This ube latte features a creamy base of ube-flavored milk before getting topped with a shot of strong espresso! How to Make an Ube Coffee The bottom ube milk layer is a dump and stir situation. I like to use a whisk since the ube halaya (ube jam) can be stubborn and not want to […]
Sushi Bake
What Is Baked Sushi? Sushi bake is rice topped with a creamy imitation crab salad, almost like a sushi casserole. It’s eaten in spoonfuls wrapped in crispy seaweed. Since it’s so rich, baked sushi is best served in small portions as an appetizer. Sushi Bake Ingredients Here are the main ingredients in this sushi bake: […]
Spam Musubi with Egg
How to Make Spam Musubi with Egg I’m betting that if you’re here, you probably already know what Spam musubi is, but in case you don’t: it’s pressed Spam sushi. I like my Spam pan-fried until crispy and slicked back with a smear of teriyaki sauce before it goes into the musubi. This version takes […]
Ube Milkshake
Ube Milkshake Recipe This recipe is really easy: 4 ingredients and 5 minutes max (an actual 5 minutes, not a trick you into making this only to realize 1 hour in that you’re only 30% done with the recipe kind of 5 minutes). The assembly, aka dumping coconut milk, ube ice cream and crushed ice […]
Loquat Lemonade
Loquat Drink Recipe This loquat lemonade is perfect if you have too many loquats, and you’re tired of eating them plain. Before we get into the recipe, what if you’ve never heard of a loquat? What Is a Loquat? A loquat is a small oblong fruit native to China, usually with yellow-orange skin and fruit. […]
Spam Musubi
Spam Musubi Recipe Before we dive into the recipe, what is Spam musubi? It’s a pressed sushi made with Spam, where crispy, pan-fried Spam is covered in teriyaki sauce and sandwiched by fresh rice and roasted seaweed to hold everything in place. It’s a mix of Japanese (the rice and seaweed) and Hawaiian/American cuisine (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. (note jul 2020: after hearing about the rampant racism and sexism at boba guys, i no longer support their stores, and would recommend that you either make this at home or […]
Grapefruit Green Tea Recipe
How to Make Grapefruit Juice You can’t have grapefruit green tea without the (surprise!) grapefruit. If you’re making a glass for yourself as a quick afternoon break, I’d recommend squeezing by hand. If you’re prepping a big batch for you and all your friends and family (hi, can we be friends?), then an electric juicer […]
Chinese Rice Cakes – Chao Nian Gao
Chinese Rice Cake Recipe These stirfried Chinese rice cakes, or what I call chao nian gao, are cozy and comforting. The rice cakes are dense and chewy, the cabbage a little crunchy, the mushrooms meaty and the fish cakes bouncy. This dish is typically made with beef or pork, but fish cakes make assembly easier […]
Mango Pomelo Sago Recipe
This mango pomelo sago is a fairly easy Chinese dessert to make, unlike some of the astounding pandemic bakes I’ve been seeing (Kinako chiffon roll cakes filled with red bean, whipped cream and mochi??? Strawberry genmaicha cream puffs?? Feed me please). You boil some chewy, bouncy sago and stir them into a mango coconut smoothie, […]
Honey Toast Recipe
What is honey toast? I first had honey toast (also know as brick toast, given the shape, or Shibuya toast, since it originated from Shibuya, Japan) at Shokudo in Hawaii. I wasn’t convinced at first- the name is unassuming, and I could squirt honey out of a plastic bear on a piece of toast at […]
Milk Tea Ice Cream with Brown Sugar Boba
milk tea ice cream recipe i love making tea flavored desserts (ahem, this green tea pie even though pies take forever) and eating tea flavored ice cream (hello, earl grey from tin pot and jasmine from polly ann), so it was only a matter of time before i made milk tea ice cream at home. […]
Gochujang Sauce (and a Tofu Rice Bowl)
how to make gochujang sauce most of the work that goes into making this gochujang sauce is already done by the time you buy some gochujang, or fermented korean red chili paste. which i realize is more stressful/hard/annoying/etc than it used to be; but it does keep for a long time in the fridge (shout […]
Earl Grey Ice Cream with Grand Marnier
earl grey ice cream recipe i’m in love with anything tea-flavored, so an ice cream flavored with earl grey tea? yes, PLEASE. this version has a touch of orange-y grand marnier, which 1) tastes good and 2) helps keep the ice cream nice and smooooooth. it’s the perfect scoopable texture straight from the freezer, without […]
Matcha Espresso Drink Recipe
what is a matcha espresso? this matcha espresso drink is like a matcha coffee latte, if that helps. it’s espresso layered with milk and matcha, in a riff on coffee milk tea or yuenyueng. matcha coffee recipe it’s been a pretty warm spring in northern california, so this version is iced. it’s a chilled shot […]
Coffee Milk Tea – Yuenyeung
coffee milk tea recipe (yuenyeung) what is coffee milk tea? it’s a mix of, you guessed it, coffee and milk tea. it originated in hong kong, so i sometimes refer to the drink by its cantonese name, yuenyeung. how to make coffee milk tea matcha milk tea is pretty easy to make strong, even when […]
Taro Cake – Wu Tao Gou
chinese taro cake recipe – how to make wu tao gou taro cake, or wu tao gou, is a savory steamed cake filled with starchy taro, salty lap cheong (chinese sausage) and chew dung gu (shiitake mushrooms). it’s really soft when it comes out of the steamer, so cutting it into slices and pan-frying it […]
Ginger Rose Ice Cream
in the middle of all this uncertainty, ice cream is a necessity. our grocery lists are long enough without ice cream (and somehow i feel like we need more items now than before?? my parents go to the grocery store every other day, i swear -_-), and this ginger rose ice cream is the sort […]
Vanilla Matcha Latte with Brown Sugar
vanilla matcha latte mood: a vanilla bean ice cream and slightly bitter matcha latte hybrid. this pandemic has me in limbo, in terms of time and mindset. a week and a half ago, i was going about my work and my life, and days seem to have melded and slowed down to the point where […]
Salted Fish Fried Rice (Haam Yu Chow Faan)
haam yu chow faan, or salted fish fried rice, is a cantonese-style fried rice made with haam yu, or preserved fish. it’s actually crispy, and it’s the kind of fried rice that is so flavorful on its own that you don’t need to eat it with anything else. i was supposed to to be basking […]