Posts tagged "rollei"

• Saying Goodbye to Fuji Superia 400

  Published on Invalid DateTime

  Fuji Superia 400 has been my stock color film for a long time. I have 10 rolls left, and when that's gone it doesn't look like I'll be able to find it easily anymore. It was my favorite 'buy it at a drugstore' film, but now that I can't buy it easily, I don't think I will put in the effort to source it. For color, I will probably switch to Ektar and Kodak Vision 3 250D or 500T. Or some combination of all of that.

  Until then, some photos celebrating Fuji Superia 400.

  

  I like Fuji's colors with neon lights, especially reds. (Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II, handheld)

  

  A friend came to town and invited me to an epic dinner. (Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II, handheld)

  

  The next day, I had a delicious tasting menu at Ox + Tiger, a Filipino-Japanese restaurant in San Francisco. (Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II, handheld)

  

  View of the San Francisco skyline from Yerba Buena island. (Rollei QZ 35T)

  

  The greens and blues of San Francisco bay. (Rollei QZ 35T)

  photos (view all posts tagged photos) sanfrancisco (view all posts tagged sanfrancisco) fuji (view all posts tagged fuji) fujisuperia400 (view all posts tagged fujisuperia400) minolta (view all posts tagged minolta) rollei (view all posts tagged rollei)

• Published on Invalid DateTime
  

  Photo taken on Rollei QZ 35T, Ektar 100, developed and scanned by Underdog Film Lab.

  For whatever reason, I've been going to Chinatown in San Francisco more often. I don't particularly love the restaurants there (a few faves, but that's it), but it is convenient to go there when I want to pick up certain groceries.

  When I want the Malaysian instant coffee I desperately miss (Chek Hup brand from Ipoh), the only place I've seen in the city that carries it consistently is Sun Kau Shing Co. (The older people who work there speak Chiu Chow / Teochew, if that's also what you speak, like me.)

  Nearly all of the snacks I grew up eating, and more, at Pang Kee Bargain Market.

  The freshest tofu at Wo Chong (look at the glass cabinet by the counter, not in the fridge.. get literally anything there).

  The best deal on hotpot supplies (everything from hotpot soup base to the best quality beef and lamb, homemade fish paste, all the sausages and tofus and noodles you need, even the hotpot) at Gold Coin Trading.

  When my mother was visiting, she also loved Mow Lee Shing Kee, a local SF Chinatown lap mei business that has been preserving meats the traditional way for the last 150 years. I never had this quality of Chinese meats until I came to California: many people have been doing it in old school ways for the last 100 to 200 years, whereas I've only had very commercially made Chinese meats in modern Asia. (SoCal has a few really good stores, too.) Try their duck liver sausage. If you've had lap cheung in the past and not liked it (Chinese sausages), I guarantee that the ones from here are.. different. The difference between a Chinese sausage from here and one made in a factory, is an even wider delta than say, an artisanal Italian sausage and an American factory made sausage. I am a big fan of this place.

  photos (view all posts tagged photos) sanfrancisco (view all posts tagged sanfrancisco) chinatown (view all posts tagged chinatown) rollei (view all posts tagged rollei)