(Note: for pictures and more info on our co-conspirators, check the links below!) You mind can really fuck with you while washing dishes. When you’re elbow-deep in soap, your fingers caked in coagulated fat, and your shoes are unrecognizable in a thin coating of rice flour… Read More
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Mysttik Masaala and the Mysterious Smiling Man
(Note: Check Mysttik Masaala’s Facebook page for daily menus and locations!) I’m not quite sure why I turned right instead of left to get lunch that Wednesday. I usually headed south on Park to the chain delis and restaurants closer to Grand Central. For some… Read More
The Life and Death of the Mystery Meat Group (Part 1)
(Special thanks to Ayesha, Jerry, and the Topitzers for having us over and letting us be a part of a three-way birthday/reunion). It’s weird being back on WordPress and writing again. It’s like that one time you finally cooked that last can of Spam you had… Read More
The Madwoman: SALO Series Launch Feast
(Note: For more information on Yana and her SALO Project where she travels across America hosting pop-up dinners, check out her IndieGoGo campaign here and consider donating! Photos taken by me and Johnny Thanphachanh). Yana Gilbuena is a madwoman. With her half-shaved head and dyed… Read More
A Random Hello: Filipino Fusion in Sunnyside, Queens
I wonder what compels a person to speak up and say “Hi!” to a stranger. What in a person’s personality allows (or at least in my rather shy self…forces) them to reach out and touch another person’s day? Another one of those philosophical questions that… Read More


