Green Tea Ice Cream by Haagen-Dazs

I've tried lots of green tea ice creams; the bright green stuff whose flavor hits you like a baseball bat to the head, to soft green creamery whose light taste unfolds like a treasure.  Thus I was pysched to find green tea by Haagen-Dazs at my local grocery chain. 

THE GOOD: Haagen-Dazs Green Tea All Natural Ice Cream is the perfect shade of soft green and possesses an ideal creamy texture.

THE BAD: Unfortunately it lacks any flavor.  I thought it surely possessed a subtle tea hint that would surface after a second on my tongue.  No, not the case!  I tried it straight out of the freezer and again after it warmed a bit.  Sadly, Haagen-Dazs Green Tea Ice Cream is like a cute guy with no personality.

Geeky fangirl moment

Heath Kirchart by photographer Atiba Jefferson

Ninja toys for your little one

By Mandy's Catch of the Day on Etsy

Don't be hatin

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Stupidest headline I've read all week

The Los Angeles Times examines How to talk to kids about Arnold Schwarzenegger's infidelity. 

Home is where the kimchi is

Miwon Pae has been wheeling and dealing in real estate for the past seventeen years.  She's assists kyopo and non-Koreans alike. The feisty and savy agent now goes by the slogan, "Home is where the Kimchi is." Isn't that true!

"Asian Like Me" -New York Magazine

I received this link from a graduate of Stuyvesant High School yesterday.  Contributers to "Asian Like Me" discuss everything from traditional Asian upbringing and how it may deter success in the workplace, to Asian male social awkwardness, and the "bamboo ceiling" effecting high-achieving Asian Americans in companies across the United States.  After reading it, I wonder if these aren't Asian issues, but a first-generation American issues.  I know African immigrants also raise children to be obedient and reserved, with noses in school books.  Regardless, "Asian Like Me" is an interesting article and has already generated over 300 comments by readers.

Vietnamese coffee: Think outside the glass

Your favorite condensed milk (and jittery) coffee drink now comes in cupcake form!  Kathy from A Passion for Food blog talks about her tips for getting ca phe su da cupcakes just right.

Kathy's cupcakes, mmm!

Red chairs: YES Gong: NO

Today I feel there's not an original thought in my head.  Thus when I saw Apartment Therapy celebrating red chairs, I decided to jump on that.  Xioa restaurant in Echo Park, California has some smacking red chairs that I love.  In fact, after seeing them I told my friend Joy when my husband and I finally open our own Vietnamese establishment I want red chairs too.  But do red chairs seem too Chinese?   Let me tell you one thing our place WON'T have: a gong that customers get to wail on.  Is that just a Midwest thing?

Buddha in the bathroom

I find it perplexing that people decorate their bathrooms with Buddha statues.  It seems odd to place an image of a spiritual leader in the same place one defecates or gets naked.  It's not like anyone decorates bathrooms using Jesus, right?  WRONG!  Amy and Keith have welcomed Jesus and his family members into their bathroom, here there and everywhere.  See more of Amy and Keith's unexpected, quirky digs on Apartment Therapy.

Blue Buddha The Blue Porch.  Buddha on toilet Summit NJ.