Love eating local food, especially street food!

I'm an urban planner and enjoy exploring other cities to find out what is unique. I think meeting up with local is the best way to find out the best places to eat and drink and get a real sense of the city.

Meeting up with other travelers is a great way to gain new experiences.

I enjoy eating and cooking food from all over the world.

Insta: skateboard_j

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been living in downtown Toronto for around 10 years so I know the city well. I am always up for showing a traveler the local restaurants, sights and bars that you can't find out from a guidebook.

Interests

• photography
• urbanism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Anything by Jonathan Lethman, Nick Hornby, Malcolm Gladwell, Junot Díaz, Haruki Murakami

Also read a lot of news: BBC, NYT, Economist

Movies: I watch a lot of Asian Movies
Some of my faves:
La Haine, City of God, Last Life in the Universe, Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, Goodfellas, Hardboiled, Elite Squad, Lady Snowblood, Oldboy.

TV: The Wire, Arrested Development, You're the Worst, Review, Black Mirror

I'm a BIG music geek, mostly on the electronic side. Electro, synthpop, chillwave, blog house, disco, post punk, New wave, dancehall, funk, soul, hip hop, rock steady, bossa, tropicalismo, Ethiopian jazz.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming with bio-luminescence plankton in Ha Long bay, Vietnam.

Bicycling across Cambodia.

Hanging out with rappers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Seeing Daft Punk perform live in Grant Park, Downtown Chicago.

Seeing Phantom's Revenge DJing in a indie club in Warsaw

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to cook korean food or latin/asian fusion.

I am more likely to host if you can teach me a meal to cook from your country.
I also like to collect alcohol from different countries. Mezcal is my favourite drink.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Laos, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Korea, United States

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