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@skinnylatte "everybody told me 「日本語上手」 I'm basically fluent 😏"

@skinnylatte it's not a whole lot better if you've lived here your whole life, tbh

@skinnylatte happy birthday!

@skinnylatte that reaction reminded me of how my dad cooked, and I acquired the same habit.

Take the first bite and then the next words out of our mouths: "it needs more/less [something]"

@skinnylatte love that. Asian cooking really is built different

@skinnylatte feel slightly proud of that I've actually heard of that one before!

I deep-fry so infrequently that I always go for the thermometer

@skinnylatte I've been sorta-kinda meaning to pick up a copy of "Science and Cooking" by David Weitz et al. for reasons not-dissimilar to this.

He was once our invited closing speaker at [uni]'s Physics Festival and gave a series of lovely demonstrations that physically motivated things like the poke-test for meat (by cooking a steak for different times and putting the same weight on top of them) or what emulsification fundamentally *is*.

I haven't done so in part because I got a copy of McGee's book and while it's not spelling things out quite as much, the "let's drill down into the biology and chemistry" bits definitely help with the same class of understanding.

@dalias @kib wounded veterans of the Flatland War

@skinnylatte @baconandcoconut it's her :3 face that always brings a smile to mine, perfectly mustachioed little angel

@skinnylatte there she is!

@skinnylatte @aud huh, no kidding!

@skinnylatte perfect little ladies like Mila can have some post-nap screaming, as a treat

@skinnylatte Friendship BBQ is pretty good, they used to have a Chinatown location that I went to a time or two.

I haven't tried the Sichuan place you went to, but Five Spices House is on pretty regular rotation for me. I have tried the *other* Sichuan place (BOS' SiChuan Taste) just up Harvard Ave though, and enjoyed it. An embarrassment of riches!

Will have to try out Shi Shang Ju the next time I'm in that area and craving some mala

@skinnylatte oh cool, the Peabody Essex has a nice collection.

I remember being really impressed by both the contents of the collection and the close ties to the oft-exploitative trade that brought it here. Never visited the teahouse though.

@skinnylatte even cooler!!!

@skinnylatte taking classes while city-hopping?

Adrianna, have you ever considered that you might be *too* cool? :blobfoxlaughsweat:

@skinnylatte high-school friend of mine moved there not long after we graduated and as far as I know has never even thought about living elsewhere. I get it.

@skinnylatte welcome and a fine "how ah ya" to you!

@skinnylatte looking forward to it!

@skinnylatte @aud BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO