So I got the idea for eggs with kecap manis from a friend of mine who is Indonesian. Kecap manis is this Indonesian sweet thick soy sauce which is soooo good! When she said she would have it with fried … Continue reading
It has been a while since I’ve made a Thai curry, so I decided to make vegetarian Thai green curry the other night. I mostly followed this recipe for Thai green curry on Rasamalaysia, just changing out the chicken for … Continue reading
Update 3/21/14: I think I realized why I couldn’t get my vermicelli noodles cooked right! Must have been the brand or type of noodle I bought. I tried another brand and just boiled them and they were great. No soaking, … Continue reading
This recipe for Korean inpired tofu noodles combines thick Asian wheat noodles with juicy mushrooms in a sweet soy and sesame oil sauce. I don’t think it is authentic, but it is full of Korean flavors. I combined a recipe from … Continue reading
Updated 1/6/13: Tonight we had hot and sour soup as our main dish. I used canned straw mushrooms this time. The recipe makes 2 big bowls or 4 small bowls. __________________________________________________________________ I love leftovers! I’m sitting at my desk eating … Continue reading
My husband has started taking some of my food pictures. He is so much better at it than I am! I thought this one was particularly good. You can make these Chinese Pan Fried Noodles with soft noodles or you … Continue reading
For some time now, I have been looking for an excuse to use this yummy Japanese rub called yuzukosho. We had this great little dish of quinoa and sugar peas (or snap, I can’t remember which) with yuzukosho in Little Tokyo … Continue reading
Update 2/15/13: I updated the sauce for the enoki mushrooms the other day and I really like how they turned out! Definitely better than my original recipe. I don’t know where to get yuzu, so I used orange juice and … Continue reading
I am really not sure why the rice in this picture is so yellow. It wasn’t really yellow at all! Anyways, this rice came about because I wanted to make enoki mushrooms that we got at the Asian market and … Continue reading
If I eat a lot during the day, especially sweets, I end up craving soup for dinner. Nice, clean, simple soup. We had a bring dessert day at work today and they had my favorite layered bars and just about the … Continue reading