Seafood

2011 Chinese New Year Dinner

February 13, 2011

Chinese New Year this year was a pretty busy one because we had a couple of gatherings with friends to celebrate. It has been really hard to celebrate here on the actual day because we do not get a holiday like in the Asian countries. Instead we celebrated on the weekends and indeed we feasted! [...]

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Cafe Nola @ Bainbrige Island

October 14, 2010

Taking a little break from bento posts, here’s a post from one of our weekend wanderings. Washington is a beautiful state filled with lots of little island and small towns. So whenever possible, we try to get away for little weekend trips. Last month we went to a charming little island called Bainbridge Island which [...]

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Honey Mustard Salmon

August 24, 2010

When we first moved here to the Pacific Northwest, we were not big fans of salmon. However we discovered that salmon is so easily available here. It seems such a waste if we don’t learn to enjoy this local product especially since salmon is known for their Omega-3 content. So now we are slowly growing [...]

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Yee Sang (Jellyfish Salad)

February 18, 2010

For a million years I would never have thought that I would ever make yee sang (yu sheng) because I always thought that it is difficult. But with a little twist, I made a simplified version. Yee Sang is actually a raw fish salad. It consists of raw fish, shredded fresh and pickled vegetables, plum [...]

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Alaskan King Crab

March 22, 2009

No cooking or recipes in this post but I just had to post a couple of photos that I took at a restaurant in Vancouver last week. Have you ever watch the show “Deadliest Catch” on the Discovery channel? For those that don’t watch this show, it basically follow the crews on the fishing boat [...]

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Spicy Crispy Anchovies (Ikan Bilis) and Peanuts

August 29, 2008

Everytime I come back from Malaysia, there is one foodstuff that I would always bring back and that is ikan bilis (anchovies). Actually I can get ikan bilis easily here but they usually do not look fresh, so I try to avoid getting them here. I usually get mine from Pangkor Island and the anchovies [...]

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Chandler’s Crabhouse, Seattle

August 25, 2008

We usually eat out on the weekends. Whenever possible, we like to try out different restaurants and this is one of them that we tried out sometime ago – Chandler’s Crabhouse. Located at South Lake Union, Chandler’s Crabhouse has an awesome view of the lake. If you are lucky, you can even get to see [...]

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Dressing up your food

July 13, 2008

Sorry for being MIA again lately. The weather has been awesome this week and we have been taking advantage of it. We have a very short summer here and so when the sky is blue and the weather is warm, everyone is outside playing. Sometimes I feel like we are just like the bears. We [...]

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Sea Harbour Restaurant @ Richmond BC

April 30, 2008

Vancouver/Richmond Trip Part 3: Since there are so many restaurants in Richmond, we usually like to try different ones everytime we go there. This time, we headed over to Sea Harbour for dinner. We ordered Hand Shredded Five-Spice Chicken. The chicken was good but it was not anything special. Pretty ordinary but the salt-based dipping [...]

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Sweet & Sour Fish

January 14, 2008

When I was young, there were 2 dishes that I really love in my hometown. It’s the sweet & sour pork & sweet & sour fish. I think everytime I go to the restaurant, I would definitely order either one of them. I’m not sure how they cook it but the pork or fish is [...]