Note from Food Dude: These are the only press releases I really look forward to. Well worth the time to read. I’ve always been fond of writing to friends and loved ones, whether it be in a greeting card, little piece of torn paper, post-it note, or post card (my favorite). With the ease of…
Berlu Restaurant
Send Noods
Around this time last year, the other chefs of Berlu and I were sitting at a table eating staff meal. It was a cold, rainy day and we had a fully booked service for the evening. As we sat, eating a noodle soup I made, I looked at everyone with a slight disappointment and said,…
Confessions Of A Vietnamese Baker
I share a car with my partner, but mostly rely on my scooter (Vespa-esque) as my main source of transportation. On market days, she and I would go together, loading up the car and dropping the produce off at Berlu. Occasionally, I’d have to transport produce/goods via scooter, rigging it with boxes and bags to…
Missing hair tie
About a year ago, I was having lunch with my girlfriend, when she expressed her need for a hair tie. I love her dearly, but she always seems to be misplacing her hair ties, among other things. In that instance, I wished I could have been her “heroic” Enrique Inglesias and have a hair tie…
A failed experiment
For the past few weeks in quarantine, I’ve taken on the role of substitute science teacher for my 8-year-old goddaughter, Loretta. Tuesday and Thursday mornings we’ll FaceTime™ for an hour and go over a science lesson for the day. We’ve learned about the planets, water cycle, soil properties, erosion, and touched on a few sanitary…
thoughts on that matter
Hi there. In the midst of all the change, I forgot to reach out to you all with an update. Sorry about that. We, along with every other bar/restaurant, were faced with a problem and, as chefs, when presented with a problem we are taught to come up with a solution. The instinctual side of…