Jonathan Z. Zhang

Nov 11, 2024 | ucsdguardian.org | Jonathan Z. Zhang

San Diego’s Convoy food strip is renowned for its Asian cuisine, but one restaurant deviates from this status quo: Flama Llama. It specializes in Chifa food, a Chinese Peruvian culinary tradition that intertwines Cantonese elements with Peruvian ingredients. Not to be missed by its massive kawaii-style llama logo, this distinctive establishment is the brainchild of Chef Franklin Chou-Chan, who is responsible for neighboring hotspots Formoosa and Steamy Piggy.

May 30, 2024 | community.cadence.com | Jonathan Z. Zhang

30 May 2024 • 5 minute readVoltus IC Power Integrity Solution is a power integrity and analysis signoff solution that is integrated with Cadence's full suite of design implementation and signoff tools to deliver the industry's fastest design closure flow. The aim of this blog series is to broadcast the voices of different experts on how design engineers can effectively use the diverse Voltus technologies to achieve high performance, accuracy, and capacity for next-gen chip designs.

May 20, 2024 | ucsdguardian.org | Jonathan Z. Zhang

After hitting a new bench press PR of 315 lbs in the gym (it was actually 85 but who’s counting), my friends and I decided to celebrate my Herculean accomplishment. We decided a feast at Woomiok was well deserved. Actually, I just decided on Woomiok for everyone. Woomiok prides itself on its traditional Korean cuisine and sits in the heart of Convoy’s Asian food mecca.

Mar 4, 2024 | ucsdguardian.org | Jonathan Z. Zhang

Recently, while my professor was lecturing about “something important that everyone needed to pay attention to,” I wisely decided to browse Yelp instead. I was absolutely shell-shocked to find Bayou Kitchen, a Cajun and Creole establishment rated a whopping 4.8 stars from 839 reviewers. After ensuring that I was reading this monstrous score correctly, I knew I had to try it out, which is why I ventured all the way to the urine-scented streets of Gaslamp Quarter, reachable by the Blue Line trolley.

Feb 25, 2024 | ucsdguardian.org | Jonathan Z. Zhang

Recently, one of my friends celebrated his 21st birthday, meaning that he can now legally purchase alcohol instead of illegally smuggling it from Guadalajara, Mexico (not that he’s done that before). Anyway, I was unsure what to gift him. I was debating between some cute lingerie or an army of jumbo-sized Squishmallows, but I decided to treat him to a dinner meal fit for a king: shabu-shabu, or Japanese hot pot. We opted to go to Shabu Works, a family-owned and operated restaurant in Mira Mesa.