Umami Dish

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…

The pumpkin referred to in this soup is Kabocha, commonly known as a squash in the US. This squash originated from Japan. It is a small squash with dark green rough skin. Unlike other winter squash, this one is edible…

The original ceviche recipe usually calls for raw seafood or fish. Mackerel in its raw state is the original ingredients in ceviche and other fresh fishes but unsure how fresh the fish is when sold in the market nowadays.Due to…

This has to be my favorite Italian dish. The problem with this dish is the difficulty finding a local butcher that sells veal shank. If there’s such a butcher in your community, then you are in luck. The most reliable…