I'm grateful to be home, cooking 3 meals a day for my family during this COVID-19 quarantine. However, when my full-time job keeps me extremely occupied, leaving me just 10-15 minutes to prepare a meal, I revert to shortcuts to allow myself a little room to breathe. Sliced bread comes in pretty ...
Siu Mai, Shumai (烧麦)
Alright, COVID-19. You've locked me in my house, in the suburbs, for 2.5 months. It has resulted in consecutive weekends of baking Chinese buns, handfuls of homemade pizzas, endless culinary adventures ... and possibly some weight gain 😫. Well, I am now craving dim sum. No, not the ha gow that made ...
[TIP] Cutting a Whole Chicken
I use whole chickens quite often, for Pho Ga, chicken soup and more recently, Hainanese chicken, a dish typically served in Malaysian restaurants. My first attempt at Hainanese chicken was nearly 6 years ago, when I cooked a large feast for my other half's immediate family, in celebration of his ...
Hot Vietnamese Coffee Recipe (Cà Phê Sữa Nóng)
Bold coffee is my weakness (among other things). There was a period of time when I would drink Vietnamese coffee DAILY, and I mean DAILY. This was during the year when I was single, living the life and residing alone in my 400 sq. ft. apartment in Brooklyn. C'mon, a bold cup of coffee plus sweetened ...
Mother’s Day 2020
Mother's Day has been bittersweet since the passing of my mom over 20 years ago. I was 11 or 12 when she died, but my recollection of her is a beautiful, strong, fashionable, funny and hard-working woman. She was extremely likable, as friends and family all gravitated towards her. She exuded great ...
