This week, SAPL is extremely excited to feature UCI Professor Yong Chen, who is the star of an upcoming episode of “California Matters with Mark Bittman” on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 (CA Food Matters). Professor Chen is the author of “Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America,” which details the rise of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Food & Beverage'
#143 Managing Restaurants (ft. Professor Chen)
Posted July 20th, 2015 by Peter · No Comments
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#142 “Lindorsements” (Being Linteresting)
Posted October 2nd, 2014 by Peter · 1 Comment
We just got a hold of Jeremy Lin’s “Lindorsements” (Linteresting) video by the guys at Wong Fu Productions! The video features Jeremy Lin and the usual cast at various locations around SoCal like Ten Ren Tea. We first wrote about #135 Jeremy Lin in 2010, and his star has been shining brighter and brighter every year. [...]
Tags: Activities · Asian Hotspot · AsianInvasion! · Culture · Films and Movies · Food & Beverage · Games · Jeremy Lin · People · Products · Sports
Happy 2011 Lunar New Years!
Posted January 15th, 2011 by Peter · 31 Comments
Hi SAPL Family! The Year of the Rabbit begins this year on February 3rd, 2011! To help us ring in Lunar New Years, our friends at American Express are giving away some $50 Gift Cards to SAPL members who can share what Lunar New Years truly means to them! The roaring tiger makes way for [...]
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#133 Putting Food On Other Peoples’ Plates
Posted August 25th, 2010 by Peter · 22 Comments
You’ve just been invited to eat by your best Asian friend and their family. You all enter a wonderful smelling restaurant I will stereotypically call, “Seafood Paradise.” Everyone orders, and you wait for your food to arrive. You expect your own plate. You expect your own food. Instead, the waiter brings all the food to [...]
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