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- About MAI -

Q: Why do you blog? – I started Flavor Boulevard after I read the entire noodlepie blog from beginning to end. That blog reminds me of what food writing is, which is not so much about food as about memories. With Flavor Boulevard, I can save in one place, however unorganized, memories of the meals, feelings I get from a dish, new things I learn from and about food. When I read what I wrote months and years ago, I can relive the experience. It’s kind of like talking to myself, the past Mai, the present Mai and the future Mai all in one place.

Q: What is your focus on this blog? – Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese food.

Q: Why Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese? – Vietnamese because I’m Vietnamese. Korean because there were some years when I watched way too many Korean dramas, and when the protagonist gobbled up a skillet of kimchi fried rice, I just gotta try it too. Japanese? It all started with an okonomiyaki in San Francisco, and it got serious after a good izakaya night. But at the end of the day, it’s simply because these three cuisines make me feel at home.

Q: Where can we reach you? – Email me: mai@flavorboulevard.com

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Mai Truong is a Vietnamese-born Texan currently going to school in Berkeley, California. Beside studying and Flavor Boulevard, she enjoys being a staff writer at the Daily Californian (mainly in the Eating Berkeley blog).
She has an incurable infatuation for languages, pig trotters and tea (UPDATE: check out her TEA BLOG: Tea & Mai). She also tends to compare every dish with her Mother’s cooking.

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- About FLAVOR BOULEVARD -

Q:What is Flavor Boulevard?
A: Food reviews. Cheap eats, a few fancy restaurants, a few recipes. Sometimes books and movies too. As long as it reminds us of food, we write about it. (Mai: I’m a fresh-off-the-boat Asian, when it comes to Asian food, it gets r.e.a.l.l.y personal.)

Q: Do you get free meals at restaurants when you review them?
A: Not for reviews. But interviews, yes. Unless disclosed otherwise, we don’t profit monetarily from any of my reviews.

Q: Do you accept guest posts?
A: We love them. If you feel like talking about food, be it your latest improvisation in the kitchen or an awesome street grub, take pictures and shoot us a write-up at mai@flavorboulevard.com. ALL posts that satisfy these guidelines are welcome!