, I will be posting coverage later on about individual cosplayers.

So, I hope you guys enjoyed yourself as much as I did. Here’s some photos from Day 3:

View Full Galleries: NYAF 2008 - Cosplay Photoshoot Contest Day 1 - Cosplay Photoshoot Contest Day 2 - Cosplay Photoshoot Contest Day 3
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Tags: anime, anime meetup, convention, cosplay, cosplay day, cosplay photoshoot contest, ichi-p, jacob javits, kinokuniya, manga, new york anime festival, ningin, otakuden, saka

Inspired by the infamous Danny Choo’s “A Week in Tokyo”, I wanted to share with you a day in New York. Honestly, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be but it is a fun tourist spot. I spent most of this day just walking through visiting various Asian hot spots namely the Kinokuniya Bookstore and Ktown. Eek!
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Tags: bust a move, danny choo, grenich village, kinokuniya, korea, ktown, new york, okinawa, pc bang, sanrio, sauna, taegu, times square, tokyo

Pizza Hut in Japan released a Pizza last year that had an interesting mixture of Hot Dogs in a Bun as the crust of a Pizza. Bizarre right? No of course not! After living in Korea, I have eaten the weirdest things but they all turned out to be really delicious like muffins with corn inside, red bean chocolate and a bunch of other abnormal things. I love each and every one of them and crave them extremely right now.

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And no I’m not talking about my flip buddy, ArmybratKat. Turns out Japan makes all sorts of flavored Kit Kats in addition to the original chocolate. Awesome right? However, this is typical in Japan. They make a lot of seasonal/limited items which I wish would happen in the states more often. Hint hint!

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The actual name is BenihaNa. Thanks Andrew!

So last night I was in New York with a friend (let’s call her Jane) and we ate at a hibachi restraurant called Benihana. Hibachi is a Japanese cuisine where they cook right in front of you while doing some neat tricks (i.e. flipping shrimp into their hats or people’s mouths). I haven’t been to one in a year, but from my experience last night, nothing has changed.

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