A few days ago, Jay Leno was on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Leno heightened my senses when he mentioned the Burger King Gold Card.
Burger King Gold Card entitles the holder to an endless supply of free food.
Leno also treated the patrons lining up in back of him to a free meal.
Other celebrities including House star Hugh [...]

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As one of the top global brands, McDonald’s has invaded Beijing with it first drive through last year. The first McDonald’s arrived in Beijing in 1991. Just a little bit over 15 years later, there are now over 800 restaurants in the country with 300 more to come in the next few years.
As a former [...]

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Science Geeks out there will love this experiment.
I think hot ice makes a beautiful backdrop for a food platter.
Presentation is everything!

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I am asked frequently, “what make a restaurant successful?”
Hint. Provide customers with a remarkable experience.
3 Signals that guest are having are remarkable experience.
-Cameras are flashing. Guests want to capture memories.
-Read the guests’ facial features. Are they smiling? Wowed?
-Tip. Tipping is a monetary gesture. So a satisfied guest will show their appreciation through tipping. [...]

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Mom said, “Eat your bok choy. No eat canned vegetables. No good.”
Well… so I thought. Just like Sherlock Holmes digging for answers, an article in Parade recently debunked common myths. Canned vegetable can be healthier than fresh vegetables.
Read the full list in Parade article.

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A few years ago, I started writing an entrepreneur book featuring Asian Entrepreneurs. While interviewing Clarence Mao, the founder of Ling Ling’s,famously known for their pot stickers he suggested I get [...]

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My Fast Food Rap
Yo Yo Yo! Merry Christmas.
Licking my kung pao chicken, add my soy sauce
Chow mein, egg roll, mama where is my
orange chicken.
Fortune cookie tell me,
Call her up tonight.
Put your chopsticks in the air,
Waive them like chicken is on sale tonight.
Okay. I suck.
Leave it to the pro’s like Joe Woody.
His full collection of Fast [...]

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Bijou
1036 B St
(between Foothill Blvd & Main St)
Hayward, CA 94541
(510) 888-1092
www.bijouexperience.com
Just like their creative fusion French dishes, Bijou stands on the leafy streets on B street. With its modern interior, a sense of sexiness arrives. High ceiling awaken the senses as upbeat music increase jolts the heart beat.
Our server Frankie was above par. [...]

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Happy Holidays.
Over Thanksgiving, our family feasted on turkey marinated with Chinese sauce. It’s my grandmother’s house recipe. I call it the “Kung Fu turkey”.
First, brine the turkey.
In a big bucket, fill with 4 cups of salt, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 whole sliced lemon.
Brine for at least 24 hours.
This technique ensures moist meat.
Chinese [...]

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Chill
125 Kearny St
(between Post St & Vermehr Pl)
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 433-1233
“Let’s chill, and settle down.”
More sexy Lyrics.
“All my love is for you.”
“Whatever you want, I will do.”
Growing up in the 80s, Guy rocked the house with this song.
As an immigrant from Hong Kong, the lyrics blew my mind away. The lyrics
reminded me to [...]

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Restaurant consultant notes:
In general, Chinese restaurants try too hard to translate restaurant names “directly” into English. It does not work. They think in Chinese and translate into English.
Their focus: Attempting to seek wealth, they name their restaurants filled with countless so called prosperity words.
Should be focus: clean bathrooms, great food, great service, asking for community [...]

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Macao Friends Restaurant
2240 Irving Street,
San Francisco , CA 94121
(Prices: $10 and up)
(415) 665-7888
With my head bobbing up and down,“Slurp Slurp, Suck Suck.” Ahh.
I was a bad boy. I wanted to finish every morsel.
On a shivering Saturday night, there was nothing better than sucking on bone marrow. A Macao house favorite, the Pork Marrow bone [...]

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Shubuway
San Mateo Location
650-548-2483
145 E. Third Ave.
San Mateo, Ca 94401

Moutain View Location
(650) 961-8880
180 Castro St .
Mountain View, CA 94041

Prices:
Lunch: R $9.50, L $11.50
Dinner: R $12.50,L $15.50
In Japan , Shabu Shabu, meaning “swish swish,” referring to the sound of swirling meat, is a popular form of community eating. Filled with restaurants on Third Street in San [...]

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Viva Las Vegas!
Watch the video above. Even the reporter gets wide eyed excited about a McDonald’s.
With all the glitter and lights, steak & lobster specials, McDonald’s just launched a new high tech restaurant attempting to wow diners and tourists alike.
Features:
Hours of operation- 24 hours 7 days a week
Space – 8600 square feet
Exterior-9 feet tall [...]

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Controversy sells! Burger King has come up with another viral marketing campaign, this time selling burger scented cologne in the promotion Fire Meets Desire. For just $3.99, you can buy the cologne at Ricky’s Halloween.

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Hey look! Thats Phoebe Buffay from Friends. Video game king Nintendo has published Personal Trainer: Cooking that allows users to cook using interactive recipes.
It’s really cool.
Voice activated commands such as “Next” (next step in recipe) and “Details” (providing more specific information) allow users to talk to the game console.
Other features
-Built in calculator to keep [...]

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Ad Campaign: Whopper Virgin
Mission: Burger King sets out to prove that the Whopper taste better than the Bic Mac
Method: Hire a production team and travel to places in the world that have not been exposed to commercials from Burger King or McDonald’s
Controversy: Bloggers deemed it distasteful and some call it racist
Bloggers have been asking, [...]

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