Most of the time when I dine out for sushi, I order an appetizer of agedashi tofu to start things off. It’s a simple Japanese dish of deep-fried silken tofu, and I love the textural contrast of the crispy outside and the piping hot, creamy tofu on the inside. The whole thing is served in [...]
Originally adapted from an old Martin Yan recipe for vegetarian rolls wrapped in Mandarin pancakes, this recipe has gone through several permutations over the years. The biggest change is that I added more noodles and got rid of the pancake/wrapper component. This dish makes a healthy meal on its own and the vegetables can be [...]
I’m so glad that Indonesian cuisine is finally gaining awareness in the Bay Area. While it’s not exactly a common cuisine (yet), I’m seeing more people express an awareness of Indonesian food. Outside of Thai cuisine, I feel like Southeast Asian food is just waiting to be discovered by mainstream America. I recently checked out [...]
It’s almost July, and you know what that means? It’s almost eggplant season! Maybe I’m a little too excited about a vegetable, but eggplants are one of my favorites, and eggplant parmigiana is one of my favorite ways to prepare it. I’ve tried cooking the eggplant for this dish in a myriad of ways: baking, [...]
Yank Sing is probably San Francisco’s most well-known dim sum restaurant. More upscale, pricier and busier than many other dim sum establishments in the city, it’s the one that I’ve most often heard cited as someone’s first foray into dim sum. My first visit to Yank Sing was several years ago, and I hadn’t been [...]