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Menkoi Ramen House, Sun Ming [Columbia, SC]

July 20, 2012
Menkoi tonkotsu ramen

Eat It, Columbia. Menkoi Ramen House just opened in the Vista, on Gervais St near Assembly. I’m told it’s the owner of Inakaya, which I always found to be decent enough, though I did try tonkotsu ramen there three or four years ago and never desired to order it again. Menkoi is a true ramen-ya, [...]

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Gu’s Bistro

July 5, 2012
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Hit up Gu’s Bistro with some friends/wine jerks a few weeks ago. We used to do this at Tasty China, but I like Gu’s. The people are very nice, and the food can be just as good, though it is different. I really liked the eggplant, and the cumin lamb, and the fried shrimp were [...]

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EERecipe Rice Crepes House

October 11, 2011

Once again, I’m introduced to some great Chinese food by the lovely, and generous Chloe. I’d be lost in Duluth without her; I’m still very inexperienced when it comes to Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese food. I’m comfortable in my knowledge of Sichuan, and I’ve had my fair share of soon dubu, but we’re talking about large countries [...]

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Tasty China

August 2, 2010

Above is some of the damage from The Legend’s birthday dinner at Tasty China. Many of the wines were above my pay grade, but damn they were good. Tasty China continues to do their thing. They’re always very accommodating to our wine guzzling needs. The lazy susan greatly assists in sharing. The food has been spot on the [...]

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Eating on the Road in South Carolina

November 9, 2009

If you follow this blog, you may notice that most weeks I travel to South Carolina for work. I put up the occasional post on my out of town meals, but I try to make EIA a fairly localized blog, so I try to not bore readers with every mundane meal out on the road. [...]

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Land of Plenty – Red Braised Beef

July 5, 2009

Today I have a quick post in the Land of Plenty series – Red Braised Beef. I’ve been looking for an excuse to cook some short ribs since a recent visit to the Buford Highway Farmer’s Market and this recipe was the perfect chance. This recipe is simple, braising short ribs couldn’t be easier.   [...]

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Land of Plenty – Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou)

June 3, 2009

It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post (dry fried chicken) in the Land of Plenty series, but don’t read into that too much – I’m not giving up. I won’t be traveling as much the next few weeks so I’ll have no excuse for getting more Sichuan done in the kitchen. I [...]

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Wan Lai

May 21, 2009

On post #1 on this site, I stated that the intent of this site was to learn, hold myself publicly accountable, and get outside my food comfort zone. But one benefit that I had not planned on is that I’ve met a handful of bonafide foodies who have been kind of enough to guide me [...]

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