a random bowl of sweet corn and tofu congee
a hot bowl of congee, with sweet corn kernels and soft silken tofu, and the requisite hot chili oil of course.
chinese
a random bite of mother’s dumplings
wow. i just realized it’s only been 3 days since my first visit to mother’s dumplings. that means i’ve thought...
sweet and sticky five-spice broccoli
this may look like a boring broccoli rice bowl, but this is all about the sauce.
rice cooker congee
congee is one of the few things that i've enjoyed for years in restaurants and craved regularly, but never...
chinese restaurant vegetarian fish
taro root fish! hahahahaha!!! le sigh. just another reason i love chinese vegetarian restaurants....
fried rice noodles in black bean sauce
when i was in university, there was a chinese food truck that sat on elm st., around the corner from the main hall, and at the time it didn’t seem scary to get lunch from there several times a...
i love you, sichuan pepper (and jeffrey + naomi)
i was moved to buy my first book by jeffrey alford and naomi duguid. i think it was after watching...
dinner for breakfast: update
week one of having a warm and savoury breakfast on weekdays went well. so well, however, that i needed a...
sunday sloth (chili scrambled eggs, “meat” on rice, and a recipe for soy sauce dressing)
the last thing i needed to do today, after eating and drinking heartily at a french restaurant last night, was indulge some more. but sometimes, sundays need to be about spoiling yourself, especially if you’ve worked particularly hard over the...
dim sum and vampires
i had big plans for october. i planned to have 3 new recipes up here–savoury, saucy ones perfect for fall....
a random bite of simon’s wok and lily bulbs
of course the vegetarian chinese restaurants in toronto appeal to me, but not just for the obvious reasons. most...
a random bite of green chili fried rice
when james and first viewed the house we now live in, on a thursday evening last spring, we just weren’t sure. the house was lovely –“we’re never going to get it anyway” we said matter-of-factly after being outbid on numerous...