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2 Jul 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
I grew up eating egg sandwiches in the mean streets of Chinatown, Vancouver. Just kidding, the streets weren't mean at all. This was before "Asian gangs". It wasn't until the up-to-no-gooders of my generation grew up with an inferiority complex of th...
30 Jun 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Chinuck
"Doria" is what Japanese call rice gratin. Like omuraisu, it is one of the western influenced Japanese dishes known as "Yoshoku". "Gratin" is of course French, and today's dish will be full of French culinary influence. I am Canadian after all and Fr...
28 Jun 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
In the summer of 2005, when I travelled to Beijing with my family, the city was in full construction mode. On top of the country's already surging economic boom, preparations for the upcoming Olympics were in full force. Our tour guide even joked tha...
25 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
I talked about miso soup in my post about Japanese breakfast, but I never gave a recipe. Well here we go! There are many kinds of miso soup and each part of Japan has their own specialty, but today we'll be using wakame and yuba. Wakame is a type of...
23 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
Fried rice doesn't always have to be done Asian style. Today we're going to make a western style fried rice. Ingredients 4 cups cooked leftover rice 4-6 oyster mushrooms 0.5 onion, diced 1 sprig of fresh basil olive oil salt pepper a secret ingredi...
21 Jun 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
This is an adaptation with eggplant of one of my favourite dim sum dishes, pork spare ribs with plum sauce and black bean. Eggplant is one of the meatiest vegetables and it absorbs flavours even better than spare ribs. Ingredients 1 eggplant 3 tbsp...
18 Jun 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
We've covered basic congee, but a typical congee house will easily feature over 30 different kinds of congee on their menu. Some of my favourites include: Dace fish ball with lettuce Pidan and salted pork -- I describe pidan below. Sampan -- Origina...
16 Jun 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Chinuck
The first time I had this dish was at a bulgogi (Korean barbeque) restaurant. The meal came with 6 or 7 complimentary side dishes, but this one was my favourite. Ingredients 3 small potatoes -- Even though they are small potatoes, they are the mos...
14 Jun 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Chinuck
I love this dish because of how good it tastes for how little effort it takes. I first encountered this recipe at an izakaya, a type of Japanese tapas drinking establishment. "Izakaya" literally means "alcohol house", although it sounds sexier in Jap...
12 Jun 2021 2 minute read 6 comments Chinuck
A favourite of children all over Japan, omuraisu ("omu"lette rice) is a staple of modern western influenced Japanese food, known in Japan as "yoshoku". This recipe is for 2 omelettes -- this really needs to be shared...or eaten twice! We'll be makin...
