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Steamed Pork Bun @ Lunch Box Buffet

Today, I grabbed a Steam Roast Pork Bun on the run at Lunch Box Buffet. I was headed to the AES convention to check out the latest audio nerd gear. I was surprised how good the bun was. Very pillowy bread. I wonder if I got a fresh one. A lot of bread did stick to the bottom paper that I couldn’t get off. But really good bun here.

Lunch Box Buffet - 257 W 34th St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave) New York, NY 10001

As far as the AES convention, some cool mics. I really liked the Cascade microphone booth. They list their prices! Why don’t the other booths do that? I don’t want to talk to anyone. Anyway, the Cascades had some cool old-school ribbon mics –looked sweet, sounded pretty good and cheap. I should’ve taken a photo.

I got to play the new Gibson Firebird X high-tech robot guitar. I couldn’t figure out how to turn it on. Had to wait until another guitar was free that was already turned on …and then I got on it and accidentally turned it off. I love the new technology and really wanted to love this guitar, but too many sliders, knobs and switches that didn’t tell me what they did. I did figure out how to tune it using the robot tuners. I was so proud of myself, I taught it to the guy next to me because he couldn’t figure it out either.

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chinese travel

Boston Pork Buns Adventure

I got into Boston for John’s wedding a little early. So I walked around Chinatown and ended up getting a Big Bun ($1.60) at Maxim Coffee Shop. It’s filled with ground pork, hard boiled egg, Chinese sausage, water chestnut. It wasn’t quite want my mouth wanted, but I ate all of that big bun anyway.

I still wasn’t satisfied, so I got a Roast Pork bun at Hing Shing Pastry. Look at that mushy filling.

I want to think I looked like some smooth Chinese gangster walking around the Chinatown bakeries in my wedding suit. But they probably thought I looked more like a weird 15 year old kid dressed up for Halloween.

Maxim Coffee Shop - 62 Harrison Ave. (btwn Beach St & Oxford Pl) Boston, MA 02111
Hing Shing Pastry – 67 Beach St. (btwn Hudson St & Oxford St) Boston, MA 02111

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House of Andy Inc’s Baked Pork Bun

This Chinese joint at the corner of Broadway and Justice Ave in Elmhurst. It’s a bakery and coffee shop in the front. In the back, hot food pick & point along with Chinese BBQ. I opted to try their baked goods –a baked barbecue pork bun that says Kam Bakery on the wrapper, which is possibly next door. I didn’t notice it when I was there though. Standard good baked bun $1.

House of Andy Inc – 86-22 Broadway (@ Justice Ave) Elmhurst, NY 11373