These pretty moon cakes made for the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (aka Moon Festival) are from Sheng Kee bakery in Taiwan. They can be ordered from Bostonbookshop.com, but since the festival starts on September 22, you might want to go to the Asian Food Market in Plainsboro, or the Great Wall in Franklin Park, and shop in … Continue reading
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Chinese Buffet
There were fourteen dishes, plus assorted desserts at a recent buffet dinner at my friends the Changs. It felt as if we were celebrating Chinese New Year in August! We started with steamed buns with braised duck and apple slices, out on the patio. Then at the buffet set up inside, we enjoyed mini tofu spring rolls, red cabbage … Continue reading
Sausage en Poori
This was a sleeper success story from a recent potluck luncheon at the office (the same one that led to my previous post mentioning my Asian chicken salad with peaches). The assortment of foods we brought in spanned the globe. An Indian dish of potato and pea curry was accompanied by delicious home made pooris, a … Continue reading
Asian Chicken Salad
This was an impromptu worknight salad that worked out better than I expected. So well, in fact, that I made a similar version later that week, adding some fresh NJ peaches, for a pot luck office event. It all started, as so many things do, at Trader Joe’s, where I purchased something I rarely deign … Continue reading
Fatty Crab!
I finally got to try Fatty Crab (website noise alert) restaurant in New York when I was in the city for my nephew’s wedding last weekend. He’d told me I’d like it, and he was dead right. The Upper West Side branch was near the hotel where I stayed, and I met friends (almost/sorta relatives, actually), … Continue reading
Thai soup
I love Thai soups, and was inspired recently by Wegmans’ Thai cuinary stock to make a seafood soup, adding coconut milk, sliced baby bok choi, bean thread noodles (first soaked in hot water until soft), and shrimp plus leftover mahi mahi (more on that another time soon.) I also added some chopped lemongrass and galangal … Continue reading
Stood up! (but in a most delicious way)
My friend had emailed me midday to cancel our dinner at the new MoCMoC Sushi in Princeton. But the email didn’t get through, and there I sat, getting hungrier and hungrier, and without a way to reach her (outdated cell phone number). I broke down and ordered a shrimp and vegetable tempura appetizer. Demolished that, and by then … Continue reading
Fun at the Asian Food Market
Sample day at the Asian Food Market in Plainsboro. My friends Angela and Humphrey Chang agree to meet me there to make the rounds. What a help that was, since some of the people giving out samples spoke little English. But friendly, smiling faces abounded, and it was a lot of fun to try these … Continue reading
Dinner at Angela’s & Musings on Pork Belly
I tell my friends, Angela and Humphrey Chang, that I’d like to treat them to dinner. But Angela insists I come to their home for dinner instead. Fine then, I’ll get to have the visit with them I wanted, although next time I really want to treat them for a change (hint, hint)! So with the … Continue reading
Gotta have a P.F. Chang’s Fix
P.F. Chang’s is my chain food downfall. Every now and then I just have to have their Lemongrass Prawns with Garlic Noodles (left) or Chang’s Spareribs (below). Last time (these photos are from a couple of months ago), I even placed my order online, for pickup after work that day. It worked lika a charm, … Continue reading
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