All posts tagged "the last meal"

  • Studiofeast

    Studiofeast's Soomin Baik, Derrick Yuen and Mike Lee

  • Mountain yam wrapped in wonton crisp

    Mountain yam wrapped in wonton crisp

  • The menu of shojin ryori tastings

    The menu of shojin ryori tastings

  • Tofu with fresh wasabi served with shoyu

    Tofu with fresh wasabi served with shoyu

  • Erik Shirai introducing shojin ryori

    Erik Shirai introducing shojin ryori

  • Sticky rice with shitake mushrooms, carrots and bamboo shoots wrapped in bamboo leaf

    Sticky rice with shitake mushrooms, carrots and bamboo shoots wrapped in bamboo leaf

  • Jim Henson

    Jim Henson's old loft studio at 196 Mercer was the perfect venue

  • Studiofeast

    Studiofeast's Derrick Yuen's spicy and numbing Sichuan hot sauce, donated to the silent auction

  • The funky jazz band kept us swaying to the beat all night

    The funky jazz band kept us swaying to the beat all night

I Am What I Eat (and Drink)

By Julia Blanter on August 4, 2012 / No Comments / Categorized Featured, Photos, Underground Eats, Unique Events

If the saying is true, and you are what you eat, then everyone who came to our I Am What I Eat party on Wednesday to sample Buddhist cuisine and sip sake, should have left calmer and more balanced. And a little tipsy.

Underground Eats threw a fundraiser for one of Anthony Bourdain‘s cameramen Erik Shirai’s foodie film project, I AM WHAT I EAT, before Erik flies to Japan to shoot the story of ‘shojin ryori’, or Zen Buddhist cuisine. Erik’s family served a number of shojin ryori dishes paired with premium sakes, before a screening of Erik’s incredible first film on Studiofeast, The Last Meal. Mike Lee introduced the film, with fellow Studiofeasters Derrick Yuen and Soomin Baik donating their signature sauces to the silent auction.

A rare opportunity to try this beautifully-presented, healthy fare, which in New York can only be found at two Michelin-starred restaurant Kajitsu.

We can’t wait to see Erik’s next film, which you can support here.

The Last Meal

By Julia Blanter on June 29, 2012 / No Comments / Categorized Experiments in Food, Fantasy eats, Featured, Video

At Monday’s Pork and Whiskey Cocktail Party hosted by Studiofeast, in between the pork tartare and the bacon roses, Mike Lee and his team premiered their short film, The Last Meal. Created by Erik Shirai, this is without doubt one of the most beautiful food movies we’ve ever seen.

Whetted your appetite? Eric has just launched a fundraising campaign for the next episode of his I AM WHAT I EAT series, and we can’t wait to see what else he has in store.