dine•o•crat

I crave Chinese food. I mean, more than most food. I wasn't always conscious of that fact till my be-Rei Kawakubo'ed foodie friend pointed it out. We had been going to several Chinese restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area by that point pretty much regularly. By the grace of our imaginative hairdresser, I was a blond, she a redhead. Over tender bits of pork belly with preserved vegetables and pan-fried noodles, she mentioned she found Chinese food more of a comfort food than traditional Filipino food. I flipped my blond shag and stared at her blankly. It wasn't until much later when I went back to my regular dark hair (with anime blue highlights) that I realized the truth of what she had said. Chinese food can be more comforting and evocative than Filipino food, at least to this Filipino. The former has a sharpness of taste that the latter lacks. Though both could be arguably complex, depending on the dish, the variety of Chinese cuisine is indisputable. Dim sum alone