Dim Sum - Little pieces of Chinese heaven

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

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The Cantonese term Dim Sum refers to an assortment of fried or steamed food served in steamer baskets or small plates and are consumed as part of breakfast or brunch. I found different translations for the term like “A Little bit of Heart” , “Heart’s delight” and “Touch of the Heart”. All these make sense, since these little pieces of heaven touches your heart, and you can eat these small delights to your heart’s content. All the dim sum plates are meant to be shared, sharing the Sunday dim sum […]

Oscar Night at the 0/8 Seafood Bar and Grill

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

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0/8 Seafood bar and grill is the new restaurant that opened at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency Hotel late last year. I was recently checking out their website, and saw the following blurb:
“Watch the Oscars in the Twisted Cork lounge. Enjoy herb buttered popcorn and Oscar night games and give-aways. February 25th starting at 5PM.”
So when I was talking to some of my girlfriends about the Oscar night plans, we thought it will be fun to go out to watch the […]

SeaStar - Girls Night Out

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

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Seastar restaurant and raw bar in Bellevue is in my opinion the best place to hang out on the east side- amazing drinks, great ambiance and not so bad food. It is one of our favorite girls night out spots, somehow it has become the place where a lot of career decisions have been made… So this Thursday, when the three of us , Maya, Mareen and I (we three have been friends for an awfully long time, we were […]

The diet that lasted two days till Ruth’s Chris happened…

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

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I have been dieting for the past two days, to get ready for our Puerto Vallarta trip next week, and while it is easy to dress for the Seattle winter, dressing for Mexico is going to be pretty tough with all the extra pounds I have been accumulating over the past few months (years!) I know a week of dieting is not gonna cut it, but I had to try, and I did pretty good last two days… till tonight. […]