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 […]
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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 […]
Citrus Kale Pesto Rice Bowl
this citrus kale pesto rice bowl has a base of lemon-y goodness, rice and kale, but the garlic chili sauce (my hot sauce of choice), feta and radishes help round out the bowl, too! la is always a good time. there’s a boundless bounty of rooftop bars to bounce between, an endless ensemble of eateries. […]
Mango Noodle Salad with Cilantro Coconut Milk Dressing
this mango noodle salad with cilantro coconut milk dressing is perfect when you want something carb-y and fruit-y for lunch, all sauced up with a herby dressing. the lazy days of summer have hit. motivation at work is pretty low, though i did get added to a new project that i’m excited about and likening […]
Jasmine Tea Ochazuke
this ochazuke (aka rice with tea) is a jasmine tea ochazuke. it’s just as delicious in the summer at room temp as it is in the winter steaming hot! i’ve been feeling a little antsy recently. maybe because some of my close friends have been travelling a lot, maybe because i’m remembering how much i […]
Shiitake Mushroom and Avocado Sushi
this shiitake mushroom and avocado sushi is filled with tons of goodies, including savory sauteed mushrooms, creamy avocado and tangy pickled ginger. i mentioned planning an asian pacific american heritage month event at work a few weeks ago; that event finally happened last week! it was a lot of stress: carrying boxes filled with milk […]
Vietnamese Garlic Butter Noodles
first posted the recipe for vietnamese garlic butter noodles in nov 2016, but the pics and copy have been refreshed! the first place i had vietnamese garlic butter noodles was an the go. they were topped with perfectly cooked shrimp, but the real focus was the noodles. steaming hot, buttery, garlicky, cheesy with a hint of asian […]
Vegetarian Bento Box
this vegetarian bento box has all sorts of goodies: marinated tofu, sesame hazelnut furikake on rice and plenty of vegetables (pickled, marinated, sauteed and roasted!), with chocolate for dessert! past me is writing this earlier than i usually would because i’m busy eating ice cream and picking up a sanded trashcan in la this weekend. […]
Kimchi Rice Bowl with Jammy Eggs
i know that some of the bowls i post here are a bit of a pita. multi-step vegetable side dishes make for tasty lunches, but sometimes they’re too much. i get it. not this kimchi rice bowl based off the hg street bowl from home grown oakland, though. it was one of those pretty cold […]
Sweet Potato Burrito Bowl
this charred sweet potato burrito bowl is the perfect way to start meal prepping this year and get your guac fix in! happy 2019! i have a few goals in mind for the coming year: volunteer 50 hours in 2019 i hovered around 25 hours last year between the time i spent as an assistant […]
sweetgreen Shroomami
this sweetgreen shroomami is a mushroom grain bowl with miso ginger dressing from sweetgreen, one of my favorite salad/grain bowl chains. it’s packed with kale, beets, tofu and spicy sesame seeds for a really hearty entree. all i do these days is work, potato and go out with friends. which is fine and dandy and […]
Peanut Tofu Rice Bowls with Sesame Eggplant
these peanut tofu rice bowls have plenty of crunchy pickles and tender, sesame-glazed eggplant to go with the addictive peanut sauced tofu and chewy rice. idk what to say besides that i’ve been living off of a steady diet of work hard, potato hard. the digital marketing world is a little bit nuts during q4, […]
Chickpea Curry Bowls with Carrots and Cilantro Sauce
these chickpea curry bowls with carrots and cilantro sauce are hearty and warming, perfect for prepping on the weekend so you can have fall-worthy dinners throughout the week. how’s your weekend? i’m busy sleeping and being a hermit, since i celebrated 2 months with my current company by going to a conference. the kind where […]
Coconut Rice Bowl with Cumin Broccoli Slaw and Quick Pickles
hello there. it feels like it’s been a while since i’ve been around in the blogosphere, as i haven’t touched this space in a few weeks. i was off wandering in countries 8-9 hrs ahead of my normal time zone, eating all the things and trying to not be that much of a trashy american […]
Roasted Tomato Crostini with Feta Dijon Spread
this past school year has involved a lot of indulgence, whether it be food or adventure wise. having a car made it easier to actualize my desires, though i’m also certain most of these things would have happened regardless. and while i had tons of fun, there were times that the fun started to lose […]
Barley Kale Salad with Toasted Coconut
let’s take a walk down memory lane. (i’m taking a page from spilled milk here. listen if you don’t already, and you too can laugh randomly while you gym). now it’s probably more of a common occurrence, but i grew up eating kale as a child. it was right next to all the bok choy […]
Kimchi Chicken Sliders on Hawaiian Rolls
i was (and still am) lucky to have grown up in an asian american centric culture. stories i hear about not seeing any asians in the media or being the token “asian kid” in school never applied to me. i grew up watching kristi yamaguchi skate in the olympics, seeing brenda song in the suite […]
Vegetable Barley Bowl with Coconut Curry Sauce
i’m weary of insta love. in books and characters and people, for songs that you’re so infatuated with that they’re on repeat in your head again and again once all day long and then never again. but those things that you let course through you, gradually, are the best. estelle’s “american boy” is a perennial […]
Creamed Kale and Kimchi Pasta
i don’t know how many lectures i’ve gone to. i’ve gone to ones on south east asian religion, ones on databases, ones that aren’t really lectures at all (i had a business class where our main task was to take bs quizzes featuring questions like, what’s the name of a bosnian croat convicted of war crimes […]
Spam Kimbap
last weekend, spent at a retreat for my business + technology club, was full of firsts. some of those firsts are probably best left unsaid, in that hush hush what happens here stays here manner. (there were interesting bits that i felt compelled to share with friends not there, however). others included driving in san diego (surprisingly […]