As I've mentioned in my Healthier Fried Chicken post, I was born and raised in Two Bridges, a neighborhood nestled in the Lower East Side (LES) of Manhattan, New York. During the early 90's, I recall my mother taking my sister and I to this Vietnamese restaurant on Pike Street that could have ...
Three Cup Chicken Recipe (San Bei Ji / 三杯鸡)
Steve and I have been extremely busy with work as of late, so I've been reverting to some of my favorite quick and easy dishes for dinner, one of which being Three Cup Chicken or San Bei Ji. This is a popular Taiwanese dish whose name was derived from the use of equal ratios between 3 ingredients: ...
Vietnamese Ham (Cha Lua/Gio Lua) Recipe and Happy 70th to my MIL!!
I just returned from a four-day trip to the Poconos with my in-laws, to celebrate my mother-in-law's upcoming 70th birthday! We stayed at a large house that fit the 22 of us, with a jam-packed itinerary. While it was exhausting, we all had tons of fun, with the following memorable highlights:My MIL, ...
Cloud Bread Recipe & Hurricane Isaias Ramblings
Before I even had the chance to submit a post on the cloud bread recipe that I recently tested and posted a YouTube video on (last Tuesday), I experienced a power outage that lasted about 6 days. Thanks to Hurricane Isaias, countless trees were uprooted by my neighborhood, accompanied by down power ...
Iced Dalgona Matcha Latte Recipe
Dalgona coffee has taken the internet by storm, as people turn to their electric mixers and manually whisking the mixture by hand to create whipped coffee during the pandemic. I don't own any instant coffee, so I decided to "whip up" my own variation of Dalgona coffee by putting together one of my ...
