20, Jun 2008
Jack’s Tapas Cafe (Mainly Chinese)
The strip of University Way between 50th and Ravenna has a surprising number of interesting-looking little restaurants along it. E and I tried one of the more amusing ones last night, Jack’s Tapas Cafe. The sign helpfully adds “mainly Chinese”, and in fact it’s entirely Chinese. The tapas in question…
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20, Jun 2008
Golden Hoisin Chicken
I like chicken, since it’s healthy and is a good blank canvas for flavors. But, as much as I like to grill beef and pork, I usually don’t get much interesting out of grilling chicken. The best I’ve found is to grill bone-in breasts, since the bone keeps them moist…
7, Apr 2008
Thin, Crisp, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
I made this recipe. I couldn’t find baking powder and skipped the salt, but it was otherwise the same, except that I baked them a couple minutes longer, and let them sit on the pan (silpat) for a couple minutes before taking them off with a spatula. I thought it…
16, Feb 2008
Stir-fried Baby Bok Choy with Mushrooms
A simple vegetable dish, good with rice and accompanying some grilled meat. Starting with the shallots and garlic on medium and including some butter gives it a nice flavorful base, and including a little sugar and maple syrup gives it a nice hint of sweet.
8, Feb 2008
Vietnamese Pork Salad with Carrot Relish
E and I were looking for a fairly simple and healthy meal to make for my parents that would show off some of our favorite flavors. We love Vietnamese food and are big fans of pork in all its incarnations, and eventually (after some debating in the aisles at the…
8, Feb 2008
Vietnamese Carrot Relish
This recipe makes a simple relish which is good as a side with meat, or as part of a salad. I came up with the idea one day when I’d grilled some meat and wanted a side, and happened to have nuoc cham in the house. The flavors of the…
2, Dec 2007
Shrimp “Clay Pot”
Taking our Hoi An cooking school clay pot recipe as inspiration, I decided to do my own clay-pot-ish thing. My main idea was to use the idea from that recipe of simmering water with smashed lemongrass in it for flavor. It was snowing and I didn’t want to go to…
2, Dec 2007
Asian Eggplant in Clay Pot
This recipe came from my Hoi An cooking school. It was pretty good, which was saying a lot since I don’t like eggplant. What I liked best was the way the lemongrass flavor came through — I love lemongrass but haven’t really worked out how best to use it in…