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Toshikoshi Soba and a still memorable new year

CATEGORY: Cooking with friends, home cooking | February 1st, 2010

This may be a month too late but it’s still a very fond memory to me. I started my new year the same time as the Japanese and this year, in the spirit of my love for noodles, I had my first Toshikoshi Soba. 年 越し蕎麦 (toshi koshi soba)...

Keeping warm with Tantanmen

CATEGORY: Food trips | September 17th, 2009

When it rains like this, I say, it’s about time I talk about noodles, again. See, nothing else warms me up on a really cold and damp day other than a hot bowl of noodles. And it’s not just hot noodles. It’s got to be the soupy kind. The...

Morning Taho

CATEGORY: Food trips | August 18th, 2009

I was a little more than amused today. Getting my body clock right on track (trust me, it hasn’t been easy lately) got me to hear that familiar call from my childhood. “TAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~” It’s been a while since I’ve heard this. And...

Another approach to the noble tilapia

CATEGORY: Recipes, home cooking | May 23rd, 2009

I’ve always been fond of Tilapia. It’s not exactly the poor man’s fish but it is a versatile fish for dishes. You can fry it crisp, grill it, cook it in coconut milk, and in this case, steam it. Steaming tilapia was something we...

Re-make of Korean Beef Stew

CATEGORY: Recipes, home cooking | March 29th, 2009

Hee hee hee!! I think the curiosity for cooking Korean Beef Stew at home was when a friend and I were driving home on a hungry night and I found myself drooling over the thought of eating a nice warm broth of Korean Beef Stew. Now, I got one of...