A couple of years ago, while in Japan for the first time, I took a day trip from Tokyo to Yokohama, which was only about half an hour away by train. I spent a few hours at the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum, which is pretty much a mini indoor theme park devoted to Japan’s obsession with [...]
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Thai Ground Pork Salad (Larb Mu)
Pork salad! If these two words make you perk up at your desk, please read on. [But before I begin, an apology first to anyone who has used the "Contact Me" form in the past couple of months. It had been broken for a while before a vigilant reader got a hold of me through [...]
Chinese Grocery Roast Pork, or Mississippi-Style Char Siu
My bookcase is resembling the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It’s not a very sturdy piece of furniture to begin with, and under the weight of all my cookbooks it has begun to lean more and more to the left, about an 1/8 of an inch each day for the past week. There’s probably a loose [...]
Tamarind Pork
I can’t believe that we are already almost halfway into October. Where did the September go? For that matter, where did the entire summer go? It seemed like only yesterday that I had been busy bookmarking summer concerts and looking forward to beach trips and lazy days in the park, most of which did not [...]
Minced Pork and Shiitake Noodles
Some of you may be familiar with a Cantonese dish called yuk bang, which roughly translates into “pork pie.” It’s pretty much the Chinese version of meat loaf. But while meat loaf can be found on menus in both Southern and hipster diners, yuk bang is hardly ever served outside home. To call it rustic [...]
Recipe: Pork and Shrimp Shumai
I love owning a bamboo steamer, if for no other reason that to display around the kitchen. It’s not only a conversation starter whenever new guests visit but also a handy tool for food photography. (Gotta play up the Asian theme sometimes.) Plus, a set of basket and lid usually costs less than $10 in [...]
Pork and Cucumber Stir-fry
Until the age of 6, I had never eaten raw unpickled cucumbers. Like everyone else in my Cantonese family, I ate cucumbers only in stir-fries, never imagining that they could be served any other way. So it was a shock in the elementary school cafeteria to find that Americans eat this thing called a salad, [...]
Spicy Black Bean Spare Ribs
Love black bean sauce? Head over to Rasa Malaysia, where I have a guest post recipe up for spicy black bean spare ribs. While you’re there, check out Bee’s other great recipes for Chinese and Southeast Asian food. And if one black bean recipe isn’t enough, try these others: Eggplant, Cumin, and Black Bean Salad [...]
