It had been a while since we had curry. It could be because vegan curry blocks are really hard to find. The blocks of Japanese curry that I used to use turned out to have some sort of meat or animal derived product in it, oops. I thought that we had finally found some veggie-friendly [...]
Ever since Sugarfish opened in Marina Del Rey, I was skeptical. How good is a sushi restaurant that doesn’t even have a proper sushi bar to sit at? Well, I finally broke down and tried the place because I didn’t want to dislike it without first eating there. I have to admit, the food wasn’t [...]
Usually, I only post about successful meals I make. But then everyone thinks all my meals are successful. Sometimes there are fail parties like this one.
Fresh after having a meal at Shojin, I declared that I could make a better croquette than them. With kabocha!
I made the croquette with some kabocha flesh (microwaved till soft), [...]
I returned to vegan restaurant Shojin last week to give it another try. The last time I went, they were still green from being newly opened so I wasn’t blown away by anything. I also thought that the prices were too high for what we got. This time, we took a different approach and ordered [...]
Last night, I made donabe, also known as Japanese claypot rice. I’ve never cooked rice in a claypot before, so I was wary of doing it, but it was pretty easy and came out well. Claypot rice is such a good one-meal dish because you get your carbs, protein, and veggies all in [...]
On New Year’s Eve, I tried my hand at making noodles from scratch. I was inspired by a post from JustHungry.com about year-end soba. Noodles are lucky to eat around the new year in Asian culture because it brings good fortune.
I started with 3 cups of bread flour. I used this high gluten [...]
I dropped the BF off at the airport today for his week-long holiday vacation which means…MEAT PARTAY! I made butakim, which is pork belly stir fried with kimchi. I also threw in some bean sprouts and green onion when the pork belly was almost done just because I like bean sprouts and green onion. [...]
