July 11, 2010
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By Yandream in Food and Wine

Gaslight
> french, brasserie, paris made decor, vintage style.

Beehive
> live music, art, and european

Gingerpark (previously banQ)
> asian fushion, drifting woodish interior!!!
i won’t expect much of the food..but the interior design is killing me, and it reminds me of the driftwood pavilion, project of 2009 from architectural association.

B&G Oyster
> fresh oyster, england style seafood, and barbara lynch group’s production.

Sportello
> italino, minimalist
another barbara lynch’s. single barbara lynch group’s restaurant is a “wanna go” for me…

Aquitiane
> french, brunch
um..i heard the brunch there is pretty good.
(all photos via flickr)
Tags: boston, restaurant
July 10, 2010
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By Yandream in Food and Wine, Life Smithereens

effortless limenade. never thought it was this easy to make.
Tags: boston, drink, limenade, summer
July 10, 2010
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By Yandream in Life Smithereens








it is a night like this while thinking of that makes me cry.
the weather’s getting unbearably suffocate and unexpectedly hot (100 f) in boston right now. it is not that i’m complaining that boston is no good, though i whine about it quite often and didn’t really make much effort in finding something amusing here. it’s just, something is missing in the air. and again i was mesmerizing and longing for the zesty summer time last year. maybe, location matters. the brief cloudy sky that blocked the rays from the sun made me feel that i’m not in boston anymore while i was walking down the lane with destination the bus station. it is effing sad being nostalgic of the past/or a certain place while you know it is impossible to turn the clock back or be there at present. despite that fact, thinking of all these free museums, the v&a, the national gallery, tate, british museum, and all these squares and circles trafalgar square piccadilly circles leicester square oxford circles, and all these schools lse central saint martin royal college of art architectural association, and all these pubs pubs pubs everywhere in the corner where you can just hop in and get a pint of stella and chat, and all these markets borough market camden market spitafileds market portobello market, and all these not so sunny days and waking up so early going to bed so late days and all these glares at st pancras station that make me feel motivated and freshed. f. c. u. k. yet it is thinking of something that you want to achieve yet feeling so powerless that makes you feel so hopeless.
hang out with your camera more. please. please. please. maybe you’ll miss here then and realizing you only have one roll of film for it.
Tags: london, numbers
July 9, 2010
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By Yandream in Life Smithereens

..去lamont library还完书之后俺的拖鞋突然断裂,特么的大概就穿过5次就挂了,难道是下雨的时候泡的了? 结果俺只能赤脚横穿哈佛校园,然后到最近的uo里面顺便退东西顺便买双鞋。册那的是地面温度大概50摄氏度吧。哦。烫死俺了。外加这双鞋真是被逼的。FML
此外昨天刚听过斯蒂尔够大叔讲you women will consume much more than men on your closet, and your shoes are easily broken.…不要这么灵验好不好 好不 好 .…
June 28, 2010
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By Yandream in Food and Wine, Life Smithereens

在丹麦的时候室友同学有一天拿了一个如上图一样的罐子——当时的我还不知道它有一个这么优雅且暴力的名字,french coffee press ——在玩。我问她那是什么她告诉我这是她今天新淘到8克朗还是10克朗也就是相当于13块钱人民币或者2美元的coffee press。我看着这个跟烧杯一样的玩意儿纳闷问她怎么做咖啡,她说就放咖啡粉,加热水,过一会儿一press就好了呀,然后就有继续开始把烧杯上面的盖子压下去再拔上来然后再压下去再拔上来无限循环。
暑假到了每天去买咖啡会穷死的速溶咖啡不好喝于是镜头又蒙太奇到了当年秋冬季节丹麦之上文对话场景。寻思着买一个coffee press。后来和c小朋友在纽约的继midtown west的bodum倒闭后的一家bath and body works里面买到了心仪的coffee press。下午泡住处附近的咖啡店的时候点了杯卡布奇诺,看着嬉皮小哥倒牛奶做花纹的时候感觉艺术实在太伟大了,深入千家万户中啊!小小一杯咖啡,能创造多少咖啡艺术啊。
受启发了打算自试latte art。youtube教程一番发现需要frothing milk。又youtube了下frothing milk发现不是要有frothing machine就是要有espresso machine。后来靠着万能的google发现了这篇攻略! how to make milk foam without a frother or machine


(photo from here)
深深的被人类的智慧感动之后打算试验一下,真的好用啊!!!!虽然第一杯做出来的跟没做一样。。。。但是,我看到了空中悬浮了两枚大字,“长肥”,哦不,是“希望”啊,希望!
简短教程:
1. 空罐头罐,或者乐扣乐扣那种盒子,根据个人口味轻重倒入牛奶
2. 晃罐头罐或者盒子,晃到牛奶发泡,体积变为之前的两倍
3. 打开盖子,牛奶放微波炉加热30秒,热度有助于维持泡沫形态
4. 做好了!倒到espresso里面开始自我发挥吧~
附注1 冷牛奶不好发泡,先热一下再晃比较好
附注2 全脂牛奶效果更好
所以说,高科技咖啡机什么的最讨厌了!!!!
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Tags: coffee, diy, food, life