I rarely cook rice at home. I haven’t even used my rice cooker since November 2014! And I’m of Chinese descent. As a child, I ate rice nearly daily – always at dinner as I ate western-style breakfasts (eggs and toast or cereal. Sometimes, a very unique version of oatmeal my grandmother made consisting of […]
Fresh off the Boat, the first family sitcom featuring predominantly Asian characters in 20 years, made its premiere on ABC last night. Told in a narration format (think The Wonder Years) and set in 1990s, it follows Eddie Huang, an 11 year old obsessed with hip hop and the “black sheep” of the family, his […]
Recently, I decided to give an Italian-inspired meal an East Asian twist. Making meatballs Asian (dim sum) style and serving it with rice and seaweed noodles rather than wheat. This is not a difficult recipe to make. It’s basically a simple meatball recipe, but steamed rather than pan fried or baked. Ingredients: 375 g of […]
With the success of Les Misérables as a movie musical, including Golden Globe wins and Oscar nominations, talks for a Miss Saigon film are apparently in the preliminary stages. According to a sources, including Musical Theatre News, Hugh Jackman, who picked up a Golden Globe this past weekend, has been approached to play the Engineer, […]
I was contacted by the PR company who works with Blue Dragon, a company that makes a series of delicious stir-fry and other Asian-inspired sauces before the holidays. As I was going away, I asked that they hold of sending me anything until I returned. Last week, they sent me a huge box containing not […]
Fickle Viet Chinese Cuisine certainly has been getting a lot of attention since it opened on June 17, not only because of its name, but because of restaurant’s interesting decor – heart shapes all over its walls, ceilings and even on the door to the kitchen. It seems very odd for a restaurant named Fickle […]
