I was up in the bay area last weekend and had this delicious bowl of spicy hand pulled noodles from the Imperial Tea Court in Berkeley. As the name suggests, it’s a place that serves tea. It was a nice day, so we had our meal on one of the small tables outside [...]

I love congee because it’s so easy to make and it tastes so soothing. Usually I just make the rice porridge with water, but I this time I saved some soaking liquid from some reconstituted shiitake mushrooms the other day and used that as a base. The soaking liquid not only makes the congee [...]