We should stick together, I’m bringing us all in this post. This is also my way of saying a big thank you to everyone, also think of this as a little ice breaker too, I’m sure some of you have met each other, and some haven’t, either way, we are all here to to share our edibilties 
I’ve noticed that foodbloggers (in addition to loving food) all share one other trait: They love life. Its solidified my belief that foodies are as such because it’s part and parcel of the wonderful colours and vibrancy that makes life… alive.
I think places like foodbuzz are great because it creates that community, like a camaraderie and that we are truly not alone… because as you can tell from my stumble post, there are so many foodlovers out there. In addition to getting connected on stumbleupon, I’m posting here to give everybody a little highlight and shout out. The blogosphere is such a wonderful thing, the more connected we become, the more popular we become – well and truly the information age. One of my favourite blogs is worldfoodieguide. Helen replies to every single comment, go on her site and check it out. It is just such a nice feeling when the reader gets acknowledged by the blogger. Her blog just turned one, so go check her out guys. So following in her foodsteps, I’m going to try and reply each and every comment as best I can. I may miss out a couple but if you don’t hear from me, nudge me again, and I’m sure you’ll catch me the 2nd time round.
So here’s a shout out to my new foodie friends both on foodbuzz and stumbleupon:
Megan, that is one umami charged potato chowder recipe. Did I mention I love potato chowder? Megan for stumbleupon, try adding more friends, then navigate to your blog post you want, then click ‘Send To’ on the stumble toolbar and send it to your friends and ask them to stumble it. The more people stumbling it, the more traffic you should see, Try that!
Cory, I want a chewy brownie too!
I am a firm believer of trying all kinds of food, food is an adventure and it really can be so much fun! I tried scorpions and fried ants once…. though I won’t go there again
I love your website and I love bentos. I get mine at a place in London called Japan Centre, especially the spicy cod with rice, half boiled egg on the side is so nice.
Emily the Chicago Eater! You know, based on your blog, I think I might have to pay chicago a culinary visit!
The big E in new england is AWESOME. I wish I was there!
Ryan, your recipes are pretty mouth-watering, just reading about this hearty breakfast casserole, wow, potatoes, eggs, saugages, garlic, pastry. Im happy just reading it.
Kian, the mid autumn festival looks great! Infusing chinese style with harlem, wow, that is just so unique! Im sure it tastes as good as it looks! Guys, this is a chinese foodblog, chinese food is a very rich and diverse cuisine, lots of interesting and tasty dishes. It’s part of my heritage so its got a special place in my heart. Go read it foodlovers, you’ll like it.
3 tips to the best french toast recipe ever. I love toast and i love eggs, mixed together is something lilke, ummm, food heaven
On this post, she’s talking about the canning process, its actually quite an interesting read! By the way, I love your blogname, engineering is quite dear to my heart too.
Meaghan, your travel blog is really cool, and spoonfed, the website startup she works for is really cool too, check out both guys.
Kittie, you’ve been stumbled and your recipes are nice 
chocolate banana cakes. mmmm..Its about 9pm here, but I’m running out to get some cupcakes after reading it.
I didnt know foodbuzz sends free gifts?! I’m just signing my fp contract now and sending it off, hope i get some free aprons too! you have been stumbled!
Your blog is so tastefully designed, I particularly like the clean layout and the feature post at the top. very nice, I love sydney by the way, I was there 2 years ago and my mates took me to the fish market for fresh lobsters. I was also at a place called makoto, what great sushi! I also ventured out to the vineyards in hunter valley. Sydney’s great, keep writing, I’m a faraway fan.
Gail, That is some nice food photographs! Are you a nikon or a canon girl?
‘Lick your plate clean’ Tantalising Bethany! I’m loving the food pictures on your site! Konofa rich, creamy, cheesy, crunchy, sweet and savory desert … sounds like my kind of food
Hey this is a nice recipe, couscous is one of my favourite foods. I’m always under the impression that coucous are is one of those rare healthy foods that manages to taste great too.
We both love hummus bros … except her banner is sooooo nice. the bokeh in the background is so nice. Your photos are great, I wish I could take pictures like some of the blogs here, are you nikon or canon? I’m nikon d40, still learning about the golden triangle of aperture/shutter speed/exposure
Jessie, thanks for linking me on your website, its much appreciated :), I’ve added you to my blogroll too! Say hello to the barking sous chef for me, I’d buy him a special treat if he ever comes to london!
