Procrastinating … my favorite food websites

I don’t understand how it is almost 3 am and how I have done nothing but skim through one case for the past five hours since I’ve come home? What am I doing … listening to Pandora, reading restaurant reviews for an event I’m planning, procrastinating reading my favorite food websites, and of course now - writing in my blog.

*Sigh* How is it that I have such an appetite for all things food? I can flip through different restaurant menus and not get bored … read through cookbooks in my bed and tag the ones I want to make … and (probably my favorite) read through people’s food stories and adventures on their blogs until the sun comes up!

So a tribute to all my favorite sites that keep me up and prevent me from doing what I ‘should’ be doing (e.g. work – or better yet – sleep!)

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Hias Gourmet
http://www.hiasgourmet.com/

I love this site because it is an entrepreneurial venture (and success) of a good friend of mine, Adlyn Teoh. Know Gourmet on Tour? Same concept – just focused on exposing the world to gourmet Chinese cuisine. She’s started a fabulous business with customized culinary vacations, food tours, dining etiquette classes, and more. For anyone who loves food and planning a trip to Beijing, it’s a must do.

Chubby Hubby
http://www.chubbyhubby.net/blog/
One of the first food blogs that I got hooked on. He’s a famous Singaporean food blogger named Aun Koh, but probably what I love most about his site is the name and concept. ‘Chubby Hubby: Whining, Dining, and Marriage.’ He always references his wife ‘S’ and talks about making a homemade chirashi one day in an entry called ‘Scattered rice for a tattered wife.’ How can a girl not love that? Food, love, life. (Plus, he has a post about making a hazelnut mousse chocolate torte with pop rock candies!)

Nordljus
http://www.nordljus.co.uk/
By Keiko Oikawa and available in both Japanese and English. I can’t help but flip through every entry in her blog because her pictures are absolutely stunning. I have downloaded several of them as screensavers for my own desktop, so I can be inspired. Her website is the epitome of why I love food and am obsessed with Japanese food culture. The attention to detail and celebration food as an art. Exquisite.

RasaMalaysia
http://rasamalaysia.com/
I love this site because it’s so useful and it’s such a great shout out to the diversity and delicious-ness of Asian cuisine. It has a good repertoire of recipes spanning Chinese, Malaysian, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Vietnamese, Filipino, Indonesian, and Baking (Because really, how can you not include baking as a key building block in your cooking skill set?)

Friends’ blogs
http://bloomingiris.blogspot.com/
http://frutchman.wordpress.com/
http://www.eating-sf.com/
And of course, potentially my favorite by far – friends who also casually blog on the side … I love reading your blogs because they provide a little bit of insight into your creative endeavors and culinary adventures. I feel like I get a little personal glimpse into your lives!

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