Off I go!

Kobe, Japan 2008
One of my favorite vacation photos I ever took.

I never intended my bon voyage post was going to be like this. I'm off to China for a month! For the past month I thought I was leaving on the 10th of August. When I woke up this morning and talked to my dad he kindly inform me that my ass got the departure date wrong. Yes, I'll be leaving on the 10th, as in boarding the plane at midnight August 10th! Nothing was packed and there was still a few toiletry items I need to get. Luckily, I realize this in the morning. The race was on to pack a whole month worth of clothing and necessities. This hiccup really screwed up my schedule. I was planning to move the blog from Blogger to Wordpress tonight and I had 2 posts that were almost ready to go live. Unfortunately, all that will have to wait until I come back.

I don't know how I could messed up the departure date. I'm blaming this on the fact that I'm really excited about the trip! Yup, yup, yup. That's what happen. I will be spending most of my time in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and its surrounding cities. The last time I was in China was 10years ago. I was 16 and had long blond permed hair. I look like a poodle.

I wish this post could be longer, but off I go! Not sure how good Twitter access will be in China, but I'll try my best to tweet as much as I could. Follow me @friedwontons4u. See you in a month!

Meal Ticket

THE GOOD WORD Vol. 4

If you didn't catch my tweet on Twitter last Friday about being feature on Philadelphia City Paper's food blog Meal Ticket, well I'm here to spread my excitement and happiness to you now. Please check it out!

Mr. Drew Lazor, associate editor at Philadelphia City Paper and co-editor of “Meal Ticket", also interviewed me a few months back on the Feb/Mar 2009 issue of Theme Magazine's article Gastroporn . If you are a Top Chef Masters fan, Mr. Lazor writes a great review of each episode every Thursday.

Thank you everyone who has been so supportive of this blog. I never expected much from it when I first started it, but I have met so many wonderful people who are as passionate about food as I am through it. I've been working on a new look and moving the blog to Wordpress, so expect to see a new layout in a few days.