You’ve got a cool blogname, love it! and again, great pictures, wow. fan fan fan.
Waffles look so great and the pictures nikon d300, I knew it! That’s like my ultimate dream camera for now, well aside from maybe the D900, pictures are too nice. You must give me tips. fledging food photography i am.
Marilyn, you being a pastry chef….your husband is a lucky man! I can picture him coming home from work and you’ve just been experimenting with 10 different puddings and he has to taste them all! Heaven.
If I missed out anybody, let me know and I’ll update this post to reflect it. You know I got into foodblogging because I love reading foodblogs and now I’m discovering there is a world of great foodblogs out there which are yet to be discovered by the general public, hopefully this can help rectify that, I hope you all keep posting guys, I’m a fan first, blogger second.
Finally, anybody need a stumble or a foodfriend, you know what to do.
follow the tweets
Sandra
I don’t think I’ll ever ask you to eat scorpions or ants so you should be safe hanging out at “Hey, I Can Eat That.” Good news, no? But I do so agree that food should be an adventure and food allergies and other dietary requirements really shouldn’t keep you from all the fun.
I’m glad we connected and I look forward to seeing more of your blog!
September 25, 2008 at 11:19 pm
zestycook
Thanks so much for the shout out. I really appreciate it. I am a regular on your site now so you will be seeing alot more of me
And of course you can have a brownie!
Zesty
September 26, 2008 at 12:25 am
Marilyn @ Simmer Till Done
Kang, thanks so much for the sweet list! What a generous connector you are. Your own blog is terrific and I’ll be checking all of the new friends out, too. Nice job!
September 26, 2008 at 12:50 am
thehungryengineer
A big thanks to *you* for the post – I think this is a fantastic idea – I’ve enjoyed the food community tremendously (and it keeps me from prattling on to family and friends who really and truly aren’t **that** interested in what sort of bread knife I’m considering for purchase). And I’m with Sandra – no scorpions and ants on The Hungry Engineer either (at least not on the dinner plate).
September 26, 2008 at 2:37 am
Kian
What a great community of food lovers!
September 26, 2008 at 3:01 am
Kang L.
Sandra – lol, cool! Food adventurers unite, Im glad I connected with you too!
September 26, 2008 at 6:56 am
Kang L.
Kian, yup! Im also glad to be part of this community!
September 26, 2008 at 6:56 am
Kang L.
zesty, wow thanks for the brownie, looking for cappunicco to dunk it into
September 26, 2008 at 6:57 am
Kang L.
Marilyn, thanks so much, there’s still alot to do to improve londoneater, so Im looking to constantly upgrade things, all for the reader’s benefit! Your blog is cool too by the way, i am just a novice!
September 26, 2008 at 6:59 am
Kang L.
thehungryengineer , cool
no worries, all i want to do is meet like minded people and talk about food, friends are the best part of life… lol, well now you know you can always tell me about your bread knife 
September 26, 2008 at 7:01 am
Bethany
Kang thanks alot for the shout out! I’m glad i found your blog… looking forward to seeing more of your blog! Hey maybe we can do something for london bloggers, where we can all meet up?
September 26, 2008 at 7:41 am
Meaghan Fitzgerald
Thanks for the link, and I’m quite excited to check out all of these blogs! I’d love to add a writeup of your blog as well – keep an eye out for a review on The Top Floor Flat
September 26, 2008 at 9:38 am
kittie
Thanks for the link – and that’s a great list of blogs!
September 26, 2008 at 11:08 am
Reeni
It has been amazing! What a great bunch of people and awesome blogs. Thanks to you for setting the wheels in motion! But I’m feeling a bit left out…
September 26, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Jessie
Hey again! Thanks again so much for the brilliant idea. No joke, I saw a huge spike in my traffic yesterday. When I checked my Google Analytics, Stumbled On was totally to blame.
Yay!
+Jessie
a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse
September 26, 2008 at 2:05 pm
JennDZ_The LeftoverQueen
I agree Food bloggers are just some of the BEST people around!!!
September 26, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Kang L.
Bethany,
Yes we should! A few other bloggers have suggested this too, I’m definitely up for it, I’m sure it would be so much fun … esp when the food comes, and everyone goes silent and gawks at the food……
I’ll set something up and then post about it and see what happens, I’ll keep you in the loop when it happens ( this goes out to all the foodies in the postcode as well!)
