a few highlights from my london 2018 trip! this is a 2 part series- i’ll post the paris part once i edit the pictures. food the railway: first dinner in london! i can’t remember what my dad got but i’d bet my stand mixer that it was fish and chips. update: i’ve gotten confirmation that it […]
Lemon Crunch Cake
this lemon crunch cake is inspired by the version from aiea bowl in hawaii, complete with plenty of cake (as dense or light as you want), silky lemon curd and crunchy toffee bits. dear delicious not gorgeous, you turned 5 today!! what?! you’re ready for kindergarten. mama’s gonna cry (but also, don’t call me mama […]
Somen Salad
i think of somen salad as the hawaiian x japanese version of pasta salad. it’s hawaiian in some ways too, but mac salad screams hawaiian more than somen salad. anyways, i tend to associate pasta salad with summers (and leftovers lol), so it felt like a good time to give this post, originally published in […]
Berry Eton Mess
this berry eton mess has some corn too, because why not?! it’s summer. i’m an adult now. let me re-phrase that: i started a full-time job last week. i still live at home and i received my horizontal license a bare few months ago, so i’m not an adult yet. but more of an adult […]
Hurricane Popcorn
hurricane popcorn is a hawaiian popcorn snack, full of crunchy arare (japanese rice crackers) and furikake (japanese seaweed seasoning). it’s crunchy and crispy and buttery and nutty and so addictive that you could polish off a batch by yourself! i’m normally not a movie person; i tend towards youtube videos (hi, dance videos) like the […]
Strawberry Matcha Latte
this creamy strawberry matcha latte is inspired by the version from boba guys, a pearl milk tea empire that originated in the bay area. i love that it’s strong on the tea flavor, and that it tastes like real strawberries (no artificial strawberry milk-like flavors here!). my main motto for my last year of college […]