Seafood Egg Drop Soup
Asian, Featured, Seafood, Soup Saturday, June 25th, 2011
(Chicago) – There are days that I feel so bloated and I don’t feel like eating full or heavy meal. To a Pinoy, that means a meal with “ulam” (dish) and rice, and most …
Hainanese Chicken
Asian, Featured, Poultry Sunday, June 5th, 2011
(Chicago) – Chicken rice is one of the reasons why I love Singapore. I clearly remember a particular week, when I was still based in Singapore many years ago…
Is Sunda the New Asian?
Asian, Chicago, Featured Friday, May 27th, 2011
(Chicago) – New Asian is how Sunda claims its presence in Chicago dining scene and it’s aggressively and creatively revamping Asian fusion to American …
All Meat The Asian Way
Asian, Chicago, Featured Monday, April 25th, 2011
(Chicago) – Whenever I crave for Asian barbeque, there is no other place to go in Chicago but Sun Wah. I’m fortunate enough to live nearby…
Of Rice and Pho
Asian, Featured, New York Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
(New York) – My friend from New York brought us here and I love the food. Vietnamese food is totally different from Filipino flavors but I can definitely relate to it. We’re one big happy Asian family after all. Pho rocks!
Dimsum Galore at Jing Fong
Asian, Featured, New York Monday, March 14th, 2011
(New York) – Dimsum used to be a Sunday ritual to me. Not anymore. With Sunday specialty brunching becoming very popular and appropriate (referring to Bloody Marys, Bellinis and Mimosas that cure hangover, just a personal belief and no scientific claim)…
Ramen Like No Other
Asian, Featured, New York Sunday, December 26th, 2010
(New York) - There must be something about a restaurant if people are cheerfully willing to wait for more than an hour to get seats for dinner. I was forewarned by some of my New Yorker friends about the notorious wait at Momofuku but such warning does not have any impact on me. It thrills [...]
Not Your Ordinary Joe
Asian, Featured, New York Monday, December 6th, 2010
(New York) – There are probably hundreds of restaurants in Chinatown and to pick a place to eat is an arduous task when me and my travel buddies only allotted one meal to try this famously tumultuous New York area. I made a shortlist of food places and I let the locals pick the topmost. [...]
Thai Minced Pork with Basil (Baby Craving Chronicle #7)
Asian, Featured, Pork, Vergel's Kitchen Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
(Singapore) – During Vergel’s short stint as a cook in a famous Thai restaurant here in Singapore, he learned to cook most of the signature Thai dishes that they were serving. I was never a fan of Thai food, but when he took me for dinner at the restaurant he was working at, I instantly [...]
Dua Vietnamese Noodle Soup
Asian, Atlanta, Featured Thursday, October 14th, 2010
(Atlanta) - I thought I can only find a good tasting Pho in Asian neighborhoods such as Vietnamese rows like Buford in Atlanta, Argyle in Chicago or Chinatown. I was wrong. Right in downtown Atlanta; a block away from my office; beside the fast food chains and counter service sandwich eateries; there is Dua serving [...]
Sura Asian Bistro
Asian, Chicago, Featured Sunday, October 10th, 2010
(Chicago) - I used to love this place. My first dinner at Sura was about 4 years ago and came back for many more lunches and dinners afterwards. However, a common observation among friends, which I seconded, was that the food dwindled somehow in quality while the price inflated. Perhaps, the people behind the kitchen [...]
Nasi Briyani at Geylang Serai
Asian, Featured, Singapore Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
(Singapore) – In preparation for my friend’s baby shower, I decided to tag along her husband Chef Vergel for ingredient-hunting as he is tasked to prepare our dinner – as always! We went to a popular wet market place in Singapore called Geylang Serai Market and Food Center in its new location which renovated in [...]
The Joys of Asian Food at Joy Yee’s
Asian, Chicago, Featured Saturday, September 4th, 2010
(Chicago) – When I fancy Asian food and I can’t think of anywhere else to go, my default go-to restaurant is Joy Yee’s. I’ve been coming to this place for years and I can’t recall an instant when I complained about the food or I left the table unsatisfied. With the hundreds of items in their menu, there [...]
Dimsum Brunch at The Cathay Restaurant
Asian, Featured, Singapore Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
(Singapore) – During my husband’s quick visit (how quick? 18 hours!) here in Singapore, I needed to take him to a restaurant my boss introduced to me during one of our team lunches – The Cathay Restaurant. According to my Singaporean boss, it is a restaurant which served Chinese Cuisine back in the olden days [...]
Tac Quick
Asian, Chicago, Restaurants Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
(Chicago) – “Bagoong” (shrimp paste) rice is one of my all-time Filipino favorites. Depending on what restaurant version you are eating, “bagoong” rice is generally salty, a little sweet, sour and savory. The overall taste is strong, imposing and yet, aromatic and big in all major flavors; Perhaps, we could call it the “umami” rice. It is hard [...]
Prawn Noodle Hunt
Asian, Featured, Singapore Monday, March 22nd, 2010
(Singapore) - On my first week at work, my boss brought us to Far East Square for his favorite Prawn Noodles. I had not tried this dish before and was new to the whole spicy food scene in Singapore. So I just looked at the next table and ordered what the other guy was getting. [...]
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