Creme brûlée is one of my go to desserts because it’s so easy to make and it’s a huge crowd pleaser. My dad has been asking me to make another batch and to teach him how to make it, so I can be officially off creme brûlée duty. I decided to make a Thai tea…
I was watching something online where they were making carbonara, and the idea came to me to do a variation on this dish with Chinese sausage. That’s how I came up with this recipe for Chinese sausage spaghetti. What I love most about this dish is how easy it is to make. It only has…
Apparently it was banana bread day yesterday! That’s when I realized I had no banana bread recipe on the blog which is crazy! Fun fact, I actually eat a banana every morning as a part of my routine. And I always have bananas that get too ripe for me to eat. This particular banana bread…
Growing up, my mom had these super sweet Filipino coworkers who, for some reason, enjoyed making me Filipino dishes. That’s why I grew up eating pancit, lumpia, and this dish chicken adobo. I was brought back to those moments while watching the show Selena & Chef during quarantine. Seeing Selena make this dish with Jordan…
One of the last brunches I had in San Francisco included a stack of lemon ricotta pancakes, and I don’t know what it was this week, but I really wanted to recreate that memory. So I made myself a stack of lemon ricotta MOCHI pancakes this morning. And honestly, they were some of the best…
This is a dish I grew up eating a lot because it was easy to make, and it was also something my mom grew up eating. Cha Trung Hap is a steamed egg meatloaf filled with egg, ground pork, green onions, and wood ear mushrooms. It is literally so easy to make. Throw everything in…
For most of my life, I’ve always tried to reconcile my Chinese and Vietnamese culture with my American upbringing. It is sometimes an uncomfortable push and pull, but I think it makes me a better person. So I really wanted to pay homage to that fusion by doing a dessert that reflects that. When I…
