A few months ago (yes, yes, backlog of photos, sorry) I met Will for lunch at tiny, unassuming restaurant next to a taco stand on valley called Chuan Yu Noodles Town. We took notice of it after reading this post on eatdrinknbmerry displaying a seriously decadent bowl of beef noodle soup.
The restaurant itself is a [...]
For my birthday last month, Will made me a Chinese style birthday cake. What’s so special about a Chinese cake? The key characteristic is that it’s steamed instead of baked. Steaming makes it lighter and keeps the cake more moist.
It was delicious and dairy-free. The filling was a rich, creamy custard and the frosting was [...]
Part of my Asia trip was to accompany Will on his quest to fill every open space in our house with tea and tea accessories. Taiwan is supposed the place to get your tea on, so we ended up going on a lot of tea-related outings.
One spot we went to was called 回留素食茶藝館 (hui liu su [...]
After the disappointment of Class 302’s food, I tried my hand at recreating Chinese cafeteria food at home. It was pretty easy to make since everything was quickly stir fried.
Snow cabbage with edamame and baked tofu, bamboo with baked tofu, and a vegetarian version of the ground meat thing (mushrooms, pickled vegetables, tofu) that [...]
If you’ve ever wondered what food from a Chinese canteen would taste like or wanted to live out your fantasies of being a Taiwanese school girl, Class 302 is worth a visit. The decor of this little restaurant with its student desks, large blackboard, and uniforms pinned on walls are all reminiscent of Chinese classrooms. [...]
On my never-ending quest to find the Shanghainese restaurant, I ventured into Yu Garden, a newly opened Shanghainese Restaurant on the corner of Valley and Del Mar. Yu Garden is so new, it still has the new car smell. The walls are decorated with faux molding, the menus are still lacking the stickiness of well-worn [...]
What do Chinese people do in a funeral? I don’t know what other Chinese do, but my family recently had a funeral for my grandpa and it was nice and low key.
Since we’re not that religious and no one knew what Buddhist sutras were appropriate or even how to chant them, we outsourced that part [...]
