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“PRINCE” SPICY NOODLE CHIPS
“WE ALL KNOW HIM, A PUNK PRINCE WITH A BASEBALL CAP” This story of the distortion or/rebirth of a Prince, is either going to sound savagely wrong or/wistfully nostalgic, depending on whether or not you came from an island called Taiwan in all its quiet and subordinate existence just southeast of China. You’re looking at…
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SPEED FOLDING, PEANUT SUGAR MORNING BUNS
“JUST TWO FOLDINGS, GUYS. TWOOO FOLDINGS!” I literally cannot wait, cannot put another wasted minute between you and this recipe. Cannot contain the overjoy in the fact that I have fulfilled the purpose of why I was put on this earth, my designated service to humanity… it is all done, right here, after I push…
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CHEESY CHICK-FLICK POPCORN
“MR. DARCY, THE CLOSETED FETISH OF MODERN FEMINISTS” OK… OK so I lied. I didn’t go outside last week… As a matter of fact, I didn’t go outside for the entire three consecutive blue-sky-days… I’ve been home. I’ve been home all this time, alone by myself with Jason on a business trip… helplessly, drowning in…
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PORKY, GINGERY SHRIMP TOASTS
“HAS IT BECOME OBVIOUS? I LIKE SHRIMPS” Can I rudely leave you alone with this crunchy… buttery… porky, gingery shrimpy thingy today even though you were just introduced? Not that you’ll need any persuasions to take them home to your bed, but you know, I still feel like explaining myself why I’m in such a…
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THE PINEAPPLE BUNS/PO LO BAO
“THEY HAUNTED ME LIKE THE SWEETEST NIGHTMARE” I want to begin today by saying, “I’m sorry, Kelly. I sidetracked.” A few weeks ago, a reader sent me an earnest suggestion saying that ever since she lost contact with one of her beloved things to eat, the curry beef buns from Chinese bakeries, that she has…
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THE TYPHOON-SHELTER GARLIC SHRIMP
“WHERE THE FUCK IS MY TYPHOON SHELTER?” I. CAN’T. STAND. THIS. ANYMORE! What the hell’s going on? Is… is there a forest fire nearby? Nope, I don’t think so! Has a meteor hit China and created tidal waves of dust clouds that’s taking forever to settle? Nope, nope but I wish! But then what the…
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TAIWAN PORK RAGU ON RICE – LU ROU FAN
“YOU MISSED OUT… THAT JUST ISN’T FAIR” I wrote a post called Taiwan in a pot very early on when this blog just started, when most of us haven’t actually met yet. And perhaps that’s OK. Perhaps it’s wiser to have pre-mature photographs stay buried six-feet-under the surface of blogosphere, safely and quietly, just like…
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INSIDE-OUT BLACK SESAME STICKY RICE BALLS
“SO WHAT DOES THE LETTER ‘Q’ TASTE LIKE?” I. Love. This. Stuff. Everybody, girls especially, who has or shares an Asian background, loves this stuff. This stuff is so popular it’s practically in the freezer section in every respectable Asian grocery stores, big or small. This stuff is so unstoppable, that although originally meant to…
