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Dear Food Diary: It’s almost Valentine’s Day and what better way to sweeten your honey’s day than some homemade chocolate truffles!? And not just any ordinary recipe, but the Grand-Mere Truffles from the award winning kitchen of The Modern (pastry chef Marc Aumont). I haven’t tried it yet, but it doesn’t seem too complicated. I Read Full Story

Dear Food Diary: It’s been a tough couple weeks for ChubbyChineseGirl Blog. Due to issues with godaddy and goggle, I felt defeated and lost, BUT that wasn’t going to stop me... SO I had pick myself up and revamp the whole site. After all, this blog has been my passion for the past few years Read Full Story

Dear Food Diary: Sometimes not having a reservation leaves room for wonderful new findings. While in Williamsburg last time, we wanted to check out Zenkichi, but without any tables that night sans reservation, our disappointment was greeted with it’s adjacent sister Bar Akariba (sake and oyster bar). I was in love, literally, the minute we Read Full Story

Dear Diary: For Chinese New Year this year, my coworkers and I decided to wear red and have a Peking duck feast for lunch. We went to the Midtown East location of Peking Duck House , closer to work (food is identical to the Chinatown one). I was anticipating this meal, after all, peking duck is one of my favorite ways to eat duck and the inspiration of my ChubbyChineseGirl sandwich . READ MORE » Read Full Story

Dear Diary: For Chinese New Year this year, my coworkers and I decided to wear red and have a Peking duck feast for lunch. We went to the Midtown East location of Peking Duck House, closer to work (food is identical to the Chinatown one). I was anticipating this meal, after all, peking duck is Read Full Story

Dear Food Diary: The doors of Flushing's New World Mall are like a gate at the airport. The minute you take your flight down the stairs, you've arrived in Mainland, this could be any given food court throughout China. From the lights, sounds, smell and people, the 7 train has never transported you this far for a mere subway fare. So many choices!!! from Taiwanese to hand pulled noodles, sushi to bubble tea, spicy pots to korean and so on and so forth.  The Paradox of Choice came to mind... Read Full Story

Dear Food Diary: I visited Le Bernardin right before their renovations earlier this year. Regardless of the new decor and trendy bar menu, the food and service I read, remain untarnished. As I looked back at this tasty and exciting year, this dinner was without a doubt top of the list and one I'll surely remember. There's something nice about old school charm and elegance... I'll miss it. Based on the photos I've seen, the new modern and chic decor is nice, but I'm glad I had to chance to... Read Full Story

Dear Food Diary: It seems inevitable at this point that Restaurant  Month arrives twice a year.  You know how I feel about it , but like I've admitted in the article, if friends want to go, I would tag along. Over the years I've had  mixed experiences . Some were  decent  and others simply  not worth it . Dinner with wine+tax+tip usually comes to $60+ (I wouldn't call that a steal). I still prefer spending my money and tummy on regular menus. Regardless,  here's my favorite from... Read Full Story

NEW YORK POST •  Restaurant Week totally bites! •  Extra! Extra! Read all about it! (behind the scene) NEW YORK TIMES •  Bloggers don't follow the script, to ConAgra's Chagrin DAILY NEWS •  Main St. Imperial Taiwanese Gourmet is fine dining in Flushing CHUBBY CHINESE GIRL SANDWICH •  Available at Cer Te every Thursday • CHOW.COM: Meet the Chubby Chinese Girl • GRUBSTREET:  Future of Food Media • SERIOUS EATS:  A Sandwich... Read Full Story

Dear Food Diary: The doors of Flushing’s New World Mall are like a gate at the airport. The minute you take your flight down the stairs, you’ve arrived in Mainland, this could be any given food court throughout China. From the lights, sounds, smell and people, the 7 train has never transported you this far Read Full Story