Archive for the 'Homemade' Category
I really didn’t like eggplant much as a kid. I mean, come on! A purple vegetable? Gross! That being said, I think a good part of my dislike of eggplant was the fact that I had only had poorly cooked, tough-skinned, American eggplant. You know, the big, fat, bulbous, so-dark-the-purple’s-almost-black kind. As I grew older, [...]
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Tags: basil, eggplant, Food, hakka, Homemade, photography, recipe, taiwan, vegetarian, 客家, 九層塔茄子
Korean food is possibly one of the healthiest cuisines I know (with the exception of the fatty pork, sam keup sal, and other assorted barbecues). But the regular dishes that are eaten by Koreans on a normal basis – kimchi being a staple side dish- are usually vegetables. And the vegetables are usually pickled (the [...]
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Tags: bibimbap, 비빔밥, Homemade, korean
I love eating mung bean soup in the summer. It’s cold, slightly sweet, and a little bit grainy. I know most people don’t really jump at the sound of a bean soup as dessert, but I love mung bean soup.
People drink this soup to lower their body’s “heat,” thus it’s an ideal soup to drink [...]
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Tags: 綠豆湯, dessert, Food, Homemade, mung bean soup, photography, recipe, taiwan
Exploring SoCal – Irvine, CA
I actually didn’t cook all that much when I was in Irvine. I spent most of my day at work, and by the time I got back from work I was too pooped to make anything other than my regular stuff. Plus it’s super hard to cook for one and not cook too much. The [...]
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Tags: 釜飯, irvine, kamameshi, Laguna Beach, mackeral, rice, Spanish Mackeral
Tasty Garden (Alhambra)
My friend Sara came to visit a couple weeks ago (for her friend’s wedding, I believe), and I headed over to her friends’ place to have lunch. Her friends Cathy and Janie took us to Alhambra to eat at a restaurant called Tasty Garden. It was quite tasty. The above dish was sauteed fish and [...]
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Tags: Alhambra, chinese, fish, friends, peppers, photography, shiitake, Tasty Garden, tofu
