Vegetables

Woo Tao Gou (Yam Kueh/Taro Cake)

April 10, 2011

When I first came to the US, I was very confused when I went to buy yam at the grocery store. It turned out that what I called yam in Southeast Asia is actually called taro here and yam is actually sweet potato. Totally confused? Yeah, me too! Even after so many years, I am [...]

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Rice Dumpling (Bak Zhang or Jung)

June 28, 2010

Dumpling festival was 2 weeks ago and I am finally posting my photos. sigh….when will I ever get back on track. Oh well, I guess I will accept the fact that as much as I like blogging, it will always take a backseat after the family. What about you? How do you balance family and [...]

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Lettuce Wrap

May 21, 2010

Somedays especially the weekends when the family wants just a light dinner, we usually end up making lettuce wrap. The good thing about homemade lettuce wrap is that you can add as much vegetables or meat as you like. For us, it is usually chicken with lots of vegetables like carrots, celery, mushroom, bell pepper and [...]

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Hard-Boiled Egg Sambal

March 3, 2010

This is my shortcut hard-boiled egg sambal. A simple dish and yet goes so well eaten with rice. What’s my secret for this easy peasy dish? This! Brahim’s Sambal Tumis! To make this, Hard-boiled some eggs, peel them and deep-fry them in a little oil. When the egg turns a little golden brown, remove from [...]

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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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Spicy Tortilla Soup

December 7, 2009

It is freezing cold here! For the past few days, we have been waking up to thick frost, icy roads and below freezing level temp. Thankfully there has no moisture otherwise I am very sure that they would have turned to snow! Anyway, with all these cold weather, all I want for dinner is something [...]

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Bibimbap

November 13, 2009

Now that the weather is getting colder, I find that I have been craving for Korean food a lot especially the dolsot bibimbap (mixed rice in a stone pot) and soon-do-bu (spicy tofu soup). I guess the hot and spicy just hits the right spot on these cold winter nights. Since it is very expensive [...]

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Homestyle Fried Tofu

November 4, 2009

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program, every so often I get free stuff to try out. This time, I got a $30 credit to spend at Asian Food Grocer, an online source for Asian groceries. (Thanks, Asian Food Grocer! ) I ended up with a whole bunch of stuff including soy wrappers which I [...]

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Apple Crisp

October 29, 2009

It’s apple season now. So, two weeks ago, we went to pick apples from the a local apple orchard (Jones Creek Farms). It was so much fun because we got to eat as much apples as we wanted off the apple trees and we really ate A LOT of apples!!! I actually felt a little [...]

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Mapo Tofu (Spicy Tofu with Pork)

July 22, 2009

I have to confess that I definitely prefer baking over cooking. Cooking is not my forte and I also cook by instinct, to the dismay of my friends. It used to and probably still drives my friends crazy when they try to get a recipe from me and all they get are “a little bit [...]