September 26, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Kang L.
Wow, thanks meaghan! Hey, Bethany is talking about meeting up – I assume you would be up for it too?
September 26, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Kang L.
Kittie, foodblogs rule
September 26, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Kang L.
Renni,
Just seen your blog at http://cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.blogspot.com/ …. SWEET. Yum yum yum, I just gwrote a review for you on stumbleupon , I’m sure the foodbloggers here will be morethan willing to stumble you as well
September 26, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Kang L.
JennDZ, lol, yes! must be all that good food in their tummies.
September 26, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Kang L.
Jessie, cool! glad to see it worked, keep stumbling your new posts (as you would post them on foodbuzz too) and send them my way to stumble it, that should ensure a constant traffic flow.
Also, I find that adding more tags (cooking,recipe,food,restaurant) helps too. I’m trying add tags while I’m stumbling you guys.
September 26, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Reeni
Aww, thanks, your the best. I reviewed you too!
September 27, 2008 at 12:41 am
Christie@fig&cherry
You’re welcome! Thanks for the round up – I love finding even more new food blogs to read! Heaven!
September 27, 2008 at 1:32 am
Jason
Great job for passing on the word on about foodbuzz and a lot of you foodie friends! Great to see such a great community of bloggers out there. Until your post about stumbleupon, I was unsure what it really was, so thank you for the eye opening. Every now and then I would receive an mass amounts of hits from that site, nice to finally understand what it is there for. To everyone out there I will be stumbling y’all really soon.
September 27, 2008 at 3:41 am
Howard
Thanks for the shoutout Kang , and loving your blog too. It’s great to see what’s happening in London as it will probably come in handy if I end up working there in the next year or two!
Oh and of course the stumbleupon is a great idea, I’ll have to remember to ’stumble’ from now on.
September 27, 2008 at 4:16 am
Banu (BaL)
I simply agree with you and my queen Jenn
) Foodies are the best around the world! Such a lovely post 
September 27, 2008 at 9:51 am
Kang L.
Banu, this simply just makes me
September 27, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Kang L.
Howard,
Cool! That’s the plan, its for people who come to London not knowing what to do/eat! Look me up when you come to London, we’ll go out for a meal or something.
Till then, keep telling me all the best places to eat in sydney
September 27, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Kang L.
Reeni, thank you:D
September 27, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Kang L.
Christie,
best of all, I know all these guys who write them and they’re all great people!
I echo that sentiment, now I have a healthy list of excellent blogs to browse through in my free time
September 27, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Kang L.
Jason, glad it helped you, make sure you send me your stuff so I can stumble you
September 27, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Dan
I have been discovering 2 – 4 food sites a day and sending considerable traffic to them for the last month through stumble. I just do this out of love for food, check out my stumble profile and send me links if you want help: http://iamquarry.stumbleupon.com/
friend me why dont you.
September 27, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Jason
Thank you for the advice with stumble upon. In 1 day I have surpassed my all time unique visitors to my site due to stumble upon!!!!
September 27, 2008 at 8:49 pm
MyricaRubra
Hey Kang, Thanks for the shout out! You’re doing an awesome job, not only with your delicious blog, but also with creating a great foodie community on stumbleupon. Thanks for getting me involved, I owe ya a pint if you ever make it out to Chicago!
-emily
September 27, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Banu (BaL)
Oh btw… Thank you for letting us know the stumble!
September 28, 2008 at 2:29 pm
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September 28, 2008 at 10:26 pm
thepinkpeppercorn
Hi! Canon
It was purchased for a trip, but it seems it has come in pretty handy! There is a new lens I would like to get…. but alas, it will have to wait. Thanks for the shout out…. I am behind on my blog – must get to work!
September 29, 2008 at 4:01 am
Kang L.
Jason , MyricaRubra (emily
) , Banu
No worries at all,I’m glad to be involving so many nice people all at one, and most importantly making so many new friends! Sorry if its abit sappy and corny, but I really do feel happy you guys visit and write me such nice words
thepinkpeppercorn, You’re a canon girl
ahh yes,good glass, there’s always something better out there 
I am still hunting for my 50mm prime 1.8f…..
September 29, 2008 at 8:43 pm