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HONG KONG’S CURRY FISH BALLS OVER RAMEN
[ezcol_1half] Drifting over moving chaos, under the clouds of settling dusts, weeks… have passed. It’s been almost a month since my last post, the longest it has ever been. This posting gap was considerable in blogging years, unplanned nor welcomed, and in many ways in fact, nerve-wrecking. But I wanted to do the first “official” post properly, to…
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Your Next Perfect Porchetta Sandwich is from Chinatown
[ezcol_1half] I guess I am currently in the middle of what one would call, a blogger limbo. We have “officially” moved out of Beijing, so to speak. But in the next 3 weeks when our apartment is under renovation, we are going to be staying in a hotel where the closest thing to a cooking vessel…
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THE PUNCH-IT BURGER AND HOUSTON, WE’RE READY TO TAKE OFF
[ezcol_1half] I’ve waited six years… wow, six… to say this son-of-a-bitch line. I’ve imagined saying it while beating its saggy ass with a whip rubbed with the most homicidal Mexican chilis as it wriggles in pain. I’ve imagined saying it while twisting its balls with electrically charged clamps as it howls in my upmost amusement. …
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SPICY SALMON BIBIMBAP/KOREAN RICE BOWL
[ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] Hey guys. I know I’ve been a bit absent lately. So many changes and curve balls have been flying around in all directions I feel like I’m all twisted up like a hot pretzel! I can’ wait to share all these updates with you (EEEWGE news, guys! And, uh no, I’m not pregnant……
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ZERO-FOLDING PASTEL DE NATA, A HYBRID
[ezcol_1half] Ever since I came back from Lisbon, the question haunts me. What is a perfect pastel de nata? Well for me, now more than ever, that depends on who you’re asking. If you were from the Asian parts of the world as I am, growing up, this wildly popular pastry since the 90’s actually came from, and…
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CHARRED CAULIFLOWER W/ GARLICS, TABASCO VINEGAR
[ezcol_1half] During the CNY holidays, Chinese people go home. And I mean, everybody, goes home. Good people, bad people, people including the government who, day in and day out, guard its Chinese great firewall that Censors all freedom of communication to the outside world. Yeah, those fuckers. They go home, too. Hey, even bad people need vacation. Now, logic…
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Longevity noodle w/ black sesame and crispy shallots
[ezcol_1fifth]. [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_3fifth] It is the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday, and I’m quickly leaving you with my version of a festive and symbolic dish that are served in many Chinese holidays or events. Taiwanese call it “noodle threads (面线)”, or as it is called “wire noodles (索面)” in southern China.…
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London, barely, plus Yorkshire pudding and my Sunday roast
[ezcol_1third] Some of you may have noticed, that this series of travel-diary/recipe-exploration on the three fabulous European cities I visited last month, is actually going in reversed orders. Reasonable doubts would suggest that I’m saving London for last, but truth is… it’s because I’m struggling to remember any of it. Before Lisbon, before Madrid, going…
