15, Dec 2008
Brown Rice Congee (again)
We tried the congee recipe again. Pretty much the same recipe, except we poached the chicken first (a mix of boneless breast and bone-in thigh) and then used the water for half of the broth. Then we used a mix of crimini, shiitake, and a small portabello mushroom. Verdict? I…
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30, Nov 2008
Brown Rice Congee
Ever since the pho rice soup, I’ve been wanting to experiment with congee recipes. Congee is basically a kind of rice porridge, and it’s made by cooking the rice in a lot of liquid for a very long time. As with the pho rice soup, I decided to cook the…
23, Nov 2008
Pho Leftovers Rice Soup
I am still not satisfied with the results from my pho experiments, and the last batch of broth has been sitting in the fridge uneaten. However, even if it’s not good enough for a bowl of pho, we figured it’d make a great base for something else. So we improvised…
22, Nov 2008
Lemon Leaf
We usually stop at Lemon Leaf after an Ikea trip (it’s right down the street). The food is not bad — somewhat hit or miss — and the service is friendly but very slow. So today we learned the true secret: go to the Lemon Leaf Deli next door and…
19, Nov 2008
Pepper-crusted Pork Tenderloin
We’ve been cooking pork tenderloin a lot recently. It’s fairly lean meat, and it makes good leftovers. E usually either does a hoisin glaze (like the chicken) or something with rosemary, but we decided to try the classic steak treatment of mustard and cracked black pepper.
19, Nov 2008
Roasted Gai Lan
We had gai lan (Chinese broccoli, though it’s not that broccoli-like) a couple of weeks ago at a dim sum place, and started speculating on how it would work roasted. I like gai lan (I also like broccoli stems, which are kind of similar), but at dim sum the gai…
30, Oct 2008
Five Spice Hoisin Chicken
I did another slight variation on the golden hoisin chicken, this time with a fair amount of chinese five spice mixed in to the hoisin glaze. It was pretty good and smelled good (the cinnamon really became fragrant), but overall I think it’s a bit much, unless you really want…
24, Oct 2008
Generalizations about Maui Food
So, a week of food on Maui. We had some very good sashimi, some excellent ice cream, and some great fried rice. We had one very good “fine dining” experience and a few disappointing ones. We had some outstanding Vietnamese food and some awful Vietnamese food. We laughed, we cried,…
24, Oct 2008
Hali’imaile General Store (Maui)
Hali’imaile General Store is considered one of Maui’s best restaurants, and we were really looking forward to my birthday dinner there. I was mentally writing this review off and on for a while, but I’ve gotten tired of it in my head even before I wrote it down. so let…
21, Oct 2008
Panko-breaded Chicken Nuggets
In our quest to explore kid-friendly recipes, we decided to try this chicken nuggets recipe E found online somewhere. Everybody likes chicken nuggets, right? They’re tasty, fairly nutritious (depending, of course, on your breading and whether they’re fried), and they’re fun finger-food perfect for dipping. This recipe browns the nuggets…