With age comes wrinkles and gray hair, but also lots of great memories to share (hey, that rhymes!). Memories from my childhood pastimes are often triggered by food, since that is my parents' love language. A perfect example is White Sugar Sponge Cake or Bak Tong Gou in Cantonese and Bai Tang Gao in ...
Creamy Pasta Soup
The pasta we know is commonly topped with tomato-based sauces and cheese, which is super appetizing to our palates, easy to prepare and difficult to resist. However, pasta doesn't always have to be served that way! My kids love Asian noodles served in thin soups or broths, but I didn't have any ...
Crispy Korean Vegetable Pancake with Dipping Sauce (Yachaejeon 야채전)
I'm sitting here snacking on a bag of chips as I type out this blog post. I know I'm going to feel extremely guilty upon finishing the entire bag, but I can't resist the crispiness, salt content and the slight oozing of grease into my mouth. What is it about chips that are so irresistible? Well, ...
Vietnamese Egg Coffee (Cà Phê Trứng) Recipe
Coffee is my absolute weakness, especially a bold cup made with Robusta coffee beans with some added sweetened condensed milk, aka Vietnamese coffee. My other half is Vietnamese, but I am sharing an unbiased opinion here: Vietnamese coffee is one of the best coffees out there! You have the ...
Fujianese Peanut Noodles (Ban Mian 拌面)
There is a city located in the Fujian Province of China called Fuzhou, and THAT is where both of my parents are from. You may have thought that I was Cantonese and from Hong Kong, due to the recipes that I've shared on my blog, but yes, if you've been wondering ... I am Fuzhounese! Our cuisine is ...
