Month: February 2024

Pancit canton is a Pilipino noodle dish. The ingredients calls for egg noodles.In the Philippinesthis noodle dish is sold everywhere, by the street hawkers, in wet markets, grocery stores and carinderia. This store bought noodles are cooked,dry and crisp just…

Turon or banana eggroll is a street food in the Philippines. The recipes and images of this eggroll varies depending on who is preparing it. The traditional “turon” is made out of springroll wrapper, not the doughy western eggroll wrapper.…

Eggplant is a versatile vegetable. It is available year round and can be found in most grocery stores and ethnic supermarkets. The best tasting eggplants are when they are in season from mid to late summer. I live in Los…

This salad originated from the city of Nice in Provence,France. It is one of the most beautiful salad ever created. Salad Nicoise has many variations but for a salad to be called as such, it must have specific ingredients to…

Tea egg is a Chinese snack food. It is also known as marble egg because the cracks in the eggshells are marble like. Tea eggs is commonly sold by street vendors in night markets in Chinese communities. I ate it…

If you have not eaten a fried green tomato, you are missing out. Fried green tomato is a favorite southern food and usually served with Remoulade sauce.  When you bite into a fried green tomato, It gives you that crunchy,…

Chinese chicken salad was created by Sylvia Cheng W, also known as Madam Wu in the 60’s. The dish was made popular by Wolfgang Puck, a celebrity chef while he was in the process of integrating Asian cuisine to his…