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 my previous problem with homemade milk tea was the watery blandness; […]
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 […]