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Fillet Mignon with Kumquat & Caper Marinade

Shao — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:02:14 +0000

I’m a sucker for things that are pint-sized. Mini personal watermelons, baby vegetables, Lego, and I especially go gaga for baby booties. They are so tiny that you can wear them on your fingers! So when I spotted kumquats in the market a few weeks ago, I impulsively grabbed a handful of them. I didn’t know what to do or how to cook them. It sat in my fridge for a week. Every time I opened the door it was...

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Fillet Mignon with Kumquat & Caper Marinade

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Mrs. Taing’s Family Pho

Shao — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:47:46 +0000

Growing up my parents mostly cooked only Cantonese cuisine, so a majority of my pho experience came from various Vietnamese restaurants around Chinatown and South Philly. Served in a gigantic bowl and usually costing less than $8 (if you are paying more than $10 for a bowl of pho something is very wrong), pho is and has become the everyday comfort food for many people. So when Eleanor Hoh at Wok Star...

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Mrs. Taing’s Family Pho

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Braised Beef with Beets

Shao — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:59:44 +0000

It was time to reintroduce my taste bugs to beets. I cut and boiled a few pieces and found it tasted similar to a radish, but much sweeter. Many different types of dishes came into my mind. Dessert was the first idea. Maybe a beet and persimmon tart? But I was worried how well the texture of the beets would go with the persimmons. My second idea was a beet sorbet, but I decided that would be my plan B idea instead. As my fingers turned redder and a few more bites later, I couldn’t stop thinking how much it tasted like a radish to me. I decided I would use it as a substitute for radish in one of my favorite Chinese dishes, braised beef.

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Hooray For Rainy Days – Kansai Style Beef Sukiyaki

Shao — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:21:00 +0000

Last Thursday was one of those days where the rain never seem to end and I didn't mind one bit of it. It was the perfect lazy stay at home weather, order a pizza from Papa John's, watch some past seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm on DVD, and call it a night. Instead, I only had one thing on my mind. Sukiyaki. I don't remember the first time I had sukiyaki, but I do remember where. It was at Sagami in New Jersey.

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