My favorite Easter memory

When my parents moved over to Dallas, we didn't start out with much.  Since then my parents have worked very hard to get were they're at and I'm really very proud of them.  They are an example that hard work and determination are strong foundations for success.

As Easter passes, I'm reminded of our simpler days.  When I look back I realize now that we started out much more meager than I used to remember.  We lived in a two bedroom apartment in Dallas.  My brother and I would share a bedroom.  My mother would cook a lot of ramen noodles for us which in hindsight meant that we were really poor but I thought it was great at the time.  She made the best ramen.  Anyway, I remember getting caught up in the commercialized fervor that is Easter and wanting to color eggs and do an Easter egg hunt.  She agreed and I just remember the excitement I had as she helped to color the eggs.  We didn't do anything fancy.  They were just colored hard boil eggs and for the hunt, she hid them around our humble apartment.  When it was time, my brother and I scoured the apartment for the eggs.  We found the eggs and promptly ate them.  And I was happy. 

I love you, mom.

Food!

I'm still haunted by the Kogi Truck.  I took a trip to LA not too long ago.  The highlights were eating at fine establishments like the Kogi Truck and the other being able to say that I was in the audience for Conan's last "Tonight Show".  I guess being slapped in the face with a fake fake boob (not a fake boob - there is a difference) would rank pretty high as well.  But lately, there's been a gaggle of people making the trek out to LA.  And I've been telling everyone about the Kogi Truck.  What's the Kogi Truck?  "Kogi" in Korean translates to "meat" in English.  So basically it's a meat truck.  Delicious meat that traverses the greater LA area and all served from a makeshift ice cream vending truck.  It's joy in food form.  (I guess that means I'm an emotional eater.)

http://twitter.com/kogibbq

Get the spicy pork tacos which is basically daejibulgoki wrapped in a small flour tortilla.  My mouth is watering just thinking about them.  Ok.  I'm hungry now.