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BPS 2025 - LA + SF (Feb 15-22, 2025)

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I took a trip to LA for the BPS conference and made a short visit to SF / Berkeley as well. I enjoyed the warmth, sunshine, greenery, lemon trees – plus all the good food! DAY 1 (2/15) – Little Tokyo, West Hollywood, Waymos, food delivery carts (Sloane) House-made udon noodles in uni cream sauce at Marugame Monzo First time having Japanese style mochi from a confectionary! So much better than supermarket stuff We had dinner in West Hollywood with other members of the Bphys program. It was a very California experience - riding in a Tesla for the first time, spotting Waymos and food delivery robots, and walking into a super overpriced grocery store with meh products and Wolfgang Puck's name on the sign. DAY 2 (2/16) – Tacos, fruit carts, Fashion District, presenting our poster, Ktown After visiting San Diego last year, I was super excited to come back to SoCal for the tacos. The ideal taco has sauces that are well-balanced with the meat, a variety of textures, and fresh tortillas. Th...
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Favorite Foods + Random Pics from Taiwan

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FAVORITE FOODS to summarize my Taiwan trip Apricot kernel milk from Taoyuan 肉圆 ("meat ball") from both Taichung and Keelung Taichung version Keelung version Longan cake from Taichung Smoked mullet roe from Du Hsiao Yeh, Tainan Breakfast from Qing Qi Vegetarian Dim Sum, Tainan (in particular, pastry with veg, nori, sesame, mayo and dumpling with sesame and daikon)  Oyster pancake from Pingtung Night Market Candied sweet potatoes from Pingtung Night Market Caramel pastry from Fu Hang Soy Milk, Taipei Shaved ice from Mr. Chef Snow & Tofu Gongguan, Taipei Oolong cheesecake from Jiufen Teahouse The really sweet pineapple everywhere! The fragrant and chewy buns everywhere! (I gobbled them too fast for a picture) RANDOM PICS that didn't really fit elsewhere So many types of pineapple! HUGE watermelon! the symbol for motorcycle lane hehe coffee-flavored vegan jerky??? fruit-decorated ice-cream cake climbing wall at the train station?! cool ming dynasty style chair at the hote...
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