Bad Encounter in France, 1994

03Nov09

I used to hate eating avocados because of my first encounter of the fruit in France, circa 1994, and all I remember is that the avocado that I had tasted like rotten eggs. So that feeling stuck with the fruit until I moved to America, where there are sushi rolls called Californian rolls with avocado, [...]

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I Miss My Asian Food

18Oct09

I bought too many pasta ingredients last week. I’m missing Chinese and Japanese food. I want to eat fried rice, I want to eat my own dumplings, and I want to make spicy salmon sushi. But I probably won’t get a chance to eat my own Asian food until after I get back from Los [...]

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It’s the Liver?

15Oct09

I just found out the English translation for the yellow/red/orange/greenish in crustaceans: tomalley/tomale. In Chinese, it’s just called 黄, which literally means the color yellow. It is considered a delicacy and has a very unique flavor.
I eat it in shrimp/prawns, crabs, and lobster… But in female crabs, female crabs have something different. They have solid [...]

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cwST08 Twitter

14Oct09

Since my own tweets are private, I just created a Twitter account for this blog. Click on the icon to the right to follow me or just click here!

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Future Projects 2009

03Sep09

I can’t wait to start cooking again and trying new dishes. I will be making these when I get back.
Cornish Hen with Pomegranate Glaze – I’m going to make this just so that I can have an excuse to buy a bottle of POM.
Braised Pork Belly – I’ve been eating this once a week since [...]

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Julie & Julia

24Aug09

I still haven’t watched Julie & Julia yet. I don’t know if they’re showing it in Hong Kong (I’m too lazy to check). When I’m in HK, I don’t feel like doing anything because the weather is so unpleasant. I’ll just wait until I get back to Austin and when everything settles in. I’m going [...]

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Random Observation: Dough

20May09

I noticed that if I allow the dough for the pizza to sit in the fridge for 2 days, once I make the pizza, the dough tastes SO GOOD!

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Dumplings: Watercress as a filling?

10May09

Yesterday at Whole Foods, I decided to give my regular 馄饨/wonton filling a different vegetable. I usually use Chinese leeks/garlic chives or nappa cabbage. But I bought 2 bunches of watercress. So today I made my dumplings with watercress, ground pork, and chopped up 15 large white shrimp.
They are delish.

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NYT: The Minimalist

08Jan09

Fresh Start for a New Year? Let’s Begin in the Kitchen
By Mark Bittman.
Do you say theatre as “thee-a-tuh” or “thee-ter”? I say the former. Random, I know. It has nothing to do with food. It was an advisement on the side of the NYT article.
As for what Bittman wrote, I agree with most of what [...]

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It’ll be snowing until 1/4

07Dec08

The snow will continue to fall until January 4, 2009.
I’m not sure if I will be cooking when I go home to Hong Kong. My mom is going to take the reigns on that. But if we go to an interesting restaurant, I’ll take pictures.

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When I have time…

23Nov08

After receiving many recent requests, when I have time during flight layover time at Chicago O’Hare airport or after my finals, I will update every food post with my recipes.
So check back around November 26-30 and/or after December 13.

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