http://www.jupspintoh.com combining jup's lifestyle and passion for food into a delicious pintoh Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:52:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been back in the UK for a month now and it still amazes me how time flies. Another astonishing fact is how little I know about the town that I've been living in for the past 11 months. It's one of those moments when you keep saying you're going ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/08/untamed-london/ Settled snugly in a block of run-down buildings across from the Scala Cinema movie theater is Bangkok Shark Fin, a modest restaurant that my family has been visiting for decades. Next to a small entrance, a glass window displays rows of shark fins. Pushing open the swinging glass doors that ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/07/a-diamond-in-the-rough/ I've been on a quest to search for the perfect steak ever since Paween showed me Heston Blumenthal's Steak and Salad episode on In Search of Perfection. After waiting in eager anticipation for my steak at various restaurants with the endeavors ending in a string of disappointments, I found the answer to ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/07/give-me-my-meat-and-potatoes/ I remember the traditional libraries where you had to be extremely quiet and no food or drinks were allowed inside the premises. The one I recall from my days as a child was a building that divided into 2 sections upon entering; the room to the left was where all ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/07/quiet-please/ I've been back to Thailand for almost a month now and I can't believe how time flies. After many sleep deprived nights and slavishly working on my dissertation proposal to meet the deadline, it has now been submitted and I've had a series of trips to nearby provinces to recuperate ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/06/where-the-grass-is-greener/ I can't believe that I've been in the UK for almost 8 months. Time truly does fly! I guess by now you should be used to my disappearing acts in between posts. Honestly, I don't want to make any excuses or worse, make a habit out of this but you know, ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/05/when-im-excited-i-talk-in-caps/ Spring is finally here!! The weather has been spectacular this past week, with the sun spilling its golden rays across the azure sky and the gentle whispers of the wind sweeping past. The buds of the first spring flowers have started to sprout and blossom, making it unbearable to stay ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/03/a-perfect-saturday/ January was a really hectic month for me, what with the end-of-term exams and moving out of the dorm to a new house. Now that the exams are all done and I've pretty much settled in at my new home (which I totally love!), I've been cooking up a storm ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2010/02/raiding-the-fridge-for-dinner-ideas/ As soon as I turned in my last assignment for the year, my friends and I went up to York for a pre-Christmas trip. Since we purchased our train tickets at the last minute, the seats were all full and we had to stand for the entire 2-hour trip to ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2009/12/a-flurry-of-activities-before-2010/ I meant to post this at the start of December, but  I was busy with assignments, so...what can I say? It's only a few days until Christmas but there's still time to countdown! I'm not sure if I've mentioned before that Christmas is my favorite holiday, even though I'm not Christian. ... http://www.jupspintoh.com/2009/12/counting-down-to-christmas/