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Venora Hung

About me

Venora Hung is by day a Global Strategy Analyst for Cargill. In her off time she is engaged in the community and volunteers on several Boards. In her free time, she also dabbles in the art of cooking and writing. Most recently she turned her baking expeditions into a company called Cupcake Goddess specializing in Asian inspired cupcakes (think Green Tea Frosting!). She also enjoys exploring the Twin Cities - particularly anything that has to do with healthy living, yoga and pilates.

Personal Web site:

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Minneapolis welcomed Picollo in 2010

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

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Venora Hung

Fitness magazine authors claim that you should eat 5 small meals a day in order to stay metabolically aligned. This is where Picollo comes in. By offering their small plates to share - five small meals is totally doable - too bad the fitness experts didn’t say we can eat the five small meals all in one setting.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Broders Pasta Bar ... finally

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

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Venora Hung

Back in the day, when I taught pilates for community education courses that took place at Southwest high school, I would often drive to Broder’s Pasta Bar for a quick outdoor happy hour.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Brasa Premium Rotisserie

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

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Venora Hung

So many times this restaurant has just been a meeting point established by a friend and not actually the designated dining establishment for the evening. That changed the evening of my birthday when O suggested this as a “new” restaurant that we ought to try.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOOD NOTES | St. Anthony Main's Vic's Restaurant

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

Perhaps it's spending more time cooking at home that irritates me when I dine out and I think I can do a better job. And I'm an amateur cook.

The evening view is great at Vic's. I enjoyed seeing the downtown Minneapolis skyline. The colors were like an impressionist painting with the night lights splattered by the rain.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Groupon's Keep in Touch Massage

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

Ouch. Why does this triangular area between my shoulders, neck and upper back always feel so painfully acidic? I think it is a consequence of being a recovering lawyer...crouching in front of my laptop for endless hours feeling so joyful that I am wasting my life away conducting document review despite all those years of an "advanced professional degree." Yes, those were the days.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | David Brooks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

I always mean to incorporate more artsy, thought provoking and engaging events into my life. Somehow, though, the attention to this desire slips away with the other little obsessive indulgences I partake in rather too frequently.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Redeeming the Butcher Block Groupon

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

I should have seen it as a bad sign when O and I walked in and saw the big white piece of paper reminding all Groupon users that they can't use their iphone app to pull up their Groupon certificate.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | An African Safari in Mpls?

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

Many years ago, I remember going to an African Safari Restaurant on Nicollet. There were dusty displays with warm soda and my palate that was at the time, untrained for the spiciness of the cuisine. After many years of training, I am no venture into the "chiliest" of cuisines. Something, frankly, I'm quite proud of in my modern day age.MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Cup Foods is not Cub Foods

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

The first time I drove by Cup Foods, I laughed out loud. I kind of like knock off places that are pretending to be a large chain. Do they really think that people will confuse them with Cub Foods and immediately pull over? Or perhaps it really was a coincidence?MORE »

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Partying with the Parliament Funkadelics

By Venora Hung, Neighborhood Notes

Does getting older mean that I have to make an extra effort not to become one of those people who complain that they never go out anymore? Is the challenge to cut back on sleep to prove myself worthy of being one of those "not so boring" adults?MORE »