Epinions Recent Reviews for hakchang

INDULGE NOW!

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 04:45:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Citizen Cake is the place to indulge on desserts and coffee/tea. What more can one ask for?

Pros:

1) Food - Yum. Meticulously prepared morsels. We had the high tea menu, which included a five courses of petit h'ordeurves with...

Wash Away Wrinkles with Low Resolution!

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 04:41:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Finally! It has been a long wait since I got the Visor without any desirable modules. Eyemodule is one of the first to come out with something interesting, and to date, remains the only company producing a digital camera for Visor users. This is the...

Honda Civic of Cell Phones

Thu, 31 Aug 2000 02:43:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Just like the little ubiquitous car, the Nokia 5190 is functional and cheap, with enough flare to keep most users' happy. What's more is most of the times it's free with special promotions from the service provider for signing up on a 1 yr contract (I...

Priceline WebHouse Groceries Online Store: New Way to Pump? Or Pumping with Clutches?

Sat, 19 Aug 2000 16:24:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Priceline offers consumers a chance to save up to 20% of market price gasoline. However, as with all new internet ventures lately, a new methods comes with new caveats.

**I will move this epinion to Priceline Gas when the category becomes...

Good for Thirsty Bears, Bad for Hungry Bears

Wed, 16 Aug 2000 03:03:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Thirsty Bear is a good place for get togethers for beer and some pool (if not occupied already). However, this is not the best place to satisfy your hunger.

Pros:

1) Food - Don't waste money on the entree's. For the price of a...

Avantgo: How Many Ways Can You GO GO?

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:06:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - AvantGo vs. Vindigo. Both are portals that give up-to-date info upon hotsyncing with their websites on the Palm PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The difference between the two is simply a matter of scale. While AvantGo concentrates on generalities,...

Only Thing It Sucked Was My Money

Sun, 23 Jul 2000 02:51:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Hoover Wet & Dry Dubl-Duty Supreme with E-Z Empty Dirt Cup

The product name sounds great, doesn't it? Needing a hand-held vacuum cleaner for my car, I was duped by the very long sounding, seems-to-do-everything I wanted product name. There were...

SAVE THE CHICKENS!!

Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:50:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - With an investment infusion from Dreamworks, Aardman Studios finally can get enough people-power to do a great full movie length feature. And it shows! There are more characters moving at the same time, there are more expressions and dialog, and the...

Burn Rubber Burn!!

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:58:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Put your baby in a Dunlop!

Thank goodness Costco does not sell my tire size. I usually buy tires from Costco for the convenience and quickness - a.k.a. laziness.

Ok, a quick background. I was at first happy that the used car I got came...

Bells & Whistles

Sat, 1 Jul 2000 04:26:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Sure I could of paid for a utilitarian keyboard for under $15. But a keyboard with bells and whistles got the gadget lover in me going. It was a spur of the moment purchase, and I've not regretted it yet! Sidenote... this review is on the Internet...

Cruise OVERDOSE

Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:36:25 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Only go watch this for one of two reasons. First if you consider John Woo's direction as fantastical art forms. And second, if you never get tired of looking at Tom Cruise from every considerable angle and speed. Each of these reasons also make up the...

Built it, and People will come.

Wed, 14 Jun 2000 00:31:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - And people did. Clad in brick veneer to evoke baseball's historic vernacular, the Pacific Bell Park brings the Bay Area together in a not-too-long ago desolate part of the City. This stadium has become the southern terminus from Pier 39.

...

Rice Connoisseur

Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:26:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - It's true you can cook rice with any old pan and cover, but if rice is part of your everyday diet, than you do not want to cheat yourself out of this necessity.

Pros:

1) Consistency - Neither dry nor wet, the rice is always tender...

TURN IT UP!! but don't stand too far.

Thu, 8 Jun 2000 03:04:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Nice speakers for $20!?! Yamaha offers a series of multimedia speakers with their "Advanced YST Technology" in 3 different power units. This is probably more of a marketing effort than a technological breakthrough though. Nevertheless, these...

17-inch Phenom

Tue, 6 Jun 2000 11:38:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Korean electronics in general are what Japanese cars use to be ten, maybe fifteen years ago, inexpensive with plenty of options and sensible design to boot. The Samsung SyncMaster 700IFT 17-inch color monitor continues this trend. Imagine a screen as...

No, It's Not Pooping Thai, It's Phuping Thai

Wed, 31 May 2000 02:59:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - For some reason, finding a good Thai place is like finding a good fishing hole. There are lots of places but only few that really deserves going back to consistently. One such place is the sibling of Thep Phanom in San Francisco called Phuping Thai...

Stuffed and D-Izzy

Fri, 26 May 2000 02:41:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Only once before did I eat so much I actually felt faint afterwards, and it's not from the alcohol! Nothing pretentious about any of the entrees at Izzy's, just a simple white plate with a slab of meat and 2 complimentary sides.

...

Frozen in Time

Sun, 21 May 2000 16:40:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Feels like time stood still once you step into this historic restaurant. At the large front windows are pictures of celebrities/politicians who visited this restaurant over a couple of decades. The restaurant is divided into two parts - at the entry is...

BRAIN Pageant

Sat, 13 May 2000 16:04:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - What do you get when Fox TV producers combine beauty pageant, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Who Wants To Marry a Multimillionaire? The answer is "The Battle of the Child Geniuses: Who is the Smartest Kid in America?"

...

UPS: Uno Piece of S%*t

Wed, 10 May 2000 02:53:59 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - My gripe is not with the men and women who deliver the packages, but with the UPS system in treating their customers like criminals. Below is a lesson learned through the misfortune of using UPS to send boxes when I moved from New York to San Francisco...

Cheap Fusion @ Its Best

Tue, 9 May 2000 01:30:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Fusion usually means trouble these days. I've been to places where fusion is an excuse to water down on taste or ingredients at outrageous prices. Fuzio, however, has been a pleasant find that combines good food with value in a contemporary...

Alice Waters Backlash

Sun, 7 May 2000 04:52:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - Numerous Epinions have described how Chez Panisse has not met their expectations. Whether it's about the food or apathetic service, the Epinions got me thinking of all three of Alice Waters' places. All are popular of course, and come with the usual...

One Decapitation Short of an Epic

Sat, 6 May 2000 18:19:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - The premise of Gladiator promised an epic. A general, who was forced into slavery, then as gladiator, and finally a hero. However, the tragedy is not in the hero's journey but the movie itself.

Pros:

1) Physical violence, sadly...

IKEA: The Big Blue Swedish Invasion

Wed, 26 Apr 2000 03:21:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - IKEA finally opens its doors in Northern California couple of weeks ago. If you've been to one, however, you've seen them all. I realize IKEA does not fit neatly into the Epinion Travel section. But judging by the amount of people and traffic IKEA...

Monterey Aquarium: Interactive PBS

Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:42:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hakchang - The Monterey Aquarium might be low-tech, but I learned more about my favorite local seafood than any other educational institution! Want to know the difference between the habitat of mussels and clams, or how big tunas are, or how we're not the only one...