Lou MC Yelps a Lot

This was my first time to host a Chinatown Crawl event within 24 hours and away from home. It only took me 20 minutes to plan an improv event and post it on Facebook . During my vacation to San Jose Bay Area last August, family members got interested with my food crawl style meetup in Houston. But there is no way for them to experience it. So, I decided to host a Chinatown Crawl in San Jose to give them a firsthand experience. It also gave me an opportunity to test this concept. After the successful Asian Heritage Celebration @ North Golden Sun Plaza  being outside of Chinatown, I knew this would be a breeze. First, I asked my nieces and family friends where they would like to eat. I told them about my fond memories from a longest running crawl event - Year of the Dog UYE @ 75+85 ChinatownCrawl . My focus would be about BBQ and Hotpot in San Jose. Originally, we planned to crawl Silver Creek Market Place on Story Road. We can dine at Q Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot  and having des

Before my trip to California, I had to do a little soul searching with my loyalty programs. Who gives me the most wins. I have AAdvantage and Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards. This is a nerve wracking challenge Late June, I received an invitation to join a 5K Challenge. Here is how it goes.  Earn up to 5,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles when you register and complete these qualifying activities in any order through September 30, 2018: Make any purchase with AAdvantage® eShopping℠ Dine-in or carry out with AAdvantage® Dining℠ Book and stay at a hotel at bookaahotels.com Rent and drive a car at aa.com/cars Fly on an American Airlines marketed and operated flight Waiting on 2500 miles from hotel stay But here is the tricky part. The points are accumulated by steps. · 1 activity = 50 bonus miles · 2 activities = 250 bonus miles · 3 activities = 1,000 bonus miles · 4 activities = 2,500 bonus miles · 5 activities = 5,000 bonus

I got ousted as Barons of Chinatown and Sharpstown within a week in May. I really don't care. My position is never changed since my blog post in 2016. Considered it as a term limit like for politicians, I am happy with my 3-year baronship Why do I don't check-in in Chinatown any more? I got a little disgusted after reading Food Inspection Reports on EveryBlock. This is one of the reasons I don't eat out after reading those restaurants with serious health violations. I learned how to enjoy cooking at home. Huzzah! As the Duke of the most businesses in Chinatown, you've got serious 'Good cred. May 13, 2018 was my last day as of Baron of Chinatown. Here are screen shots on my phone. Panel 1 and 2 were mine. Panel 3 was Fox E's. I checked my Baronship page every week. At 5 pm as panel 1 shows above, I had Chinatown. But I received a notification at 7:15 pm, mine was gone and it went to Fox. I called this a game over. Sometimes I don't check-in j

This review was originally posted at  UYE: Korean BBQ & Sashimi . I've decided to take it down because I felt my experience should have no rating. It's not fair to impact the event host's hard work organizing such gathering in short notice. I deleted this review voluntarily What? No one mentioned me? Yeah. I was there visiting not eating. Since it was close to my office, I decided to stop by to say hello. This must be a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. Come on Il Me Jung, put a sign out there. I parked across street hoping not to get towed. At least the street wasn't busy.  I couldn't believe so many people could fit in a room like a wash closet. I couldn't stay to join because I'm agoraphobic, not particularly favor of big crowd in small space. I also don't like communal style eating. Sorry.  If you are interested to watch the full video, here you go https://www.instagram.com/p/BihVGNnHDM7/ . See all photos from Lou C. for UYE: Korean

Profanity is not allowed in my family. I don't know about yours, but we were taught not to swear in any language. What if you start watching a silly movie on TV, you noticed lots of beeps at the beginning of a profanity word. I would flip the channel to watch something else.  Some people have different tolerance level when it comes to profanity. You are not supposed to swear in class, at work or at church. But people do. Some people even swear in reviews. Not clear why they had to use F-words at Arirang I have seen Yelp bypassed a few reviews with loaded F-words, B-words and A-words. I reported few reviews. They all came back with "We realize that different people have different tolerances for strong language, but our bar is pretty high so that we can allow reviewers to tell their story in their own words even when things get colorful. With that said, we've decided not to remove the review after carefully assessing it against our Content Guidelines, but thank you

Here is a newfound strip mall that resembles a strip mall in Chinatown. It's called North Golden Sun Plaza ( Google  |  Yelp ) in North Houston. The zip code should be 77014, but many still using 77068 because it's separated by a street. The street address is 3645 Cypress Creek Parkway, aka FM 1960 W, between TC Jester and Walter Road. According to an article on  Chron.com , North Golden Sun Plaza was established when Sun's Club moved in 2015 after Wal-mart moved across street (zip code 77068). Then, the lot owner expanded from one building to this horseshoe-shaped 3 buildings. Thanks to the Facebook folks who live around this area for the history and the proper street name of Cypress Creek Parkway. FM 1960 was renamed within last few years ( article on ABC13.com ). Therefore, you'll see some newer businesses are using Cypress Creek Parkway on their business cards. Either way is correct. However, not many business owners attach their suite number on their marketing

Let's make some sauces for the hot pot dinner. Sauce is essential to the meal. What would you want it to taste? Spicy, Savory. Sweet. Mild. You name it. I collected these simple recipes from few websites in China and translated to English especially made for the Chinatown Crawl UYE at 75 BBQ & Hot Pot Buffet . These are just for looks. 2 out of 5 sauces are below my expectations. Look at the sauce bar first. These are on the line for you to choose from. But you must know how they taste first. Here are the hints. Left side of sauce bar Shrimp flavored chips - not sauce, just snacks Soy bean paste - deep fermented beans base Oyster sauce - sweet savory Seafood sauce - sweet savory Soy sauce - salty liquid Chili pepper - spicy condiment Crushed peanuts - nutty condiment Cilantro - savory condiment Cumin - savory condiment Chopped green onions - savory condiment Sesame - savory condiment Fermented bean curd - light salty base Right side of sauce bar

Let me explain hot pot in one sentence. Hot pot is a traditional meal with a group of people seating at a table equipped with a bowl of boiling soup. I started my hot pot UYE since last Winter Olympic Games. It's not difficult to prepare. But it can be humbug to shop and expensive to make it at home. Thanks to 75 BBQ & Hot Pot Buffet in Houston Chinatown. They made it easier for people like you and me to indulge a feast without costing a fortune. When you arrive at my  Year of the Dog UYE @ 75+85 ChinatownCrawl Sequel , let me find your table. Tell wait staff what you would like to drink and proceed to the buffet line. If this is your first time to this restaurant, be sure to watch the videos on the items at the buffet line  https://youtu.be/WGZkyPlZSgo and  sauce bar   https://youtu.be/sI0koJDkMuk . Sauce Bar It can be crowded when everyone is at the buffet line. You can start with a bowl to mix your dipping sauce at the sauce bar. There will be some prepared sauce