Dumpling Inn & Shanghai Saloon

October 9, 2015July 27, 2016 ~ Miko ~ Leave a comment

Xiaolongbao — A before and after picture of the xiaolongbao (Dumpling Inn vs. Dumpling Inn + Shanghai Saloon). To be fair, the lighting in the new restaurant is terrible.

Rating: Two sideways thumbs
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Off-Convoy: Dao Fu

July 18, 2015July 24, 2016 ~ Miko ~ Leave a comment

DaoFu 3 — We loved the tofu in the salad so much that we asked for other tofu recommendations. The fried tofu was so good that we ate the entire block and wished we had more.

Rating: Two thumbs up
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Off-Convoy: San Francisco!

June 30, 2015July 24, 2016 ~ Miko ~ Leave a comment

We went to San Francisco partly for a library conference…but mostly to eat things.

SF 1

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Fried ramen egg!!

Fried ramen egg!!

SF 31

Seabass yakitori.

Seabass yakitori.

Spoiler: the best restaurant we that we tried in SF was Izakaya Sozai.

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Off-Convoy: West Izu & Oimachi, Tokyo!

December 4, 2014July 25, 2016 ~ Miko ~ 1 Comment

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Japan 2

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I wasn’t in Japan this time for a happy reason. However, with my brothers, family, and friends, who all love to eat as much as I do (which is saying a lot), we were obviously going to dedicate every second of free time and every bit of stomach space to finding delicious consumables. If you are ever in Tokyo or West Izu, here are some spots you should hit up:
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A BACHELOR’S IN CONVOY!!

September 27, 2014August 3, 2016 ~ Miko ~ Leave a comment

Happy Convoy Day! It has now been FOUR YEARS since we began our exhaustive Convoy study. This year we tried to mostly go to different places than we did the first time…

Convoy Day 1

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A rainbow of beer! I think the red one had hibiscus in it.

A rainbow of beer! I think the red one had hibiscus in it.

Ume panch!!

Ume panch!!

Convoy Day 22

Convoy Day 31

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