New Tung Kee Luu Noodles (新潮州中記麵家)
520 Showers Drive
Mountain View, CA 94040
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And...while I "hunt" around for food, I've been "preyed upon" simultaneously ! Or the correct word should be "tagged" (?), by Cumin and Coriander . OMG! And I did not know I was supposed to pass on the meme about "5 things most people don't know about me"! So, those who find their names/ blogs at the bottom of this post...YES...YOU HAVE BEEN "TAGGED", (or "arrowed"- in Singlish, to write ) and I assure you there are "cats" (not killed by curiosity yet) who wish to know your "secrets"...
Oh, I bet you, no "cats" are curious or interested enough to know what they don't know about me (but I'll just "play" the "rules of the game"). Blogging is a way to share laughter all around. There are too many things in life to be serious about, so for once, loosen your jaw muscles, alright ! Sigh...I'm side-tracking again...*knock knock*
1. Tigerfish is MY REAL NAME...only in the WWW; and I'm trilingual.
2. The name teczcape is not a word in anyway related to food, recipes, cuisine or cooking. It originated as a blog that relates to FOOD (of course!), plus other musings about travel, observations, tech. stuff, etc; then slowly evolved into a food-only blog (since all of us gotta eat). But the essence is there - teczcape means "escape from technology" and...FOOD is one great SANE escape from the INSANE high-tech world!
3. Used to be an editor (a short-lived one) for...not a food magazine, of course! Proof-reading, and editing on a professional basis is entirely totally obviously different from writing and posting on a blog. As you can see, the No.1 "No-Go" in formal writing is - Never start a sentence with an "And". This is the right brain and left brain in action.
4. Look for bargains more often in the U.S of A, compared to Singapore - Prefer Trader Joes to Whole Foods; enjoy Target more than Walmart, and usually hunt around for kitchen gadgets in Ross! (found my $4.99 muffin pan , and $7.99 8-cup French Press).
5. Used to play pranks (not always) while in primary school (equivalent to elementary in U.S) - sprinkle water on the seat of my (unlucky) classmate sitting in front of me, and without knowing, he(usually) would sit down and "wet" his school shorts. Oops!
I've wanted to tag a few more people, but some are already in the radar of Flog & Rosbif and Cumin and Coriander, so I'll have them instead.
I'm taggin' you, fellow foodies -
Buddingcook
Yich of Simcooks
Yuzu of Yuzu Eats
Wandering Chopsticks
Hurry hurry, you are all looking foward to your posts!
Tag: chinese, asian, noodles, bay area food, meme
I was really curious about your blog title "teczcape" and thank you for solving my curiosity. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you and I have something in common (see No. 3). Although that's what I still do.
ReplyDeleteI still think its da real thing !
ReplyDeleteUS of A got no normal noodel meh? How come the "kway teow teng" got the "mee kia" one? But still, it looks darn nice to eat. But usually I eat soupy stff only when I'm ill. Hee.
ReplyDeleteYou steady lah... sprayed water on fellow classmates. But I more steady. I put a thumb-tack on the seat of my buddy. He sat down and gave a loud yulp! Very "li seow" one when younger. Hahaha..
Tiga - The best noodles soup in the bay area is in Sunset, on Irving, aiyo, I forgot the name liao.
ReplyDeleteItem 2 is interesting, esp the last sentence... Indeed, food can be considered as "simpler" as compared to those "ridiculous" tech from some "animal kingdom"...
ReplyDeleteNot sure if i am correct but seems like you usually like to eat kway teow with noodles together?...
Wah! The kway teow teng look like got instant noodle mixed together, hybrid with a bit of prawn noodle and bak kut teh! Nice or not?
ReplyDeleteLooks homecooked... homemade kwayteow perhaps....
ReplyDeleteSue, haha..a word squeeze!
ReplyDeleteHakkahouse, mine was really a short stint, but good enough for me :D
team bsg, not too bad. But I like the soup which is simmered and boiled in pork bones, pork liver. I don't think they do that here. :)
chris, ya hor, for once, the US of A uses "mini"-versions of noodles. But kway teow teng shd be soupy mah. If dry, must take mee pok tar or mee kia tar! Wah, you really "poke" your buddy(really your buddy or not?) this way arh ? Is he still your buddy now ? ;p
ReplyDeleteRM, can you remember now? You wan to make me fatter izit ? Make me try all the noodle shops in Sunset, on Irving? Is that in SF ? Not near where I stay leh...;p
omnivore, we always agree on that, didn't we ? We both escaped from the "animal kingdom"..you forgot liow arh? Then now I am "mutated" to one funny hybrid of land and sea animal...buahahahhaha! No lah! Only sometimes kway teow mee teng. I hate to choose between kway teow or noodles sometimes -so in this case, since I can have both, y not? By mixing both, the 口感 actually improves! :O~~~
fleck, it's not instant, i'm quite sure (unless i've been duped!) :O
ReplyDeleteNo hints of bak kut teh :( ...more like prawn noodle. nice or not ? can pass if not choosy. :p
harro!, it's still an eat-out afterall (plus I think it's a chain eatery). So , I don't expect anything homemade. Homemade MSG maybe, to make u come bac for more ? :-O
thanks for playing along. I wondered what teczcape meant and now i know! :)
ReplyDeleteI remember liao, it's called 新海记。Very very ho liao (好料）
ReplyDeleteRM, thx! Maybe the next time I go Golden Gate Recreation Area to "hike", I will try this 好料 ! :O~~~
ReplyDeleteTigerfish,
ReplyDeleteSo now I know what teczape means, but what about tigerfish?
And I love getting bargains at Marshall's/TJ Maxx. But Target is still the best, esp. when I find stuff for 90% off.
Tigerfish? leave it for the next meme...it's a secret. :p
ReplyDeleteMarshalls and TJ Maxx my fav too, though the latter is nearer so I go more often. 90% off at Target? the most I've seen is 70%. I'm always at those areas!
hmm. no.5 very interesting, same like me hahaha, but I totally forgotten about it until I read urs, u very notti too, got chase guys into boys restroom a not ? wei, the keow teow terng looks like got yeemeen ya ?
ReplyDeleteTiger, wah you started young huh? I only played pranks in secondary school, and bullied the boys in my class, haha! Being a girl has its advantages, I just have to act "weak" and the teacher will take my side, haha!
ReplyDeletemelting wok, yes..i was, until i was in sec. school, then tone down A LOT!
ReplyDeletethe noodle in the keow teow terng more like "you mee"....think yeemeen as i've seen before is "fatter" and flatter" !:)
shilpa, haha...in sec school i was very 乖 "guai" liao...so i started early...ended young in prankster stage....:p
ReplyDeletebut again, sec sch girls school, so less fun....hohohoo
oh like that..mine was the opposite, attended girls' school for primary school years, then went co-ed for sec sch.. :) not that i was more "guai" in pri school, though.. ;-)
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