All I wanted to eat for my birthday was this viral crab rangoon I’ve been seeing all over instagram. It was def worth the hype! Christine found a hack: There are two Slurp locations inside Liberty Public Market – Slurp LPM and Slurp Taiyaki & Ramen. The LPM location always has long ass lines, but you can order the crab rangoon from the Ramen location even though it’s not on their menu. We were there in the afternoon and were able to get several orders (which we devoured!), but Shi tried to get another order to take home to her husband before we left after 6p, and they were sold out! So def go early and hit up the Ramen location to save time.

I met the girls at Liberty Public Market and we made a picnic out of it. Chel brought canned cocktails, and we were all able to find something to eat in the food hall. I brought Milo, and he met Christine and her kids for the first time. Love, love, love these girls and this space.

Shi was showing me all the tried and true viral recipes she’s successfully made, and I had to try them myself! I instacarted all the ingredients I needed last night and made Dumpling Lasagna and Japanese Yogurt Cheesecake.

I followed this recipe, but omitted the ginger (bc I hate ginger) and used ground chicken instead of pork (bc I’m still porkless in more ways than one). I topped it with Momofuku Chili Crunch and it was *chef’s kiss*. I’ll def be making it again!

This viral Japanese Yogurt Cheesecake is only 2 ingredients – plain Greek yogurt and Biscoff cookies. Add Biscoff cookies to anything, and I’ll eat it! I prefer real cheesecake, but it’s a good sub if you’re trying to have a healthier dessert.

Update 1/20/26: Was craving something sweet after dinner and almost crumbled Biscoff cookies over vanilla ice cream, but thought against it and had a healthier piece of japanese yogurt cheesecake instead. It tasted better than it did yesterday. Now I can go to bed without hating myself 😅