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Remember this picture? What was I planning to cook ?I hope the bok choy did not mislead you. I was planning to cook pasta.Yes.This.Beef and Oyster Mushrooms Fusili Ingredients:Carrots, onions, can of tomatoes, oyster mushroom, ground beef/pork, salt and pepper to taste, bok choy (blanched), pasta cooked according to instructionsDirections:1. In a lightly oiled pan, sauce the …
Time passed by without my notice. Just few weeks ago, I was writing about Renuzit TriScents Home Makeover. You know what? They are fast and the semi-finalist gallery is already up! Up for votes! There are ten semifinalists of which ONE will win the $20,000 Home Makeover. Even if I did not participate, I was interested to view the entries. I visited the semi-finalist gallery …
Though I have been in Northern California for more than a year and have visited Southern California for a short vacation, Los Angeles was as "southern" as I have been to. I was planning a trip further south to San Diego last year but it did not happen due to last minute travel schedules my family had to accomodate. Well, they all say "blessing in disguise" and it can be true. …
Losing the ability to see details, such as recognizing faces, filling up an application, reading fine-print before signing on a dotted line, can be disruptive and devastating to your daily life. Typically affecting seniors, macular degeneration strikes the center of the retina, or internal layer of the eye. Studies have shown, however, that the progression of macular …
Read Part I. The secret affair continues...Stay on stay on, you are on the right page, though I am talking beef, yet showing an onionUnder circumstances YOU GET TO SEE the GRAIN LINES (obvious...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
This (picture) should jolly well work in Luk Yu Teahouse, Hong Kong. You can argue about holding on to dim-sum traditions but the heavy loads of dim sum over the waiters'/waitresses' shoul …
What goes around, comes around...What goes into a pot comes in a potA claypot of smooth Cantonese congeeA stainless steel tripod-hotpot in Tripod King. For once, you can "have your cake an …
Coriander, also known as cilantro or "Phakchi" in Japan. Do you like this pungent herb? What is pungent to some, is aromatic to others (or at least for me). Yes, I like cilantro. I would be excited if I could have an all-coriander experience in this Tokyo's first all-coriander eatery. Check out this video (Source: Reuters).Well, if you cannot be there, maybe you can try one …
What I like about making my own pasta sauce - I get to choose what goes into it, including amount of sodium! (less)...and including amount of beer!(more!) Remember, I've done that "booze-d" sauce? Gosh, I have taken such a long hiatus from Sweetnicks - ARF/5 a day. Glad to be back after October'07 post on seafood cabbage rolls.For this homemade chunky vegetable pasta sauce, I …
Monologue with my brain...Brain: Will you be attending the birthday bash?Me: Birthday? What birthday?Brain: How can you miss this? You are supposed to cook something for the party!!! You forgot?!?Me: Oh my god! Yes yes...the party over at Presto Pasta Night. They turn ONE this week!!! It nearly miss me if you had not reminded me. I have not even bought my party …
Kway Chap (粿汁 guǒ zhī) - a Teochew dish of flat, broad rice sheets in a soup made with dark soy sauce, served with pig offal, braised duck meat, various kinds of beancurd, preserved salted …
Pipa tofu (serves 3-4)Ingredients:-1 block silken tofu-1/3lbs minced pork(you can use shrimps and chop it finely in food processor till like a paste)-2 stalks scallions-1 small carrot, was …
Krupuk, keropok or merely crackers, if you wish to call it. So colorful and pretty isn't it ?For me, I like shrimp crackers and the Melinjo version (slightly bitter) of crackers. It is a childhood snack for some of us, isn't it ? :DWhat is your favorite childhood snack?Tag: crackers,snacks
9 sober ways with soba and still counting...That's soba in-Sesame dressingPork-rib tea, bak kut teh styleBraised E-fu styleMinced pork topping and wontonsGreen onion dressing...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Brussel Sprouts -Well, are these brussel sprouts ? Have you seen brussel sprouts looking like this ?I cannot believe they (in Taiwan) are selling these overly-grown brussel sprouts! Or should I say teenage mutant weirdo cabbage ? Well, it was labeled in Mandarin (I don't know what is brussel sprouts in Mandarin) but my eyes could not be deceived. Time to educate those …
Easy lunch, for the lazy one.Chicken nugget mini burger1.Reheat frozen chicken nuggets2. Reheat english-style breakfast muffins (by the grill)3. Ready meal, for the hungry meTag: chicken nugget, chicken, chicken burger
I love love love this ! It claims to be the only one in Singapore to serve Malacca-style yong tau foo with thick noodles ladled with a thick minced-pork gravy. Don't ask for plain rice to …
In search for dim sum that satisfies my cravings...I'm not really sure about the rest of Asia, but when you are a Hong Kong local, or Singaporean, maybe Malaysian, Indonesian, or Vietnamese and...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
I would think that the night market and street food in Taiwan is as famous as its beef noodle soup, stinky tofu and Betel Nut girls (scantily-dressed young women selling betel nut on roads …
水蓮菜 (Shui Lian Cai) - taken at Taichung, TaiwanI do not know what is the English name for this vegetable but seems to me, they are roots of some kind of aquatic plants or Nymphoides. Perfe …
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