{"id":1622,"date":"2013-03-17T18:45:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T23:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2013-03-17T18:45:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T23:45:54","slug":"late-to-the-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2013\/03\/17\/late-to-the-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Late to the Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2013.03.17.a\"<\/a>\"2013.03.17.b\"<\/a>I celebrated a belated Pi Day<\/A> today with a pecan pie from the grocery store. Sadly, my month-long hiatus from blogging has not left me with more interesting highlights to report. Between organizing journal club, studying for boards, and preparing cases and abstracts for two conferences, I have been left with little time for anything else. Our annual holiday event – the Winter Thaw<\/a> – was a disappointing 3 hour lecture by evangelical vegans, which we protested over drinks<\/A> afterwards. We made up for it by celebrating my senior fellows’ getting their jobs at Six Plates<\/a> the following week. At home, aside from the dread of filing taxes for 3 states, I’ve continued with round 2 of my instant noodle competition. Again, each gets two scores for the soup base and noodles:<\/p>\n

1. Ve Wong Chinese Herb (Ginseng Flavor) Noodle Soup<\/a> (7,6): Nice aromatic herbal soup is spiked with bits of ginger and wolfberries, but the noodles are not very substantial.
\n2. Vifon Bun Rieu Cua<\/a> (5,6): Even the “crab sauce” with tomato and tofu bits, dried-fried onion sprinkle, and crunchy bun, cannot convince me this is bun rieu. It doesn’t taste rieu at all.
\n3. Vifon Pho Bo<\/a> (4, 6): Salty, flavorless broth and dehydrated bits of meat that taste like rubber, is combined with pho noodles that are way too wide. Fail #2 for Vifon.
\n4. Sapporo Ichiban (Original Flavor)<\/a> (5,5): The “original” flavor is like soy-sauce in water while the hefty noodles lose their consistency half-way down the bowl. Definitely not ichiban.
\n5. Lishan Black Chicken Brand Chicken Noodle<\/a> (6,6): The soup is spicy with pungent pickled cabbage. The thin, fine noodles have an interesting texture, but too little in quantity to hit the spot.
\n6. Kang Shi Fu – Artificial Abalone-Crab Flavor Noodle Soup<\/a> (7,6): The soup is hearty with rehydrated veggies, but no abalone or crab flavor at all. The delicate noodle falls apart quickly.
\n7. Unif Tung-I Ramen (Special Beef Flavor)<\/a> (6,6): Mediocre salty, spicy broth with average noodles. Nothing to write home about.
\n8. Wei Lih – Jah Jan Mien<\/a> (6,8): Nice springy noodles are tossed with a sweet n’ spicy sauce pack. The extra soup base provides a generic broth on the side that seems more like an afterthought.
\n9. Baijia – Artificial Stewed Chicken Flavor Instant Sweet Potato Thread<\/a> (5,6): Crunchy cellophane noodles are immersed in flavorful, but very salty, oily broth, leaving me thirsty for hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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