Weekends were made for savoring a quiet breakfast; I can’t imagine a better way to spend a Sunday morning than with a cup of coffee and a freshly-baked scone. Not much to say here about this recipe, it’s a classic amongst the blogosphere; it’s simple and the results are beautiful. The only change I made [...]
A few meals that I had recently at True Food Kitchen in Newport Beach. A restaurant concept by Dr. Weil, which features healthy, organic and functional foods that are light yet delicious. It’s become a new favorite of mine and if it weren’t such a drive from home, I’d go there more often. The restaurant [...]
The perils of taking photos at night when you’re standing in the kitchen with your contacts out: Blurry shots. Way back in July, my mom gifted me with a cute mini-deep fryer for my birthday. I was simultaneously excited and apprehensive at the same time; would I succumb to deep-frying anything and everything that I [...]
My last post at my other blog got me thinking about the time I spent in Taiwan last year . . . and the lovely snacks I ate while I was there. Here was a light lunch I had at a bakery chain named 85度C: Now, this sandwich (4 layers of white bread, with alternating [...]
One of the few places in South Orange County to get a traditional Taiwanese breakfast is at Formosa Restaurant (台灣小館) in Lake Forest. We’ve been coming to this tiny hole-in-the-wall (attached to a Quality Inn motel) for as long as I can remember and it’s been turning out traditional versions of the comforting, starchy Taiwanese [...]
Long time no post! Life has been a bit crazy around here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t stopped cooking or baking. No recipe today, but since it is Dragon Boat Festival, my mom and I spent the day wrapping up homemade vegetarian 粽子 (pronounced “zongzi”, a type of stuffed glutinous rice dumpling). We decided [...]
One of the many Korean restaurants (I think I counted 4 last time I checked?) on Culver Dr. in Irvine. We’re faithfuls of Kaya, but this night we were faced with a 15 person-deep waiting queue and we were already starved. So off we went down to the plaza next door to try our luck [...]
From my backlog of restaurant visits that I have yet to post: Here are some eats from a recent visit to see my sister down in San Diego. My parents and sister are all ramen lovers; so my sister decided to take us to Yakitori Yakyudori, a recently opened yakitori (skewers) and ramen place on [...]
Here’s a recap of our lovely meal at Cedar Creek Inn, as promised! OC Restaurant Week offers diners prix fixe lunches and dinners (lunch can go as low as $10, dinner as low as $20) and it’s a fantastic way to try new restaurants that you normally wouldn’t visit. It took place last week and [...]
Here’s the recipe for the beer bread pictured in the previous post; this is a super easy, quick-to-put-together quick bread. I love how it only takes one bowl and a few ingredients that you probably have in your pantry. After a bake in the oven, you have yourself a crusty, savory and moist bread that [...]