by Jay | Aug 29, 2021 | Asian, Chinese, drinks, Rice, Veggie
Like the veggie smoothie shared before, this is another very personal recipe (with varied ingredients) I use very often since I bought into the concept of smoothies with different ingredients for different occasions. Unlike the veggie/fruit one, ingredients used in...
by Jay | Aug 14, 2021 | Asian, Fusion, Pork, Rice
We all have long memory of dishes we had long time ago. One of my memories is kimchi fried rice I had a few years ago in New York City’s Korean town. They might cook it on a flat iron so that the rice grains were lightly toasted, and the dryness was to my liking....
by Jay | May 30, 2021 | Asian, Chicken, Fusion, Rice
I saw this dish being served at a restaurant when I visited Japan. I later learned that this is a western-influenced dish (Yoshoku) invented over 100 years ago in Japan. It seems to be very popular over there. After I came back from the trip, in a couple of years, I...
by Jay | Apr 12, 2021 | Asian, Chinese, Fusion, Rice, Seafood
This dish is named after Yangzhou, a city in Jiangsu, China. This is another dish from the region I grew up. Again, it is a dish I never ate when I grew up when most people finally left food scarcity behind. Yangzhou fried rice is probably the most famous variety of...
by Jay | Feb 27, 2021 | Fusion, Rice, Spanish
In my regular search for easy recipes with different cultural origins and using the search term, “Spanish”, I ran into this dish. It turned out a lot of “Spanish Rice” recipes are “Mexican Rice.” A lot of people think they are the same dishes. I later learned that...
by Jay | Feb 6, 2021 | Asian, Beef, Rice
Gyudon means beef (gyu) bowl (don). It started in Japan about 150 years ago. While it’s cooked by many Japanese families, it is now wide spreading in the world too. It’s quick, tasty, inexpensive, and easy to make. Besides the seasonings, there are only two essential...
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