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Vivi Starts School

2/20/2016

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First, a mani-pedi :)

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Now she's a-hankerin' 'fer some learnin'.

We are teaching her English, Cantonese, and Yosemite Sam.

She loves this toy, from Rachel and Peter!

So far, she has learned to drool. Good job!

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Tonight I cooked linguine and clam sauce

2/20/2016

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Fresh pasta. Steamed little neck clams. Reduced clam stock, with white wine, celery, shallots, garlic, and pepper...just like my mom taught me.

Our Hong Kong ladies love shellfish! :)

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Valentine's Day was a bit strange

2/20/2016

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I cooked lamb with a red wine, brown butter, mushroom sauce. I served a blend of rice, wild, red, and brown.

My inlaws were away, touring Seattle. The ladies approved.

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We decided to have the Chinese "one-month birthday" party

2/11/2016

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Vivi slept through it, but we all had a great time!
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My inlaws love playing with Vivi

2/9/2016

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Vivi loves bath time, and napping afterwards.

2/8/2016

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Let's have another party, for the New Dad! 

2/6/2016

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Emergency 3-minute Tonkotsu Ramen

2/1/2016

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What do you do when your exhausted wife needs massive calories at 4am? Emergency 3-minute Tonkotsu Ramen!

Make sure you stock your pantry with these noodles, which are made in Hong Kong. All big asian grocery stores have these tucked away somewhere. They include a packet of brown sesame oil, which adds a tinge of bitter umame.

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Make sure to have a couple eggs in the fridge, just in case. Finally, these ingredients are key.

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The goal is to create an emulsion, where oils, starches, and broth are all suspended together. With some extra umame (from the egg yolk, sesame oil, and MSG), the emulsion tricks your palette into thinking you're eating pork bone broth. See how the stock is very cloudy and with teeny bubbles of oil? That's the stuff!

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Ok, so take a small frying pan with a dash of canola oil, and start frying an egg or two. Use medium low heat and a glass lid. That way, you can glance over and make sure the yolk is still runny.

Put the dry noodles in boiling water, and add the powder packet. When the noodles are chewy, remove the noodles but keep some of the broth. The broth will be starchy but fairly clear. Now we amp it up.

There are many ways of creating an oil-water emulsion, we will use acid to emulsify. Add a dash of sesame oil, rice vinegar, Japanese soy sauce (Yamasa or Kikkoman light), optionally Pearl River mushroom soy sauce, a pinch of togarashi pepper to the stock. Stir vigorously, optionally with a whisk, until the oils and water don't separate.

Place the egg on the noodles, cover with broth, break the yolk. Done in 3 minutes.

Crisis averted! Bask in a hero's glow.

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Vivi loves bath time!

2/1/2016

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We bought a Dyson heater for the bathroom. It's tropical in there! The ladies even use the heater for diaper changes.

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Vivi Resting

2/1/2016

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She needs to crash out after monster feedings. She's over 9 pounds already.

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After some serious napping, it's tummy time!

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    I'm an applied-math-research Ph.D. and serial startup founder. I am a recognized computer security expert, fortunate to join the ranks of many, great CTO's. I've founded and seed-funded multiple, successful, VC-backed companies. I'm still at it!

    My wonderful wife and I moved from New England to near the Portland Oregon area. We LOVE the Pacific Northwest, and we've been here a few years now. We have an adorable baby girl, Vivi.

    People here are nice and smile a lot. Vegetables are insanely delicious. Driving is not like Mad Max.

    This blog is very Vivi-centric. Our family just can't resist. :) Also, there are some stupid hacking and geek tricks.


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