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…
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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…
21, Oct 2008
Wasabi-Honey Yogurt Sauce
We’re working on dipping sauces for fun and kid-friendliness. I like wasabi and have always wanted to figure out how to work it into cooking, but have never had much success. A yogurt base with a bit of wasabi and some honey to balance seemed like it would make a…
21, Oct 2008
Chinese Barbecue Sauce
Of course, if you’re going to make dipping sauces you have to consider barbecue sauce. I wanted a homemade ketchup-barbecue sort of sauce, with a strong Chinese foundation in hoisin sauce and other flavors. This one came out pretty much as I hoped, with the color and consistency of traditional…
21, Oct 2008
Spicy Peanut Sauce
We’re working on dipping sauces because dipping stuff in other stuff is always fun and we especially think Betty might enjoy it. Peanut sauce is popular in general and seems kid-friendly. There are lots of recipes for spicy peanut sauce floating around out there. I wanted one which involved peanuts…