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		<title>Dim sum &amp; sushi train (回転寿司) in one</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 06:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week when I was in Perth (which has so many Japanese restaurants), I noticed this intriguing restaurant. It served both dim sum AND sushi on a conveyor belt! I didn&#8217;t eat there but ate at another shop selling takeaway sushi next door yet couldn&#8217;t help but sneakily take this photo! Two of my most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=782&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year &#8211; Osechi Ryori in Australia!</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2010/01/07/happy-new-year-osechi-ryori-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese new year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kuromame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osechi ryori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ozoni]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy new year!  In Hawaiian we say, Hau&#8217;oli makahiki hou and in Japanese, akemashite omedetoo. Growing up, Christmas was not the most important holiday for us but new year&#8217;s day was.  Like the Scots, the Japanese have a big clean of the house to welcome the new year and thus, it metaphorically starts the year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=727&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insects Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/11/08/insects-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep-Fried Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Zimmerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Bourdain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chatuchak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating Bugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entomology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entomorphogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fried Bugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fried Cockroaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silkworm cocoons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desperatelyseekingcrab.wordpress.com/?p=583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the lack of posts &#8211; traveled a total of over 7 wks (mostly to visit friends and family) and can&#8217;t seem to quite recover yet.  It doesn&#8217;t help that I just started a new full-time job so I&#8217;m exhausted as hell.  Do you know how hard it is to go through thousands of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=583&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Street Stalls, Bangkok</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/10/10/street-stalls-bangkok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snacks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangkok street food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street stalls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a wimp but my gut isn&#8217;t what it used to be.  I went to Bangkok with EVERY intention on actually eating food off street stalls because they are often very tasty and authentic.  Some of my best memories of eating throughout Mexico were the dodgy-looking tacos, ice creams and grilled corns from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=561&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Street-fried Taro Chips Bangkok</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/10/06/street-fried-taro-chips-bangkok/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/10/06/street-fried-taro-chips-bangkok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep-Fried Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fried taro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photo was taken on a random street in Bangkok on our search for Chote Chitr restaurant (reviewed on NPR and NY Times &#8211; story on that later), it was very near to the restaurant on the main road.  Although the weather was scorching hot and humid, I just couldn&#8217;t pass by these hot treats [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=549&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ajisen Ramen Comes to SA</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/18/ajisen-ramen-comes-to-sa/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/18/ajisen-ramen-comes-to-sa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adelaide restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ajisen ramen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[char siu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gyoza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leigh st.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ramen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ramen broths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoyu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spare ribs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tonkotsu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adelaide doesn&#8217;t have a huge Japanese population compared to the big three (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) but we do have our share of half-decent sushi places (that are actually run by Japanese, which most aren&#8217;t).  Our Chinese and S.E. Asian population on the other hand is very healthy and growing each year.  I am happily [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=338&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese-style Fried Oysters</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/07/18/japanese-style-fried-oysters/</link>
		<comments>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/07/18/japanese-style-fried-oysters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deep-Fried Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kaki fry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oyster fry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tonkatsu sauce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I LOVE oysters.  This is surprising because I hated them as a kid and when I tried my first raw oyster in the mid-90s (at the London Beer Show) , I got violently ill.  Instead of putting me off of oysters for life, I fell in love with them and even did an in-depth study [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=272&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food Quiz #1 and #2</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/06/13/food-quiz-1-and-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Quiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous/Quirky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Grocery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pickled turmeric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ziganid fish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to move the Food Quiz from its own page to a regular post below: I love food and regardless of whether I have studied it extensively or not, there is no way that I have an encyclopaedia of knowledge&#8230;therefore, I have set up this page so that I can be enlightened by people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=201&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-Style Desserts</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/06/12/asian-style-desserts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[85 C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Pastries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calpis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love being in Sydney&#8217;s Chinatown area because it is almost like being in Asia &#8211; after all, Australia is part of Australasia. I get to fulfill all my Asian cravings whenever I visit and this time, I discovered a bakery that specialises in Asian-style cakes. It is on George St. right in the thick [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=200&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney Layover</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/06/09/sydney-layover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haymarket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sushi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sydney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Practically every time I want to leave Australia to go back to the US, I have to stopover in Sydney for a few hours. Sometimes I schedule my flights so that I have a whole day to hang out in Sydney before I board my (usually) evening flight home. This time, I decided not to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=136&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Asparagus Canapés</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/05/09/asparagus-canapes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asian Appetizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asparagus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marinade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teriyaki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every spring when I was a teenager, I remember watching Good Morning America and without fail, there was a cooking segment that introduced the asparagus season and whenever I saw the episode featuring asparagus, I knew that spring had officially arrived (since we didn&#8217;t have seasons in the tropics). I think that that morning show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=143&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Ginkgo</title>
		<link>http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/04/02/fresh-ginkgo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gastrochic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chawan Mushi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ginkgo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a child, I treasured my grandmother&#8217;s chawan mushi, or savory Japanese custard with lots of goodies in it like shrimp, chicken and fish cake. Whenever she&#8217;d make it, I always asked for seconds so she started to make extra to anticipate my greedy request for more. The only thing that I didn&#8217;t find pleasurable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=desperatelyseekingcrab.com&amp;blog=3187847&amp;post=24&amp;subd=desperatelyseekingcrab&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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